BC Liberal Candidate For Vancouver-Burrard
On May 20, 2008, Griffiths announced plans to run for the BC Liberal nomination for the newly created Vancouver-West End provincial riding. The following day, The Province newspaper endorsed Griffiths. The Province, which has a heavy sports focus, is owned by the same parent company that bought out Frank Griffiths' Western International Communications.
However, due to Lorne Mayencourt's subsequent resignation as MLA of the old Vancouver-Burrard riding to run in the 2008 Canadian federal election, Griffiths ran in the ensuing byelection under the old boundaries, and was defeated by NDP candidate Spencer Chandra Herbert.
Griffiths is no longer planning to contest the Vancouver-West End riding. In the 2009 election, the BC Liberal candidate was Laura McDiarmid.
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