Tara Armstrong

Tara Armstrong MLA is a Canadian politician who has served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (MLA) since 2024. Initially elected as a member of the Conservative Party,^[1] she represents the electoral district of Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream as a member of OneBC and has served as the House leader of the party since 2025.^[2]

Tara Armstrong MLA
House Leader of OneBC in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Incumbent
Assumed office June 9, 2025
Leader	Dallas Brodie (interim)
Preceded by	Position established
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream
Incumbent
Assumed office October 19, 2024
Preceded by	Riding established
Personal details
Political party	OneBC (2025–present)
Other political affiliations	BC Conservative (until 2025) Independent (2025)

Early life and career

She has worked with her family's seniors transportation business, Driving Miss Daisy, before joining the Conservative Party as the party's Election Readiness Chair in 2023.^[3][4] In March 2025, she left the Conservative Party to sit as an Independent,^[5] after the MLA for Vancouver-Quilchena, Dallas Brodie, was ejected from the Conservative Party for making offensive comments towards survivors of residential schools.^[6][7]

On June 9, 2025, Armstrong and Brodie started a new party called OneBC.^[8][2]

Political views

Healthcare

In November 2023, Armstrong criticized Canadian broadcaster Jody Vance for retweeting a Peter Hotez tweet urging people to get the influenza vaccine and COVID-19 boosters. Armstrong claimed that Hotez was a "total fraud" for not wanting to debate with vaccine skeptics and that he was "bought and paid for by big pharma".^[9]

Electoral record

v t e 2024 British Columbia general election: Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Tara Armstrong	14,303	53.92	+50.0	$29,208.25
	New Democratic	Anna Warwick Sears	9,350	35.25	+4.6	$25,889.99
	Independent	Kevin Kraft	1,724	6.50	–	$4,138.50
	Green	Andrew Rose	1,151	4.34	-10.5	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			26,528	99.88	–	$71,700.08
Total rejected ballots			32	0.12	–
Turnout			26,560	58.25	–
Registered voters			45,598
	Conservative notional gain from BC United		Swing		N/A[n 1]
Source: Elections BC[10][11]

1. Swing cannot be calculated as BC United did not run a candidate in this riding.

See also

• 43rd Parliament of British Columbia