Delta Coun. Sylvia Bishop announced this week she is throwing her hat in the ring for the nomination to run as the NDP candidate in Delta North.
"I have always thought about wanting to serve as an MLA," the first-term councillor said Wednesday morning.
Delta North NDP MLA Guy Gentner announced his retirement last week.
Gentner, also a former Delta councillor, has served two terms as MLA for the riding.
Bishop said with the provincial election
a little over six months away she heard that Gentner was considering his next move, so once he made the announcement last week she started making, and getting, phone calls about possibly running for the nomination.
The Tsawwassen resident said she thought about it through the weekend before making a final decision earlier this week.
Bishop is a long-time member of the provincial NDP and unsuccessfully ran for the party in the 1980s.
"Good social policy has always been important to me," she said.
Bishop said her experiences during her year on council have added to her skills that she would bring to the job of MLA.
"There are some problems that can only be solved on a provincial level," she said.
If she were elected MLA, it would trigger a civic by-election.
