Mr Deason, who founded Affiliated Computer Services and sold it to Xerox for more than $6 billion in 2009, picked up the Sandcastle and a neighbouring parcel for $38.9m (US$26m) in the same year.
With final results in B.C.'s provincial election still pending, John Rustad has vowed to make life "as difficult as possible" for the NDP should the party be re-elected to a minority government.