John Rustad (2026)

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Participants

1. John Rustad

   CTF-EP-NWS-20260918-32E6BFF6-01

   Conservative Party of British Columbia→ToIndependentTo the crossbenchWhere the seat went: The member left a caucus and sat as an independentThe change begins at a party and ends outside every caucus. No party gained the seat. A designation such as “Independent Liberal” or “(Not in Caucus)” is on this side of the line: it describes an alignment, not a caucus membership.What you may rely onWhere the member sat afterwards, and only that. Whether they walked out or were expelled is `voluntary_status`, which is recorded separately and reads unknown on most legs; /coverage has the live share.How it countsCounted as its own figure and never added to the floor-crossing total. They are different acts, and a single number that merged them could not answer either question.

   Marked as a label rather than a party: the database has no party row for this side of the transition. Overwhelmingly this means the member sat as an Independent, and there is deliberately no “Independent” party.

   Riding

   not recorded

   Effective

   September 18, 2026

   Kind of transition

   Expelled from caucus

   Voluntary

   Involuntary

   Direction

   Not recorded

   Appointment

   Not applicable

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Claims and the sources cited for them

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1. John Rustad changed affiliation from "BC Conservative" to "Independent" effective 2026-09-18 (Nechako Lakes).

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   Field:

   affiliation_change

   Confidence:

   Medium

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   Concerns a living person

   • Surrey-White Rock MLA Halford among 3 latest out from B.C. Conservatives

     Surrey Now-Leader · September 18, 2026 · section John Rustad | 2026-09-18 | BC Conservative -> Independent · EN

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     CTF-S-NWS-79377A18279A · Reliability tier: unassessed · Rights: link only · Accessed: September 21, 2026

   • Rustad, Halford and Rattée expelled from B.C. Conservative caucus

     CTV News · September 18, 2026 · section John Rustad | 2026-09-18 | BC Conservative -> Independent · EN

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     CTF-S-NWS-B73E62334FDE · Reliability tier: unassessed · Rights: link only · Accessed: September 21, 2026

What happened afterwards

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