91原创 East MLA and former B.C. housing minister Rich Coleman is denying rumours he鈥檚 mulling a mayoral run in Surrey.
鈥淚t鈥檚 an unsubstantiated rumour,鈥� he told the Now-Leader Friday morning.
Coleman said he was on a ferry Thursday evening when a friend text messaged him a link to a report that had surfaced, suggesting he was going to run.
鈥�(The story) said I鈥檝e already started to talk to people about a slate, building a team,鈥� he said. 鈥淚鈥檝e been in Victoria the last two weeks and haven鈥檛 been on this side of the water, except weekends. I got a bit of a kick out of it.鈥�
Coleman did say he鈥檚 received phone calls asking if he鈥檚 interested in the job.
鈥淎s soon as Linda (Hepner) decided not to run (for mayor), people phoned and said, 鈥榃hat do you think about that?鈥欌��. But I鈥檝e got a job to do and a session to finish and I just didn鈥檛 think anything of it, and I haven鈥檛 given anybody an indication that I am.
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鈥淚t really is a rumour,鈥� Coleman added. 鈥淚鈥檇 never say absolutely no to anything but I haven鈥檛 even talked to my wife about this.
鈥淧olitics is such an organism. Every time an election is coming along people start scouting around.鈥�
From 2012 to 2017, Coleman was Deputy Premier and served variously as Minister of Natural Gas Development, Minister Responsible for Housing.
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