Conservatives drop 3rd candidate from election race in B.C. riding

Late Tuesday evening, the Conservatives ousted a third candidate from being their party's nominee but did not say why he had been removed.

A third Conservative Party candidate was removed from its roster of those running in the upcoming federal election late Tuesday evening, hours after two other candidates had been ousted.

Lourence Singh, the party’s nominee for the British Columbia riding of New Westminster-Burnaby-Maillardville, was scrubbed from the party’s list of candidates while his own campaign website now redirects to the riding’s donation page on the Conservative website.

Singh’s Instagram page for his campaign also says it cannot be loaded, though his Facebook remains active with his most recent post made Tuesday morning, resharing a union endorsement for Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre.

“Mr. Lourence Singh will not be a candidate for the Conservative Party,” a spokesperson for the Conservatives told Global News in an email. The spokesperson did not provide a reason for the removal.

In an email to Global News late Wednesday, Singh said he was given “a reason” for his dismissal during a nine-minute phone call with the party on Tuesday, but did not say what it was.

“No further comment as I am working on an appeal to be reinstated,” he said.

When he was named as the party’s candidate in January, Singh said in a Facebook post that he was honoured to join the team.

“It’s time to shift this riding from orange to blue, bringing common sense leadership and a fresh perspective to Ottawa,” he wrote.