A B.C. Conservative candidate election campaign was mired by controversies in the days before the provincial election has won the Surrey South riding.
The CTV News Decision Desk has declared that Brent Chapman has defeated NDP candidate Haroon Ghaffar.
The Conservative candidate made headlines during the later stages of the campaign after offensive social media posts resurfaced one after another, prompting multiple apologies from Chapman.
In a November 2015 Facebook comment, shared in a screenshot by CKNW radio host Jas Johal, Chapman referred to Palestinians as “inbred walking, talking, breathing time bombs.” Another showed him sharing an article on “Muslim inbreeding,” along with concerns, which he attributed to an unnamed friend, that “coexistence with Islam” was “absolutely not” possible.
The posts prompted a number of Muslim groups to call for Chapman to withdraw from the race.
In a statement, the candidate said his comments were “completely unacceptable” and “do not reflect who I am …