It’s official. Jonina Campbell will be running for the B.C. Green Party in next year’s provincial election.
On Tuesday, Campbell, who is serving her second term as school trustee, stepped down as chair of the New Westminster school board, effective immediately, while she pursues the MLA seat.
“I think we all recognize the tremendous amount of work that you’ve done in the past three years,” fellow trustee Mark Gifford remarked at the school board meeting.
Campbell first announced her intentions to seek the Green Party nomination earlier this month. She said it wasn’t until someone suggested she put her name forward that she even considered the decision.
“The more I looked at it, the more I realized the Green party has the best plan for B.C.,” Campbell said in an earlier interview with the Record.
In the wake of Campbell’s resignation as board chair, trustee and current vice chair Kelly Slade-Kerr will take over leadership of the board as acting chair. By her side will be Gifford, who was acclaimed to the position of acting vice-chair at Tuesday’s board meeting. Both Slade-Kerr and Gifford will hold on to their acting positions until December when the school board will hold elections for a new chair and vice chair.
For more on Campbell’s entry into provincial politics, click here to read Theresa McManus’ previous interview with the Green Party candidate.
