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Former or current BC Liberal MLA’s who've sought nomination for a federal party


The “List Of” former or current BC Liberal MLA’s who have sought nomination for a federal party





The latest add to my list was sent to me this morning (Jan 22nd)
• Norm Letnick, who ran for the CPC nomination in Kelowna-Lake Country in 2005 or 2006, but lost to Ron Cannan. Norm then sought the BC Liberal nomination and won. He’s still sitting as MLA



I’m up to 11 now, and I know there still must be many more that can be added to this list – with your help of course. And what is this list I speak of? It’s a list of former, or current, BC Liberal MLA’s who have sought nominations for a federal party, and which federal party did they seek nomination for?



In order of being received, starting at the bottom, the following are on the list to date:
• Douglas Horne was elected a BC Liberal MLA in 2012 and 2013. He resigned to run, and subsequently lost as a federal Conservatives in 2015
• Joyce Murray ran and won for the Liberals in 2001, and then lost in the 2005 election. She ran for the federal Liberals 2008 by-election. She then ran in the 2008 general election and retained the seat, as she also did in 2011 and 2015
• Lorne Mayencourt ran and was elected for the BC Liberal in the 2001 and 2005 provincial elections. He ran and lost federally for the Conservative Party in 2008. He then attempted as a BC Liberal, seeking a nomination to run under their banner again. He lost the nomination to Sam Sullivan who went on to be elected the MLA
• Al Horning was elected as a Conservative MP in 1988. He ran again, and lost, in both the 1993 and 1997 elections. He then was elected as a BC Liberal MLA in 2005. He did not run for re-election in 2009
• Gordon Hogg first ran as a federal Liberal in 1993, losing to the Reform Party of Canada. He then ran for the BC Liberals, winning in 2001, 2005, 2009 and 2013. He then bounced back to the federal Liberals winning a seat in the 2017 by-election to replace the Conservatives Diane Watts (who subsequently ran and lost in the provincial Party leadership race to Andrew Wilkinson)
• Wilf Hurd was elected a BC Liberal MLA in 1991 and 1996. The federal Liberals then came calling asking him to run in the 1997 election, he was acclaimed. However, he was unsuccessful losing to Reformer Val Meridith
• John Les ... ran for the Liberal Party of Canada in 1997 – he was elected as BC Liberal in 2001
• Marc Dalton ... was first elected an MLA for the BC Liberals in 2009 -- currently seeking Conservative Party of Canada nomination for Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge
• Kevin Krueger ... ran for the Liberal Party of Canada in 1993. Following a loss there he was elected for BC Liberals in 1996)
• Richard Lee ... currently running for Liberal Party of Canada in the Burnaby South by-election. First elected as a BC Liberal in 2001



Send your add to me, by posting it below in the comments section – or send to me by email: bcpoliandmore@gmail.com

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  1. AnonymousJanuary 27, 2019 at 10:19 AM

    david wilks former CPC MP ran for a BC Liberal nomination but lost
    https://www.cranbrooktownsman.com/news/wilks-to-run-for-b-c-liberal-nomination/

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