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BC Conservative Party leadership campaign will open on October 29, 2018

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!"
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  1. AnonymousApril 7, 2018 at 11:34 AM

    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.

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    1. Alan ForsethApril 7, 2018 at 12:41 PM

      I 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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