Bruce Banman latest MLA to leave B.C. Conservatives

Elected leader of the B.C. Conservative Party Kerry-Lynne Findlay speaks during leadership election night in Vancouver, on Saturday, May 30, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Bruce Banman, the provincial Conservative MLA for British Columbia’s Abbotsford South riding, says he’s leaving the caucus to sit as an Independent.

Banman is the sixth Conservative MLA to defect this month under Kerry-Lynne Findlay’s leadership.

More coming.