不列颠哥伦比亚省保守党领袖洛恩·多尔克森周六晚在政治上大获成功。
B.C. Conservative Leader Lorne Doerkson struck political gold Saturday night.
这位前小镇报纸发行人给了大卫·伊比的省新民主党一记惊人的失败，并带领不列颠哥伦比亚省保守党赢得了压倒性的多数政府。
The former small-town newspaper publisher delivered a stunning defeat to David Eby's NDP and led the B.C. Conservatives to a commanding majority government.
周日凌晨，多尔克森领导的保守党在64个选区领先，将新民主党压缩到仅27个席位，并击败了数名内阁部长。
Early Sunday morning, Doerkson's Conservatives were leading in 64 ridings, reducing the NDP to just 27 seats and toppling several cabinet ministers.
对于一个五周前还陷入混乱、在提前选举宣布前几天才刚经历动荡的政党来说，这是一次惊人的逆转。
It's a remarkable turnaround for a political party that was in disarray just five weeks ago, days before a snap election was called.
但多尔克森说，在不列颠哥伦比亚省人眼中，他的政治对手或许看到了弱点，而他们选择的是抓住机遇。
But where his political opponents may have seen weakness, Doerkson said British Columbians chose instead to seize an opportunity.
“很长一段时间以来，许多不列颠哥伦比亚省人都觉得维多利亚遗忘了他们，好像地图到霍普就停止了，”多尔克森在温哥华落基山登山者车站对1000多名支持者说。“但今晚，整张地图都算数。”
"For a very long time, a lot of British Columbians have felt like Victoria forgot about them, like the map maybe stopped at Hope," Doerkson told a throng of more than 1,000 supporters at the Rocky Mountaineer Station in Vancouver. "But tonight the whole map counts."
完整演讲：保守党领袖洛恩·多尔克森的胜选演讲 7小时前 时长 从牛仔竞技到报纸再到政坛 多尔克森出生于新威斯敏斯特，在素里和不列颠哥伦比亚省内陆地区长大，之后定居威廉姆斯湖，并在那里养家。
FULL SPEECH: Conservative Leader Lorne Doerkson's victory speech 7 hours ago Duration Rodeos to newspapers to politics Born in New Westminister, Doerkson grew up in Surrey and the B.C. Interior, before settling in Williams Lake, where he raised a family.
在进入政坛之前，他花了20年时间出版社区报纸，并在当地商业和社区服务团体做志愿者。
He spent 20 years publishing community newspapers and volunteering with local business and community service groups before entering politics.
“那对我来说是非常好的教育，”他告诉支持者。“你会了解一个小镇真正在发生什么：谁在招人，谁在关门，谁在抱有希望。”多尔克森于2020年作为不列颠哥伦比亚省自由党人首次在卡里布-奇尔科廷选区当选，后来加入了约翰·鲁斯塔德初生的保守党党团。他的胜利使他成为自比尔·贝内特1986年离任以来首位来自不列颠哥伦比亚省内陆地区的省长。
"That was a very good education for me," he told supporters. "You learn what’s really going on in a town: who’s hiring, who’s closing, who’s hoping." Doerkson was first elected in Cariboo-Chilcotin as a B.C. Liberal in 2020, and later joined John Rustad's fledgling Conservative caucus His victory makes him the first premier from B.C.'s Interior since Bill Bennett left office in 1986.
出人意料的领袖：洛恩·多尔克森向不列颠哥伦比亚省人推销自己 上个月，多尔克森在从南非回家的路上得知，他的保守党党团同僚希望他接任党领袖，担任临时领袖。
Unexpected leader: Lorne Doerkson pitches himself to British Columbians Doerkson was on his way home from South Africa last month when he learned his Conservative caucus colleagues wanted him to take over the party as interim leader.
克里-琳恩·芬德利刚刚辞职，此前数月的丑闻已导致十多名省议员离职或被开除。多尔克森承认，他需要被说服。
Kerry-Lynne Findlay had just resigned after months of scandals that led to the departure or expulsion of more than a dozen MLAs. Doerkson admitted he needed convincing.
