Federal By-elections - April 3, 2017

[Swift]

There are 5 upcoming by-elections in what is seen as the first test for the Liberal govt.

3 in Ontario to replace Liberals (Dion, McCallum and Belanger), and 2 in Calgary to replace Conservatives (Harper and Kenney)

Here are the candidates in the running for Calgary:

Calgary Heritage
Conservative - Bob Benzen
Liberal - Scott Forsyth
NDP - Khalis Ahmed
Green - Taryn Knorren
Libertarian - Darcy Gerow

Calgary Midnapore
Conservative - Stephanie Kusie
Liberal - Haley Brown
NDP - Holly Heffernan
Green - Ryan Zedic

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Anybody know anything about any of the candidates? Forsyth's people are out campaigning already. They (and maybe him too) came to our door yesterday just before I came home (they left their flyer, and I saw them a few doors up) This morning, I saw a bunch of them waving signs and dancing on Macleod Trail this morning near Heritage. Seems like a silly way to promote a politician, but I guess sometimes, it's just about getting some name recognition out there.

[CaptainCrunch]

Yeah I attended the candidates debate in Heritage for the Conservative Party where Kusie won. I think she did ok in the debate, but TBH I liked another Conservative Candidate better because he seemed to have a stronger understanding of economic issues.

[Parallex]

Originally Posted by Cameron Swift

There are 5 upcoming by-elections in what is seen as the first test for the Liberal govt.

3 in Ontario to replace Liberals (Dion, McCallum and Belanger), and 2 in Calgary to replace Conservatives (Harper and Kenney)


Anybody know anything about any of the candidates? Forsyth's people are out campaigning already. They (and maybe him too) came to our door yesterday just before I came home (they left their flyer, and I saw them a few doors up) This morning, I saw a bunch of them waving signs and dancing on Macleod Trail this morning near Heritage. Seems like a silly way to promote a politician, but I guess sometimes, it's just about getting some name recognition out there.

Well... you noticed it and are now talking about them so it seems pretty effective. Anyways these 5 will all be incumbent party lay-ups.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by Parallex

Well... you noticed it and are now talking about them so it seems pretty effective. Anyways these 5 will all be incumbent party lay-ups.

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