B.C. PULSE – New Conservative leader largely unknown but party in the lead
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Three-in-five say province is on wrong track, while one-in-five say the opposite
By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE
June 17, 2026 – A new leader of the Conservative Party of B.C. may have changed the face of the opposition, but new data from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute finds the governing BC NDP’s larger problem is not who sits across the aisle.
British Columbians are three times as likely to say the province is on the wrong track (60%) as the right track (19%), while the provincial government receives net negative assessments on every major issue measured.
And while almost all residents say they know little or nothing (89%) about new BC Conservative leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay, her party nonetheless holds an advantage in vote intention. The Conservatives lead the NDP by 11 points among decided voters.
The BC NDP receives especially poor assessments on health care, cost of living, housing affordability, street crime, addictions, and homelessness.
More Key Findings:
- While vote intention currently favours the BC Conservatives, the coming months will be important as residents learn more about the new Conservative Party leader. Asked which party they would “consider” in the next election, rather than who they would currently support, close to equal numbers choose the BC Conservatives (42%) and the BC NDP (38%), while one-quarter are open to the Greens (26%)
- One-in-10 residents say the government is doing a good job of handling poverty/homelessness and drug use/addictions/opioid crisis, while more than 80 per cent say each is being handled poorly
- More than nine-in-10 past BC Conservative voters (94%) would vote for the party again if an election were held tomorrow. This falls to three-quarters among past BC NDP voters (76%)
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