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NOVEMBER 22, 2016 | Volume 29 No. 141
MILOBAR WILL CARRY B.C. LIBERAL FLAG CAM FORTEMS
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Peter Milobar is hoping to become the second mayor in a decade to represent Kamloops-North Thompson in the legislature. The new B.C. Liberal nominee was congratulated at about 5:30 p.m. Saturday by current KamloopsNorth Thompson MLA Terry Lake, who called from the Vancouver Airport. Milobar was also congratulated by nomination challengers Steven Puhallo and Mike Grenier. “It’s been a hardfought nomination,” Milobar told reporters after the announcement by the party. “It’s been very respectful and teambuilding for the whole party and riding.” With Milobar’s nomination, all three parties in the legislature have named candidates for
What now for council?
Mike Grenier (left) shakes the hand of Steven Puhallo as Peter Milobar looks on just before results were announced on McArthur Island Saturday afternoon. With about 53 per cent ot the vote, Milobar bested Puhallo and Grenier to win the B.C. Liberal nomination for Kamloops-North Thompson and will be the party’s candidate in the May 9, 2017, election.
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both city ridings. Milobar will face the NDP’s Barb Nederpel, the Green’s Dan Hines and Peter Kerek of the B.C. Communist Party. Lake first won the seat in 2009 for the B.C. Liberals after spending one term as mayor of Kamloops. He decided in September not to run for a third term as MLA. The B.C. Liberal party does not release membership and voting information. But a party source
speaking on condition of anonymity said Milobar won 53 per cent of the first-ballot vote, meaning second choices on the preferential ballot did not need to be counted. About 60 per cent
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of the riding’s 880 members cast a ballot Saturday at one of four locations: McArthur Island in Kamloops, Sun Peaks, Barriere and Clearwater. Speaking to about 200 members on
McArthur Island before the vote, Milobar gave a rousing endorsement of natural-resource development. “We need to return a party to Victoria that values the benefits of human resources,
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but also understands the benefits natural resources bring to our region,” Milobar said. “We can’t allow four years of a party that only says ‘no.’” See OPPONENTS, A6
Mayor Peter Milobar said it’s too early to say who will replace him at Kamloops City Hall. Both Milobar and fellow MLA candidate Coun. Donovan Cavers — who is running for the B.C. Greens in Kamloops-South Thompson in the May 9 election — will take leaves of absence from council when the election writ drops. Milobar expects that leave will be unpaid. Should either candidate win a seat in the legislature, they could resign their municipal post and trigger a byelection, but that’s not the only option available.
See DESIRE, A6
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