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A bitter rebellion within B.C.'s Opposition New Democrats cost Carole James her job Monday, as dissidents forced the Victoria MLA to resign her party's leadership.

In a hastily called press conference at the legislature, an emotional James said her departure was the only way to unite the party because 13 dissident MLAs — a minority of her 34-member caucus — refused to back down from demands for a leadership contest to replace her.

"I know there'll be individuals who see this as a win for the bullies and that goes against any part of my moral fibre," James said. "But I have to tell you that the alternative of having 13 people walk away, and our party spending time and energy trying to rebuild those ridings, trying to bring back those individuals, and spending another three months divided off, isn't an alternative either."

The political crisis had stretched through the weekend and postponed an emergency meeting where James had said MLAs who opposed her woul...See More


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