Overview
- Prince George-Valemount MLA Rosalyn Bird announced she will sit as an independent after citing political infighting and name-calling, becoming the third recent defector from the Conservative caucus.
- Delta South MLA Ian Paton and Kamloops Centre MLA Peter Milobar have left to sit as independents and are organizing a new centre-right party outside the Conservatives.
- Reann Gasper resigned her Abbotsford‑Mission seat to allow leader Kerry‑Lynne Findlay to seek a legislature seat and was then named Findlay’s deputy chief of staff, a move that has intensified internal tensions.
- Findlay held a Vancouver news conference, replaced senior staff and said she expects further departures as she presses a platform she describes with 'faith, freedom and family', while Paton’s claim that he was offered a paid adviser role was publicly denied by Findlay.
- A fourth MLA, Richmond–Bridgeport’s Teresa Wat, announced she will sit as an independent, the latest development that reduces the official Opposition’s numbers and raises questions about committee roles, by‑election plans and the province’s center‑right political landscape.