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   From: Çons@minority#s   
      
   That's officially 10 MLAs within the BC 'Liberal' Party that won't be running   
   in the   
   provincial election 9 months from now.   That's not counting the two who   
   resigned and   
   by-elections in their vacated constituencies saw Liberals replaced with NDP   
   elected   
   members.   
      
   They know they're toast because, among their other major frauds and scandals,   
   their hated   
   HST is still being kept around by their government, squeezing BCers for every   
   last cent   
   they can before being turfed from office.   
      
   Remember:  no one has seen a complete set of accounting from this government   
   in many, many   
   years, and the auditor-general keeps coming up with drastically different   
   numbers to those   
   being offered by the notoriously-experienced liars within this government.   
      
   We think of the BC 'Liberals' every time we look down at a sales receipt and   
   see the HST   
   on our purchases.  They don't have a hope in hell of surviving the next   
   election with such   
   frequent reminders  . . . .   
   _____________________________________   
      
   August 30, 2012:     3 more B.C. Liberals stepping down ahead of spring   
   election   
   George Abbott, John Les, Mary McNeil all confirm they will not run again   
   Sept 1, 2012:    B.C. finance minister steps down from cabinet   
      
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   Election status of B.C. Liberal MLAs   
      
   B.C. LIBERAL MLAS WHO HAVE ANNOUNCED THEY WILL NOT RUN IN THE NEXT ELECTION   
      
   BILL BARISOFF   
      
   Penticton first elected 1996   
      
   HARRY BLOY   
      
   Burnaby-Lougheed first elected 2001   
      
   MURRAY COELL   
      
   Saanich North and the Islands first elected 1996   
      
   KEVIN FALCON   
      
   Surrey-Cloverdale first elected 2001   
      
   DAVE HAYER   
      
   Surrey-Tynehead first elected 2001   
      
   KASH HEED   
      
   VancouverFraserview first elected 2009   
      
   KEVIN KRUEGER   
      
   Kamloops-South Thompson first elected 1996   
      
   BC LIBERAL MLAS WHO HAVE SAID, EITHER THROUGH THE MEDIA OR THE PARTY, THAT   
   THEY WILL SEEK   
   RE-ELECTION   
      
   MOIRA STILWELL   
      
   VancouverLangara, first elected 2009   
      
   PAT PIMM   
      
   Peace River North, first elected 2009   
      
   TERRY LAKE   
      
   Kamloops-North Thompson, first elected 2009   
      
   RICHARD LEE   
      
   Burnaby North, first elected 2001   
      
   RALPH SULTAN   
      
   W. VancouverCapilano, first elected 2001   
      
   STEVE THOMSON   
      
   KelownaMission, first elected 2009   
      
   RON CANTELON   
      
   ParksvilleQualicum, first elected 2005   
      
   MICHAEL DE JONG   
      
   Abbotsford West, first elected 1994   
      
   BILL BENNETT   
      
   Kootenay East, first elected 2001   
      
   JOHN RUSTAD   
      
   Nechako Lakes, first elected 2005   
      
   NAOMI YAMAMOTO   
      
   N. VancouverLonsdale, first elected 2009   
      
   LINDA REID   
      
   Richmond East, first elected 1991   
      
   JANE THORNTHWAITE   
      
   N. VancouverSeymour, first elected 2009   
      
   BEN STEWART   
      
   WestsideKelowna, first elected 2009   
      
   MARC DALTON   
      
   Maple RidgeMission, first elected 2009   
      
   NORM LETNICK   
      
   Kelowna-Lake Country, first elected 2009   
      
   Source: Bc Liberal Caucus   
      
      
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   office   
      
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