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VICTORIA — The B.C. Liberals were walloped by voters in Metro Vancouver because they spent too much time playing politics and not enough showing leadership on issues like transit, says the former Liberal cabinet minister who finished a close second in the last party leadership race.

Kevin Falcon, the finance minister for Premier Christy Clark in 2011 and 2012, said his former party lost considerable urban ground to the NDP because ethical issues chipped away at their credibility, and because of the lengthy political dispute over funding Lower Mainland transit projects.

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“For the B.C. Liberals, they really got hammered particularly in the Lower Mainland, and I think that reflects frustration over a number of issues, campaign finance, lack of progress over transportation projects, and just a little too much politics and not quite enough policy initiative,” he said.

Falcon has generally avoided commenting on Clark’s performance since retiring from politics before to the 2013 election, but spoke to Postmedia in a post-election interview.