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Premier Christy Clark is going to run in a byelection in Westside-Kelowna.
While she lead her Liberals to a stunning election night victory over the NDP, she lost in her own riding of Vancouver-Point Grey.
So she needs to run, and win a byelection to have a seat in the Legislature.
"This is the cradle of free enterprise in Canada. And i am honoured to carry those values forward, the values of the Bennetts, the values of the Stewarts, a pioneer family with roots as deep here as anyone else. I will carry those values forward with hard work and with purpose," Clark told a news conference.
Westside-Kelowna is safe Liberal turf.
MLA Ben Stewart, who won with a 58-percent margin, is stepping aside.
Clark will keep a second home in Kelowna.
NDP Leader Adrian Dix says the party will run a strong local candidate against Clark.
He makes no apologies for the move, saying it's the party's responsibility to give voters a choice.
"It's good news for the people of Westside-Kelowna. They’re going to have an excellent NDP candidate. The Liberals are obviously going to run a big campaign in support of their candidate, the premier. And the people will get to choose, and that's as it should be in a democracy."
Premier Christy Clark says she expects the date of the byelection to be set sometime in the next week.
The campaign will take 28 days, plus a couple more weeks to certify the results.
That means Clark could be ready to enter the legislature as an MLA in late July.
As for the cost, Elections bBC spent $503,000 on the 2012 byelection in Port Moody-Coquitlam, and $467,000 in the Chilliwack-Hope byelection.