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Heed to keep seat despite breaking campaign spending limit
Heed to keep seat despite breaking campaign spending limit
Dan Burritt Jul 12, 2011 16:00:24 PM
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KELOWNA (NEWS1130) - Former BC solicitor general Kash Heed will not lose his seat in the legislature over a spending scandal that cost him his cabinet seat.
A lawyer for the chief electoral officer agreed with Heed's own lawyer that the rookie MLA should not lose his Vancouver-Fraserview seat, even though he overspent his $70,000 campaign limit, as set out in the Elections Act, by $5,000 during the 2009 provincial election.
There is no word yet if Heed will have to pay a $10,000 fine.
Heed has twice been forced to step down as solicitor general because of the allegations surrounding campaign spending on two controversial pamphlets distributed in his riding during the 2009 provincial election campaign, and payments to campaign workers.
In April, a special prosecutor announced 14 charges against two of Heed's campaign aides, but said there was no evidence the former West Vancouver police chief knew of the financial irregularities.
-With files from CKFR |
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發表於 2011-7-12 17:48
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