Another B.C. Conservative MLA quits caucus, cites ‘separatist’ hirings by Findlay
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VICTORIA – Another sitting member of British Columbia’s Opposition Conservatives has announced she is leaving the caucus due to party leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay.
Boundary-Similkameen MLA Donegal Wilson says in a statement issued on social media that she will sit as an Independent, pointing to Findlay’s leadership since winning the contest in May as the main reason for her departure.
Wilson is the eighth Conservative MLA to leave caucus over the last month and the second this week, after former Opposition house leader and Chilliwack-Cultus Lake MLA A’a:liya Warbus announced her departure on Monday.
The statement says Wilson had promised to “keep an open mind” and give Findlay three months to demonstrate her leadership, but the MLA “never imagined things could go this wrong, this quickly.”
Wilson says Findlay’s communication with the caucus has broken down, experienced staff have been fired and more than one of Findlay’s senior appointees “has been reported to have links to Alberta’s separatist movement.”
The MLA says she no longer believes Findlay can “bring Conservatives back together” and she cannot honestly campaign for the leader, who is running to win a seat in the legislature in a byelection later this month.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 2, 2026.
