VANCOUVER

B.C. premier calls Kelowna West byelection to replace Christy Clark

The Canadian Press Published Wednesday, January 17, 2018 11:00AM PST

Former B.C. premier Christy Clark speaks to media for the first time since announcing she will be stepping down as B.C. Liberal leader and MLA in Vancouver, B.C., on Monday, July 31, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ben Nelms

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VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan has called a byelection for the riding of Kelowna West on Feb. 14.

The seat was vacated last summer when former premier Christy Clark left politics.

Clark's Liberals tried to form a minority government after the May election, but the party was defeated in a non-confidence vote after the New Democrats and Green party formed an alliance.

The B.C. Liberal Party has nominated Ben Stewart to run in the byelection.

Stewart won the riding in the 2013 race, but bowed out to allow Clark to run after she lost the Vancouver-Point Grey riding.

Shelley Cook, a former John Howard Society executive director, will represent the New Democrats in the riding, while the B.C. Green Party has nominated Robert Stupka, an engineer and certified passive house designer.

Kyle Geronazzo will be running for the BC Libertarian Party.

More than five months after Christy Clark resigned her seat, Premier Horgan has set a byelection date for Kelowna West; takes place Weds Feb 14
— CTV Bhinder Sajan (@BhinderSajan) January 17, 2018

Elections BC says there will be six days of advance voting from Feb 6 - 11, for more info visit https://t.co/swDo8XiE92
— CTV Bhinder Sajan (@BhinderSajan) January 17, 2018