BC Conservative Party President Ryan Warawa |
A leadership race timeline has been adopted for
the BC Conservatives. This morning (April 7th) current
party President Ryan Warawa stated, "I would like to begin by thanking Scott Anderson for doing a tremendous
job as Interim Leader of the BC Conservative Party, and congratulate Justin
Greenwood on recently having been named as the Party’s Interim Deputy Leader"
He then went on to say that the leadership
campaign, for the Conservatives, will open on October 29, 2018, with a new
leader being selected on February 23, 2019.
The total fee to run as a candidate for the BC
Conservative Party will be $6,000 – a minimum of $1,000 of which will be
required at the time the prospective leadership candidate applies.
Said Warawa, "Leadership races are expensive to conduct, and the BC Conservative
Party’s $6,000 fee will ensure that the Party will have the necessary funds to
successfully run the leadership race."
The timing chosen for the leadership race will
allow for this fall’s referendum on electoral reform in British Columbia to be
concluded; and will also allow for candidates running for a Conservative Party
of Canada nomination (for the 2019 federal election) to be available as
leadership candidates.
The Board will form a Candidate
Review Committee (CRC) to interview all prospective leadership candidates. CRC
members must be independent and impartial, and the CRC will submit a
confidential report on each potential candidate to the Board of Directors.
With regards to the Candidate
Review Committee, Warawa indicated that they will begin meeting this fall, and interview
candidates within 4 days of receiving the prospective candidates’ applications.
The BC Conservative Party 2018 Annual General
Meeting will be held on November 24, which will allow leadership candidates and
their supporters to attend and speak personally with members.
Warawa concluded by stating, "For the good of our province, we need to hold the tax-and-spend Liberal, NDP, and Green parties to account. We rely on our dedicated supporters to spread our Conservative Party message, and we need your help now more than ever!"
Wise to hold the leadership race after the referendum on electoral reform. All candidates should be free to focus on getting out the vote for proportional representation. If BC doesn't move to PR, it will be politics as usual, with the big-tent parties calling all the shots.
ReplyDeleteI still have not 'personally' made up my mind on PR. One thing I do know for sure is that I will vote NO if there is not 'one' clear and understandable question to vote on. Anything less than that will mean this GreeNDP government is perverting our democratic choice in voting.
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