Former British Columbia premier Christy Clark has announced she won’t be running as a candidate in the federal election.
Clark, who made a short-lived attempt for the federal Liberal party leadership, says in a social media post that she has “received lots of encouragement and good wishes from Liberals” and others.
But she says she won’t be a candidate in the April 28 election, which she calls a “critical moment” for Canadians.
Clark recently told CTV that she would consider running as a Liberal MP in the election, after scrapping her dark-horse bid for the leadership that was won by Mark Carney.
She was B.C.’s premier and leader of the BC Liberals, which aren’t affiliated with the federal Liberals and were for decades the main right-of-centre party in the province.
Clark said she decided in January not to enter the race to replace Justin Trudeau after she had to walk back a claim that she was never a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.
On Sunday, the Liberals tapped former Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson to run for the party in Vancouver Fraserview – South Burnaby, and Clark’s name was also being widely discussed as a potential star candidate.
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