Thursday, July 16, 2009

liberal & ndp nominations in edmonton-centre and edmonton-east.

Three federal candidate nominations have been scheduled in Edmonton for the last week of July. It looks like they will all end up in acclamation.

Edmonton-Centre Liberal nomination meeting
July 27, Westmount Community Hall
(I will post the time when I get confirmation)
Candidate: Mary MacDonald

Edmonton-Centre/Edmonton-East NDP joint nomination meeting
July 28, Alberta Avenue Community Centre, 6:30pm
Candidates:
Edmonton-Centre: Lewis Cardinal
Edmonton-East: Ray Martin
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8 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 17, 2009 at 4:35 AM

    Is Mary MacDonald the same person who lost Strathcona to the NDP in 1997?

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  2. The Pundits' GuideJuly 17, 2009 at 4:56 AM

    Thanks, Dave. I will add these to my list of upcoming nomination meetings at the Pundits' Guide.

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  3. davebertaJuly 17, 2009 at 8:54 AM

    PG: Thanks for the link. Glad I could provide the info!

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  4. davebertaJuly 17, 2009 at 8:54 AM

    Anonymous: Yes, Mary MacDonald was the Edmonton-Strathcona Liberal candidate in the 1997 provincial election. Here were the results:

    Raj Pannu, NDP: 4,272 (31.84%)
    Mary MacDonald, L: 4,214 (31.41%)
    John Logan, PC: 4,096 (30.53%)
    John Forget, SC: 552 (4.11%)
    Myles Kitagawa, G: 236 (1.76%)
    Eshwar Jagdeo, NLP: 47 (0.35%)
    (Turnout 56.34%)

    It was a close race as only 176 votes separated the top three candidates.

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  5. SDJuly 17, 2009 at 3:18 PM

    Dave, I was waiting for you to write about the lack of interest in the nominations and to say the least I'm disappointed. You took the time to criticize the CPC for a hard fought nomination between three candidates in Strathcona, so it would seem to be a double standard.

    Thoughts?

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  6. davebertaJuly 17, 2009 at 4:23 PM

    SD: Thanks for the comment. It wasn't an intentional double standard, but a lack of time when I originally posted this last night (hence the lack of commentary on this post).

    I plan to write about it next week.

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  7. Idealistic PragmatistJuly 18, 2009 at 1:36 PM

    Linda Duncan's nomination meeting is on Monday, September 21st: http://www.edmontonstrathcona.ca/events.html . Guest is Megan Leslie, MP for Halifax.

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  8. AnonymousJuly 25, 2009 at 12:48 PM

    Hey Dave just to let you know

    Edmonton Sherwood Park Nom
    Rick Szostack is the only candidate
    Monday, July 27, 2009
    Registration at 7:00pm Meeting at 7:30pm

    WHERE:
    Ramada Limited Sherwood Park
    30 Broadway Boulevard
    SHERWOOD PARK, Alberta

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