Judy Darcy is the 6th B.C. cabinet minister to announce she won't run for re-election

Five cabinet ministersin British Columbia have now announced theywon't run in the next provincial election.

Minister of Mental Health andAddictions Judy Darcyannounced Thursday she won't be seeking re-election. Darcy has been MLA for New Westminster since 2013.

MichelleMungall, the minister of jobs, economic development and competitiveness, announced Wednesday she won't be running again, either. She said she wants to spend more time with her family, including her two-year-old son.

Mungallwas first elected as the member for Nelson-Creston in 2009.

Darcy and Mungall joinForests Minister Doug Donaldson; Shane Simpson, the minister of social development and poverty reduction; and Scott Fraser, Indigenous relations and reconciliation minister, in deciding not to run forre-election.

In March, B.C. Finance Minister Carole James announcedshe had been diagnosed with Parkinson's and would not run again.

The decisions come as speculation runs rampant aboutpossible snap provincial election.

Premier John Horgan said recently that the circumstances have changed since the NDP struck an agreement with the Green caucus three years ago to form a minority government, fuelling speculation that he might call an election ahead of the fixed date next fall.

Earlier this week, Green Leader Sonia Furstenau said the government should focus on fighting the COVID-19 pandemic and overdose deaths instead of mulling an early election call.