Scott Young, Port Coquitlam's controversial mayor, has filed election papers seeking another term at city hall -- as a councillor.

Young, who pleaded guilty to two charges of assault and one charge of breaching the conditions of an undertaking stemming from an incident at the home of his former girlfriend last year, made a last-minute announcement he will be running again.

Young made headlines last year when he spent Easter weekend in jail after he broke into the garage of ex-girlfriend Colleen Preston and assaulted her and her friend, Glen Shaw.

The mayor was also ordered not to drink alcohol and to attend alcohol-abuse counselling.

During the past year, Young came under pressure from the public and fellow members of council to resign.

He stepped aside temporarily, but returned to the mayor's chair at a turbulent public meeting on May 28, 2007. During that meeting, Young apologized and cited a problem with alcohol, but told the crowd he had no intention of stepping down.

Young has been involved in municipal politics in Port Coquitlam since 1990, when he was elected as a school trustee. He was elected as a city councillor in 1996 and became the city's 14th mayor in 2001.

Nominations across the province closed at 4 p.m. Friday for the Nov. 15 municipal election.

n In Vancouver, a total of 86 candidates filed nomination papers by the deadline, compared with 96 candidates who ran in the 2005 election.

Well-known marijuana activist Marc Emery is among the list of 15 vying for the mayor's job. The front-runners are Vision Vancouver's Gregor Robertson and the Non-Partisan Association's Peter Ladner.

Environmental activist Betty Krawczyk is running for mayor for the Work Less Party.

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