The BC Conservatives’ 51-49 problem: Findlay won the leadership, now she must win the coalition

The BC Conservatives’ 51-49 problem: Findlay won the leadership, now she must win the coalition EDITORIAL 2 JUNE 2026 i A two-point fourth-ballot victory is a mandate, not a command—and the NDP knows it EDITORIAL BOARD ARTICLE SUMMARY QUOTES Kerry-Lynne Findlay’s two-point, fourth-ballot victory in the BC Conservative leadership race gives her party a leader but not yet a government-in-waiting. Kirk LaPointe argued in The Hub that the contest “did little to heal the Conservatives’ ideological, cultural and organizational fractures”—a diagnosis that, if anything, understates the challenge. A 5…