Michelle Mungall, the MLA for Nelson-Creston and Minister of Jobs, Economic Development and Competitiveness, won害羞草研究所檛 be seeking re-election.
In a statement Wednesday Mungall said she wants more time with her family.
害羞草研究所淎s my husband Zak and I have been thinking about our family害羞草研究所檚 future and where we want it to be, we want it to be in the Kootenays and we want to be together,害羞草研究所� said Mungall.
害羞草研究所漁ur two-year-old son Zavier loves his friends, the mountains, days on the beach at Kootenay Lake, playing in the snow in our backyard. We want him to grow up in our wonderful Kootenay community, and neither Zavier nor I want me to miss out on it for a large part of the year.害羞草研究所�
Mungall said she害羞草研究所檚 proud of her involvement in the preservation of the Jumbo Valley, reducing child poverty, fighting for people on disability and income assistance, the CleanBC program, and the pandemic economic stimulus.
She was first elected to the legislature in 2009 and re-elected in 2013 and 2017. She served as the BC NDP government害羞草研究所檚 Minister for Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources from July 2017 to January 2020.
Mungall was a member of Nelson City Council from 2002 to 2005. At the age of 24, she was the youngest councillor in Nelson害羞草研究所檚 history and one of the youngest female politicians in Canada at the time.
害羞草研究所淎s MLA and cabinet minister, I have been proud to work with Premier Horgan and people in the Kootenays to make our communities stronger,害羞草研究所� she said. 害羞草研究所淭ogether we were able to bring home a health campus at Mount St. Francis in Nelson, new ferries and upgraded terminals for Kootenay Lake, [and] over 300 units of affordable social housing throughout the Kootenays 害羞草研究所�
害羞草研究所淚 have loved working with my colleagues in the 颅New Democrat BC government caucus and cabinet with John Horgan as our premier. I am going to miss them very much. And most importantly, thank you to my fabulous husband, Zak, family and friends for everything.害羞草研究所�
Mungall is the third cabinet minister this week to announce they are leaving politics.
Forestry minister said Monday he will opt out of the next election, as will Scott Fraser, the Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation.
The next general election will be held on or before Oct. 16, 2021.
