New Prime Minister Mark Carney has called an election for April 28, but the Liberal Party of Canada doesn't yet have candidates nominated in Prince George, according to its website.
Cariboo-Prince George MP Todd Doherty and Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies MP Bob Zimmer, both Conservatives, have confirmed to The Citizen that they’ll be running for re-election.
Doherty was first elected in 2015 after Dick Harris retired while Zimmer succeeded the retiring Jay Hill in the 2011 election.
The Liberals' list of nominated candidates does not show anyone for Cariboo-Prince George or Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies. The party's riding association chairs for those ridings did not respond to emails requesting comment sent before the election call.
The NDP list Angie Bonazzo, a mental health support worker at Northern Health's adult withdrawal management unit in Prince George, as their candidate for Cariboo-Prince George. The party's website does not show any candidates listed in the other Prince George riding.
In Cariboo-Prince George, former Williams Lake city council candidate Jodie Capling is flying the Green banner while current School District 27 trustee Mary Forbes is running for the party in Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies.
The website for the People’s Party of Canada says that David Watson, the postmaster for Bear Lake, is running in Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies and Rudy Sans, whose bio says he's a public servant in the judicial branch of the provincial government, is running in Cariboo-Prince George.
