Tara Armstrong

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Tara Armstrong
MLA
House Leader of OneBC in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
In office
June 9, 2025 – December 16, 2025
LeaderDallas Brodie (interim; Jun–Dec 2025)
Vacant (Dec 2025)
Preceded byPosition established
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly
for Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 19, 2024
Preceded byRiding established
Personal details
PartyIndependent
Other political
affiliations		BC Conservative (until 2025)
OneBC (2025)

Tara Armstrong MLA is a Canadian politician who has served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (MLA) since 2024. Initially elected as a member of the Conservative Party,[1] she represents the electoral district of Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream as an independent. She briefly was a member of OneBC and served as the House leader of the party in 2025.[2]

Early life and career

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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.[3][4] In March 2025, she left the Conservative Party to sit as an Independent,[5] after the MLA for Vancouver-Quilchena, Dallas Brodie, was ejected from the Conservative Party that labeled Brodie's comments offensive towards survivors of residential schools.[6] [7] [8][9]

On June 9, 2025, Armstrong and Brodie started a new party called OneBC.[10][2] In December 2025, Armstrong stated that she had lost confidence in Brodie's ability to serve as leader, leading to her removal as interim leader by OneBC's board of directors.[11]

On December 16, 2025, it was announced by Armstrong that OneBC was no longer represented as a political party in the legislature.[12]

Political views

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Healthcare

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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".[13]

Transgender healthcare

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In 2025, Armstrong introduced the Protecting Minors from Gender Transition Act as a private member's bill.[14] The bill proposed to ban puberty blockers, prevent the use of public funds for gender transition treatments, and allow patients to sue doctors for providing gender affirming surgeries. The bill was defeated on first reading.[15]

Electoral record

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2024 British Columbia general election: Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Tara Armstrong 14,303 53.92 +50.0 $29,208.25
New Democratic Anna Warwick Sears 9,350 35.25 +4.6 $25,889.99
Independent Kevin Kraft 1,724 6.50 – $4,138.50
Green Andrew Rose 1,151 4.34 -10.5 $0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit 26,528 99.88 – $71,700.08
Total rejected ballots 32 0.12 –
Turnout 26,560 58.25 –
Registered voters 45,598
Conservative notional gain from BC United Swing N/A[n 1]
Source: Elections BC[16][17]
  1. ^ Swing cannot be calculated as BC United did not run a candidate in this riding.

See also

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References

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  5. ^ https://x.com/TaraArmstrongBC/status/1898190719892033604
  6. ^ DeRosa, Katie (March 6, 2025). "Divisions over residential school facts erupt inside B.C. Conservative caucus meeting". CBC News. Retrieved March 6, 2025
  7. ^ Rouillard, Jacques (June 22, 2023). "In Kamloops, Not One Body Has Been Found". IRSRG. Retrieved October 7, 2025
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  11. ^ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/mla-dallas-brodie-ousted-says-onebc-board-9.7015705
  12. ^ https://x.com/taraarmstrongbc/status/2001111433044492366?s=46
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