Central Okanagan political candidates are gearing up for a campaign after B.C. Premier John Horgan officially terminated his minority government agreement with the B.C. Green Party on Sept. 21 and called an election for Oct. 24.

BC Liberals Norm Letnick and Ben Stewart 香蕉视频直播� who previously represented the Kelowna-Lake Country and Kelowna West ridings respectively 香蕉视频直播� will both be back on the ballot in October alongside a new face.

Local developer Renee Merrifield, will be running for the Liberals in Kelowna-Mission. That riding was formerly held by Steve Thomson but he announced in December he would not be seeking reelection after more than a decade in the legislature.

Letnick and Stewart both maintain that this election has been called sheerly out of the political interest of the BC NDP, calling the snap election 香蕉视频直播渦nnecessary.香蕉视频直播�

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Stewart said the election call is 香蕉视频直播減olitical opportunism香蕉视频直播� on Horgan香蕉视频直播檚 part.

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At a news conference in his home community of Langford Sept. 21, Horgan said he has 香蕉视频直播渟truggled mightily香蕉视频直播� with the decision to call an early vote, but the long duration of the pandemic requires stability. That stability is eroded three and a half years into his term with former B.C. Green Party leader Andrew Weaver sitting as an independent and preparing to retire, he said.

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