{"id":868419,"date":"2026-08-23T10:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T10:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/868419\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T10:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T10:08:09","slug":"b-c-conservative-mla-reann-gasper-resigns-kerry-lynne-findlay-to-run-for-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/868419\/","title":{"rendered":"B.C. Conservative MLA Reann Gasper resigns; Kerry-Lynne Findlay to run for seat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Making way for Findlay<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Press &#8211; Aug 22, 2026 \/ 8:04 pm | Story: 628900<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"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\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/055143267a6c67b942e424ee81e92dd44d0236363198444cb22599aae3acc6d8.jpg\" style=\"height:427px; width:640px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>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<\/p>\n<p>Abbotsford-Mission MLA Reann Gasper, who is also the B.C. Conservatives&#8217; deputy whip, has resigned so party leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay can run for her seat in a byelection.<\/p>\n<p>Gasper announced her departure on Saturday and says she made the decision with the future of B.C. in mind.<\/p>\n<p>Findlay, a former MP, was elected as party leader in May with 51 per cent of the vote, without having a seat in the B.C. legislature.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement Saturday, Findlay thanked Gasper for her service as MLA and the party&#8217;s deputy whip, saying she is grateful to seek a nomination in Gasper&#8217;s soon to be former riding.<\/p>\n<p>The B.C. Conservatives say Gasper will work closely with Findlay and the party over the next few months with the aim of defeating the NDP government.<\/p>\n<p>Since May, Findlay has seen off her party&#8217;s executive director, other senior party and caucus staff, and former rival Peter Milobar, who left the party to sit as an Independent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Making way for Findlay The Canadian Press &#8211; Aug 22, 2026 \/ 8:04 pm | Story: 628900 Photo:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":868420,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44],"class_list":["post-868419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=868419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/868420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=868419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=868419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=868419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}