Anna Warwick Sears will try again to enter elected politics.
The retiring executive director of the Okanagan Basin Water Board has been acclaimed as the Liberal candidate for the riding of Vernon-Lake Country-Monahsee in the April 28th federal election.
She took a leave of absence from her job with the OBWB last fall to represent the NDP in the provincial election. She lost the riding of sa国际传媒-Lake Country-Coldstream to BC Conservative candidate Tara Armstrong.
Warwick Sears was endorsed in the provincial campaign by Blair Ireland, the mayor of Lake Country and chair of the OBWB board of directors.
In a release sent out by the OBWB on Monday, Ireland says of Warwick Sears: 鈥淎nnasa国际传媒 commitment to the sustainable management of our precious water resources is unparalleled. Her deep understanding of the unique challenges and opportunities facing our region, combined with her extensive experience in government relations and water science, make her a strong voice for our region.
鈥淲e wish Anna all the best in her candidacy and future endeavours,鈥 Ireland says.
Warwick Sears has been with the OBWB for 19 years.
On its website, the Liberal Party describes Warwick Sears as a 鈥渃entrist choice with sound policy ideas, choosing to run for office to represent the citizens of Vernon-Lake Country-Monashee riding to help increase the western voices in Ottawa.鈥
Other declared candidates for the riding are Conservative candidate Scott Anderson and NDP candidate Leah Main.
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The Liberals also has announced Gloria Morgan, a First Nations leader and former RCMP officer, has been acclaimed as the Liberal candidate for Similkameen-South Okanagan-West Kootenay in the upcoming federal election.
鈥淪he will continue building on our hard work to keep Canada moving forward,鈥 said the Liberal Party of Canada website Monday. 鈥淲ith a strong focus on important new engagement with Canadians, the Liberal nominations process helps ensure we鈥檙e ready to re-elect our dedicated Liberal team in Parliament and continue to elect more talented, diverse, and hardworking community leaders as Liberal MPs across Canada.
鈥淎s we look forward to the important work ahead of us, the hope and hard work of Liberals across Canada will ensure our candidates and teams are ready to run competitive campaigns and earn another mandate from Canadians.鈥
Morgan, now age 70, is a former Chief of the Splatsin First Nation and was the recipient of the British Columbia Reconciliation Award.
Morgan is one of five members of the Elders and Knowledge Keepers Council for the sa国际传媒 First Nations Justice Council.
Morgan is currently living in Enderby. She served more than 11 years as an RCMP officer, before practicing law for over seven years until being elected as Chief of the Splatsin First Nation.
A residential school survivor, Morgan spent time as a federal adjudicator for the Indian Residential Schools Resolution Canada and has worked on several boards with Okanagan College, where she also taught language and arts classes.
Morgansa国际传媒 father, William Edwards, was Chief of the Splatsin First Nation in the 1950s and 1960s, and she followed in her fathersa国际传媒 footsteps becoming Chief in 2001 and serving two terms.
The Herald has reached out to Morgan for an interview and hopes to have an article on that interview in an upcoming edition.