“当然，这有点仓促，”他在选前接受加拿大广播公司新闻采访时说。
"Of course, it was a little bit of a short notice," he said in a pre-election interview with CBC News.
承诺削减所得税、减少繁文缛节。多尔克森在周六晚的胜选演讲中，一边向不列颠哥伦比亚省民众介绍自己，一边赞扬那些来到该省寻找黄金和更好生活的“开拓者”。
Promises to cut income taxes, red tape Doerkson spent his victory speech Saturday night introducing himself to British Columbians at the same time as celebrating the "trailblazers" who came to the province searching for gold and a better life.
他告诉支持者，这种精神至今仍激励着这个省，从资源社区到大都市区，人们都想建设一番大事业。
It's a spirit he told supporters that still animates the province, where people want to build something big, from resource communities through to the big metro areas.
“这就是不列颠哥伦比亚省的开拓精神，它从未消失，只是需要一个站在它这边的政府，”他说。
"That is the trailblazing spirit of British Columbia and it never left, it just needs government that’s on its side," he said.
加拿大广播公司新闻预测不列颠哥伦比亚省保守党将组成多数政府。多尔克森重申了削减繁文缛节的承诺——“以前所未有的力度削减”，加快林业和采矿许可审批，并在2035年前将天然气产量提高两倍。“一个省只有整体运转，才能算真正运转，”他说。
CBC News projects a B.C. Conservative majority government Doerkson reiterated promises to cut red tape "like it’s never been cut before," speed up forestry and mining permits, and triple natural gas production by 2035. "A province only works if all of it works," he said.
“奎斯内尔一家工厂开工，素里的卡车司机就有活干。北部一座矿山开张，三角洲的港口就忙起来。这是一个经济体，它贯穿我们地图上的每一座城镇。”
"A mill running in Quesnel keeps a trucker working in Surrey. A mine opening in the north keeps the port busy in Delta. It’s one economy and it runs through every town on our map."
多尔克森还承诺不新增税收，并提供“完全由公共资金资助”的医疗保健。但人们仍质疑他将如何支付这一切，包括每年削减1000加元所得税的承诺。该省2026-27财年预计将出现138亿加元的赤字。
Doerkson also pledged no new taxes and health care that is "fully and publicly funded." Still, questions remain about how he'll pay for everything, including a promise to cut income taxes by $1,000 a year. The province is already on track to see a $13.8-billion deficit in 2026-27.
新民主党在竞选期间警告说，保守党的政纲可能意味着削减医疗和教育开支。
The NDP spent their campaign warning that the Conservatives' platform could mean cuts to health care and education.
弥合分歧。作为候任省长，多尔克森现在面临的挑战不仅是执政，还要维系一个包括社会保守派和更偏中间派的财政保守派在内的联盟。
Overcoming divisions As premier-designate, Doerkson now faces the challenge of not only governing but keeping together a coalition that includes social conservatives and more centrist, fiscal conservatives.
尽管他承诺废除不列颠哥伦比亚省的《原住民权利宣言法案》，但他仍呼吁原住民社区作为该省发展的合作伙伴。
And though he has promised to repeal B.C.’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People’s Act, he appealed to First Nations communities as partners in the province’s development.
“我们需要共同作为合作伙伴，以确定性来建设这个未来，”他说。杜克森暂时不必应对的一个分歧来源将是新民主党。
"This future is one we build together as partners with the certainty that all of us need," he said. One source of division Doerkson won't need to deal with immediately will be the NDP.
初步结果显示新民主党席位减少至30席以下，官方反对党的首要任务将是选出新领袖，接替大卫·伊比，后者于周六宣布将辞去领袖职务。
With preliminary results showing New Democrats reduced to fewer than 30 seats, the Official Opposition's first priority will be choosing a new leader to replace David Eby who announced Saturday that he will step down