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Byelection race in Port Moody heats up

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.
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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.