US EditionEx-grocery executive, Jones, says customer is boss as he eyes B.C. Conservative job
Gavin Dew prioritizes family and urges party unity to build a strong opposition capable of defeating the NDP under Premier David Eby, following leadership vacancy.
- On Dec. 17, 2025, Kelowna MLA Gavin Dew announced he will not seek the Conservative Party of British Columbia leadership, citing that his two children aged five and seven need him to be present and the toll a campaign takes.
- The vacancy followed Rustad's Dec. 4 departure, with Darrell Jones and federal Conservative MP Aaron Gunn saying they are seriously considering runs this month.
- Speaking to party unity, Dew added `Every leadership race is somewhere between a talent show and a civil war` and urged the next leader be a 'unifier' avoiding culture-war grievances and 'chasing after squirrels'.
- With Dew standing aside, potential candidates include Peter Milobar, MLA, Harman Bhangu, MLA, former federal MP Kerry-Lynne Findlay, and federal MP Aaron Gunn, while Dew said the next leader 'must be a premier in waiting' to hold the NDP accountable.
- Amid broader turmoil, One BC lost official party status after Tara Armstrong split with Dallas Brodie, while Stewart Prest, UBC political science lecturer, said `What we are seeing so far is a pretty steady dwindling of the viewpoints expressed.
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VICTORIA — Kelowna, B.C., MLA Gavin Dew says he doesn't want to lead the B.C. Conservatives, citing family reasons. But he says whoever wins the contest should be the "unifier" of a party that isn't focused on culture wars and "chasing after squirrels" Dew says he hopes the upcoming race to lead British Columbia's Opposition doesn't become a factional battle, and the party can't get the choice wrong if it wants to be taken seriously. Former groc…
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