Bruce Banman
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Richard Bruce Banman MLA is a Canadian politician who has served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (MLA) representing the electoral district of Abbotsford South since 2020. He was elected as a member of the BC Liberal Party, then crossed the floor to join the Conservative Party in 2023. Prior to provincial politics, he served as the mayor of Abbotsford from 2011 to 2014, and an Abbotsford city councillor from 2018 to 2021.
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Abbotsford South MLA Bruce Banman was assigned the agriculture critic role in the BC Conservative shadow cabinet.
Banman's assignment is viewed as a token move to fill gaps, but the party's lack of a coherent agricultural policy is a missed opportunity to court rural voters.