Monday, March 22, 2010

News from out West

http://www.am1150.ca/node/1103627

The NDP nominated a candidate in Kelowna – Lake Country, with Tisha Kalmanovitch winning by acclamation. The riding is a Tory stronghold, with Rob Cannan collecting 55.9% of the vote last time around.

http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/Hill+seek+federal+seat/2700210/story.html

Saskatoon city councillor Darren Hill says he'll go after the Liberal nomination in Saskatoon-Humboldt. The riding has a bit of an odd history, being home to a legitimate 4 way race in 2004, with under 2,500 votes separating the winner, current Tory MP Brad Trost, and former MP Jim Pankiw, with the Liberal and NDP candidates losing by under 400 votes. Pankiw, who has a controversial history, is running for his old riding again after going over to Battlefords – Lloydminster in 2006 and finishing a respectable if distant third. Pankiw seems like he can carry a decent number of votes, if not win a riding, and if he can hold his own and either NDP or Liberal numbers spike, the race could get interesting.

1 comment:

thescottross.blogspot.com said...

Tisha also ran in the last election for the NDP. Interesting side note I never knew Tisha Kalmanovitch was her real name, on all of her signs and in every introduction she has given, she uses the name Tish Lakes. I guess the pseudonym is to cash in on the numerous lakes around our region.