{"id":48,"date":"2026-09-14T20:27:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T20:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsbc.online\/?p=48"},"modified":"2026-09-14T20:27:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T20:27:06","slug":"b-c-s-new-party-led-by-milobar-gains-7th-member-as-donegal-wilson-joins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsbc.online\/?p=48","title":{"rendered":"B.C.\u2019s new party led by Milobar gains 7th member as Donegal Wilson joins"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"l-article__text js-story-text\" aria-label=\"Article text\">\n<p>The new party led by former B.C. Conservative legislator Peter Milobar has gained a seventh member.<\/p>\n<p>Donegal Wilson, member of the legislature for Boundary-Similkameen, made the announcement on Monday after she said she spent the last week talking with residents of her riding in the southern Interior.<\/p>\n<p>She said she did not plan to join the new party when she quit the Conservatives on Sept. 2 but found many areas of agreement with the other MLAs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I left the BC Conservative caucus, I left because I could no longer support the leadership of Kerry-Lynne Findlay. I said then that I was leaving a caucus, not my principles, and that has not changed,\u201d she said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson said both the governing NDP and B.C. Conservatives parties are largely focused on ideological issues, leaving many British Columbians politically homeless.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a fiscal conservative, I saw an opportunity to get in and help form the new party,\u201d she said in an interview. \u201cSo, that is why I chose to go now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The as-yet unnamed party was founded by Milobar and Ian Paton and has since been joined by other legislators who quit the Conservatives; Bruce Banman, A\u2019a:liya Warbus, Rosalyn Bird and Teresa Wat.<\/p>\n<p>They are among nine MLAs who have defected from the provincial Conservative caucus in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The new group plans to sit as a caucus when the B.C. legislature resumes sitting next month.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_12040107_6aa855e2a624d\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"12040107\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/12040107\/#autoplay&amp;stickyiframe=miniplayer_12040107_6aa855e2a624d\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\" data-permutive-data=\"{&quot;content&quot;:{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Bruce Banman resigns from BC Conservative and calls on party leader to resign&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;video&quot;,&quot;sections&quot;:[&quot;videos&quot;,&quot;bc&quot;,&quot;canada&quot;,&quot;politics&quot;,&quot;trending&quot;],&quot;keywords&quot;:[&quot;bc-conservatives&quot;,&quot;bc-news&quot;,&quot;bruce-banman&quot;,&quot;short-clip&quot;,&quot;top-news&quot;,&quot;global-news-hour-at-6-bc&quot;],&quot;iab&quot;:{&quot;categories&quot;:[&quot;News&quot;,&quot;News\/Politics&quot;],&quot;tags&quot;:[&quot;British Columbia&quot;,&quot;British Columbia New Democratic Party&quot;,&quot;Bruce Banman&quot;,&quot;By-election&quot;,&quot;Caucus&quot;,&quot;Conservatism in the United States&quot;,&quot;Conservative Party of British Columbia&quot;,&quot;Donegal Wilson&quot;,&quot;Election&quot;,&quot;Fiscal conservatism&quot;,&quot;Ian Paton (politician)&quot;,&quot;Independent politician&quot;,&quot;Kerry-Lynne Findlay&quot;,&quot;Legislator&quot;,&quot;Legislature&quot;,&quot;Legislature of British Columbia&quot;,&quot;Member of the Legislative Assembly&quot;,&quot;Peter Milobar&quot;,&quot;Rosalyn Bird&quot;,&quot;Scott McInnis&quot;,&quot;Teresa Wat&quot;]}}}\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-button c-video__icon c-videoPlay__icon c-button--mini\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-video__data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">1:57<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">Bruce Banman resigns from BC Conservative and calls on party leader to resign<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Two remaining former Conservative MLAs, Scott McInnis and Brennan Day, say they will sit as Independents.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson said former and current Conservative caucus members will have to make their own decisions for their own reasons in choosing a direction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I do think we are building something exciting, and hopefully, they will want to come and be part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wilson said she\u2019s not interested in rebuilding an old, failed party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new party has made significant strides in a matter of weeks and I am so thrilled to join this team and help build a credible alternative to the NDP that British Columbians can choose in the next election, whenever that may be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Those who have quit the B.C. 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