Emerson will run in next federal election

VANCOUVER (CP) – Trade Minister David Emerson says he will run again in Vancouver-Kingsway in the next federal election despite the continuing uproar over his defection to the new Conservative government just days after leading the Liberals’ B.C. campaign attack on the Tories.

“I do plan to run as a Conservative in the next election,” Emerson said Tuesday in an interview with The Canadian Press. Emerson won his east Vancouver riding as a Liberal in the Jan. 23 election, winning by a solid majority over veteran New Democrat Ian Waddell. The Conservative candidate was a distant third.

Emerson said he has not contemplated shifting out of Vancouver-Kingsway, which has not elected a Conservative since 1958.

Few believe Emerson will ever run for Parliament again, let alone in Vancouver Kingsway, but if he is serious, Emerson is one half way towards meeting the demans of his constituents.

All he needs to do now is resign and start campaigning as a Conservative to satisfy us.