A lot has happened since the B.C. snap election was called. Here's a quick rundown | CBC News

New leaders, election dropouts, and mayors sounding off on back-to-back elections

On Tuesday, B.C. NDP Leader David Eby put an end to weeks of speculation by calling an early election in B.C., meaning voters will head to the polls to choose their next provincial government on October 24.

Eby said the election, two years ahead of schedule, was required to meet the "existential moment" created by the Canada-U.S. trade conflict.

"We have big decisions to make as a province. And British Columbians, you deserve a say in the direction that we choose," he said in a news conference Tuesday.

But some see it as political opportunism, given the recent turmoil within the B.C. Conservatives.

B.C. Conservative interim leader Lorne Doerkson has characterised it as a "cheap, opportunistic political move," while Greens Leader Emily Lowan called it an unnecessary decision that would bring "yet more instability."

There has been a lot of political movement since the election was called.

Before Tuesday, Cariboo-Chilcotin legislator Lorne Doerkson wasn't a well-known name, but he has been chosen by consensus as interim leader of the B.C. Conservatives.

He wasted no time introducing himself to the electorate at a news conference held shortly after the B.C. election was called, flanked by more than a dozen Conservative MLAs.

"We are unified in one simple task, and that is to change governments in this province," he said.

Seven MLAs who quit the Conservative Party en masse during former leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay's tenure, to subsequently join the CentreBC party, have rejoined since she was ousted on Sunday.

Peter Milobar, who departed in mid-August, spent a short time as the leader of CentreBC, but on Tuesday announced he would re-enter the Conservative fold.