B.C. Liberal to seek federal Tory nomination

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B.C. Liberal to seek federal Tory nomination

The Canadian Press Published Friday, September 5, 2008 8:22AM EDT Last Updated Friday, May 18, 2012 8:58PM EDT

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VANCOUVER - There are reports that B.C. Liberal MLA Lorne Mayencourt will seek the federal Conservative nomination in Vancouver-Centre, taking on Liberal Hedy Fry.

Mayencourt currently represents Vancouver-Burrard in the B.C. legislature but announced last December that he would not be seeking re-election provincially.

Now it seems he will seek the federal Tory nod for an election expected to be called on Sunday. Prime Minister Stephen Harper is expected to send Canadians to the polls on Oct. 14.

Mayencourt was first elected in the 2001 provincial election and was re-elected in 2005 by a narrow margin.

The 51-year-old said when he announced his departure from provincial politics that he was considering a run in the next federal race.

He'll join Green Party leader Adriane Carr and University of B.C. professor Michael Byers,for the NDP, in challenging Fry, who has represented the downtown Vancouver riding since she defeated Prime Minister Kim Campbell in the 1993 election.