The B.C. Green Party on Wednesday announced that Larry Colero will be their candidate for Delta South in the upcoming provincial election.

He taught corporate ethics at both UBC’s Sauder School of Business and SFU’s Beedie School of Business. He also created the first Strategic Alliances seminars for UBC and was moderator the first two years of their Summer Institute in Sustainability.

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Colero is currently on retainer as a policy advisor to the Institute of Advanced Financial Planners for assignments in regulatory affairs, trademark issues and professional ethics.

“Three elections ago in Delta South, the B.C. Green Party candidate came in second, and third the election before,” said Colero.

“In the last election, our party deferred to Vicki Huntington. Now we’re back. Other party candidates may say they will represent constituents. But as MLAs, they are expected to vote as a block to satisfy campaign donors instead of their constituents, like approving unnecessary, reckless megaprojects to be paid for by untold future generations. A founding principle shared by Green parties worldwide guarantees me the right, if elected, to vote with my conscience and always in the best interests of my constituents,” he said.

Colero, a former president of Ladner Minor Baseball and chair of the Delta Community Living Society, was a South Delta resident for 25 years before he and his wife Chris followed their kids to White Rock, where he lived for seven years. He has since returned to South Delta. While in White Rock, he ran for the Green Party in the last two federal elections.

Prior to Wednesday’s announcement, a party spokesperson said they would “definitely be nominating” a candidate to run in Delta South. The party in the last election did not field a candidate in the riding out of respect for independent MLA Vicki Huntington and earlier this year said they would do the same in this year’s election. That was prior to Huntington making the surprise announcement that she wouldn’t be seeking a third term.

Nicholas Wong has since stepped forward as an independent candidate hoping to fill in for Huntington. Despite Wong receiving her endorsement and constituency association backing, the Greens decided to field their own candidate.

The party currently has one elected MLA in Dr. Andrew Weaver, who was elected in 2013 in the riding of Oak Bay-Gordon Head.

Weaver welcomed Colero’s nomination.

“I am absolutely thrilled that Larry is running for the B.C. Greens in Delta South,” said Weaver. “His expertise on ethics is much-needed in the B.C. Legislature and could not come at a better time. Larry’s integrity and ability to collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders are second-to-none and the community of Delta South would be well-served with him as their MLA.”

The election will be held May 9.