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Less than two weeks after the Green party of Vancouver endorsed Nicholas Chernen to run for school board, he resigned the position after failing to disclose to the party his involvement in a lawsuit.

Chernen confirmed his resignation on Monday as a candidate for the 2018 municipal election, in an emailed statement.

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In the statement, Chernen wrote about his two teenagers, who motivated him to get involved in the Vancouver school board, his vision for better Vancouver schools, and how he came to erroneously mislead the Greens by failing to tell them about his part launching a 2014 lawsuit.

In March 2014, a group including Chernen, his brother Glen Chernen, and other Vancouver residents launched two lawsuits, both accusing Mayor Gregor Robertson of conflict of interest. The launch of the lawsuits drew attention at a time when the Chernen brothers were preparing to run against Robertson and his ruling Vision Vancouver party in the election later that year. Both of the Chernen brothers eventually ran for council in the 2014 election with their own upstart organization called the Cedar Party, and lost.