List of Central Okanagan federal election forums grows

KELOWNA – There are now three forums scheduled for the two federal ridings in the Central Okanagan leading up to the Oct. 21 election.

Saturday, Sept. 7, 7-10 p.m. the Mary Irwin Theatre.

• Sponsored by the National Association of Federal Retirees and the Canadian Association of Retired Teachers.

Thursday, Sept. 19, 7 p.m. at Kelowna Senior Citizen’s Society hall, 1353 Richter St.

• Sponsored by the Canadian Federation of University Women.

Saturday, Sept. 21, 2-4 p.m. at Kelowna downtown library.

• Sponsored by Amnesty International (Kelowna), Kairos (B.C.-Yukon), Citizens for Public Justice and Okanagan Regional Library.

The two ridings stretch from Lake Country to Summerland and from Princeton to Logan Lake.

Candidates for Kelowna-Lake Country are incumbent Liberal Stephen Fuhr, Conservative Tracy Gray, the NDP's Justin Kulik, the Green Party's Travis Ashley, Salomon Reyek for the People’s Party and the Marijuana Party's Darrin Fiddle.

Candidates for Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola riding are incumbent Conservative Dan Albas, Liberal Mary Ann Murphy, the NDP's Joan Philip, the Green Party's Robert Mellailieu, Allan Duncan with the People's Party and the Marijuana Party's Brynn Jones.

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