Post-election message speaks of desire to give ‘grassroots voters a new option for genuine change’
John Rustad has taken to social media to describe his origin story as leader of British Columbia’s Conservative Party, which he took from obscurity to the brink of power in Saturday’s provincial election.
Rustad has shared a photo on social media platform X showing himself sharing a pint with staffer Azim Jiwani and the Conservatives’ executive director, Angelo Isidorou, at a pub in Vancouver. He says he considered retiring, but his wife, Kim, convinced him to stay in politics and his friend Jiwani suggested a meeting with Isidorou.
The result of the election won’t be known until at least next week, with manual recounts taking place in two ridings where the NDP holds a narrow lead, and with 49,000 absentee and mail-in ballots yet to be counted.
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