It’s a three-way race for the BC United nomination in Kelowna-Lake Country

Kelowna lawyer Bal Grewal is running for the BC United party nomination in the Kelowna Lake-Country riding for the next provincial election.

Grewal ran for Kelowna city council last year and finished 14th out of 32 candidates.

“From there, Norm (Letnick) actually brought me in himself because of how that turned out,” Grewal told iNFOnews.ca today, Aug. 29. “I’ve been part of the party and the executive group. and he kind of groomed me.”

Letnick is currently currently the riding's BC United MLA but he isn't running again.

The deadline for filing papers to run for the nomination was going to be in about two weeks, Grewal said, but that has been extended because of the wildfires in the region.

“It’s a very large diverse riding,” Grewal said. “I believe I fit what we really need. I think we need youth. We need someone that’s motivated, that’s energetic, someone who actually understands policies and actually has the drive to make a change.”

Grewal is a lawyer who founded BSG Law in Kelowna.

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So far, three people intend to run for the nomination in what has traditionally been a safe BC United seat under the party's previous BC Liberal moniker.

Kelowna city councillor Mohini Singh declared this morning she intended to run for the party's nomination. Party operative Adam Wilson is expected to make the same declaration at an event he’s hosting in Lake Country this evening.

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