Another BC United MLA Joins Provincial Conservatives, Second in 4 Days

Surrey South MLA Elenore Sturko (R) is sworn in at the legislature in Victoria on Oct.3, 2022. Ms. Sturko announced on June 3, 2024, that she has left BC United and joined the BC Conservative Party. The Canadian Press/Dirk Meissner

B.C. United MLA Elenore Sturko is jumping ship to the Conservative Party of B.C., the second MLA to defect from B.C. United to Join the Tories in the past four days.

The move comes just days after BC United caucus chair Lorne Doerkson announced his decision to cross the floor to join the Conservatives’ ranks.