A Vancouver councillor has indicated that he could live with whatever government emerges from the tightly-contested May 9 provincial election.

According to Raymond Louie, a dispensation run by either B.C. Liberals or New Democrats could work well.

The fifth-term councillor was at the Vancouver Convention Centre, where members and supporters of the B.C. NDP gathered on election night.

As results began to show that neither the two main parties will form a majority government just yet following the ballot, Louie said that people simply an administration that delivers good services.

“My hope is that the government, whichever won, is formed, and all parties will work together to make sure that we make life better for British Columbians: that we build more affordable housing, that we fund transit, that we make sure that the environment is taken care of,” Louie told the Georgia Straight. “And if that’s the case, then I hope that the parties work together to make that happen.”

It could take some time to determine the final results of the election. Absentee ballots have yet to be counted, and recounts are going to happen in closely-fought constituencies.

As of now, B.C. Liberals have 43 of the 87 legislative seats up for grabs. New Democrats got 41, and B.C. Greens, three.

If the count stays the same, the Greens will hold the balance of power in a minority government.

Asked if it doesn’t matter if either B.C. Liberals or New Democrats form government, Louie replied: “Well as long as they place these priorities in these areas, I think that the City of Vancouver will be in a better position.”

“My hope that they set aside their partisanship. The election is over,” Louie continued. “Now it’s about making sure that life is better for Vancouverites, rather than refighting and continuing to fight an election, and to actually get some things done.”

Louie went on: “The last thing I want to have happened is to have a minority government where they are in stasis, where they can’t get to agreement to get things done because that’s not what I think Vancouverites want.

“They want a government that takes care of business, meaning better transit, more affordable, taking care of the environment, ensuring that there are good jobs, and that people have an opportunity to believe in the future.”

The B.C. NDP had courted Louie to no avail to run as candidate in the May 9 election.

Louie backed his former Vision Vancouver council colleague George Chow, who ran successfully as a New Democrat, defeating B.C. Liberal Suzanne Anton, who held a cabinet post before the election.

Chow was also backed by another former colleague, incumbent Vancouver councillor Kerry Jang.

At the Vancouver Convention Centre on Tuesday night, Jang said that his biggest fear is that if the B.C. Liberals get back in as a majority government.

If that were to happen, Jang said nothing much will be done to address the opioid crisis in the city.

“More people will die because they are already said they’ve done enough,” Jang told the Straight.

The B.C. NDP has promised to create a new ministry to deal with addictions and mental health issues.

The City of Vancouver has indicated in a May 4 media release that there have been 141 fatal overdoses in the city since the start of the year.

In 2016, there were 215 fatal overdoses in the city.

Across B.C., 914 people died from drug overdoses last year.