Seemingly every federal election, there's a thought that the late night counting of votes in British Columbia will determine which party will form government.  

And seemingly every federal election, it doesn't happen.

Polls close at 7 p.m. PT in B.C. Monday, a half hour after everywhere from Alberta to Quebec. That means that by the time a substantial number of ballots are counted in B.C., a government might already be called — or it could be the focus of the entire country into the early hours o…