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And Now to defend Bruce :) ... maybe thats just the candidate that the NDP needs to burrow into the older/wealthier/whiter areas of the bluffs? With a Federal MP now to throw a lil'weighty support around for Bruce that will be a huge boost for their campaign
And i didn't mean to come across as not supporting him, if i live in SSW i would, my comment was just to say what i'd prefer to see. :P
double post
Well Al Mackling just ran for the NDP in Manitoba and he's 83, so why shouldn't Bruce run at his age?
Al Mackling ran as a sacrificial lamb in one of the safest Tory seats in Canada. It was nice of him to be willing to put his name on the ballot and show the flag in debates with Vic Toews. Scarborough Southwest on the other hand is a highly winnable swing riding for the ONDP that just elected an NDP federal MP. The NDP nominee in SSW has a good chance of winning - so I think we need to apply a different standard.
Bruce is personable and sharp as a whip. He's also an avid electoral system reformer.
I dug up another bit of electoral trivia about Bruce Budd. In 1979 he ran for the federal NDP nomination in Beaches where the NDP incumbent was retiring. He lost that race by ONE VOTE to Neil Young who went on the be the MP until 1993.
I didn't mean to cast any aspersions on him. He may be a fantastic candidate. I was just a bit concerned about picking someone that old.
If we want young candidates to better reflect the true face of society, doesn't it also make sense to have a few progressive seniors. And if Dan Harris was his nominator, doesn't it suggest that he might be a strong candidate.
On another note- contested nomination in Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound of all places. It will be between federal candidate Karen Gventer and previous provincial candidate and president of the Owen Sound jail union Paul Johnstone.
Johnstone would be the stronger candidate I suspect, but there are some who seem to think that Gventer's "success" was based on personal popularity- so who knows.
Did Dan Harris nominate him or did he simply endorse him AFTER he was nominated. It wasn't clear to me.
Sorry if I got that wrong, I was just basing that on what was said above, maybe I misread it. Anyway he sounds like a good well-rounded candidate to me. Not being a New Democrat though I don't know the people involved like others might.
2008 Fed candidate in SSW. (The only fed election this century where Dan Harris *didn't* run.)
I hear that Cathy Crowe is going to run again in Toronto Centre. With the momentum from the federal election that seat could actually be winnable - esp. since Glen Murray is so underwhelming and has no where near the (undeserved) star quality that Bob Rae has.
I'll be very curious to see who the NDP runs in Scarborough-Rouge River which went NDP by such a wide margin federally. Seems to me that the idea candidate would be Neethan Shan. He ran in Scarborough-Guildwood for the ONDP in 2007 and did very well and then ran for city council in Scarborough-Rouge River last Nov. and lost - but he was endorsed by all the right people (even the Toronto Star) and he is a Tamil in a riding where that was the key to Rathika's federal win...
lo and behold, i did a search and it seems that Shan is running for the nomination in Rouge River on June 23!
Looks like the NDP team in the Niagara area is going to be very competative
http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3170687#.TfjWSpk7mw8;facebook
Niagara Falls - Wayne Redekop, formere mayor of Fort Erie (which made him a former regional councillor). The articule is very positive,
Wayne comes across as well liked, popular and a competent former mayor. Hudak is also from that area so Kim Crator (Lib incumbent) might
see support eaten away on both the right and left, if thats the case i think Wayne might help push this into the NDP column on personal
popularity/experience. (note Niagara Falls was one of the ridings that went NDP in 1990)
So did a lot of ridings. However, the former NF and Niagara South ridings both reached into the landslide high 40th percentile in 1990, and it's the kind of seat where pre-90s (and currently federally under Jack Layton), 20%+ counted as "normal".
I'd consider it targetable--though for those who seek to nitpick, one immediate dent in the optics is that the NDP were *fourth* in 2007 (a clumsily parachuted candidate + an above-average Green effort did that)
One riding that the NDP probably should think about is St. Catherine's. There are more rumours that Jim Bradley will retire (he was first elected in 1977!) - and St. Catherine's is pretty working class town.
Is Duncan ready for defeat?The opposition parties both smell blood. Helmi Charif, who is running for the NDP nomination in Pupatello's old riding, says he's going to improve on the second-place finish he managed against Duncan last election.
I failed to mention Charif 's candidacy in my last column when I said Victoria Cross and Louis Sleiman Jr. were contesting the nomination. Sources say Charif has sold well over 200 party memberships and will overpower the other two for the nomination tonight.
Read more: http://www.windsorstar.com/news/Duncan+ready+defeat/4954424/story.html#ixzz1PRT4gdRu
On grounds of his turf's electoral history, I can't see why Dwight Duncan *shouldn't* be ready for defeat--essentially, the reason why he's still there is the Rae humiliation of '95, "strategic voting" in '99, and the McGuinty bandwagon in '03 and '07. But otherwise, he's in a normally "NDP-leaning" riding. And big deal if he's a cabinet heavy hitter.
Here are the Facebook pages of two of the candidates running for the NDP nomination in Windsor-Tecumseh. No date has been set for the meeting.
Laurie Komon - "I'm blind. blonde and have a brain tumour ~ don't hold that against me!"
Andrew McAvoy - "It's Time for Change."
excellent news! Thanks for the update!
Well, there's one answer for my "any Rae-era MPPs trying to catch the Jackmania wind" question. (And the migratory tendencies of Haliburton/Kawartha reps is worth noting: Dennis Drainville went from Rae-era MPP here to running in the Gaspe and assuming the Anglican bishopric of Quebec)
Jagmeet Singh seeks provincial NDP nod
that is great news and i have to think that Singh will be heavily favoured to win the nomination given what an incredible federal campiagn he did!
Any word out of Welland? With Malcolm Allen just barely eking out two terms, and Hudak high in the polls, the NDP should probably get moving on candidate selection, no?
I heard that there is a very long list of people interested in running for the NDP nomination in Welland (which in itself is a good sign)
News from Durham: the Durham riding has nominated James Terry (campaign being managed by former federal candidate Tammy Schoep, who did a great job in a bluer-than-blue seat), and Ajax-Pickering has nominated Evan Wiseman, son of former local MPP Jim Wiseman.
Here are links to stories about Evan Wiseman and James Terry