Former B.C. Conservative leader John Rustad has announced he will not be entering the party’s leadership race, saying the decision comes after “a lot of reflection.”
He says in a statement posted to social media that he did not make the choice lightly and he believes the best thing he can do for the party and the province is “support the next leader and help ensure we come out of this process stronger, not divided.”
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Rustad resigned as the leader in December after 20 members of his caucus signed a letter saying they had lost confidence in him and the party’s board had declared him “professionally incapacitated.”
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The party will hold a leadership vote on May 30, and each of the candidates are expected to submit applications signed by at least 250 members and pay $115,000 to appear on the final leadership ballot.
Ten candidates have entered the race so far.
Ill be voting Conservative anyway. I will never vote Liberal or NDP at ever. Its unfortunate the leadership pool is so slim.
People like Darrel @ Save On foods dude? Darrel’s deals? He took a page right from the NDP handbook for his ‘deals’. He was part of the collusion scandal and people will vote for him?
Maybe he should join One BC
I wouldn’t vote for him again.