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Clinging to power while finding a new leader is a favoured strategy for B.C. political parties

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Six times over the past 40 years , incumbent premiers cleared the way for a successor who could lead the party to another term.

Four times the new premier went on to win the next election.

The common factor in three of the most successful transitions was a favourable contrast in leadership styles.

Christy Clark is expected to seek the leadership of the federal Liberals in the weeks ahead .

Lately Clark has been trying to reconnect with her old flame, politics.

She’d have less time to turn things around this year .

Still, she’ll be mentioning, — in a been there, done that’ sort of way — how she pulled out the big win after an unpopular leader stepped down.

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English

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short-lived

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