Ex-NDP premier votes against electoral reform

VANCOUVER — Opponents of proportional representation have a new ally: former NDP premier Glen Clark.

Clark said he has voted against the voting system in the mail-in electoral reform referendum that will wrap up on Nov. 30.

“I don’t like proportional representation,” Clark said.

Clark, premier from 1996 to 1999, said he’s not a fan of any system where he would be voting for someone whose name is on a party list — one of the proposals in the current referendum, the mixed-member option.

“I like to vote for the person who represents me,” Clark said. “I want to vote for someone who’s going to be accountable.”

British Columbians are now receiving and voting in the referendum on changing the province’s voting system.

The choice is keeping the current first-past-the-post system or changing to one of three forms of proportional representation.

Meanwhile, Premier John Horgan said Thursday that he has already voted Yes to changing the way residents vote.

Horgan said he selected mixedmember proportional as his top choice among the three available for a new provincial electoral system.