Tara Armstrong is a Canadian politician who has served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (MLA) since 2024. Originally elected as a member of the Conservative Party of British Columbia,[1] she represents the electoral district of Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream as an Independent.
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] In March 2025, she left the Conservative Party to sit as an Independent[4], after the MLA for Vancouver-Quilchena, Dallas Brodie, was ejected from the Conservative Party for making offensive comments towards survivors of residential schools.[5][6]
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".[7]
Electoral record
| 2024 British Columbia general election: Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Tara Armstrong | 14,303 | 53.9% | +50.0 | ||||
| New Democratic | Anna Warwick Sears | 9,350 | 35.2% | +4.6 | ||||
| Independent | Kevin Kraft | 1,724 | 6.5% | |||||
| Green | Andrew Rose | 1,151 | 4.3% | -10.5 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 26,528 | – | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Registered voters | ||||||||
| Source: Elections BC[8] | ||||||||
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.
- ^ https://x.com/TaraArmstrongBC/status/1898190719892033604
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
External links
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