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Aug 26, 2026
Center
B.C. Conservative MLA who defected and plans to form a new party with Peter Milobar, further fracturing the provincial right.
Centre observers see this as a sign of instability in the B.C. Conservative party, which may benefit the NDP government by splitting the opposition.
Aug 25, 2026
Far Right
Ian Paton, another BC Conservative MLA, also left, forcing a reshuffle by leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay.
Paton's exit underscores the party's dysfunction and its inability to keep members who might hold more genuine populist views, reflecting a lack of grassroots accountability.