Oppal confirms he will run again in B.C. election
Last Updated: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 | 11:43 AM PT
CBC News
B.C. Attorney General Wally Oppal has confirmed he will run again in the May 12 provincial election.
But the Liberal MLA admits he's still deciding whether to run in the Vancouver-Fraserview riding he has represented since 2005 or seek the nomination in the suburban Vancouver riding of South Delta, which includes his home in Tsawwassen.
The former B.C. Court of Appeal justice said it would '"make a lot of sense" to run in Tsawwassen but there may be another potential Liberal candidate interested in that constituency.
On Monday, it was revealed that West Vancouver police Chief Kash Heed was stepping down for undisclosed personal reasons after one and half years in the post.
CBC News has since learned he is likely being courted by the Liberal party to run in the May election. Heed lives in Richmond, south of Vancouver.
Liberals have won the South Delta riding in every election and one byelection since 1991 and it is currently represented by Liberal MLA Val Rodick, who is not running in the coming election.
Boundary-Similkameen candidate ousted
Meanwhile, the Liberal party has ousted its candidate in the Penticton-area riding of Boundary-Similkameen.
A party spokesman said the decision to drop Joe Cardoso was made when the party's appeal board met on the weekend.
Chad Pederson said that after Cardoso defeated two challengers to win the Liberal nomination last November, information surfaced that revealed problems about his disclosure of a controversial position he had publicly taken on a political issue.
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