Gregor Robertson resigned, Capri not running

Posted July 19, 2008 by Sacha Peter - Link
Category: By-Election

There was no big news item, but I see on the BC Legislature page that Gregor Robertson is no longer listed as MLA for Vancouver-Fairview, effective July 15, 2008 (the date he said he would be resigning).

In a slightly related issue, Vancouver councillor Kim Capri said the following, quoted from a Georgia Straight article:

“I got caught up with all the excitement and the possibility of Liberals taking back Vancouver-Fairview,” she said of having entertained the prospect of going provincial.

Capri related that the turning point came after a strategy session held at her house, where one supporter asked her, “Kim, do you really want this?”

“I woke up in the middle of the night later, and realized that I’ve never really said, ‘Yes, I want it,’” Capri said.

She’s got a good risk-to-reward processor in her brain, or she got good advice (and was able to listen to it). Does this leave the door open for Rick Peterson by default if the BC Liberals can’t find anybody else to run in the riding?