http://www.oakvillebeaver.com/news/article/270986
I hadn't heard anything out of Halton, but this article gives three names; Gary Zemlak, who ran provincially last election and damn near knocked off PC incumbant Ted Chudleigh, as well as two candidates who have officially gotten the green light: Rohit Dhamija and Sheref El Sabawy.
Taken straight from the article:
Dhamija is a 42-year-old Oakville resident and Air Canada pilot. This will be his first time attempting to become an election candidate, he said. His website is www.goteamro.ca
El Sabawy is a 44-year-old Mississauga resident who said he is considering moving to Milton. He currently works as a networking engineer and professor of voice-over-Internet protocol tech-nology for George Brown College. El Sabawy ran unsuccessfully to become a Peel District School Board trustee in the last municipal election. He said he has been involved with the Liberal Party for the past 12 years. His website is www.sabawy.com.
The article also notes that Garth Turner hasn't taken out nomination papers, which could fuel rumours that he might run in Dufferin-Caldeon.
Moving further along the lake:
http://www.wellandtribune.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1682000
In a riding where I have some family history (my mother's family is from the Welland area), the Liberals have already nominated former MP John Maloney, but apparently the Conservative candidate is running for the nomination again, and "two or three others" might be interested in running" for the Tory nomination, which is set for Sept. 17th.
And in the GTA:
http://www.georginaadvocate.com/News/Markham/article/95091
Long-time Markham council member Gordon Langon was acclaimed as the Conservative candidate in Markham-Unionville.
Friday, July 31, 2009
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
It's getting crowded up North
http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1677622
Another candidate enters the race in Sudbury, lawyer Carol Hartman. That brings the race to her, Gary Holman and Janet Gasparini.
Sudbury will have a very contested nomination, as well as Algoma – Manitoulin – Kapuskasing, in which Joe Chapman, Marc Dupuis, François Cloutier, and Chris Wray entering the race a couple days ago.
Is something in the water up in Northern Ontario causing people to not hesitate to run?
Another candidate enters the race in Sudbury, lawyer Carol Hartman. That brings the race to her, Gary Holman and Janet Gasparini.
Sudbury will have a very contested nomination, as well as Algoma – Manitoulin – Kapuskasing, in which Joe Chapman, Marc Dupuis, François Cloutier, and Chris Wray entering the race a couple days ago.
Is something in the water up in Northern Ontario causing people to not hesitate to run?
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Great Scott!
As I said in my previous post, I was doing some phone canvassing for Scott Bradley tonight, and it was very encouraging. People are very receptive to Bradley's political style and vision for the riding, and we got lots of people asking for more information on his campaign, and plenty of people willing to devote hours to the campaign.
Scott's campaign is really moving forward, thanks in no small part to lots of people who last time supported Penny Collenette's great campaign coming to support Scott. We are moving forward as a united Ottawa Centre team, and I am going to keep working to help make Scott Bradley the MP for Ottawa Centre.
Scott's website can be found here: http://votescottbradley.ca/
Scott's campaign is really moving forward, thanks in no small part to lots of people who last time supported Penny Collenette's great campaign coming to support Scott. We are moving forward as a united Ottawa Centre team, and I am going to keep working to help make Scott Bradley the MP for Ottawa Centre.
Scott's website can be found here: http://votescottbradley.ca/
Ottawa area news/rumours (and one Quebec nomination)
Just got back from a great time phone canvassing for Scott Bradley (more on that in a bit), but I have heard two pieces of news in the Ottawa area:
Isabel Metcalfe, who had been considering a bid for the Ottawa Centre nomination, has dropped out. With Metcalfe out, it looks increasingly likely that the race will come down to Bradley vs. Yale, although rumours a third candidate have not entirely gone out.
In perhaps juicer news, apparently one of the pieces of gossip going around the big Tory training conference going on in Ottawa the last couple days is the John Baird is considering not running in the next election. Baird has basically served as Harper's Ontario lieutenant since getting elected in 2006 and as constantly been considered one of the most powerful ministers in cabinet, so him leaving would be a blow. Also interesting, is that even if this rumour turns out to be totally false, I have had more than a couple people tell me that staffers for Jason Kenney are behind said rumours.
Also, Joliette held it's Liberal nomination meeting today, and 2008 candidate Suzie St-Onge will carry the Liberal banner once again, according to this article: http://www.laction.com/article-361914-Suzie-StOnge-sera-candidate-liberale-dans-Joliette.html
The riding is held by BQ House Leader Pierre Paquette, who many have seen as a potential successor to Gilles Duceppe (and who made a declaration that he was considering running for BQ leadership during the 24 hour period in which it seemed Duceppe would depart for the PQ leadership race). Despite being one of the few Quebec seats to regularly send a Tory back to Quebec between 1968-1984 in the form of Roch La Salle, the BQ has held the seat with large margins since 1993, the "closest" election between 2000, when Paquette was taking over from a BQ incumbant, but still won the riding by a 52%-34% margin, and it wouldn't be a stretch to say the seat is one of the safest in the province for the BQ.
