Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Calgary, AB
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Calgary Centre Federal By-election - Nov 26 (UPDATE - Crockatt wins for CPC)
With the Lee Richardson resignation in Calgary Centre, there is a by-election on November 26.
I found this website that has a bunch of basic information.
The candidates are: - Ben Christensen, Progressive Canadian Party (facebook, twitter, youtube) - Didn't file enough signatures, so he is not on the ballot
- Joan Crockatt, Conservative Party (website, facebook, twitter)
- Harvey Locke, Liberal Party (website, facebook, twitter)
- Dan Meades, NDP (website, twitter, facebook)
- Chris Turner, Green Party (website, facebook, twitter)
- Antoni Grochowski, independent (old website)
- Tony Prashad, Libertarian (facebook, twitter)
Other info:
Forums, debates, etc. (confirmed candidates): - November 8 (Locke, Meades, Prashad) - tweets of event
- Wednesday, November 14, 6 pm to 7 pm - Environmental Forum (Meades, Turner, Locke) - tweet summary of event
- Thursday, November 15, 8 pm - Cliff Bungalow Mission Community Association (Turner, Locke, Meades, Crockatt)
- Saturday, November 17, 1 pm to 3 pm - East Village Community Association (Turner, Locke, Meades, Crockatt)
- Sunday, November 18, 12:30 pm to 2 pm - Mayor's Cities Matter, Downtown Central Library (Turner, Locke)
- Monday, November 19, 8 pm to 9:30 pm - Friends of Canadian Broadcasting, Kahanoff Centre (Locke, Turner, Meades)
- Saturday, November 24, 4 pm - Killarney-Glengarry Community Association (Turner)
This is the first time that I get to vote in a by-election. It is an interesting situation, since at the end of the day, you know there will still be a Conservative majority. The by-election will not change that at all. I am non-partisan and have not yet decided who will get my vote. I've been following all of the candidates on twitter for the last week or so.
So far, Ben Christensen has ruled himself out of getting my vote. He is one angry man. Even if you are not interested in the result of this riding, I would recommend following him on twitter. Here are a couple from last night: attacking Calgary Transit, calling his NDP opponent Dan Meades narcissistic, attacking Crockatt for being at a food drive. Actually, he has some serious hate for Calgary Transit, such as this gem from a few days ago.
I've also pretty much ruled out Dan Meades for tweeting like a 12-year-old girl. Seriously, it is only four more characters to use the words instead of numbers.
Last edited by jtfrogger; 11-27-2012 at 12:03 AM.
Reason: add link to Sunday's debate
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