For the first time since 2016, the BC Conservative Party has itself a new leader.

Fort St. John Councillor Trevor Bolin, 39, was officially unveiled by the BC Conservatives this morning as its new leader.

Bolin admits the party has had a rocky road with a revolving door in the leader’s office and some bitter infighting, but he says that is now firmly in the past.

“Part of what we’ve done is ensure that we’ve taken the time to rebuild the party before we started to rebuild the brand,” he said. “Instead of just jumping into BC politics, it became about the party, it became about the platforms that we’re going to be rolling out shortly that are going to benefit British Columbians.”

“With being the leader, it’s back to basics, it’s back to grassroots. It’s meeting with people, it’s meeting in communities. It’s talking to hardworking British Columbians every day.”

Bolin says his party would scrap the carbon tax and work with municipalities to better tackle climate change.

The party has been leaderless since 2016 when it ejected Dan Brooks as leader for the second time.