Robertson's out (of the Leg)
Gregor Robertson will step down from his seat as a provincial MLA to run for mayor of Vancouver, the candidate with the centre-left Vision Vancouver party said Thursday.
Robertson will resign as of July 15.
"I have decided that all of my energy must be focused on reaching out to all of the citizens of Vancouver," Robertson said in a short news release.
The founder of the juice company Happy Planet was picked as his party's leader in a nomination vote Sunday. He had been mulling over holding on to his MLA seat in the lead-up to November's election, noting there would likely be no fall sitting of the legislature.
Civic elections are November 15. In Vancouver, Robertson's main opponent will be Coun. Peter Ladner with the centre-right Non-Partisan Association.
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What now? Gregor muses keeping MLA seat, Cadman debates a joint slate, Al a no show
Gregor Robertson won’t say if he’ll give up his provincial MLA seat before November’s elections.
“I’m going to think about it,” he offered up Sunday, hinting he might get away with being both a sitting MLA and a mayoral hopeful.
Robertson's in
Gregor Robertson, an NDP MLA, will be the man to run for mayor with the centre-left Vision Vancouver party in this November’s civic elections.
Robertson was declared the winner Sunday of the fledgling civic political party’s first member-driven nomination meeting.
Robertson won with 3,495 of 6,771 votes cast. Raymond Louie received 2,244 votes and third-place finisher Al De Genova received 981. There were 51 spoiled ballots.
Trendwatch: Mayoral umbrella holders?
Well, well, well.
One day he's just a lowly city councillor. The next, he's a mayoral candidate and all of a sudden he can't even hold his own umbrella.
Ladner campaign guy Mike Meneer makes like David Hurford and does his best Rihanna here. But I still say, ditch the trend, Peter. Everyone knows real Vancouverites don't need umbrellas.
Backroom shenanigans?
Read into this what you will.
The only three park board hopefuls to publicly back Peter Ladner all received nominations and the gold ticket to run under the NPA banner this fall. That's despite the fact Sullivan supporters had circulated a list of preferred candidates that rather noticeably left off the only incumbent NPA commissioner from the ballot: Ian Robertson, a Peter Ladner backer.
"There were some things going on today that I would say were a little bit suspect," Robertson said.
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