BC Conservative Tara Armstrong is the new MLA for Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream

BC Conservative Tara Armstrong is taking over the Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream riding after BC Liberal Norm Letnick held the seat for four terms. Armstrong beat out her opponents BC NDP Anna Warwick Sears, Independent Kevin Kraft, and BC Green's Andrew Rose. This will be Armstrong's first time in office and she comes from a small business background.  Armstrong is originally from Alberta but she has spent time in Kelowna since her family opened up a business here in 2007. BC Conservatives appointed Armstrong to the party’s board of directors in June 2023. The riding has been held by the BC Liberals for 16 years, but Armstrong’s win isn’t a surprise since she maintained a steady lead in the polls for the entire campaign. Armstrong worked in aviation which led her around the world including living and working in Dubai. She even made an appearance on CBC’s Dragons’ Den. She is the first MLA after the riding was redrawn. To contact a reporter for this story, email Jesse Tomas mailto:jtomas@infonews.ca  or call 250-488-3065 or email the editor mailto:news@infonews.ca . You can also submit photos, videos or news tips to the newsroom mailto:tips@infonews.ca  and be entered to win a monthly prize draw. Find our Journalism Ethics policy here. https://infotel.ca/newsitem/code-of-ethics/it106782 We welcome your comments and opinions on our stories but play nice. We won't censor or delete comments unless they contain off-topic statements or links, unnecessary vulgarity, false facts, spam or obviously fake profiles. If you have any concerns about what you see in comments, email the editor in the link above. SUBSCRIBE to our awesome newsletter here https://infotel.ca/newsletter .