At least two other Port Moody residents have indicated their intention to seek the city council seat vacated by Rick Glumac, who resigned after he was elected MLA for Port Moody-Coquitlam.
Shane Kennedy and Timothy Favelle posted messages saying they’re planning to run on the newly created Port Moody 2017 Councillor By-Election Public Discussion Group on Facebook.
They join Karen Rockwell, who told The Tri-City News she would be running even before the byelection was officially set for Sept. 30. Rockwell served three terms on council from 2002 to ’11.
Kennedy is a tech company executive who unsuccessfully ran for mayor in 2008 and council in 2011. He also ran for the BC Conservatives in the Coquitlam-Burke Mountain riding, in the 2013 provincial election, finishing fourth with 941 votes.
Favelle is an ironworker with a First Nations’ heritage and no previous political experience.
But until Aug. 15, any candidates are still unofficial. That’s when the city’s chief electoral officer, Dorothy Shermer, will begin accepting nominations; the nomination deadline is Aug. 25.