 edged out Murray, in part thanks to the third-party split from the CCF candidate.Complicating the race was that Ma had decided to run for the legislature (in the same election, but for a different party - Social Credit, no less, and without telling him first, then switching to a fringe party, the "Common Herd" or People Party, in the riding of North Peace River).She's already had a high-profile political career as an editorialist, and was often a social embarrassment to her husband (who still loved her deeply nonetheless).