The federal NDP have nominated former Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs Bob Chamberlin as its candidate for the upcoming Nanaimo-Ladysmith byelection. Chief Bob Chamberlin, elected chief councillor of the Kwikwasut'inuxw Haxwa'mis First Nation, at a fish farm announcement in December. He has been officially selected as the NDP's candidate for Nanaimo-Ladysmith. (Michael McArthur/CBC)Fourth federal byelection of 2019The Nanaimo-Ladysmith vote, scheduled May 6, will be the fourth federal byelection of the year, after three were decided in February. The Liberals, with candidate Rachel Bendayan, regained Montreal's Outremont riding, held by former NDP leader Tom Mulcair before he resigned as an MP last August.

Source: CBC News March 31, 2019 01:10 UTC