The move is intended to ensure BC United remains a registered political party with Elections BC, executive director Lindsay Cote said in a letter to members on Friday
BC United says it will run a select number of candidates in the Oct. 19 election after suspending its province-wide campaign to support the B.C. Conservative Party.The move is intended to ensure BC United remains a registered political party with Elections B.C., executive director Lindsay Cote said in a letter to members on Friday.
By running some candidates, BC United will later be able to have a thorough discussion with its membership about the future of the party, she said. “If there is a desire within our membership to rebuild the party, and a plausible path to do so, we want to be in a position to act on this,” said Cote. Running a few candidates may technically ensure BC United remains an organization, but in the minds of voters, it’s a “phantom” party, he said.Cote said Falcon, as leader, had the power under the party’s constitution to revoke the nominations of all candidates for the Oct. 19 election, and while he didn’t need the support of the provincial executive for the decision, he sought it and it was granted.
Ousted BC United candidates Wendy Yuan in Richmond Centre, Kevin Acton in Vernon-Lumby and Ashley Ramsay in Kelowna-Mission will also run as Independents. Given members and candidates were not consulted, “it’s just very difficult to see how or why those previously loyal members would want to put this party back together in the future,” MacKenzie said.
She said she’s received hundreds of texts, calls, flowers and cards “that helped me get through some difficult days.”
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