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Former West Van Chamber of Commerce president the Conservative candidate for Sea to Sky

Lack of political experience an asset, Gabrielle Loren says
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While the Liberal Party of Canada searches for a new candidate now that Pamela Goldsmith-Jones has said she won't run again this fall, former West Vancouver Chamber of Commerce president Gabrielle Loren has thrown her hat into the ring as the Conservative candidate for the West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country riding.

Loren was chosen as the Conservative riding candidate following a nomination meeting on May 5.

Loren, a partner in her own tax accounting company, only recently joined the Conservatives, after deciding their economic policies were a good fit with her own values.

“Why are we in debt?” She said. “That’s what I’ve been trying to teach kids. Don’t get yourself in over your head.”

Loren, who ran unsuccessfully for West Vancouver council in last fall’s civic election, said she sees her lack of political experience as a positive.

“It’s time for us to get away from career politicians,” she said, adding she hopes to bring a different perspective to Ottawa. “I understand everyday people and what they’re concerned about.”

Political pollster Greg Lyle of Innovative Research said it’s too early to tell what impact factors like the Jody Wilson-Raybould ouster and the rise of the Green Party might have on federal seats in B.C., which any federal party that wants to win power in Ottawa needs, he said.

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