Should Municipal Councillors, Who Are Elected as MLAs, Have to Resign Their Seats on Council Immediately?
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Should municipal councillors, who are elected as MLAs, have to resign their seats on council immediately?
A B.C. Conservative legislator has lost what she called her "part-time" job as a councillor after a new law banning MLAs from also serving as municipal representatives came into effect.
New law forces B.C. legislator to quit her ‘part-time’ job as municipal councillor
VICTORIA - A B.C. Conservative legislator has lost what she called her "part-time" job as a councillor after a new law banning MLAs from also serving as municipal representatives came into effect.

New law forces MLA Misty van Popta to resign from the Township of Langley council
VICTORIA — A B.C. Conservative legislator has lost her job as a councillor in the Fraser Valley as a new law banning MLAs from also serving as municipal representatives comes into effect.
New law forces MLA Misty van Popta to resign from the Township of Langley council – Energeticcity.ca
VICTORIA — A B.C. Conservative legislator has lost her job as a councillor in the Fraser Valley as a new law banning MLAs from also serving as municipal representatives comes into effect. Misty Van Popta represents Langley-Walnut Grove in the provincial legislature, but lost her job as a municipal councillor in the Township of Langley on Thursday when the Eligibility to Hold Public Office Act came into effect, forcing her to resign. Van Popta wa…
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