Draft:Caroline Elliott

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Caroline Elliott
Vice President of BC United
In office
2022–2024
Personal details
PartyBC United
Alma materSimon Fraser University (PhD)
OccupationPolitical commentator, columnist, policy consultant, politician

Dr. Caroline Elliott is a Canadian political news commentator and politician who is speculated by the media to be a candidate in the BC Conservative Party 2026 leadership contest.[1][2][3][4]

Elliott previously served as the vice-president of the BC United Party (previously known as the BC Liberal Party), before resigning to announce her candidacy for the riding of West Vancouver-Capilano in the 2024 Provincial Election.[5] Elliott resigned her candidacy as a result of the withdrawal of BC United from the election, a surprise deal in which she was a key broker.[6]

Elliott's PhD thesis focused on the tensions between Indigenous self-governance and Canadian liberal democratic principles.[7] She has been notable critical of the Eby government’s reconciliation agenda, speaking out on issues like Aboriginal title on public land.

Personal Life

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Elliott is based in North Vancouver, British Columbia. She is married and has two children.[8]

Education and Early Career

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Education

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Elliott holds a PhD in Political Science from Simon Fraser University, where her research focused on Canadian liberal democracy and Indigenous self-governance.[7]

Elliott's PhD thesis was titled "Indigenous self-governance and democratic compatibility in Canada: assessing Indigenous constitutions against established democratic criteria." In the abstract, Elliott states her central research question as "to what degree are systems of Indigenous self-governance, as set out in Indigenous constitutions, compatible with liberal democracy?"[9]

Early Career

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She has been both a ministerial staffer and a party volunteer with BC United – formerly the BC Liberal Party – for the past 20 years.[5] She has taught political science as an instructor at Simon Fraser University[8], and spent some years in the natural resource sector.[10]

Career

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Political Commentary and Appearances

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Elliott has worked as a political commentator and columnist, contributing analysis on provincial and national political developments.

She is a regular guest political commentator on Global News[11][12][13][14], and has been sought out by other legacy and online news publications for her political views.[15][16]

Her columns have appeared in outlets including the National Post,[17] The Hub,[18] Vancouver Sun,[19] The Province,[20] Northern Beat[21] and other Canadian news publications. An author page at The Hub lists multiple commentaries on Canadian politics and public policy[18], while her work for the National Post has focused on questions of reconciliation,[22] public and Indigenous land rights[17] and the rule of law.

Elliott is also a senior fellow with the Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy,[23] where her writing covers Canadian identity, the Canadian constitution, and other political issues.[24]

Without Diminishment

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On October 6, 2025, Elliott co-founded Without Diminishment, an online opinion publication described by its editors as "a home for plain truths" and "the voice of Canada's new right".[25] The project was launched alongside commentators Geoff Russ and Alexander Brown as a Substack-based outlet for essays on Canadian politics, culture and constitutional issues.[25]

Public Land Use Society

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Elliott serves on the board of directors of the Public Land Use Society (PLUS), a British Columbia-based organization that advocates for public access to Crown land for recreation, resource development and economic activity.[8]

2024 Provincial Election

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In February 2024, Elliott resigned her role as vice-president of BC United, to announce her candidacy in the riding of West Vancouver-Capilano in the 2024 provincial election.[5][26][27] Elliott played a key role in brokering the deal that led to the withdrawal of BC United and their endorsement of the BC Conservative party.[6] As a result of the deal, Elliott withdrew her candidacy for election. Her riding was later won by BC Conservative candidate Lynn Block.

BC United

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Elliott served as vice-president of BC United from 2022 to 2024, participating in party governance and communications during a period of internal restructuring and rebranding following the transition from the BC Liberal Party to BC United.

References

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