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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 booster]]s. 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”.<ref>{{Cite news |last=LeBrun |first=Luke |date=October 20, 2024 |title=Meet the Extreme, Far-Right BC Conservative Candidates Who Are Now Legislators Following BC’s Wild Election |url=https://pressprogress.ca/meet-the-extreme-far-right-bc-conservative-candidates-who-are-now-legislators-following-bcs-wild-election/ |access-date=December 18, 2024 |work=[[PressProgress]]}}</ref> |
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 booster]]s. 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”.<ref>{{Cite news |last=LeBrun |first=Luke |date=October 20, 2024 |title=Meet the Extreme, Far-Right BC Conservative Candidates Who Are Now Legislators Following BC’s Wild Election |url=https://pressprogress.ca/meet-the-extreme-far-right-bc-conservative-candidates-who-are-now-legislators-following-bcs-wild-election/ |access-date=December 18, 2024 |work=[[PressProgress]]}}</ref> |
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In 2025, Armstrong introduced the ”Protecting Minors from Gender Transition Act” as a private member’s bill.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Votes and Proceedings {{!}} Legislative Assembly of BC |url=https://www.leg.bc.ca/parliamentary-business/overview/43rd-parliament/1st-session/votes-and-proceedings/v251006.htm |access-date=2025-10-29 |website=www.leg.bc.ca}}</ref> The bill proposed to restrict how issues of gender identity are addressed in schools, healthcare, and public services in British Columbia. It proposed to mandate that school staff disclose to parents when a student’s expressed gender differs from their sex assigned at birth, forbade the use of affirming pronouns or discussion of gender transition, and prohibits minors from accessing gender-affirming medical care. The bill further sought to remove public funding, insurance coverage, and tax deductions for such care, and would allow parents to sue educators or healthcare professionals who contravene its provisions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=OneBC – Protecting Minors from Gender Transition Act |url=https://1bc.ca/bill |access-date=2025-10-29 |website=1bc.ca |language=en-US}}</ref> The bill was defeated on first reading.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schuermann |first=Jan |date=2025-10-09 |title=B.C. bill that would have stopped puberty blockers defeated |url=https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/10/08/b-c-bill-stopped-doctors-providing-puberty-blockers-defeated/ |access-date=2025-10-29 |website=CityNews Vancouver |language=en}}</ref> |
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== Electoral record == |
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Latest revision as of 12:49, 29 October 2025
Canadian politician
Tara Armstrong MLA is a Canadian politician who has served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (MLA) since 2024. Initially elected as a member of the Conservative Party,[1] she represents the electoral district of Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream as a member of OneBC and has served as the House leader of the party since 2025.[2]
Early life and career
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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.[3][4] In March 2025, she left the Conservative Party to sit as an Independent,[5] after the MLA for Vancouver-Quilchena, Dallas Brodie, was ejected from the Conservative Party that labeled Brodie’s comments offensive towards survivors of residential schools.[6] [7] [8][9]
On June 9, 2025, Armstrong and Brodie started a new party called OneBC.[10][2]
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”.[11]
| 2024 British Columbia general election: Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Conservative | Tara Armstrong | 14,303 | 53.92 | +50.0 | $29,208.25 | |||
| New Democratic | Anna Warwick Sears | 9,350 | 35.25 | +4.6 | $25,889.99 | |||
| Independent | Kevin Kraft | 1,724 | 6.50 | – | $4,138.50 | |||
| Green | Andrew Rose | 1,151 | 4.34 | -10.5 | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 26,528 | 99.88 | – | $71,700.08 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 32 | 0.12 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 26,560 | 58.25 | – | |||||
| Registered voters | 45,598 | |||||||
| Conservative notional gain from BC United | Swing | N/A[n 1] | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[12][13] | ||||||||
- ^ Swing cannot be calculated as BC United did not run a candidate in this riding.
- ^ “BC election 2024 results: Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream | Globalnews.ca”. Global News. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
- ^ a b Johansen, Nicholas (June 12, 2025). “Kelowna MLA part of new BC political party”. Castanet. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
- ^ 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
- ^ DeRosa, Katie (March 6, 2025). “Divisions over residential school facts erupt inside B.C. Conservative caucus meeting”. CBC News. Retrieved March 6, 2025
- ^ Rouillard, Jacques (June 22, 2023). “In Kamloops, Not One Body Has Been Found”. IRSRG. Retrieved October 7, 2025
- ^ 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.
- ^ Page, Mark (June 12, 2025). “Former Conservative MLA Dallas Brodie to lead new B.C. political party”. Keremos Review. Black Press Media. Retrieved June 12, 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.
- ^ “Statement of Votes – 43rd Provincial General Election – October 19, 2024” (PDF). Elections BC. April 17, 2025. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
- ^ “2024 Provincial General Election Financing Reports Available”. Elections BC. Retrieved July 6, 2025.
