It’s a pivotal day for the British Columbia Conservative Party as the Opposition in the provincial legislature will announce its new leader.
The candidates, who had to pay more than $100,000 to join the race, were whittled down to five: former MLA Iain Black, commentator Caroline Elliott, former MP Kerry-Lynne Findlay, current MLA Peter Milobar and entrepreneur Yuri Fulmer.
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Ballots were sent out earlier this month and about 26,000 verified members had until Friday to rank their candidates in a preferred vote, with the party’s executive director saying Thursday that 95 per cent had voted.
Under John Rustad’s leadership, the party emerged from obscurity to come within about 30,000 votes of winning the 2024 provincial election.
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Infighting fractured the caucus and reduced Conservative members in the legislature by five, and eventually led to Rustad’s expulsion in December.
The new leader will be announced at the party’s leadership convention in Vancouver.
A sixth former Conservative, Hon Chan, was removed from the caucus this year after it emerged he had been charged with assault in a case of alleged intimate partner violence.
@ Global Reader – Keep reading Global and you will continue to believe that…
Conservatives have conservative values, so yes they align with the republicans more than the democrats… that’s just logic…. if you want to compare everything to the BIG BAD ORANGE MAN… you are a bigger problem to the country.
FOCUS ON THE CONTROLLABLES…. lets go KLF!!!!
Kerry-Lynne Findlay and her supporters in caucus have more in common with Donald Trump’s Republicans than they do with Canadian Conservatives
But, but…they told us how awesome a premier Rustad would be. Where is that “corrupt” “crook” now? Hiding out?
@ trail goof:
seems you are dead wrong as Eby beat your crook Rustad that your own party later called “a crook.”
Maybe vet your next “leader: BEFORE an election?
Eby sold out everyone in BC when then Premier Horgan and himself brought in UNDRIP legislation which has devastated BCs economy. Also, Eby did all he could to block the TMX project. He is anti Canadian and a far left socialist.
conservatives are traitors to the entire world
What a waste of time! Doesn’t work worth a damn!
This reporter doesn’t have a clue.
While 30,000 may have been margin in popular vote count, BC is a the first post system. NDP won a majority by only two seats. In three close riding races NDP only won by a total of 380 votes combined for those ridings.
380 votes the other way and we wouldn’t have this gong show of a government.
I hope either Kerry-Lynne Findlay or Yuri Fulmer win. They are the only true Conservatives running. If anyone else wins it is essentially voting for the NDP or Liberals depending who wins
Milobar is compromised
Here is hoping Milobar does NOT win. He has too many familial ties much like Arun Randhawa who was denied security clearance over his brothers.
Rustad was a loon. Please just choose someone moderate. Someone just right Center who can steer this out of control ship back into a path of growth and stability.