B.C. Conservatives oust recently re-elected leader
The Canadian Press | Posted: October 28, 2016 3:28 PM | Last Updated: November 27, 2016
Dan Brooks candidacy declared invalid one month after being elected leader for a second time
Just weeks after electing Dan Brooks to the party's top job for a second time, the B.C. Conservative Party is once again hunting for a leader.
Brooks says the party's board has thrown him out after ruling there was no quorum at the meeting that approved his candidacy for the September leadership race.
The 41-year-old Vanderhoof businessman was elected leader of the B.C. Conservatives in 2014 but resigned in January and then ran again in September, narrowly winning on a second ballot.
Brooks took to Twitter where he said being the leader of B.C. Conservative Party is like being in an abusive relationship.
"You want it to work so you stay and endure the abuse and try to fix it," he tweeted.
According to Brooks, the board could have kept him on as interim leader but they do not want him.
The B.C. Conservatives last won a seat in the Legislature in 1978.