text: Just getting rid of Vancouver Island would make NDP governments uncommon.  If the Island was not part of the province it would be 42 seats BC Liberals to 31 seats NDP so actually a pretty solid one.  Even in 1996 the BC Liberals would have won a minority if the Island was excluded BC Liberals 30 seats vs. NDP 29 seats although you would have had 1 seat PDA and 2 seats BC Reform party so seeing on who those members defected to (Gordon Wilson is now a BC Liberal again, but did defect to the NDP) it would be 32 seats to 30 seats.  That being said that is kind of silly as it is part of the province although there is a party pushing for Vancouver Island to secede.