Milobar to serve fourth term as Kamloops MLA

“It’s a little disappointing, but the voters have spoken,” Wisla said. “I understand that and I respect that. I wish the best to Peter Milobar as he goes forward with his new government.”

“I want to thank everybody for their support. I think it was great for them to come and support us and support what we valued. And, we’ll be back.”

OneBC candidate Rocky McAfee said the results have shown that British Columbians wanted change. Speaking outside the Rock’n Firkin, he told CFJC that he enjoyed his time on the campaign trail.

“I had a great time,” McAfee said. “An old friend of mine, he said to me, he campaigned back in the ’70s. He says, ‘You know what? This is a once-in-a-lifetime thing.'”

“It was fun. It was stressful, all kinds of emotions, but I’m glad I went for it because, you know, it’s just who I am. I followed my moral compass and wanted change in B.C. and thought that OneBC could maybe do it for us. Hopefully more people are now aware of who OneBC is.”

Thaelo Proctor was the first independent to run in Kamloops since 2020, and he said he’s proud of the campaign he ran. He also hopes to inspire other people to run for political office.

“It was inspiring for me to be part of the whole election process and just talk to real people,” Proctor said outside Bailey’s Pub. “When I started this campaign, I had just the idea that politicians could do more and be more active, and I didn’t know if that was possible.”

“But after a month of doing it and talking to real people, what has been so inspiring to me is that it is. I’ve done it. I’m not special. I did it, and any politician could do it. And that’s what I want people to take away.”

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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