Kerry-Lynne Findlay

Elections BC, 'cause he wanted to call the election on the Saturday.

... uh, while Kerry-Lynne Findlay was still leader.

And Elections BC told him, "We need a few more days to get a few ducks in a row." And I don't know if I can say this word, he was dumb enough to listen to them, uh, rather than walking over to the lieutenant governor and triggering the election and telling Elections BC, "Get your act together.

I'm calling the election." So he gave them, he gave the BC Conservatives three days.

And what did the BC Conservatives do? They got rid of Kerry-Lynne Findlay.

They told her they're not signing her nomination papers.

They've completely distanced themself from the crazies and, and, and some of these influencers that post all these weird videos.

Things that-

Maybe that's what Kerry-Lynn Findlay thought in, uh, British Columbia.

[laughs] Well, it was far away from her, that's for sure.

Mm.

Back in May, the Tories in BC had a leadership election.

They elected somebody called Kerry Lynn Findlay, who was a former federal MP.

but not at the time, importantly, and this is a recurring oddity of Canadian politics.

She was not a member of the BC Legislative Assembly at the time she became leader of a party in it.

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In a statement, Kerry Lynn Findlay said she is resigning as the leader of the Conservative Party of BC.

She wrote, "This was not an easy decision, but I believe it is the right one for our movement and our province." Ten party members have quit the Conservatives in recent weeks.

On Friday, Findlay ousted three more, including John Rustad, the former leader of the party.

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She joins 13 other MLAs who have either left or been removed under leader Kerry-Lynn Findlay's tenure.

Findlay has resisted calls to step down and the chaos in the BC Conservatives has prompted speculation that BC Premier David Eby may call a snap election.

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I'm not going anywhere.

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The exodus of Conservative MLAs continues, the party losing three more Friday, including former leader John Rustad.

That makes 12 in the past month gone.