Two years after he retired, former B.C. Solicitor-General Rich Coleman is returning to politics, this time at the municipal level, with the B次元官网网址淓levate Langley Voters AssociationB次元官网网址� civic party in the Township of Langley, according to an Elections B.C. register of elector organizations.

The register lists former Langley East MLA Coleman as the B次元官网网址渁uthorized principal officialB次元官网网址� for the party.

While he has registered a civic party, whether Coleman will be running in the Oct. 15 election himself remains to be seen.

In a response to a Langley Advance Times query on Saturday, Aug. 6, Coleman confirmed he has been approached about running for mayor, but hasnB次元官网网址檛 decided yet.

B次元官网网址淎 lot of people have been on me to run for mayor,B次元官网网址� Coleman told the Langley Advance Times.

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Coleman said he registered the Elevate Langley party when he did, because the Election B.C. deadline to register elector organizations for the pending municipal elections was Aug. 2, and he wanted to provide a vehicle for some potential Township candidates he has been mentoring.

B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檝e got some young folks who want to run,B次元官网网址� Coleman said.

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In the Elections B.C. register entry, Elevate Langley listed a contact phone number that turned out to be the office number for current Langley East MLA Megan Dykeman, who said she has no involvement with the party, calling it B次元官网网址渁bsolutely an error.B次元官网网址�

Coleman said he would check into it.

In 2018, Coleman was considering a run for Surrey mayor, but decided against it.

Coleman spent 24 years in provincial politics before he retired in 2020, including four years as provincial Solicitor-General.

Langley Township councillors Eric Woodward and Blair Whitmarsh have also announced mayoralty bids. So has former councillor Michelle Sparrow.

Elections B.C.B次元官网网址檚 register of civic parties listed Woodward as the principal official for the B次元官网网址淐ontract with Langley AssociationB次元官网网址� party, which, the filing indicates, will be fielding candidates for council and school board.

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