VICTORIA - Emily Lowan, a 25-year-old climate activist, is the new leader of the British Columbia Green Party.

Lowan won with 3,189 first-place votes, ahead of second-place Jonathan Kerr with 1,908 votes, while Adam Bremner-Akins finished third with 128 votes. A total of 8,641 eligible members cast their votes in the ranked-ballot election for a turnout of 61 per cent.

"This campaign was electrifying," Lowan told a room of supporters in Victoria, where the results were announced Wednesday. "It was a lightning rod of hope. We brought in thousands of new members to this party, many of whom were completely disillusioned with politics."

Lowan doesn't have a seat in the legislature, but said she plans to run in the next “viable” byelection or in a general election.

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