John Yap, Linda Reid and Teresa Wat can switch their cell phones back on Premier Christy Clark is going to Kelowna.
One of the three Richmond MLA seats had been touted as a possible throne for Clark to sit on after she lost her own Vancouver Point Grey spot to the NDPs David Eby.
The Richmond trio can look forward to four years in the Legislature after cabinet minister Ben Stewart offered his Westside-Kelowna seat.
Clark will now contest a by-election in the BC Liberal stronghold, which attracted more than 58 per cent of the vote.
I want to ensure the premier gets a chance to deliver on not just a vision, but on some of the real things that we need to do for British Columbia, said Stewart at a news conference Wednesday, where he at times fought back tears.
Clark did not say exactly when she will call the by-election, but indicated it will be within the next week, meaning the vote will take place in early-to-mid July.
File from the Vancouver Sun
