B.C. Premier David Eby has called byelections for two vacant ridings left open by the resignations of the previous New Democrat premier and a former cabinet minister.
Voters in the Greater Victoria riding of Langford-Juan de Fuca and in Vancouver-Mount Pleasant will cast their ballots on Saturday, June 24.
The Langford riding was held by former premier John Horgan from 2005 before he retired earlier this year, partly due to health concerns after being diagnosed with cancer for a second time.
Former NDP cabinet minister Melanie Mark represented Vancouver-Mount Pleasant, which includes part of the city’s Downtown Eastside neighbourhood.
Mark, a former advanced education and tourism minister and the first First Nations woman elected to
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