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BC Conservative turned NDP Amelia Boultbee won’t run for re-election

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Previl, S. (2026, September 29). BC Conservative turned NDP Amelia Boultbee won’t run for re-election. Global News. https://globalnews.ca/news/12076962/bc-election-amelia-boultbee-not-running-reelection/

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Global News · collected 2026-09-29 · by Sean Previl

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Amelia Boultbee, who was elected as a B.C. Conservative in October 2024 and later joined the NDP, has announced she will not run for re-election in Penticton-Summerland on October 24 due to personal and professional challenges she faced after switching parties. She cites threats, abuse, and difficulty accessing necessary resources as reasons for her decision, despite believing that joining the NDP was the right choice for her community's stability during emergencies like the Bald Range wildfire. Boultbee is one of six NDP members stepping down ahead of the election, reflecting broader challenges within the party and political climate in British Columbia.
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Amelia Boultbee, a legislator from B.C.’s southern interior, has announced that she will not run for re-election in the upcoming Oct. 24 provincial election. First elected as a BC Conservative in October 2024, Boultbee left the party less than a year later due to ideological disagreements and became an Independent before joining the New Democrats (NDP) in July 2024. Her decision to switch parties boosted the NDP caucus to 48 members, increasing Premier David Eby’s parliamentary majority by two seats but also led to criticism from her constituents. Boultbee cited personal, professional, and political difficulties, including being threatened, spat at, disowned, and abused, as reasons for stepping down. She stated that she is making way for a more winnable candidate in the Penticton-Summerland riding.

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B.C. Conservative Conservatives NDP the British Columbia NDP

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The legislator from B.C.’s southern interior was first elected in October 2024 as a Conservative, only to leave that party a year later over ideological disagreements to sit as an Independent, before joining the New Democrats in July.
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🔮 Boultbee says she would have liked to continue as legislator, but “politics is hard and it’s not always fair” in framing her decision as a necessary move in the current political climate.
2026-09-29 · Global News
BC Conservative turned NDP Amelia Boultbee won’t run for re-election · assertive framing

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A high-profile legislator who says she was “threatened, spat at, disowned, and abused” for crossing the floor to the British Columbia NDP this summer won’t be running again in the provincial election. asserted
she → say → election
Amelia Boultbee, who was first elected as a B.C. Conservative, says in a statement she can’t marshal the necessary resources to give the B.C. New Democrats a “fair shot” in her Penticton-Summerland riding. asserted
she → elect → riding
Boultbee says she’s stepping aside “to make way for a more winnable candidate” in the Oct. 24 election. asserted
she → say → election
The legislator from B.C.’s southern interior was first elected in October 2024 as a Conservative, only to leave that party a year later over ideological disagreements to sit as an Independent, before joining the New Democrats in July. asserted
legislator → elect → July
Boultbee’s move boosted the NDP caucus to 48 members, increasing Premier David Eby’s parliamentary majority to two seats, but it also drew criticism from her constituents. asserted
it → boost → constituents
She says in her statement that crossing the floor was incredibly difficult and carried considerable consequences, personally, professionally and politically. asserted
crossing → say → consequences
“I have been threatened, spat at, disowned and abused in ways both public and private,” she said. asserted
she → threaten → ways
She says her primary reason for crossing the floor was to “join a credible and stable party,” something the B.C. Conservative Party lacked. asserted
Party → say → party
“I’m confident that I did the right thing for the right reasons when I made that decision,” she says. asserted
she → ’m → decision
“Not only that, but I was able to marshal the better resources for my community during the Bald Range wildfire, because I was able to access the deep bench of seasoned staff available to me through the (B.C. New Democrats).” asserted
I → marshal → Democrats
Thousands of people were forced to evacuate from Summerland and surrounding communities in August as the fast-moving fire raced through the area. asserted
fire → force → area
She is the sixth member of the governing NDP caucus to announce that she won’t run in the election, following announcements by Lana Popham, Ravi Kahlon, Kelly Greene, Brenda Bailey and George Chow. asserted
she → govern → Popham
Boultbee says she would have liked to continue as legislator, but “politics is hard and it’s not always fair” in framing her decision as a necessary move in the current political climate. asserted
it → say → climate
She says her decision to step down is about “ensuring this community and province are protected from the kind of right-wing, Trump-style populism and grave dysfunction on full display” among the Conservatives. asserted
community → say → Conservatives
“My full confidence continues to rest with Premier Eby and his caucus,” she says. asserted
she → continue → Eby
“While the economic policies need work, this is being done and can be done. asserted
this → need → work
It’s fixable. asserted
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“The problems with the B.C. Conservatives are not fixable, maybe not ever and certainly not on the timeline British Columbia needs.” asserted
Columbia → need → timeline
B.C. Conservative leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay quit just days before David Eby called an election after more than a dozen of her caucus members left, citing her leadership. asserted
dozen → quit → leadership
Lorne Doerkson took over the job as interim leader of the party. asserted
Doerkson → take → party
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