The B.C. Conservatives have recruited three more sitting BC United legislators to run under their banner in the fall provincial election, shaking up the previous Conservative candidate list in a process that has angered some supplanted nominees.

Conservative Leader John Rustad said in a statement on Tuesday that Ian Paton, Peter Milobar and Trevor Halford were joining his party in what he called a sign of “growing momentum” to unite the ticket, after last week’s announcement that the Official Opposition BC United was shutting down its campaign.