Image: Chilliwack - Cultus Lake Conservative Party of BC candidate Á'a:líya (A’aliya) Warbus / Conservative Party of BC
Provincial Politics

Conservative Party of BC announce new candidate for Chilliwack-Cultus Lake riding

Mar 1, 2024 | 11:25 AM

CHILLIWACK — The Conservative Party of BC has announced Á’a:líya (A’aliya) Warbus as the party’s new candidate in the riding of Chilliwack-Cultus Lake.

Warbus is the daughter of former B.C. Lieutenant Governor Steven Lewis Point and is described on the party’s website as a person with deep family roots in politics and activism.

Warbus is a mother of three and has a Fine Arts Masters in film production. She has worked professionally as the Director of Cultural Communications at the Stó:lō Xwexwilmexw Government. She has also worked as a professor at Capilano College in the Indigenous Digital Film department.

She replaces Michael Geoghegan as the party’s candidate in the riding. Geohegan stepped away as the candidate last month after encountering health issues.