Milobar to serve fourth term as Kamloops MLA

Serving Kamloops Centre as a Conservative MLA comes at the tail end of a whirlwind year for Milobar, who began 2026 announcing his candidacy for leadership of the party. He finished fifth in the BC Conservative Party leadership race, falling to the eventual winner Kerry-Lynne Findlay.

Just over two months into Findlay’s leadership, Milobar resigned from the BC Conservative caucus, saying his values didn’t align with the party’s new leader.

Ten days after resigning from caucus, Milobar joined another former BC Conservative MLA, Ian Paton, in forming a new political party. At its peak, the never-named “Peter Party” consisted of eight MLAs, making it the third-largest party in the B.C. legislature.

However, once speculation of a snap election call by Premier David Eby emerged in September, all eight members of the Peter Party joined CentreBC, with Milobar taking over as party leader.

Milobar’s political tactical formation was all for naught, though. He and six of his fellow CentreBC MLAs rejoined the BC Conservatives on Sept. 22, two days after former Conservative Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay resigned and the same day Eby called a snap election.

A former Mayor of Kamloops, Milobar was first elected as a BC Liberal MLA in Kamloops-North Thompson in 2017, and won re-election in 2020. Following the collapse the BC United Party, formerly the BC Liberals, he crossed the floor to the BC Conservatives and was elected in the newly drawn Kamloops Centre riding in 2024.

by CFJC Today

Milobar to serve fourth term as Kamloops MLA

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