The B.C. NDP’s finance critic Mike Farnworth is the first to throw his hat in the ring for leadership of the party.

Farnworth, who represents the riding of Port Coquitlam, says that with him in charge, New Democrats would take an aggressive stance against the B.C. Liberals.

The New Democrats went into the campaign with a 20-point lead in the polls, but lost in a massive upset against the incumbent Liberal government.

Party members will choose a successor to Adrian Dix on Sept. 28

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