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title: "BC NDP caucus meets this week to choose an interim leader after Eby's resignation"
description: "The BC NDP caucus is choosing an interim leader this week. Outgoing Health Minister Ravi Kahlon named seven current MLAs and two mayors as possible candidates."
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last_updated: "2026-10-28T17:59:32.519Z"
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The BC NDP caucus is meeting this week to choose an interim leader after [David Eby](/bc/provincial-2026/candidates/david-eby) resigned on election night, October 24, the [Nanaimo News Bulletin reported](https://nanaimobulletin.com/2026/10/27/b-c-ndp-meeting-to-select-new-interim-leader-this-week) on October 27.

A caucus spokesperson said in a statement that the party will separately set the timing and process for a full leadership race in the weeks and months ahead.

## Who is being considered

Outgoing Health Minister Ravi Kahlon named seven currently elected MLAs as possible candidates for the interim role: [Mike Farnworth](/bc/provincial-2026/candidates/mike-farnworth), who served as Eby's House leader; [Josie Osborne](/bc/provincial-2026/candidates/josie-osborne), the outgoing Finance minister; [Adrian Dix](/bc/provincial-2026/candidates/adrian-dix), a former party leader and outgoing Energy minister; [Niki Sharma](/bc/provincial-2026/candidates/niki-sharma), Eby's attorney general; [Ravi Parmar](/bc/provincial-2026/candidates/ravi-parmar); [Spencer Chandra Herbert](/bc/provincial-2026/candidates/spencer-chandra-herbert); and [Jennifer Whiteside](/bc/provincial-2026/candidates/jennifer-whiteside).

He also mentioned Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West and Burnaby Mayor Mike Hurley as possibilities. All seven MLAs served as ministers in Eby's government.

Kahlon chose not to run for re-election and said his focus in the medium term is on his family. He did not rule out running for the full leadership later.

## What the election showed

In Elections BC's preliminary count, the BC NDP leads in 28 of 93 districts, which is enough to sit as the official opposition. The Conservative Party of BC leads in 63.

Dix told [Global News](https://globalnews.ca/news/12123222/what-is-next-for-bc-ndp) on October 27 that the snap election blocked every other issue the party wanted to raise. He said the party's supporters also did not vote because they did not see the election as necessary. He said the NDP still has people ready to hold the new Conservative majority government to account.

Stewart Prest, a political science lecturer at the University of British Columbia, told the Nanaimo News Bulletin he expects a broad and thorough full leadership race, and for the party to take a hard look at how to tell its own story and highlight its record.

Elections BC's final count, which adds mail-in and absentee ballots, starts on November 6, 2026. BC NDP news and legislature updates are at [/bc/provincial-2026/news](/bc/provincial-2026/news).

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