Lorne Doerkson spotted with Christy Clark at Lions game amid election

B.C. Conservative interim leader Lorne Doerkson attended a CFL game with former premier Christy Clark, despite having avoided public scrutiny since the election call. Clark criticized the early election timing and denied involvement in opposition negotiations.

B.C. Conservative interim Leader Lorne Doerkson, right, listens to former B.C. premier Christy Clark while attending the B.C. Lions and Saskatchewan Roughriders CFL football game, in Vancouver, on Friday, Sept. 25, 2026.

Doerkson Appears at Lions Game

THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck VANCOUVER -- Interim B.C. Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson was spotted alongside former Liberal premier Christy Clark at a B.C. Lions football game on Friday night. Doerkson has had no public events or news conferences since a provincial election was called on Tuesday.

Doerkson and Clark, who served as premier from 2011 to 2017, wore Lions gear as the team took on the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Clark said prior to the election call that the prospect of one coming less than two years into Premier David Eby's mandate was 'absolutely unheard of' and 'a disgrace.

Clark Discusses Election Call

' She also said she wasn't playing matchmaker between opposition factions and was not deeply involved in negotiations or 'anything of that nature. '

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