From Opinion250.com - Mayor Watts would have made a great candidate but I'm looking forward to her seeking a 3rd term as Mayor of Surrey and winning. Look for candidates like George Abbott and Blair Lekstrom to announce that they will seek the BC Liberal Party Leadership over the next 7-14 days
Global-BC TV is reporting that Surrey Mayor Diane Watts will not run for the Provincial Liberal leadership.
In an exclusive interview with Watts, the Surrey Mayor told Global she is not interested in running because of the demands it would put on her family. She also said the political climate in B.C. is such that qualified people shy away from running.
The B.C. Liberal Party has yet to decide when it will call a leadership convention. It has made some decisions, including the cost for registering for the contest. Candidates will have to pay $25 thousand dollars for their shot at the post of Liberal Party Leader, and can spend as much as $450 thousand dollars to try and win that race.
The Party executive has decided there will be a special convention in mid February to deal with a proposed revision on how voting will be done, and has rescheduled it’s biennial convention to May, but there has been no actual date set for a leadership vote.
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