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4w ago

BC Conservatives Rally Under Interim Leader as Snap Election Looms

The party is racing to field candidates and show unity during a compressed campaign that will test its recovery and readiness to govern.

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This week NDP MLA Niki Sharma, left, and Premier David Eby kept reminding people that the Conservatives have an interim leader. Yet, it was the NDP that decided the election timing.
B.C. Conservative Party leadership candidate Caroline Elliott watches a speaker during leadership election night in Vancouver, on Saturday, May 30, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Overview

  • New Democrat leader David Eby called a snap provincial election on Tuesday that set an Oct. 24 vote and forced a rapid response from opposition parties.
  • Kerry-Lynne Findlay resigned last week after internal defections and Lorne Doerkson was named interim leader to steady the party and lead the campaign.
  • Doerkson said the Conservatives are “ready to rock” and will aim to run candidates in all 93 ridings while preparing a tour and a platform.
  • Doerkson met with former B.C. premier Christy Clark and Saskatchewan premier Scott Moe at a B.C. Lions game on Sept. 26 as he began public outreach and relationship-building.
  • The NDP has launched ads questioning who would be premier if Conservatives win and the Conservatives insist Doerkson would remain leader, a messaging fight that could shape undecided voters and focus attention on the party’s recent turmoil.