Federal NDP Candidates 2015

Thanks for a thoughtful, reasoned and analytical post Babbler 8.  You new here? Or where have you been hiding? 

Winning with a 1919 margin after redistribution does NOT make Hedy un-beatable. What people are failing to see here is the affect of ground organizing. We are also failing to take into account that NDP/Liberal isnt th only vote splitting.

In Vancouver-Centre the NDP put minimal resources in last time, believing the lie that Hedy is unbeatable. This time will be different. I'm not predicting she is going to lose, but I am predicting an exciting two way race between Hedy and Constance.

Burnaby North - Seymour will be an interesting race. (I should note that Trevor Ritchie bowed out of the nomination and I'd be shocked if Carol doesn't get it.) This is definately the Conservatives to lose and the NDP definately is in the best position to win it since it is mostly Burnaby-Douglas, the NDP's longest held seat. I would never suggest the Liberals bow out, but I would suggest they nominate a candidate that is to the right and appeals in North Van if they are so fond of being "strategic." The Liberals need to eat into the Conservative vote to help the NDP win, so a three way race favors the NDP.

The NDP has also never worked the Seymour area, so we actually don't know their potential there. I expect the NDP will get more than they got last time there, espcially with a high profile candidate and high resource campaign. What is really striking if you look at the numbers, is that the Seymour part has a 70% turnout, while the Burnaby-North part has a 58% turnout. Upping the Burnaby turnout will be goal of the NDP, and the recent municipal results are encouraging there.

Either way, the best way to prevent a Conservative win in Burnaby North-Seymour is to convince people not to vote Conservative. No amount of strategery will overcome the fact that they have 44.3% of the redistributed vote.

 What a surprise, more gravy for Justin's buddies.

Meanwhile Rathika Sitsabaiesan is making plans to run in the riding of Scarborough North, which makes up about 3/4 of her old riding.

But Toronto school board trustee Shaun Chen (and newly elected chair of the Toronto District School Board) has announced he plans on taking her on in 2015 for the Liberals.

Here is a picture of the two of them in happier times

nicky wrote:

Debater is quite right to point out that Benskin has some baggage. Typically he neglects to mention the baggage of the Liberal candidate:

http://www.macleans.ca/politics/questions-raised-about-votes-in-marc-mil...

But of course Miller is a friend of Justin's and all of this is therefore excused.

Analogy of false equivalency, Nicky.

An internal disagreement about how a party nomination was conducted is not the same as a Member of Parliament not paying his taxes.

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followed by

Peggy Nash

Thanks.  That makes 20 B.C NDP candidates and M.Ps who are either nominated or running again.

The only retiring NDP M.Ps in B.C are:

1.Jean Crowder

2.Alex Atameneko

Seonaign MacPherson, Chilliwack-Hope, Department of Adult Education, Faculty of Professional Studies Department Head, PHD

 Jean Lapierre just tweeted

Six persons attending her nomination meeting :-(La députée Élaine Michaud met le cap sur 2015)

http://www.courrierdeportneuf.com/Actualites/Politique/2014-12-03/articl...

Former Conservative joins and runs for the NDP: and explains why in some detail. Interesting: facebook.com/notes/10154898… # #

 The above was a tweet put out by pundits guide.

 Where did you hear that Roko?

Stockholm wrote:

Her nomination meeting was just a formality since she is wildly popular in her riding - this is the woman who bravely took on that "Conservative-in all but name" Andre Arthur in 2011 and won easily despite him viciously attacking her personally.

She won for the same reason that the rest of the NDP MP's won in Québec - because of Jack Layton's wave.  The effect in Portneuf-Jacques Cartier was no different than it was in the other 58 seats that went NDP.

Debater wrote:

 The best opportunity for a Liberal win may be in Hamilton East-Stoney Creek where the new Liberal candidate is the Mayor of Hamilton, Bob Bratina.

I bet Bratina wishes he'd waited before declaring in HESC, as an open Mountain seat would probably have offered a better opportunity than running against Wayne "Giant Killer" Marston. Marston's already defeated one former Mayor (DiIanni), a House Leader (Valeri) and a former Ontario PC cabinet Minister and wanna-be Mayor (Brad Clark). I'm sure Marston will give Bratina all due credit as an opponent, but I doubt he's quaking in his boots.

[Edited - I thought Marston had also defeated current Mayor Eisenberger on his first time out, but E had actually ran and lost in a prior election].

Debater wrote:

Marston has also had the advantage of running over the past decade when the Liberal Party was on the decline and was in the middle of an internal feud in that area.  He might have more of a challenge running against the Trudeau Liberals who are better-organized than some of their predecessors.

Still, as I said above, Hamilton is a strong area for the NDP both federally & provincially now, so even someone high-profile like Bratina will have to work hard if he wants to win.  The fact that the Liberals are well ahead of the NDP in Ontario right now is a help, but that doesn't necessarily mean the Liberals can win in Hamilton yet.

