Posts Tagged ‘NDP’
GREEN PARTY – GRAHAM MURRAY
LIBERAL – NORM BOUCHER
NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY – DENNIS PERRIER
PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE – LAVAR PAYNE
So the government fell and we’re now staring down the barrel of an election. Whose fault is it? This is the one point that every politician agrees on: it’s the other guy’s fault!
Here in Medicine Hat, we finally have a race. A legitimate non-conservative candidate with a decent shot at taking office has shown up. For your reading pleasure, here are all the relevant and irrelevant candidates for the 2011 election along with my take on their leadership.
Incumbent: The Conservative Party
Party: Conservative
To be honest, it doesn’t matter who is running for the conservative party this election, they’re likely to win. Medicine Hat doesn’t vote for a candidate, they vote for a blue C. That all may change thanks to the next guy, though.
My take: http://www.yunoconfidence.ca
Challenger: Norm Boucher
Party: Liberal
Medicine Hat’s current mayor is making his entry into federal politics. He’s the mayor, so he has at least some experience campaigning. 40% of 30% of Hatters voted for him in the last mayoral election, so he has a good shot at getting a decent number of votes in this election. His biggest drawback is that he’s running as a Liberal in Alberta.
The biggest complaint I’ve heard is that he shouldn’t have run for mayor if he knew was just going to run for Parliament, because everyone knows you’re supposed to quit your current job before looking for another one. Oh, and that arena thing. That one’s gonna hurt a lot.
My take: http://www.stopthescandals.ca