VANCOUVER B.C. – Jerry Kroll, B.C. Green Party candidate for Vancouver-Mount Pleasant, will formally announce his candidacy tomorrow afternoon. Kroll is President and CEO of ElectraMeccanica Vehicles Corp, which will begin mass production of one-person electric commuter cars for delivery this year. Party leader Andrew Weaver and other Metro Vancouver candidates will be in attendance for his announcement.
WHEN: Wed. Jan. 4, 2017 at 3:00pm
WHERE: Jerry Kroll campaign office – unit 105, Kingsgate Mall (370 Broadway E, Vancouver)
In attendance:
Candidates
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Andrew Weaver, B.C. Green Party leader (Gordon Head-Oak Bay)
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Jonina Campbell, New Westminster School Board trustee and former chair, and teacher (New Westminster)
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Joe Keithley, musician (Burnaby-Lougheed)
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Rick McGowan, teacher and founder of Metrotown Residents’ Association (Burnaby-Deer Lake)
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Ellisa Calder, information technology consultant (Vancouver-Kingsway)
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Peter Tam, computer science engineer and entrepreneur (Maple Ridge-Mission)
Members seeking nomination
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Roy Sakata, former teacher and principal (Richmond-Steveston)
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Janet Fraser, former Vancouver School Board trustee and teacher (Vancouver-Langara)
The party will also formally announce the candidacies of Joshua Johnson (North Vancouver-Seymour) and James Marshall (Vancouver-West End) tomorrow. Both candidates are out-of-country at the moment.
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Attached:
Media contacts
For Jerry Kroll
Jerry Kroll, candidate for Vancouver-Mount Pleasant
+1 604-687-3088 | [email protected]
For Andrew Weaver
Mat Wright, Press Secretary, Office of Andrew Weaver, MLA
+1 250-216-3382 | [email protected]
For B.C. Green Party
Stefan Jonsson, Director of Communications, B.C. Green Party
+1 888-473-3686 ext. 3 | [email protected]