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Rustad faces ‘messy' summer over B.C. Conservative leadership: political expert
B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad speaks to reporters at the legislature in Victoria, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito VICTORIA — British Columbia's Conservative caucus members are meeting in Surrey today in what a political scientist says could be the start of a 'messy' summer for party Leader John Rustad. It comes as Rustad's leadership is under review and questions arise about his handling of allegations he made in a letter accusing some former Conservative members of the legislature of blackmail. University of B.C. political science lecturer Stewart Prest says there is no formal mechanism for Conservative legislators to push Rustad out at today's meeting, but it doesn't mean they couldn't do things in a 'messier way' by withdrawing confidence in his leadership. He says if they say they no longer have faith in Rustad, the leader's options 'are limited about what he can do,' regardless of what the party constitution says. The constitution approved at the party's most recent annual general meeting in Nanaimo says a leader can only be removed from office after voluntary resignation, death, incapacity or in a leadership review by the membership. The leadership review is already underway and is expected to last through December, with party members voting on whether they support Rustad in the job, and Prest says he expects MLAs to let that process play out for now. But Prest says the riding-by-riding vote also creates the 'possibility of an additional drip, drip effect' where Rustad has to continually defend his record. He says if he were Rustad, he would not be looking forward to the summer. This report by Wolfgang Depner, The Canadian Press, was first published June 25, 2025.
BBC News
16-06-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Dumfries and Galloway Council considers bid to change leadership
A council is to meet to consider a no confidence motion in its Conservative Tory group has led the administration in Dumfries and Galloway over the past two years since the collapse of a rainbow more than half of the members of the local authority have signed a call for a special meeting to consider the removal of leader Gail Macgregor and deputy leader Malcolm came after seven councillors left the Conservative group to form two separate groups of their own. The events which triggered the meeting started a fortnight Conservatives left to form a new group called Novantae over claims of a "failure to listen" to the west of the three created the Dumfries and Galloway Independent moves left the Conservatives with just nine members from a previous representation of 16 and led to the request for a special Conservative group insisted it was the "only party delivering for people in Wigtownshire" and that would has flagged up "significant investment" in the area under its leadership - including the George Hotel in Stranraer and a watersport leader Ms Macgregor has said she has given her all to the post over the last two years and would love to continue in the role. 'No chance' of SNP-Labour administration Although 22 councillors signed the call for the meeting - 11 SNP, eight Labour and three from the Democratic Alliance - it appears they are unlikely to form a new group leader Archie Dryburgh said that while it had backed the no confidence move there was "no chance" of working with the SNP longer single group has enough councillors to form a working majority on its own and it seems more likely another minority administration will be formed."I'm not sure exactly what will happen, but Monday's meeting will be very interesting," said SNP group leader Stephen Thompson.
