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Sonia Furstenau, chief of the BC Inexperienced Get together, can be making a “significant announcement” at a press convention on Tuesday morning in regards to the get together’s management, in accordance with a media advisory.
Furstenau is predicted to announce that she can be stepping down as chief. She can be talking at 11 a.m. and the announcement can be livestreamed above.
In final yr’s election, Furstenau was competing in her new using of Victoria-Beacon Hill in opposition to incumbent NDP candidate Grace Lore, who served as minister of kids and household growth within the final provincial cupboard.
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Though she led early within the evening, Furstenau in the end misplaced to Lore by 13 factors.
1:25BC Inexperienced Get together Chief Sonia Furstenau on loss in Victoria-Beacon Hill using
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Rob Botterell retained the one different using beforehand held by the Greens, Saanich North and the Islands, which was represented by interim get together chief Adam Olsen earlier than Olsen selected to not run for re-election.
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And Jeremy Valeriote lastly broke by means of in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky, successful by greater than 600 votes after ending an in depth second within the 2020 election by simply 60 votes.
Furstenau beforehand mentioned she would supply her mentorship and steering to the following chief, calling the election “a passing of the torch.”
—with information from Sean Boynton
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