It’s been quite the year for B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad – his party soaring from less than two per cent of the popular vote and no seats in the 2020 election to nearly winning this year’s election.
“Obviously, it would have been great if we could have formed government, but I’m really proud of what weve been able to achieve as a political party and as an entity,” said Rustad on Dec. 10, reflecting on his party’s astounding result.
“I mean, it’s been since the 1930s, since the Conservative Party has really been a force in British Columbia.”
The collapse of BC United in late August was a dramatic event, mere weeks before the election, and was seen as helping pave the way for Rustad’s party. But, looking back, he thinks if that had happened earlier it might have been enough to push the B.C. Conservatives over the top.
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