{"id":8683,"date":"2014-05-03T04:17:51","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T20:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=8683"},"modified":"2014-05-03T04:17:51","modified_gmt":"2014-05-02T20:17:51","slug":"new-democrats-unite-behind-john-horgans-strong-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/05\/03\/new-democrats-unite-behind-john-horgans-strong-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"New democrats unite behind John Horgan&#8217;s strong leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jjhorgan\">@jjhorgan<\/a> Day 1 as Leader of the BC NDP &#8211; talking about trade in BC <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PortMetroVan\">@PortMetroVan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23teamhorgan&amp;src=hash\">#teamhorgan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23bcndp&amp;src=hash\">#bcndp<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23bcpoli&amp;src=hash\">#bcpoli<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/FQbJEsb6c0\">pic.twitter.com\/FQbJEsb6c0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BC NDP (@bcndp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bcndp\/statuses\/462321526469967872\">May 2, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>VANCOUVER \u2014 John Horgan was declared leader of the B.C. NDP today, uniting New Democrats behind his strong leadership for a better, more affordable B.C.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to thank my fellow MLAs and the many volunteers and supporters who made this possible,\u201d said Horgan. \u201cAnd special thanks to my campaign co-chairs, David Eby and Michelle Mungall, two young leaders who are exposing the B.C. Liberals for taking limited funds away from single parents and university and college students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eby was first elected in the 2013 election, defeating Premier Christy Clark in Vancouver-Point Grey. Mungall was first elected MLA for Nelson-Creston in 2009 and was re-elected in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom day one, this campaign has been about building a united team to defeat the B.C. Liberals and make life more affordable for hard-working families,\u201d said Eby. \u201cNew Democrats are strong, united, and excited to get to work with John leading the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur work doesn\u2019t end tonight,\u201d said Mungall. \u201cOver the next three years, John\u2019s team will inspire British Columbians and show them that our province can do so much better than the B.C. Liberals. We will elect John Premier of a government that grows the economy with a balanced approach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Horgan will hold a media tour\/photo op on Friday morning, details to be provided in a New Democrat Caucus advisory. An inauguration event will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 4 at the Renaissance Hotel in Vancouver.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>.@jjhorgan Day 1 as Leader of the BC NDP &#8211; talking about trade in BC @PortMetroVan #teamhorgan #bcndp #bcpoli pic.twitter.com\/FQbJEsb6c0 &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":8685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,18],"tags":[632,2790,1167],"class_list":["post-8683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ca","tag-bc","tag-john-horgan","tag-ndp","mauthors-team-horgan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}