The field of candidates to replace John Rustad as leader of the BC Conservatives continues to grow, with a high-profile name joining the race.

MLA Peter Milobar has been in politics for over 20 years, serving first as a Kamloops city councillor and then as mayor for over eight years. He has a member of the legislature since 2017.

Hamish Telford, political scientist with the University of the Fraser Valley, says Milobar is the candidate with the biggest name in the race so far. However, Telford says that doesn’t make him a “household name,” and he will have some work to do to get known across the province.

“He’s very well known in [the Kamloops] area in the Interior and maybe not necessarily as much in the Lower Mainland.”

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