The city's new MLA is hard at work trying to get set for her new job.
NDP MLA Judy Darcy joined volunteers at the campaign office after the election to clean it out and have a bit of a celebration.
"We gave everyone an orange rose," she said. "They have worked so hard. We had a bit of a celebration, told stories, cleaned out the office."
Darcy is now in the process of finding a constituency office, hiring staff and getting set up for her new role. She anticipates the NDP will be having a caucus meeting in the near future.
Darcy said she's not in a position to provide in-depth analysis about the NDP's loss to the B.C. Liberals, which was contrary to many people's expectations that it would form government.
"It was a surprise to everybody, to the NDP, to the Liberals. It seems it was a surprise to everybody. We are going to need to take some time to reflect on that and try and figure out what that means, what it was that led to that kind of result," she said. "Obviously there are lessons to be learned. I felt really good about us running a positive campaign, a positive campaign in New Westminster, a positive campaign across the province."
Darcy said she'll work hard in opposition to represent New Westminster in Victoria.
