Candidate Wrap
Phew! That was a busy run.
Although I haven't been blogging, dear readers, it doesn't mean I haven't been racing to keep up with the flurry of candidate nominations. The counts now match the final counts from Elections Canada (1601 candidates in total), and I've identified the gender of nearly everyone as well.
I'll be updating the list of nominated aboriginal candidates shortly, but the list of candidates who stepped down is hopelessly out of date and if ever updated would go on to the hundreds of names by now. Suffice it to say that every party rotated through a bunch of candidates coming down to the wire.
The Conservatives successfully filed nomination papers in 307 ridings, as planned, leaving just Portneuf – Jacques-Cartier, QC without an official Conservative candidate, since they did not want to run against the Independent M.P. André Arthur.
The Liberals successfully file nomination papers in 307 ridings as well, leaving just Central Nova, NS without an official Liberal candidate, since they did not want to run against the Green Party leader Elizabeth May.
The Green Party, meanwhile, was only able to file completed papers in 303 ridings by the deadline, 3 fewer than they committed to. Leader Elizabeth May had previously announced they would not run against either the Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion in Saint-Laurent – Cartierville, QC or the Independent (former Conservative) M.P. Bill Casey in Cumberland – Colchester – Musquodoboit Valley, NS.
However, although Green Party candidates had been identified in the final hours before nominations closed in three additional ridings, their papers were either not filed or were not accepted in:
The Bloc Québécois filed nomination papers in all 75 Québec ridings.
And the NDP, while filing nomination papers in all 308 ridings, accepted the resignation of their candidate in Saanich – Gulf Islands, BC the day after nominations closed. Thus, Julian West's name will appear on the ballot, even though he has announced his "return to private life".
The Progressive Canadian Party has fielded 10 candidates. There are 71 Independents or "Not Affiliated" candidates; and there are 220 candidates from other parties as follows:
Although I haven't been blogging, dear readers, it doesn't mean I haven't been racing to keep up with the flurry of candidate nominations. The counts now match the final counts from Elections Canada (1601 candidates in total), and I've identified the gender of nearly everyone as well.
I'll be updating the list of nominated aboriginal candidates shortly, but the list of candidates who stepped down is hopelessly out of date and if ever updated would go on to the hundreds of names by now. Suffice it to say that every party rotated through a bunch of candidates coming down to the wire.
The Conservatives successfully filed nomination papers in 307 ridings, as planned, leaving just Portneuf – Jacques-Cartier, QC without an official Conservative candidate, since they did not want to run against the Independent M.P. André Arthur.
The Liberals successfully file nomination papers in 307 ridings as well, leaving just Central Nova, NS without an official Liberal candidate, since they did not want to run against the Green Party leader Elizabeth May.
The Green Party, meanwhile, was only able to file completed papers in 303 ridings by the deadline, 3 fewer than they committed to. Leader Elizabeth May had previously announced they would not run against either the Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion in Saint-Laurent – Cartierville, QC or the Independent (former Conservative) M.P. Bill Casey in Cumberland – Colchester – Musquodoboit Valley, NS.
However, although Green Party candidates had been identified in the final hours before nominations closed in three additional ridings, their papers were either not filed or were not accepted in:
The Bloc Québécois filed nomination papers in all 75 Québec ridings.
And the NDP, while filing nomination papers in all 308 ridings, accepted the resignation of their candidate in Saanich – Gulf Islands, BC the day after nominations closed. Thus, Julian West's name will appear on the ballot, even though he has announced his "return to private life".
The Progressive Canadian Party has fielded 10 candidates. There are 71 Independents or "Not Affiliated" candidates; and there are 220 candidates from other parties as follows:
- Animal Alliance Environment Voters Party of Canada (4)
- Canadian Action Party (20)
- Christian Heritage Party of Canada (59)
- Communist Party of Canada (24)
- First Peoples National Party of Canada (6)
- Libertarian Party of Canada (26)
- Marijuana Party (8)
- Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada (59)
- neorhino.ca (7)
- Newfoundland and Labrador First Party (3)
- People's Political Power Party of Canada (2)
- Western Block Party (1)
- Work Less Party (1)
posted by The Pundits' Guide at
3:37 PM
2 Comments:
Thank for all your hard work, nonetheless. Your site is a great resource and I'm sure there are LOADS of people who appreciate your efforts.
Why thank you! Please do send in any missing web-sites and/or corrections you notice.
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