Friday, July 25, 2008
By elections, it's a rendezvous, by Marie-Êve Marineau
Two of these elections will be held in the Montreal area, either in Westmount-Ville-Marie and Saint-Lambert. The third one will be held in Guelph, Ontario.
In Westmount-Ville-Marie, the Liberal Party will enjoy a candidate for the notoriety significant, because it's the former astronaut Marc Garneau. He wants to take over from Lucienne Robillard, who retired. His main opponent, former host of CBC radio Lagacé-Anne Dowson, is a rookie of the New Democratic Party, which wants to repeat the feat has been the election of Thomas Mulcair in Outremont in 2007.
On the side of Saint-Lambert, the Bloc candidate Josée Beaudin attempt to retain in the bosom of the party headquarters occupied since 2004 by Maka Kotto. His adversaries: the liberal Roxanne Stanners, the curator Patrick Clune and New Democrat Richard Marois.
At Guelph, the Liberal Party reigned supreme for years and the other parties will have a difficult task. In 2006, however, the Conservatives had managed to narrow the gap with the Liberals to a few thousand votes.
These elections are a first electoral test for the Turn green Liberal leader Stéphane Dion.
Labels: Conservative Party, Elections, Marie-Êve Marineau, New Democratic Party
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