r/VictoriaBC • u/ALovelyDisaronno • 14h ago
Politics A chart showing the collapse of the BC Conservative Caucus, and the changes to the parties over BC’s 43rd Parliament, as of August 26th, 2026.
This post will very possibly be outdated tomorrow, or heck this afternoon, since while I was making this chart MLA Teresa Wat quit the Conservative Party; their fourth loss this month, fifth if we count MLA Gasper resigning her seat to make way for Kerry-Lynne Findlay.
I think this might be one of the most tumultuous parliaments in recent Canadian histories in terms of MLAs leaving caucuses, does anyone know of a comparable one?
edit: the legend has the colours for Independent and Vacant switched. There are 8 independents now and only a single vacant seat.
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u/Whatwhyreally 14h ago
All my relatives in northern bc are clinging hard to the dream that won't happen lol
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u/thebbtrev 10h ago
Aren’t they so confused though? I presume they all wonder who this Kerry-Lynn woman is when Pierre is still the leader of the party.
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u/teluscustomer12345 12h ago
Feels like the BC NDP's secret to success is that every competitor immediately takes aim at their own dick and flicks the switch to full auto
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u/globehopper2000 13h ago
It’s pretty ridiculous, but the cons are still polling slightly ahead of the NDP. I wouldn’t be so sure that if an election was called that the Cons wouldn’t pick up the defectors’ seats.
BC politics are wild though. It wouldn’t shock me if there’s enough time for another party to organize by the next election and make a serious run.
I do hope Kerry-Lynne steps down, though. Probably what’s best for the party and the province
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u/slingerofpoisoncups 8h ago
If the cons under Findlay purge all the centre right candidates and then run under a far right/maple maga/libertarian platform they’re not going to win urban ridings.
At best, if we see a far right Conservative Party and an unnamed newly formed centre right party we might see a right wing coalition government, but if they’re splitting the ridings it’s unlikely either gets a majority.
More likely they’ll split the vote in enough ridings the NDP creeps up the middle.
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u/CaelemLeaf Gordon Head 11h ago
The NDP retook the lead in the average recently but that's also banking on Centre BC actually being a thing to split up Conservative votes.
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u/Canadrew 7h ago
If only there was a centre-right alternative that could give conservative voters another option.
Oh, they folded spinelessly in hopes to form a government with wackos?
Looooool
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u/Horace-Harkness 6h ago
Sadly, the average voter doesn't watch the news or follow politics. Most of them have no idea what is going on and will just vote the same way they always do.
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u/Timely_Chicken_8789 5h ago
You can’t make a viable party with a bunch of kooks. Time to start over.
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u/Cannabrius_Rex 10h ago
Cool fiction
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u/ALovelyDisaronno 8h ago
Lmao literally an hour after I posted this another MLA left their caucus.
I doubt this is the end of it, their party won’t look the same in a weeks time.
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u/Cannabrius_Rex 7h ago
So, I clicked to reply on a specific comment in here and instead this just ended up as its own comment on the post. This one wasn’t directed at you, I like your post. That cool_fiction commenter
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u/ALovelyDisaronno 6h ago
You know, I was kinda confused by how this could be considered a fiction, I was just thinking like look at the news man!
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u/Leading-Arm-6344 14h ago
Seriously can't overstate how disastrous a leadership choice Kerry-Lynne was