Big-name staffers steal candidate spotlight as B.C. Conservative leadership race takes shape

Pollster Shachi Kurl warns Ottawa against over-reading staffing tea leaves as 'outsider' Caroline Elliott's star-studded campaign team competed with her official B.C. Conservative leadership launch last week.

Caroline Elliott officially announced her entry into the B.C. Conservative leadership race on Jan. 16, promising to 'restore hope and the promise of British Columbia.'Screenshot courtesy of X

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BY STUART BENSON

January 21, 2026

As the race to lead British Columbia’s Conservative Party begins to take shape, pollster Shachi Kurl is urging outside observers not to read too much into which high-profile strategists are lining up behind which candidate.

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