Winston Blackmore (born August 25, 1956)[1] is the leader of a polygamous Fundamentalist Latter Day Saint religious group in Bountiful, British Columbia, Canada.
Jeffs ultimately succeeded his father, largely due to having played an increasingly significant role in the church during the period preceding Rulon's death.
More than half of the Canadian branch members left the FLDS Church to stay with Blackmore as their leader.
[12] On July 24, 2017, Blackmore was found guilty of polygamy in the British Columbia Supreme Court.
[15] On 27 June 2018, Justice Sheri Ann Donegan sentenced Blackmore to six months' house arrest.
[17][16] He is the nephew of former Social Credit Party of Canada leader John Horne Blackmore who, though not a polygamist himself, was excommunicated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1947 for "teaching and advocating the doctrine of plural marriage".