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Originally Posted by Cal-Gal
I think the real story here is that we are very likely weeks away from another federal election cycle. Considering the judge has ruled that Anders' nomination is invalid, it means he cannot 'technically' be the candidate of record for the Tories in Calgary West. The riding association must hold another nomination to select a candidate.......problem is nominations take a long time to run - there has to be a new nomination committee set up by the EDA, candidates have to come forward, get signatures, file nomination papers, get approved by the party, the membership has to be made aware of the date of a nomination vote (something like 14-21 days in advance *I think*), and then there has to be a vote.
If this procedure isn't followed (or with a limited time frame CAN'T be followed) either a) the Conservative Party will have no candidate to run in Calgary West for the federal election, or b) Harper will appoint someone to run in the riding.
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There are a lot of ways around this though; parties always "parachute" candidates into ridings to cover all 308 seats. (In other words someone from one riding will allow his name to stand as the candidate so that they are fielding a full slate even though that person does not live in that riding and doesn't really campaign). Even with a spring election there is plenty of time to get another nomination process completed and run a credible campaign.
Rubecube, sorry about the confusion, I didn't mean to imply that you were pro-Anders or anything like that!