The cancellation was announced Tuesday by the party's caucus amid looming expectations of an early election being called by B.C. Premier David Eby after a flurry of campaign-style announcements.

Doerkson's news conference in Richmond, B.C., would have been his first public event with his caucus since being appointed after Sunday's resignation of Kerry-Lynne Findlay.

He has moved swiftly to reconstruct the party's parliamentary group, which grew to 29 members on Monday with the return of five MLAs who either quit in recent weeks or were kicked out by Findlay in the dying days of her leadership.

The Conservatives have been trying to put up a united front after the recent turmoil as election expectations grow, less than two years into Eby's mandate.

Doerkson said an election was on the cards as he put out a call for donations on Monday.

"When that call comes, our groundwork must already be finished," he told potential donors by email.

"A snap election leaves zero lead time, which means our infrastructure, candidate support networks and messaging must be ready to fire the second the writ drops."

He said the election call would come within weeks or days.

The NDP caucus met Sunday night to discuss election plans and Findlay's exit, while Eby said last week his legislators needed to be "election ready."

He pledged on Friday to temporarily pause the expansion of the provincial sales tax and order that BC Ferries' next round of vessels be built in British Columbia.

Infrastructure Minister Bowinn Ma on Monday announced that the government had renewed plans for the expansion of Burnaby Hospital, while the expansion of an LNG project received environmental approval by the province and subsequent federal backing.

Agriculture Minister Lana Popham, meanwhile, said she would not be running for a sixth term after 17 years in elected office.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 22, 2026.