Tara Armstrong is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2024 British Columbia general election. She represents the electoral district of Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream as a member of the Conservative Party of British Columbia.[1]
Early life and career
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]
Political views
Healthcare
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".[4]
Electoral record
| 2024 British Columbia general election: Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Tara Armstrong | 14,303 | 53.9% | |||||
| New Democratic | Anna Warwick Sears | 9,350 | 35.2% | |||||
| Independent | Kevin Kraft | 1,724 | 6.5% | |||||
| Green | Andrew Rose | 1,151 | 4.3% | |||||
| Total valid votes | 26,528 | – | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Registered voters | ||||||||
| Source: Elections BC[5] | ||||||||
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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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