OneBC says former Conservative leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay and her husband, Brent Chapman, were subjected to “a torrent of threats and abuse from insiders.”
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OneBC says former Conservative legislator Brent Chapman and his wife, Kerry-Lynne Findlay, have been subjected to what the party calls “a torrent of threats and abuse from insiders.”
OneBC said Chapman announced last month that he was joining the party to run as a candidate in the Oct. 24 provincial election after Findlay resigned as Conservative leader amid a caucus revolt.
The party said Chapman’s name was not on the final list of candidates released Sunday by Elections BC, and that OneBC and Chapman “mutually decided” he would not run in the Surrey South riding.
In its statement, OneBC said it was “excited” to have Chapman join the team but that “the strains of the last few months have been enormous.”
OneBC said Findlay’s resignation as Conservative leader came less than four months after she won the party leadership, and it argued that “strong conservative values” were not acceptable to the appointed leaders of the Conservative Party of British Columbia.
The party said, “Politics is important, but so is family and security,” and added it supported Chapman’s decision to step back at this time while wishing him all the best.
OneBC said it emerged as a splinter group from the B.C. Conservatives shortly after that party came close to winning the last provincial election.
The party said its interim leader, former Conservative legislator Dallas Brodie, is running to retain her riding, and that OneBC did not have the two members required for official status when the election was called because Chapman had not informed the Speaker or the clerk’s office in time.
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