Incumbent Peace Region MLAs ponder future as Conservative candidates refuse to step down [Video]

DAWSON CREEK –The political landscape in British Columbia has shifted with John Rustad’s Conservatives now carrying the centre-right banner heading into a fall election campaign.

BC United Leader Kevin Falcon’s decision to pull his party from the upcoming campaign has opened the province to a clear left-versus-right choice for voters, but almost two dozen incumbent BC United politicians are now pondering their futures.

“I didn’t leave my party… my party left me,” said Mike Bernier during a press conference in Victoria today.

With a Conservative nominee already in the running in Peace River South, the next move by the three-term incumbent is being left to question.

“What I was told was that if Larry Neufeld locally would step down, that it would be an opportunity for me to do a term as the Conservative candidate. If he chose not to do that, then that leaves it open for me …