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Five remain in B.C. Conservative leadership race as membership swells to 42,000
Each candidate paid a $60,000 fee as the party’s membership rose about six-fold to 42,000 before the leadership vote.
- On April 22, the Conservative Party confirmed a final list of five leadership candidates, a contest that has swelled party membership to 42,000 by the April 18 deadline.
- Former Liberal cabinet minister Iain Black, political commentator Caroline Elliott, MLA Peter Milobar, former federal Conservative MP Kerry-Lynne Findlay, and entrepreneur Yuri Fulmer are competing to replace former leader John Rustad.
- Executive director Angelo Isidorou says the party has "come incredibly far in just a few years," becoming what he calls the "largest political party" by membership after growing from 7,000 in December. Fulmer's campaign claimed last week it sold 15,417 new memberships.
- Candidates will participate in a debate this Friday in Vancouver, with the party sending ballots on May 9 and announcing the new leader at its convention on May 30.
- By comparison, the Greens leadership race that elected Emily Lowan last year saw 8,641 members cast ballots, while the NDP did not immediately respond to requests for comment regarding their membership statistics.
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Five remain in B.C. Conservative leadership race as membership swells to 42,000
VICTORIA - The B.C. Conservative Party has confirmed a final list of five candidates vying for its leadership, in a contest that has swollen the party's membership to more than
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