Nomination news from PEI and Quebec

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2010/10/22/pei-charlottetown-liberal-casey-584.html

The federal Liberal nomination in Charlottetown has a declared contender, with lawyer Sean Casey jumping in. Casey has deep roots in the party and in Charlottetown, serving as past president of the Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island and the Greater Charlottetown Area Chamber of Commerce.


http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia/1208969.html

Staying out east, former PC MLA and cabinet minister David Morse says he will run for the Conservative nomination in Kings-Hants. Morse had been the MLA for Kings South, but was defeated in the NDP wave which swept Nova Scotia in 2009. Interestingly, Morse confirmed what many have accused the Tories of, favouring government held ridings as part of government spending:

"It is increasingly obvious that Kings-Hants has paid a price as we have been left out of discretionary federal projects," Morse said in the release."

Interesting to see how those comments go over.

http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/politique-canadienne/201010/27/01-4336693-le-bloc-confirmera-le-recrutement-dun-ancien-du-npd.php

And a bit of a grab for the BQ in Montreal, with former NDP candidate in Hochelaga Jean-Claude Rocheleau running for the BQ in the east-end riding of La Pointe-de-l'Île, being vacated by Francine Lalonde. The riding is a BQ stronghold, with Lalonde generally winning by 40-50% of the vote over her nearest competition.

Possible candidates for Liberals surface

http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/News/Local/2010-10-14/article-1846765/Shawn-Murphy-to-enter-less-intense-phase-of-life-/1

With Charlottetown MP Shawn Murphy not running in the next election, this article discusses a few potential candidates to replace him as Liberal candidate,
including provincial Liberal cabinet ministers Richard Brown and Doug Currie, UPEI president Wade MacLauchlan and Charlottetown businessman Sean Casey, the husband of MLA Kathleen Casey, who also serves speaker of the P.E.I. legislature.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/will-rocco-rossis-campaign-have-a-sequel/article1757322/

And according to one of those wonderful nameless Liberal sources, Rocco Rossi is a possible if unlikely candidate for the Liberals for the Vaughn by-election to go head to head with new Tory candidate Julian Fantino.

Increasingly relevant nomination news

http://www.jewishtribune.ca/TribuneV2/index.php/200909012033/Strong-Liberal-candidate-hopes-to-run-federally-in-Thornhill.html

This article mentions Karen Mock and no other candidate as going after the Liberal nomination for Thornhill (and the Thornhill nomination facebook event page explictly mentions Mock) so I think Mock might be a pretty solid lock for a riding that has to be fairly high up on the Ontario target list. The article also says that "Thus far, the NDP (Simon Strelchik) and Green Party (Norbert Koehl) candidates have not changed.", which could mean either that both are planing on running again, or that neither the Greens nor NDP have found other candidates yet.

http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sid=283443&sc=98
Former PEI Premier and 2008 Liberal candidate Keith Milligan will not be running for the Egmont nomination. Rumoured candidates include former nomination candidateAngie Cormier, Brenda Hackett, former president of the Liberal party in P.E.I., businessman Warren Ellis and Kelly Ellis, a former assisstant to former MP Joe McGuire. Interestingly this article omits the names of Matt McGuire, Joe McGuire's son, and Liberal MLA's Janice Sherry and Rob Henderson, who were previously rumoured to be considering a run.

http://www.stratfordbeaconherald.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1726749
And this will make commenter penlan happy, news out of Perth-Wellington. 2008 candidate and riding association president Sandra Gardiner won't be running again, but apparently:

"The Perth-Wellington Liberals have a potential candidate who has already filed nomination papers. Ms. Gardiner would not divulge the person's name.

"Once they pass the green light process we'll certainly be making that person's name public knowledge," she said.
There have been "musings" from others interested in running as well, she said.

http://lejournaldequebec.canoe.ca/journaldequebec/politique/federale/archives/2009/09/20090902-215938.html
And the Tories failed to recruit a star candidate in Quebec, as Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu, President of the Association of Families with people killed or missing (the name sounds better in French) declined an offer to run for the Conservatives in an attempt to bolster their anti-crime stock. Boisvenu has also declined offers before from the Parti Quebecois and ADQ.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/rabson/Gauntlet-down-Nominations-on-56746007.html
This article examines the readiness of the various parties in Manitoba, and identifies Bob Sopuck in Dauphin-Swan River-Marquette, taking over from the retiring Inky Mark and Wally Daudrich in Churchill for the Conservatives as being nominated, although I haven't seen anything to make these official. The article mentions that Winnipeg Centre NDP MP Pat Martin's nomination meeting on the 25th "has been cancelled due to the ongoing provincial leadership race. Martin says if there is a "snap election" he will have a "snap" nomination meeting." The provincial leadership race being the reason for cancelling is interesting, as more than a few people have suggessted that Martin might be interested in running for provincial party leadership.

http://netnewsledger.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=279:ndp-in-tbsn-set-nomination-meetings&catid=35:northwestern-ontario-regional-news&Itemid=83
The NDP in Thunder Bay-Superior North will hold a rolling nomination meeting on the 8th and 9th. Incumbant Bruce Hyer will almost certainly be acclaimed.

Post Summer Fling nomination news

http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sid=278001&sc=98

Many candidates are eyeing a run for the Liberals in Egmont, the only PEI seat not held by the Grits in the province. Former Premier and 2008 candidate Keith Milligan is still deciding if he will run, with Matt McGuire, son of former MP Joe McGuire, previous nomination candidate Angie Cormier, former PEI Liberal President Brenda Hackett, and Liberal MLA's Janice Sherry and Rob Henderson as potential candidates.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/veteran-bc-tory-eyes-run-with-liberals/article1252735/

Daniel Veniez, a self described former Tory "bag carrier" and previously the chair of the Prince Rupert bulk commodity terminal until he was fired by the Harper government, is considering a run for the Liberals in West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country.

http://www.vocm.com/newsarticle.asp?mn=2&id=974&latest=1

Former MP and current Senator Fabian Manning has not "ruled out" attempting to return to the lower house. Manning was the MP for Avalon and was the Tory incumbant who came the closest to hanging on to his seat in the face of the "ABC" campaign.

http://www2.canada.com/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=a986443b-5bd0-4a9e-8816-9b8a9c3cb07c
Kingsville mayor and Essex County warden Nelson Santos will be carrying the Liberal colours in the riding of Essex.

http://www.thespec.com/News/Local/article/618053
Former Hamilton mayor and 2008 candidate Larry Di Anna will not be contesting Hamilton East-Stoney Creek again.

http://www.largenteuil.ca/home.jsp?id=3&section=news&news_item_id=16549
In Argenteuil-Papineau-Mirabel, the Liberal candidate will be Daniel Fox, the son of former MP and cabinet minister Francis Fox. Daniel is also 25 years old, which I believe makes him the first nominated Young Liberal candidate.

http://www.standard-freeholder.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1702379
2008 NDP candidate for Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry Darlenne Jalbert says she will seek the parties nomination again. It would seem the nomination meeting will be Aug. 27th.