Clockwise from upper left: Cathy McLeod, Ken Finlayson, Terry Lake, Iain Currie, Gina Myhill-Jones, Peter Kerek

By James Peters

Federal Election

List of candidates vying to represent Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo up to six

Jun 13, 2019 | 4:54 PM

KAMLOOPS — Six political parties already have their candidates in place for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo in the upcoming federal election.

This after the Green Party confirmed no one will challenge Iain Currie at the party’s upcoming nomination meeting. According to a news release, Currie was the only nominee to file his candidacy papers before the Wednesday deadline.

Incumbent Conservative Party of Canada MP Cathy McLeod will run again, with a challenge from former Kamloops mayor and B.C. cabinet minister Terry Lake running under the Liberal Party banner.

Fledgling politicians Gina Myhill-Jones and Ken Finlayson will run as well, for the NDP and People’s Party of Canada respectively.

And according to his Twitter feed, Peter Kerek will run for the Communist Party of Canada. Kerek previously ran under the Communist banner in the 2017 provincial election.

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