This is interesting:
http://communities.canada.com/vancouversun/blogs/viewfromtheledge/archiv...
New Democratic Party MLA Mike Farnworth says the party needs to exercise caution in picking an interim leader in January because he/she may need to lead the party into a snap provincial election.
"When you're looking at who should be interim leader, I think there are a number of things that need to be taken into consideration," Farnworth told me during an interview on Voice of B.C. on Shaw TV. " One is the ability to work with the caucus -- be the face of the caucus during the interim-leader period.
" But also there's one very important situation. That is if the Liberals decided to call a snap election before we selected our permanent leader, then the interim leader would be the one who leads the party into an election. That's also an important consideration."