 Who are you trying to convince us or yourself?

Keep in mind that Charlton had a high profile Grit opponent in 2011--former McGuinty cabmin Marie Bountrogianni.  Poor third, 16%.

adma wrote:

Keep in mind that Charlton had a high profile Grit opponent in 2011--former McGuinty cabmin Marie Bountrogianni.  Poor third, 16%.

Right - because of the Ignatieff collapse in Ontario.  Same thiing happened to most Liberals that year.

 LMFAO

So a former Conservative is joining the NDP?

How do people here feel about that?

Is it another indication that the NDP is becoming more right-wing?

Debater wrote:

benhart wrote:

MP Chris Charlton has decided not to run in 2015 sighting she want's to spend more time with family.An exceptional candidate and MP she will be missed.

 BYE BYE Chris THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE

This now means the NDP Nomination in Hamilton Mountain is open.

The whole Hamilton area is very strong for the NDP these days, both federally & provincially.  The NDP has really mopped the floor with the other parties in recent elections.

Federally it hasn't really been a good area for the Liberals since the Sheila Copps/Tony Valeri controversy a decade ago.  However, there are some good Liberal candidates running under Trudeau in the Hamilton area in 2015, so there will be the opportunity for Liberal gains.  The best opportunity for a Liberal win may be in Hamilton East-Stoney Creek where the new Liberal candidate is the Mayor of Hamilton, Bob Bratina.

A good time for Andrea Horwath to put aside her job as leader of the ONDP and run for a federal seat Having her on the campaign trail in Western Ontario might really do some good.

Rokossovsky wrote:

Debater wrote:

benhart wrote:

MP Chris Charlton has decided not to run in 2015 sighting she want's to spend more time with family.An exceptional candidate and MP she will be missed.

 BYE BYE Chris THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE

This now means the NDP Nomination in Hamilton Mountain is open.

The whole Hamilton area is very strong for the NDP these days, both federally & provincially.  The NDP has really mopped the floor with the other parties in recent elections.

Federally it hasn't really been a good area for the Liberals since the Sheila Copps/Tony Valeri controversy a decade ago.  However, there are some good Liberal candidates running under Trudeau in the Hamilton area in 2015, so there will be the opportunity for Liberal gains.  The best opportunity for a Liberal win may be in Hamilton East-Stoney Creek where the new Liberal candidate is the Mayor of Hamilton, Bob Bratina.

A good time for Andrea Horwath to put aside her job as leader of the ONDP and run for a federal seat Having her on the campaign trail in Western Ontario might really do some good.

#1 on "Things not going to happen"

I posted this in another thread trecently Sherpa-Finn and hope it answers your question:

The new boundaries shift the riding westward, taking in a chunk of Liberal territory from Stephane Dionne's riding. Some strong pols for the Bloq and the NDP get shifted eastward into Bourassa.

Ahuntsic in 2011 voted:

Bloq   31.8%

NDP 30.3

Lib 27.9

In the new Ahuntsic-Cartierville, the vote would have been:

Bloq 28.3

NDP 29.9

Lib 31.1

So although the Liberals would have won, the combined NDP-Bloq vote almost doubled the Liberal vote. Mourani therefore has very good prospects.

Another possibility may be Bourassa which inherits a sizable chnk of Ahuntsic

In 2011:

Lib 40.9

NDP 32.3

Bloq 16.1

With the redistribution this narrows to:

Lib 38.5

NDP 32.4

Bloq 19.0

The last Crop poll showed that the Bloq was maintaining only 44% of its previous vote with 32% now preferring the NDP and only 18% the Liberals.(Other recent polls have shown that Bloq voters prefer the NDP to the Loberals by as much a 6 to 1)

Assuming otherwise constant voting patterns this would translate into:

Ahuntsic-Cartierville:

Lib 34.5

NDP 39.0

Bloq 12.5

I would expect that Mourani as the NDP candidate could expect to squeeze a much bigger proportion of the Bloq vote in her direction.

Applying the numbers above to Bourassa incidentally:

Lib 41.9

NDP 38.5

Bloq 8.4

Bloc, not Bloq.

Adam T wrote:

David Young wrote:

Brachina wrote:

Former Conservative joins and runs for the NDP: and explains why in some detail. Interesting: facebook.com/notes/10154898… # #

 

 The above was a tweet put out by pundits guide.

I found a Facebook page for an Ethan Rabidoux, who's running for the nomination in Perth-Wellington.

Who is Ethan Georges?

 

Which former Conservative?  Do you have a name?

 

 

http://rabble.ca/babble/canadian-politics/ethan-georges

I found a Facebook page for Ethan Rabidoux, who's running for the NDP nomination in Perth-Wellington.

Who is Ethan Georges?

Should be noted that Ford Nation makes up about 25% of committed NDP voters.

Really? Half of NDP support across Canada is in Quebec and you're saying a quarter of those people are part of Ford Nation?? I hadn't realized Ford had such a following in Quebec