Often a candidate in local elections, Trent Derrick will be seeking to be the NDP's candidate in Cariboo-Prince George when the next federal election is held.
A date for a nomination meeting has not yet been set.
Derrick ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 2005 and then for city council in 2008 and 2014. According to a press release issued Monday, those experiences "allowed him to understand the people of our region, make many connections throughout the community and to have been able to build strong, lasting relationships."
Derrick is seeking the nomination because he believes that his "progressive values, wide range of experience, and ability to listen and understand the electorate concerns will be an asset to parliament and our region."
Derrick has lived Prince George and area for 32 years - 22 in the city and 10 in Hixon - and currently runs a small business - the Spa of the North at the Coast Inn of the North - and is in the process of opening a Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory in Prince George.
He's a member of the Gitxsan First Nation and holds a bachelor of arts degree in religion and theology from Taylor University College in Edmonton.
