The Tri-Cities' two NDP MLAs will remain on the party's shadow cabinet at the B.C. legislature.
Yesterday (Tuesday), the new BC NDP leader, Adrian Dix, announced Coquitlam-Maillardville MLA Diane Thorne will stay on as the deputy education critic while his leadership rival, Port Coquitlam MLA Mike Farnworth, will move from the public safety and solicitor-general portfolio to health, the job Dix held before winning the party's top job earlier this month.
The 32-member shadow cabinet also includes former interim leader Dawn Black, who served as MP for New Westminster-Coquitlam before retiring from federal politics to run for the New West provincial seat; she is now the BC NDP assistant deputy speaker.
Other critic portfolios went to Bruce Ralston (finance); John Horgan (house leader, energy and mines); and Sue Hammell (deputy house leader, deputy health).
