Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts will not be seeking re-election for a fourth term this fall. The announcement was made by Watts Saturday afternoon at the grand opening celebration for the new city hall complex in North Surrey.
“I made a commitment a number of years ago that I would do three terms, and three terms are up in November, so I think it’s an opportune time to move on and close this chapter of my life and see what the next one brings,” Watts told media.
Her milestones over the past years include introduction of a crime reduction stratergy and the popular six-year Build Surrey program that focuses on developing downtown core and five other city centres.
Watts has served three successful terms as mayor after first being elected to the position in 2005 and received 80 per cent of the vote in 2011 municipal election.
Though Watts did not describe her plans for the future there are speculations that she may enter federal politics.
