Six candidates remain in the B.C. Conservative leadership race after Darrell Jones announced his withdrawal.
The former president of Save-On-Foods and later its parent company, Pattison Food Group, said in a post on X Saturday he is endorsing political commentator Caroline Elliott to be the party’s next leader.
Jones is the fourth candidate to withdraw from the race.
Langley-Abbotsford MLA Harman Bhangu also threw his support behind Elliott when he bowed out of the race earlier this month.
MLAs Bruce Banman, Sheldon Clare and Steve Kooner have also withdrawn.
The approved candidates remaining in the race are:
- Former B.C. Liberal labour minister Iain Black
- Political commentator and former BC United vice-president Caroline Elliott
- Former federal Conservative MP Kerry-Lynne Findlay
- Entrepreneur and Capilano University chancellor Yuri Fulmer
- Rossland contractor Warren Hamm
- Kamloops-Centre MLA Peter Milobar
