After just one term in office, residents of 琉璃神社-Lake Country have voted former MP Stephen Fuhr off the island.

鈥淎s they say, the tribe has spoken,鈥� said Fuhr in a consolation speech at BNA on Monday night.

鈥淭he good news is I started the journey with 40 friends and I have a lot more of them now and we have a Liberal government at the end of the day.鈥�

But, what鈥檚 next for the man that shocked the polls in 2015 by unseating the incumbent 鈥� and heavily favoured 鈥� Conservative candidate Ron Cannan, isn鈥檛 all that surprising.

鈥淎 nap?鈥� he quipped.

鈥淚鈥檝e obviously got to get back to Ottawa and roll up my apartment; wind down my office.鈥�

And it鈥檚 that office that had Fuhr nearly in tears through the night.

鈥淭hat staff needs to stay at that office,鈥� he said, adding that he kept Cannan鈥檚 staff on when he got the job. 鈥淚t was a big help to me. I鈥檇 recommend that Tracy really consider keeping them if they鈥檇 like to stay and they can get her all up and running.鈥�

Fuhr tearing up talking about his former staff. (Michael Rodriguez - 琉璃神社)

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When asked if he would make another political endeavour, Fuhr鈥檚 answer was succinct: 鈥淚 don鈥檛 know.鈥�

鈥淚t might be a little early for me to answer that question,鈥� Fuhr said as the final results still poured in on the bar鈥檚 TV screens.

鈥淚 don鈥檛 know what the future holds for me. I think I can add value. I鈥檓 not ready to throw in the towel on adding value to something.

鈥淲hether that鈥檚 politics? I鈥檓 not sure if there鈥檚 an opportunity there or not.鈥�

While the former MP doesn鈥檛 have a firm grasp on what his future looks like just yet, he does know where he鈥檒l be.

鈥淚鈥檓 staying here. I love it here,鈥� said Fuhr.

鈥淚鈥檝e been trying to get back here for 20 odd years when I was in the military, just waiting for the day I was going to retire and move back here to B.C. I don鈥檛 plan on going anywhere.鈥�

michael.rodriguez@kelownacapnews.com
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