Dick Harris hasn't ruled out seeking an eighth term in office.
The long-time MP for Cariboo-Prince George said he's still enjoying his job as a parliamentarian and sees no reason not seek another mandate.
"As far I as know I'm going to be the candidate in 2015 and if that changes I'll certainly advise the appropriate people and the Prime Minister would probably be the first one," Harris said.
According to a report in the Toronto Star this week, the Conservative party has asked all of its federal representatives to declare their intentions so the party can begin to prepare for the next election, which fixed election law dictates will take place on Oct. 19, 2015.
Harris didn't say if he was among a group of MPs who have told the party that they're still unsure about their 2015 plans.
"I've always said the day that I decide I don't want to go to work and do the things that I've been doing as a Member of Parliament, that's they day I'm going to be hanging up my skates," Harris said. "We'll see what happens. The game is still on."
Harris was first elected in 1993 under the Reform Party banner as the representative for Prince George-Bulkley Valley and served on the opposition benches as a Canadian Alliance and Conservative member before joining government when Stephen Harper was elected Prime Minister in 2006. He's represented Cariboo-Prince George since federal boundaries were redrawn in time for the 2004 election.
The 69-year-old currently chairs the Conservative party's forestry caucus and sits on the standing joint committee for the Library of Parliament.
