A few items to report tonight:

• South Shore – St. Margaret's, NS - Former M.P. and three-time NDP candidate in this riding, Gordon Earle won the contested nomination here this afternoon, and will now have a fourth rematch with long-time Conservative M.P. Gerald Keddy, and a Liberal candidate to be picked at their contested nomination meeting next weekend. Thanks to a reader for writing in with this information this evening.
  
• Sackville – Eastern Shore, NS - A Liberal nomination was apparently held in this riding this afternoon, according to the Nova Scotia Liberal party website. I have been unable to confirm the result, but understand through a follower on Twitter that 2008 candidate Carolyn Scott had declared her intention to run again. The riding is currently held by five-term NDP M.P. Peter Stoffer.
  
• Manicouagan, QC - I've just noticed a contested Liberal nomination posted at the Elections Canada website, in which André Forbes placed ahead of Charles Dufour on Sunday, August 30. The riding is currently held by six-term Bloc Québécois M.P. Gérard Asselin, who was renominated on June 7, 2009.
• Etobicoke North, ON - Immigration Minister Jason Kenney attended a fundraising dinner earlier this evening for the new Conservative candidate in this riding northwest of Toronto. Priti Lamba was acclaimed here on September 9. Ms. Lamba will now face first-time Liberal M.P. Kirsty Duncan.
• UPDATE: Burnaby – New Westminster, BC - We earlier reported that former Conservative M.P. Paul Forseth has now declared his candidacy for this riding, after scheduling difficulties prevented him from running in the vacant seat of New Westminster – Coquitlam, BC. However, according to the Burnaby Politics blog, Forseth will have a competitor for the nomation, Andy Radia, a self-described first generation Canadian and political columnist. The riding is currently represented by three-term NDP M.P. Peter Julian, who was renominated by acclamation Sunday evening himself. Check out the comments on the blogpost there to see the latest on who might run here for the Liberals.
  

In addition, a number of NDP incumbents were renominated today, including leader Jack Layton; and the formalization of the Bloc Québécois' candidate in the vacant seat of Montmagny – L'Islet – Kamouraska – Rivière-du-Loup, QC was also set to take place today. Those candidates have all been entered into the database now. Thanks to everyone for passing along the details.

Labels: 41st General Election Nominations, Bloc Québécois, Conservatives, Liberals, Montmagny – L'Islet – Kamouraska – Rivière-du-Loup, NDP