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A former B.C. Liberal government staffer who was convicted in the Quick Wins scandal has received a nine-month conditional sentence to be served in the community.

In October, Brian Bonney pleaded guilty to one count of breach of trust in relation to the government’s plan to gain “quick wins” among the “ethnic” vote leading up to the provincial election in 2013.

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The wrongful conduct of Bonney, who was hired as a government communications director in 2011, included him using his time as a public servant for partisan political purposes.

The father of five directed the work of three community liaisons employed directly or indirectly by the government caucus or the B.C. Liberal party and also directed the work of community outreach workers. In all of the activities he shared confidential information with people not authorized to receive it.

In imposing sentence on Bonney, Provincial Court Judge David St. Pierre said that in a free and democratic society, there was a legitimate and laudable expectation that a professional public service would support and implement the legislatively approved agenda of the government of the day.