Isabel Metcalfe, who had been considering a bid for the Ottawa Centre nomination, has dropped out. With Metcalfe out, it looks increasingly likely that the race will come down to Bradley vs. Yale, although rumours a third candidate have not entirely gone out.
In perhaps juicer news, apparently one of the pieces of gossip going around the big Tory training conference going on in Ottawa the last couple days is the John Baird is considering not running in the next election. Baird has basically served as Harper's Ontario lieutenant since getting elected in 2006 and as constantly been considered one of the most powerful ministers in cabinet, so him leaving would be a blow. Also interesting, is that even if this rumour turns out to be totally false, I have had more than a couple people tell me that staffers for Jason Kenney are behind said rumours.
Also, Joliette held it's Liberal nomination meeting today, and 2008 candidate Suzie St-Onge will carry the Liberal banner once again, according to this article: http://www.laction.com/article-361914-Suzie-StOnge-sera-candidate-liberale-dans-Joliette.html
The riding is held by BQ House Leader Pierre Paquette, who many have seen as a potential successor to Gilles Duceppe (and who made a declaration that he was considering running for BQ leadership during the 24 hour period in which it seemed Duceppe would depart for the PQ leadership race). Despite being one of the few Quebec seats to regularly send a Tory back to Quebec between 1968-1984 in the form of Roch La Salle, the BQ has held the seat with large margins since 1993, the "closest" election between 2000, when Paquette was taking over from a BQ incumbant, but still won the riding by a 52%-34% margin, and it wouldn't be a stretch to say the seat is one of the safest in the province for the BQ.
Welcome back Rocco!
Just got back from the rally welcoming back Rocco from his 5-day journey from Kingston to Ottawa. We had at least 150 people show up (including Ignatieff), as well as plenty of people watching from above the canal. We had t-shirts proudly declaring our efforts to make Ignatieff our 23rd Prime Minister. I definitely think that the donations given from Rocco's efforts will make a nice little boost to our next quarterly fundraising reports. It was also great to see various candidates for local nominations show up. The Ottawa Liberal team is buzzing.
Monday, July 27, 2009
St. Paul's provincial nomination
I usually follow only federal nominations, but with a by-election coming in the safe Liberal riding of St. Paul's, 3 candidates have declared:
Charles Finlay
http://www.torys.com/OurTeam/Pages/FinlayCharlesW.aspx
A lawyer with Torys LLP.
Eric Hoskins
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Hoskins
President of War Child Canada, Officer of the Order of Canada, unsuccessfully ran as a federal Liberal in the last election in Haldimand—Norfolk.
Judith Moses
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Moses
Former Senior Assistant Deputy Minister in the department of Agriculture, has served in several different ministries, unsucessfully ran as a federal Liberal in the last election in York—Simcoe.
Charles Finlay
http://www.torys.com/OurTeam/Pages/FinlayCharlesW.aspx
A lawyer with Torys LLP.
Eric Hoskins
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Hoskins
President of War Child Canada, Officer of the Order of Canada, unsuccessfully ran as a federal Liberal in the last election in Haldimand—Norfolk.
Judith Moses
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Moses
Former Senior Assistant Deputy Minister in the department of Agriculture, has served in several different ministries, unsucessfully ran as a federal Liberal in the last election in York—Simcoe.
Mégantic – L'Érable
A potential Liberal candidate has surfaced in Mégantic – L'Érable, the riding held by Christian Paradis, the current Conservative Quebec Lt.
http://www.courrierfrontenac.qc.ca/index.asp?section=detail-actualite&ID=130230
Marc Giroux, President of Granirex Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary DuPont Canada, has declared his intentions to run for the Liberal nomination. The riding was formerly a BQ-Liberal swing riding, but Paradis won the riding in 2006 with a massive vote shift from Liberal to Tory.
Joliette will also be holding it's nomination meeting tomorrow, but I haven't been able to find out any info about that.
http://www.courrierfrontenac.qc.ca/index.asp?section=detail-actualite&ID=130230
Marc Giroux, President of Granirex Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary DuPont Canada, has declared his intentions to run for the Liberal nomination. The riding was formerly a BQ-Liberal swing riding, but Paradis won the riding in 2006 with a massive vote shift from Liberal to Tory.
Joliette will also be holding it's nomination meeting tomorrow, but I haven't been able to find out any info about that.
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