A Semiahmoo Peninsula MLA has crossed the floor to join a different party.
Surrey South MLA Elenore Sturko has left BC United and joined the Conservative Party of BC in an effort to 香蕉视频直播渞ebuild the coalition that香蕉视频直播檚 needed to defeat the NDP.香蕉视频直播�
Sturko, a former RCMP spokesperson and military veteran, was elected in a byelection in 2022, winning 52 percent of the vote.
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香蕉视频直播淥ur province and its people are worse off today than they were just seven years ago when the NDP came to power. By every single measure the NDP has failed British Columbians, and splitting the vote will only reward them with an election victory they don香蕉视频直播檛 deserve.香蕉视频直播�
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Conservative leader John Rustad said Sturko will be 香蕉视频直播渁 terrific addition to the team, and a practical example of the grassroots coalition that is growing across the province.香蕉视频直播�
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Rustad added on these issues, and many others, that David Eby and the NDP have failed British Columbians and made the province unaffordable, rationed health care, raised taxes, and made it impossible to do business or get anything done in British Columbia.
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Elenore Sturko will be running in Surrey-Cloverdale for the Conservative Party of BC.
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