Biography
Prior to his election to the legislature,Puchmayr was a city councillor in New Westminster from 1996 to 2005. [2] He was involved in the founding of the New Westminster Food Bank and the Unemployment Action Centre, [3] and served as director for the Westminster Legal Services Society. [4]
At the 2005 provincial election,Puchmayr ran as the BC NDP candidate in the riding of New Westminster,and defeated incumbent BC Liberal candidate Joyce Murray. [5] He served as the NDP's labour critic in the 38th Parliament. [3] [4] [6] He disclosed his liver cancer diagnosis in January 2009,and announced that he would not run in that May's provincial election. [3] [7] He received a liver transplant in the same month, [8] and served out the remainder of his term as MLA.
Puchmayr returned to New Westminster City Council in 2011 following a successful run for councillor,and was re-elected in 2014 and 2018. [9] He ran for mayor of the city in 2022,but came in third place behind winner Patrick Johnstone and runner-up Ken Armstrong;he subsequently announced his retirement from politics. [10]
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