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B.C. Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson’s revelation that at least three members of his caucus have signalled they won’t be running in the next provincial election has some speculating about who they might be.

“Rumours of my imminent departure are greatly exaggerated,” six-term Abbotsford MLA Mike De Jong told Postmedia when asked Friday.

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Other long-serving MLAs were likely fielding similar questions after Wilkinson said Thursday the party was shifting into a period of renewal.

Every party needs new faces and new blood, the Liberal leader told a news conference, adding he expects at least three members of the Liberal caucus to announce they will not be running in the next provincial election, set for 2021. He did not name the three members.

University of the Fraser Valley political scientist Hamish Telford said it’s not surprising some MLAs have already decided not to run.

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