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BC has the same problem as the US Congress and Electoral College: Land holds more power than voters:
The BC Conservatives got 64 of 93 seats with 48.1% of the vote.
This is not a land share issue, it is what happens when you total the counts of many mini-elections as we do. 2000 votes for green, 8000 for ndp, and 9000 for cons. That's a con win and a seat with 10000 votes getting thrown out. Multiply that for each district and you get a low vote share win.
Until we can get rid of FPTP this will keep happening. And good luck doing that when any elected party suddenly seems happy to keep it.
Look at the first-past-the-post electoral system both share.