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VICTORIA — The race to represent Burnaby-Lougheed in the legislature is getting another high-profile entertainment personality, as the B.C. Greens have named punk rocker Joe Keithley as their candidate for the May provincial election.

Keithley, whose on-stage antics as frontman for well-known band D.O.A. earned him the nickname Joey Shithead, will fight for votes against the comparatively strait-laced and affable former Global B.C. TV host Steve Darling, who is representing the BC Liberals.

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Burnaby school trustee Katrina Chen is running for the NDP.

“It’s my community,” said Keithley. “I know the area really well. Steve may have worked at the (Global BC) studio in Burnaby, but you know what, I grew up here.”

Keithley said he’s been a community activist and business owner of his own record label for more than 20 years. He ran for the B.C. Greens in the Coquitlam-Burke Mountain byelection earlier this year, and tried unsuccessfully to secure the NDP’s nomination in the 2013 election.