Overview
- The party’s legislative group has shrunk by about 12 MLAs, a loss confirmed by the legislature clerk and multiple outlets and driven by a wave of defections since the leader’s May victory.
- Findlay told municipal leaders she will not resign, a position she reiterated Thursday after an emergency caucus where two MLAs reportedly asked her to step down.
- Multiple news organizations report that former executive director Elaine Allan allegedly hired a private investigator to investigate current and former MLAs and a journalist, and the party has retained lawyer Bruce Hallsor to review the claims.
- Elections BC has increased its state of readiness and Premier David Eby has said his caucus should be prepared, prompting the Conservatives to launch an emergency fundraising appeal while Findlay campaigns in the Sept. 26 Abbotsford‑Mission by‑election.
- Departures have coalesced into a new centre‑right grouping around Peter Milobar and Ian Paton, a split that risks dividing the right‑of‑centre vote, complicating outcomes if a snap provincial vote overlaps next month’s municipal elections.