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Conservative Leadership Hopeful Milobar Changes Campaign Manager After Investigation
Jeff Conaster will take over as Milobar distances his campaign from a $4,500 Elections B.C. fine tied to a false website and mail-out.
- On Saturday, Conservative MLA Peter Milobar announced that campaign manager Mark Werner is "stepping back" from his role, citing the need to "focus on his family business" amid controversy involving a 2024 political website and mail-out.
- Elections B.C. fined the United party $4,500 for "transmitting a false statement to affect election results" related to the 2024 website, which investigators confirmed was orchestrated by campaign officials including Werner while he held that position.
- Milobar claimed Thursday that "preliminary discussions" with Werner "confirmed that he had no knowledge" of the materials, while announcing Jeff Conaster will assume campaign leadership.
- UBC political science lecturer Stewart Prest said the change "favours Elliott," suggesting Milobar's association with the controversy may hinder his leadership bid as Elliott "has been out in front in some ways" since early days of the campaign.
- Candidates have until April 18 to sign up new members eligible to vote next month as the race to replace Rustad enters its final stretch with four other contenders remaining.
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Peter Milobar’s campaign manager is stepping aside just days after Elections B.C. fined B.C. United over a misleading website and mail outs targeting former Conservative leader John Rustad.
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Corrective to April 11 story on leadership race for B.C. Conservatives
In a story published on April 11, 2026, about Peter Milobar losing his campaign manager, Mark Werner, The Canadian Press erroneously reported Werner had managed Milobar since 2016. In fact, they have worked together in various capacities.
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