Tara Armstrong
Tara Armstrong | |
|---|---|
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream | |
| Assumed office October 19, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Riding established |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Independent (2025–present) |
| Other political affiliations | BC Conservatives (until 2025) |
Tara Armstrong is a Canadian politician who has served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (MLA) since 2024. Originally elected as a member of the Conservative Party of British Columbia,[1] she represents the electoral district of Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream as an Independent.
Early life and career
[edit]She has worked with her family's seniors transportation business, Driving Miss Daisy, before joining the Conservative Party as the party's Election Readiness Chair in 2023.[2][3] In March 2025, she left the Conservative Party to sit as an Independent[4], after the MLA for Vancouver-Quilchena, Dallas Brodie, was ejected from the Conservative Party for making offensive comments towards survivors of residential schools.[5][6]
Political views
[edit]Healthcare
[edit]In November 2023, Armstrong criticized Canadian broadcaster Jody Vance for retweeting a Peter Hotez tweet urging people to get the influenza vaccine and COVID-19 boosters. Armstrong claimed that Hotez was a "total fraud" for not wanting to debate with vaccine skeptics and that he was "bought and paid for by big pharma".[7]
Electoral record
[edit]| 2024 British Columbia general election: Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Tara Armstrong | 14,303 | 53.9% | +50.0 | ||||
| New Democratic | Anna Warwick Sears | 9,350 | 35.2% | +4.6 | ||||
| Independent | Kevin Kraft | 1,724 | 6.5% | |||||
| Green | Andrew Rose | 1,151 | 4.3% | -10.5 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 26,528 | – | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Registered voters | ||||||||
| Source: Elections BC[8] | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "BC election 2024 results: Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
- ^ Johansen, Nicholas (October 19, 2024). "Tara Armstrong declared winner in Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream riding - Kelowna News". Castanet. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
- ^ "Tara Armstrong wins big". Daily Courier. October 19, 2024. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
- ^ https://x.com/TaraArmstrongBC/status/1898190719892033604
- ^ Kurjata, Andrew (March 7, 2025). "B.C. Conservative leader kicks Dallas Brodie out of caucus for 'mocking' residential school testimony". CBC News. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
- ^ Gangdev, Srushti; Brockman, Charles (March 7, 2025). "B.C. Conservatives fire MLA Dallas Brodie after mocking Residential School Survivors". CityNews Vancouver. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
- ^ LeBrun, Luke (October 20, 2024). "Meet the Extreme, Far-Right BC Conservative Candidates Who Are Now Legislators Following BC's Wild Election". PressProgress. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
- ^ https://globalnews.ca/news/10779012/bc-election-2024-results-kelowna-lake-country-coldstream/
See also
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