Okanagan water board’s leader selected as BC NDP candidate

The executive director of the Okanagan Basin Water Board is going to be the BC NDP candidate for the Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream riding for the upcoming provincial election.

Anna Warwick Sears has a PhD in population biology and has been working with the water board since 2007. She works on water management initiatives, water quality improvement programs, and aquatic weed management.

The BC NDP has organized an event to officially announce her nomination at the Lake Country Art Gallery at 7 p.m. today, July 11.

When voting starts on or before Oct. 19, Sears is going up against BC United’s Pavneet Singh, BC Green Party’s Stephanie Hendy and BC Conservative’s Tara Armstrong.

READ MORE: Okanagan water board leader seeks NDP nomination in Kelowna

Sears announced she was seeking the nomination last week.

“I will be a voice for all B.C. Interior issues, which are not always well understood on the coast. I have spent my career listening to community needs, and advocating for community solutions. I intend to take this approach with me to Victoria,” she said in a previous news release.

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