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Incumbent MLA Á'a:Líya Warbus Returns to Conservatives - The Interior News - Smithers BC
Warbus said the party’s direction no longer reflected her values and confirmed she will seek another term in the provincial election.
- On Tuesday, Á'a:líya Warbus, incumbent MLA for Chilliwack-Cultus Lake, announced her return to the Conservative Party of BC to seek re-election, hours after Premier David Eby called a snap election for October 24.
- Warbus left the party on August 31, citing a "breakdown in communication" with then-leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay over how MLAs' opinions were valued. She then joined a new party on September 4, which merged with CentreBC on September 18.
- Kerry-Lynne Findlay stepped down as leader on Sunday, September 20, prompting the appointment of Lorne Doerkson, incumbent MLA for Cariboo-Chilcotin, as interim leader the next day. Warbus said the party can now "reset" and return to a "responsible, progressive-conservative approach."
- Returning to the caucus, Warbus emphasized the need for "authentic Indigenous voices with lived experience" in reconciliation discussions and stated that legislation addressing Title must be "practical, transparent and capable of bringing Indigenous and non-Indigenous British Columbians together."
- With Warbus's return, all sitting MLAs who previously left the Conservatives and joined CentreBC have now rejoined the party. Warbus stated the work is "bigger than any one person, any one disagreement or any one chapter in the life of a political party.
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Chilliwack-Cultus Lake incumbent Á'a:líya Warbus returns to B.C. Conservatives - 100 Mile Free Press
Á’a:líya Warbus, incumbent MLA for Chilliwack-Cultus Lake, has returned to the Conservative Party of BC. Warbus made the announcement in a statement made to social media on Tuesday (Sept. 22), hours after Premier David Eby called a snap election for Oct. 24. “I left the BC Conservative caucus because I believed I had to. I could not stay silent when the direction of the party no longer reflected the kind of principled, responsible and centre-rig…
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