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Former B.C. Conservative MLA is 7th to join new party
Wilson becomes the seventh MLA to join a new provincial party after leaving the BC Conservative caucus over leadership concerns.
- On Monday, Boundary-Similkameen MLA Donegal Wilson announced she is joining the new provincial party led by former Conservative MLA Peter Milobar, becoming the seventh legislator to join the emerging centre-right coalition.
- Dissatisfaction with Conservative leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay prompted the departures; Milobar, who lost the leadership race to Findlay, founded the group in mid-August alongside Delta South MLA Ian Paton.
- Wilson cited the group's "significant strides" in recent weeks, stating she wanted to avoid rebuilding an "old, failed party" and instead focus on delivering for British Columbians.
- Milobar's party now holds seven seats in the B.C. legislature, reshaping the political landscape; meanwhile, former Conservative MLAs Scott McInnis and Brennan Day have chosen to sit as Independents.
- When the B.C. legislature resumes next month, the unnamed party will sit as a caucus while facing competition for centrist voters from the Centre BC party led by former Liberal MLA Mike Bernier.
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Milobar's new party grows to 7, as another former B.C. Conservative MLA joins
The as-yet unnamed party was founded by Milobar and Ian Paton and has since been joined by other legislators who have quit the Conservatives, Bruce Banman, A'a:liya Warbus, Rosalyn Bird and Teresa Wat.
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B.C. MLA Wilson becomes 7th to join Peter Milobar's new party - The Interior News - Smithers BC
Boundary-Similkameen MLA Donegal Wilson is joining Peter Milobar’s new political party, becoming the seventh former B.C. Conservative to join his emerging centre-right coalition. Wilson said she left the Conservatives because she no longer supported leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay, who took the helm on May 30 after winning a razor-thin majority on the fourth ballot of member voting at a leadership convention. Wilson quit the caucus on Sept. 2. “I sai…
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