Kerry-Lynne Findlay (left) with Chilliwack North MLA Heather Maahs. (Image Credit: Chilliwack North MLA Heather Maahs.)
By Mike Vanden Bosch
Leadership endorsement

Chilliwack North MLA endorses former 14-year MP, cabinet minister to lead B.C. Conservatives

Apr 16, 2026 | 8:32 AM

CHILLIWACK – Chilliwack North MLA Heather Maahs has endorsed a lawyer and former federal cabinet minister to lead the Conservative Party of B.C.

Maahs, who was overwhelmingly elected in October 2024, has lent her support to former 14-year MP Kerry-Lynne Findlay in the race to lead the Conservative Party of B.C.

“I am supporting Kerry-Lynne Findlay as the next leader of the B.C. Conservative Party,” Maahs said in a statement provided to Fraser Valley Today. “Kerry-Lynne has all the makings of a great leader. She has experience, having served as an MP in the federal government under Stephen Harper. She is a lawyer, and a woman of conviction, with a vision for common sense in government. Kerry-Lynne is what we need right now, a Conservative who will lead this party to victory in the next provincial election.”

Findlay served in the House of Commons between 2011 and 2025, representing the ridings of Delta-Richmond-East once and South Surrey-White Rock twice.

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Findlay’s highest cabinet role under former prime minister Stephen Harper was minister of national revenue from July 2013 to November 2015, after having served as associate minister of national defence for five months in 2013, and parliamentary secretary to the minister of justice from May 2011 to February 2013.

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She has also held multiple roles with the Canadian Bar Association, and a long list of board positions for charitable and community organizations.

Findlay is one of five candidates vying to lead the B.C. Conservatives. The other candidates are Yuri Fulmer, Caroline Elliott, Kamloops MLA Peter Milobar and Iain Black.

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