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UPDATE: Tri-City candidates locked in for B.C. snap election

Major parties to run full slates despite tight timeline

With only 22 days left before British Columbians head to the polls, candidates of every political stripe have been scrambling to file their papers before the Election’s BC deadline Friday.

Prospective candidates are required to get 75 signatures from community members as part of their application package, something that has proved challenging for some of the smaller parties during a pandemic.

“It’s like a war mobilization getting signatures,” said Port Coquitlam BC Green candidate Erik Minty. “We really didn’t know an election was coming.”

BC Conservative leader Trevor Bolin (right); Green leader Sonia Furstenau (centre); and Libertarian
BC Conservative leader Trevor Bolin (right); Green leader Sonia Furstenau (centre); and Libertarian leader Don Wilson (right) - BC Conservative party; CP/Chad Hipolito; BC Libertarian party

It’s been only 11 days since a snap election was called, and still the Tri-City ridings have not been without controversy: one BC Green candidate has already precipitated the resignation of the leader of the BC Ecosocialists, and Port Coquitlam candidate for the same party, Christina Gower, dropped out shortly thereafter, citing “concussion syndrome from knocking myself out during smoke week.” 

Still, at least two of the Tri-Cities’ four ridings — Port Moody-Coquitlam and Coquitlam-Burke Mountain — are positioned to become key battlegrounds in either a BC NDP or BC Liberal victory. But that hasn’t stopped other, lesser known parties from making a run for the legislature.

Here are the confirmed candidates for the Tri-Cities: 

COQUITLAM-BURKE MOUNTAIN

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Coquitlam-Burke Mountain electoral district - Elections BC

BC Liberal: Joan Isaacs (incumbent)

BC NDP: Fin Donnelly

BC Green: Adam Bremner-Akins

BC Conservative: NA

Libertarian: NA

 

PORT MOODY-COQUITLAM

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Port Moody-Coquitlam electoral district - Elections BC

BC NDP: Rick Glumac (incumbent)

BC Liberal: James Robertson

BC Green: John Latimer

BC Conservatives: Brandon Fonseca

Libertarian: Logan Smith

 

COQUITLAM-MAILLARDVILLE

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Coquitlam-Maillardville electoral district - Elections BC

NDP: Selina Robinson (incumbent)

BC Liberal: Will Davis

BC Green: Nicola Spurling

 

PORT COQUITLAM 

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Port Coquitlam electoral district - Elections BC

NDP: Mike Farnworth (incumbent)

BC Liberal: Mehran Zargham

BC Green: Erik Minty

Libertarian: Lewis Clarke Dahlby

 

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article listed BC Conservative Jonathan Gagnon and Libertarian Rob Wainwright as candidates for Coquitlam-Maillardville. In the end, they did not have their applications approved by Elections BC. Their names have been removed.