A series of candidates for British Columbia香蕉视频直播檚 upcoming provincial election have disappeared from the B.C. Conservatives香蕉视频直播� online list of nominees, as some former BC United members move into the Conservative fold after last week香蕉视频直播檚 reshaping of the province香蕉视频直播檚 political landscape.
But the shake up drew fire from some former candidates.
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Falcon and B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad last week announced a deal to pool candidates under the Conservative banner to avoid vote splitting that could favour Premier David Eby香蕉视频直播檚 NDP in the Oct. 19 election.
Some of those whose names no longer appear on the Conservatives香蕉视频直播� website took to social media to complain about the changes and accuse the party of shifting its values.
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Another former Conservative candidate, Dupinder Kaur Saran, said on Monday on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, that she would be running as an independent in Surrey-Panorama because another Conservative had been 香蕉视频直播渂ullied香蕉视频直播� into standing there instead.
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Several former BC United candidates have now been added to the Conservative ranks.
Former BC United candidate in Burnaby North Michael Wu will now represent the Conservatives there, with that party香蕉视频直播檚 former nominee, Simon Chandler, moved to Burnaby East.
Former BC United nominees Scott McInnes in Columbia River Revelstoke, and Keenan Adams in Port Coquitlam, meanwhile become the Conservative candidates in those ridings instead.
McInnes said in a video posted on Facebook that he spoke to Rustad several times over the last few days before deciding to accept the Conservative slot.
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But the merging of the two parties香蕉视频直播� candidate pools has not gone entirely smoothly on the BC United side.
Peace River South MLA Mike Bernier has publicly floated the idea that he and other former BC United candidates could run as independents instead.
On Sunday, he said on Facebook that Falcon had 香蕉视频直播渂ack stabbed all of us, and actually just made it easier for the NDP to win.香蕉视频直播�
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BC United香蕉视频直播檚 Jackie Tegart, who has been MLA in Fraser-Nicola since 2013, on Tuesday became the latest of the party香蕉视频直播檚 longtime candidates to announce she would no longer be running.
Incumbents Shirley Bond and Todd Stone last week announced they were not running again.
