There has been NO shortage of stories, in the media, regarding John van Dogens, resignation from the BC Liberals -- and coming over to the BC Conservative Party.
Here is a small snapshot of what has been written since yesterdays announcement:
Brian Hutchinson: Politics
gets viciously personal as BC Liberal crosses the floor
If long-time BC Liberal John van Dongen had second thoughts Monday
before ditching his party and announcing he had joined forces with the
provincial Conservatives, they must have dissolved after former colleague Rich
Coleman opened his mouth and ...
Veteran MLA John van Dongen arrived at the legislature Monday prepared
for battle, and his paired public defection and attack on Premier Christy
Clark's leadership weren't the only weapons in his arsenal. While standing to
announce his new allegiance ...
John van Dongen's shocking defection from the governing Liberals to the
upstart Conservatives on Monday triggered enough mudslinging to stage a monster
truck rally at the legislature.
… resigned his party membership during a bombshell speech in the
legislature. An hour later, he appeared at a press conference with Conservative
leader John Cummins at a nearby Victoria hotel.
Veteran BC politician John van Dongen stunned his government colleagues
Monday by resigning from the Liberal party and joining the upstart BC
Conservatives. Van Dongen, the representative for Abbotsford South and former
solicitor general, ...
Before his defection Monday to the BC Conservatives, John van Dongen,
MLA for Abbotsford South, was one of the longest-serving Liberal MLAs. He was
first elected to office in a byelection in 1995 and ...
As BC Liberal MLA John van Dongen got to his feet in the legislature
for a "personal statement" Monday afternoon, his soon-to-be-ex
colleagues in the government caucus braced for bad news. Van Dongen had given
them advance notice of his intentions.
A longtime BC Liberal has left the ruling party to join the
Conservatives, citing concerns with the party's leadership. Abbotsford South
MLA John van Dongen announced his decision in a speech in the legislature
Monday. "I can no longer carry on with my ...
Former BC Liberal cabinet minister John van Dongen has defected to the
BC Conservatives, exposing a significant fracture in the BC Liberal coalition
under Premier Christy Clark's leadership. Mr. van Dongen stood in the
legislature on Monday and said he ...
Former BC Liberal cabinet minister John van Dongen, who quit the party
to join the BC Conservatives on Monday, says there are still questions about
possible behind-the-scenes involvement of now-Premier Christy Clark in the
scandal-plagued sale of BC ...
The dust is settling on a dramatic defection in provincial politics.
But John van Dongen may not be the only Liberal MLA you'll see cross the floor
to join the BC Conservatives. While party leader John Cummins isn't saying much
...
Fresh off of John Van Dongen changing sides, another former BC Liberal
will launch his bid to be a BC Conservative party candidate. Rick Peterson was
among a handful of people who backed Kevin Falcon in his leadership bid, who
recently also jumped to ...
Abbotsford MLA startles legislature with attack on Clark. 'He'll lose
to us,' Coleman fires back. By Andrew MacLeod, Yesterday, TheTyee.ca Abbotsford
South MLA John van Dongen, no longer a BC Liberal. Pair of ridings once 'very safe'
for BC Liberals ...
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