BC Conservatives in Turmoil as Leaders and Members Walk Out
Two BC Conservative MLAs resigned this week, raising the total to five departures in less than two weeks amid accusations that leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay has steered the party toward a hard-right stance.
Since winning the BC Conservative leadership by a slim margin over Caroline Elliott, Kerry-Lynne Findlay has pursued a right-leaning overhaul that has triggered a cascade of departures. In the past twelve days, two additional MLAs quit the caucus, raising the total to five, while former executive director Angelo Isidorou and ex-president Aisha Estey have also resigned. Findlay’s staffing choices, including chief of staff Chris Delaney—known for ties to former Social Credit premier Bill Vander Zalm—and director of operations Apollo Chung, who was fired after making inflammatory comments, have been condemned as fostering a toxic culture.
Departing members like Brennan Day and Dan Knight publicly denounced the leader’s judgment and ethics on social media. The column argues that the party’s internal strife undermines its ability to challenge Premier David Eby’s NDP government, which polls show leading comfortably.
Why it matters
The exodus threatens the BC Conservatives' viability as a political alternative in the province.
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