By Steve Hubrecht
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Would-be Libertarian candidate for Kootenay Columbia Terry Tiessen will not be running for election.
Tiessen had been planing a run, but close to the deadline to register with Elections Canada, he withdrew.
“I’ve had some personal issues that came up that unfortunately are preventing me from successfully running a campaign,” Tiessen told the Pioneer, without elaborating on the details of those personal issues.
Tiessen is a Nelson resident, and has plenty of political experience, having run for provincial politics as the Libertarian Party candidate in Nelson-Creston riding in the 2017 B.C. election and again in the 2020 B.C. election. He has lived in the Nelson area for three decades, raising three children there. Tiessen’s professional background includes plenty of work in the nonprofit sector, with stints at Greenpeace, working on Gitxsan land claims, and at the Slocan Reading Centre.
In those previous provincial elections, Tiessen has campaigned heavily on the issue of preserving individual, property and privacy rights, which he sees as a key part of the local culture in the Kootenay region.
