CP NewsAlert: B.C. Conservatives recruit three more BC United MLAs, shaking up list

By The Canadian Press on September 3, 2024.

BC Conservative Leader John Rustad, right, pauses to confer with BC United Leader Kevin Falcon while responding to questions during a news conference, in Vancouver, on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. A series of candidates for British Columbia's upcoming provincial election have disappeared off the B.C. Conservative's website with some BC United nominees taking their place. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

The B.C. Conservatives have recruited three more sitting BC United legislators to run under their banner in the fall provincial election, shaking up their previous candidate list.

Conservative Leader John Rustad says Ian Paton, Peter Milobar and Trevor Halford are joining his party in what he calls a sign of “growing momentum” to unite the ticket, after last week’s announcement that the Official Opposition BC United was shutting down its campaign to avoid splitting votes with the Conservatives.

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