An NDP candidate in next year's provincial election has revealed he is bisexual, following complaints by the person he defeated for the party's nomination regarding a new rule intended to increase the NDP's diversity. Gerry Taft, the mayor of Invermere, won the NDP's nomination for Columbia River-Revelstoke last Saturday by defeating Spring Hawes, who sits on Invermere council. The current MLA is the NDP's Norm MacDonald, who is retiring after three terms in office. Hawes is a woman with a disability, and after losing the race, she questioned how Taft could be the candidate. "Due to my family situation and my belief that an MLA should represent all people, I chose to keep my equity status private.

Source: CBC News October 19, 2016 05:15 UTC