BURSTPeter Milobar, the former Kamloops mayor and current MLA for Kamloops Centre, is entering the race to be the next leader of the B.C. Conservative Party.
Milobar wants to bring “full accountability” to government in B.C., he told media during his announcement in Victoria on Friday (Jan. 16).
He said he wants to lead a Conservative party that is working to be an “effective opposition,” as well as to have the party taken seriously and “clearly demonstrate we are a government in waiting.”
Milobar was first elected in 2017 for the B.C. Liberal Party. After that party changed its name to B.C. United, then withdrew from the 2024 provincial election, Milobar switched sides and joined the Conservatives.
He currently serves as the party’s finance critic, a role he held for United as well. He has also held the position of opposition House leader.
Milobar’s candidacy joins a growing field of officially announced candidates, including former B.C Liberal minister Iain Black, Capilano University Chancellor Yuri Fulmer, and Prince George-North Cariboo MLA Sheldon Clare. Political commentator Caroline Elliott is also expected to launch a leadership bid.
More to come.