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Upheaval in B.C. Conservative caucus unabated as Findlay resigns as leader
Her resignation follows 13 MLAs leaving since August and a private investigator hired to examine critics, deepening turmoil in the official Opposition.
- On Sunday, Kerry-Lynne Findlay resigned as leader of the British Columbia Conservatives after fewer than four months marked by infighting and defections, though she will remain the party's candidate in the Sept. 26 Abbotsford-Mission byelection.
- Legislator Linda Hepner announced her departure Sunday, citing the party leadership's lack of willingness to listen, joining 13 sitting MLAs who have exited since August amid the revelation a private investigator was hired to monitor critics.
- The B.C. legislature website showed the Conservatives with 24 members, down from 25, with Independents up to 18, while CentreBC, led by Peter Milobar, swelled to become the third-largest party after recruiting eight former Conservatives.
- Skeena MLA Claire Rattée called the resignation an opportunity for unity, saying "there can be no more petty disagreements, score-settling or purity tests" as the party seeks to defeat the NDP.
- Speculation persists that Premier David Eby may call a snap election; when asked Friday, he said "we haven't made any decisions yet," leaving British Columbia in electoral limbo as opposition parties restructure.
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Kerry-Lynne Findlay, then-leader of the B.C. Conservative Party, is pictured before delivering her address to the Union of B.C. Municipalities meeting in Vancouver on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026. Findlay has since resigned as party leader. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Rich Lam Kerry-Lynne Findlay resigned as the leader of British Columbia’s Conservatives on Sunday, bringing to a close her brief tenure marked by infighting, firings, expulsions from the party …
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