The final BC Liberal candidate for the Tri-Cities will be acclaimed next Thursday.
But Susan Chambers will have less than six weeks to campaign in Port Coquitlam before the May 9 provincial vote.
Chambers — a small business owner and resident of Maple Ridge — will face off in the spring contest against veteran NDP MLA Mike Farnworth and BC Green Party contender Jason Hanley.
This morning (Thursday), Chambers told The Tri-City News it will be her first run for an elected seat. She has been a BC Liberal member since 1999.
As for Farnworth, she said, "He's been in the role for a long time and Port Coquitlam has changed, and it's ready for more change."
Chambers has volunteered in PoCo on the homeless count and, in 2012, was named a small business award finalist by the Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce, of which she is a member.
She is set to be acclaimed at the party's campaign office, at Shaughnessy Street and Lougheed Highway, on March 30.
The candidates running in the other Tri-Cities ridings are:
• Coquitlam-Maillardville: MLA Selina Robinson (NDP), Steve Kim (BC Liberal) and Nicola Spurling (BC Green);
• Coquitlam-Burke Mountain: MLA Jodie Wickens (NDP), Joan Isaacs (BC Liberal) and Ian Soutar (BC Green);
• and Port Moody-Coquitlam: MLA Linda Reimer (BC Liberal) and Rick Glumac (NDP).
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