After our last foray back into the nomination news for the 41st general election whenever it comes, there were a few details left to tidy up in the Atlantic provinces before moving on to Québec.

Prince Edward Island (4 seats)

• Charlottetown, PE - Thanks to a reader for sending along this clipping from the Charlottetown Guardian last week regarding upcoming Conservative Party nominations in the province. It turns out they have a contested nomination here slated for this coming Friday, November 27, where Robert Campbell and Donna Profit (no biographical information available at time of writing) will be facing off for the right to run against four-term Liberal M.P. Shawn Murphy, and first-time Green party candidate arts administrator Corin McFadden.
• Cardigan, PE - Lawyer Kerri Carpenter will be seeking the Conservative nomination in this riding currently held by 21-year Liberal M.P. Lawrence MacAulay. No date has been set for the meeting as yet, and it is unknown whether she will be challenged. Although all Liberal M.P.s are entitled to run unopposed for their nominations, as yet MacAulay's nomination has not been formalized.
  
• Malpeque, PE - The former president of the Atlantic Veterinary College, Tim Ogilvie is also seeking to run for the Conservatives, this time against 15-year six-term Liberal M.P. Wayne Easter. Again, no meeting date has been set, and it's unknown whether he'll have company. If he does, it won't be 2008 candidate Mary Crane, however, as she's just accepted a teaching job in Qatar. Dentist Peter Bevan-Baker is returning for a third run on behalf of the Green Party, having been acclaimed back on April 6, 2009.
  
• Egmont, PE - The other three ridings will thus round out a full slate of Conservative candidates for the Island, with first-time M.P. Conservative Gail Shea already automatically renominated by her party on May 4, 2009 along with the rest of the caucus. No Liberal opponent for Ms. Shea has been confirmed yet, 2008 candidate Keith Milligan having ruled himself out earlier this summer to take care of a family medical situation. However several candidates were said to be interested this past summer pending Milligan's decision, including Matt McGuire (son of former Liberal M.P. Joe McGuire, whose 2008 retirement opened up the seat for Shea), McGuire's former constituency assistant Kelly Ellis, 2008 nomination candidate Angie Cormier, former provincial party president Brenda Hackett, businessman Warren Ellis, and two Liberal MLAs: Janice Sherry and Rob Henderson. The Liberal riding association was originally expected to hold a nomination meeting in late September or early October, but I haven't seen anything about it since then, although with Liberal Leader expected on the Island this weekend for their annual fall dinner, we may hear some more news then. Meanwhile the Green Party's Karl Hengst was acclaimed on October 9, but does not have a website as yet so no biographical information is currently available.
  

As yet there's been no reported nomination activity from the federal New Democratic Party. The province just concluded its municipal elections on November 2, however, so it's likely that with a fall election out of the picture, attention had turned elsewhere for all the political parties. The provincial PCs have a leadership race coming up, but not until September of 2010.

Labels: 41st General Election Nominations, Conservatives, Liberals