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By Greg Fry

Federal politics

Will Mark Carney’s success increase popularity of Liberals in northern BC?

Mar 10, 2025 | 2:48 PM

PRINCE GEORGE — With Mark Carney elected Liberal leader over the weekend, a Prince George political analyst says there may be renewed interested locally in running for the party.

CNC Political Science Instructor Chris Beach says any time you have a more competitive election, where either party could win, you’re generally going to have more people interested along with people who have higher profiles.

“Often when a party doesn’t have a chance, that’s when you might get somebody very young, doesn’t have a lot of experience, work experience on their resume, no political experience, that type of thing. But when you have a party that has a chance, you get a higher quality candidate.”

It would still be an uphill battle for the Liberals in Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies and in Cariboo-Prince George though, where the Conservatives have never lost.

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