Below is a list of names of Members of the Legislature not running again.
NDP MLA’s Not running again (5)
Gary Coons, Diane Thorne, Dawn Black, Guy Gentner, and Michael Sather
Liberal MLA’s Not running again (19)
Dave Hayer, Harry Bloy, Bill Barisoff, Ron Cantelon, George Abbott, John Les, Mary McNeil, Kevin Falcon, Murray Coell, Kevin Krueger, Kash Heed, Blair Lekstrom, Rob Howard, Joan McIntrye, Randy Hawes, Colin Hansen
Barry Penner and Ian Black resigned earlier – replaced by NDP MLA’s in byelections.
John van Dongen left the Liberal bench
Vancouver news report states:
Liberal party has not scheduled a nomination meeting in Boundary Similkameen even though MLA John Slater has stated he plans to run A first-term MLA for Boundary-Similkameen, Slater publicly announced in September he planned to run again for the BC Liberals in 2013. But Slater is now the only incumbent B.C. Liberal who has not been nominated, or does not have a nomination meeting planned. The majority of Liberal incumbents have been nominated, according to a party list.
B.C. Liberal campaign says there are no plans currently in place for Slater’s nomination.
Party insiders say a number of possible candidates have been approached to run if Slater changes his mind.
Earlier on ODN
John Slater to run again
Posted on October 1, 2012
MLA for Okanagan Boundary John Slater confirmed September 30th he will run again in the next election. Slater said he wanted to wait until the end of the month before announcing his intentions and did so at the Festival of the Grape at Oliver on Sunday.
Slater addressed the Festival attendees during the opening ceremonies and met with many of the crowd during the warm afternoon.
Slater says he is waiting for the riding association to make the announcement officially and that should come this week. The MLA says he has been very busy in the last few weeks with government business on a number of committees, a family funeral and the annual conference of the Union of BC Municipalities in Victoria.
Slater says he is proud of his record at representing the interests of the local area and looks forward to the election contest in the spring of next year.
Zach Poturica, Boundary-Similkameen BC Liberal Riding Association President says “Its my understanding that John wishes to make an announcement regarding his future no later than the end of the month. At that time the Riding Association will ensure that you get an official release outlining what his decision will be.”