Port Moody council is holding a special meeting July 12 to discuss a byelection brought about by the resignation of Rick Glumac, who was elected MLA for Port Moody-Coquitlam.
It is likely a chief election officer will be appointed at that time, according to a city spokesperson, which will set the stage for a Saturday voting day no later than 80 days later.
But despite the lack of an official voting day, one candidate has thrown her hat into the ring.
Karen Rockwell, 57, who served three terms on council from 2002 to 2011, says she brings experience to city business and is ready to roll up her sleeves.
“I think it’s important to have a full council and I bring that hit-the-ground-running kind of knowledge that I think will be of value to council as it debates some big issues,” Rockwell told The Tri-City News.
Rockwell is a union representative with the Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union Local 378, now called Move Up, and says she needed a break from council business in 2011 to travel with her husband but now finds she has the time and interest to get into politics again.
One of her big concerns is how Port Moody densifies with around the Evergreen Extension.
“I see the very rapid change that seems to be taking place, that is already taking place, the number of development proposals coming forward and what some of those changes are going to mean. I think my experience on council will be of value," she said.
Another former councillor rumoured to be running, Gerry Nuttall, has said he won't stand for a council seat; he wants to spend more time with the PoMo seniors group he co-founded called The Club.
