Casson Calls It Quits: Third MP To Retire
A second Conservative M.P., Rick Casson from Lethbridge, AB, has announced his retirement from politics at the next election. Casson was first elected in the Class of 1997, and was returned by his constituents four more times to Ottawa. Previously announced retirees are Conservative Inky Mark from Dauphin – Swan River – Marquette, MB and Bloquiste Jean-Yves Roy of Haute-Gaspésie – La Mitis – Matane – Matapédia, QC.
I've deleted Casson's nomination record from the 41st General Election, and have added the riding to our list of Ridings with Retiring Incumbents on the Search the Database page (in addition to removing the four by-election ridings from that list; oops, sorry, should have done that before).
Other nomination updates are on-going, and I hope to have a clear evening to get everything else updated tonight.
I've deleted Casson's nomination record from the 41st General Election, and have added the riding to our list of Ridings with Retiring Incumbents on the Search the Database page (in addition to removing the four by-election ridings from that list; oops, sorry, should have done that before).
Other nomination updates are on-going, and I hope to have a clear evening to get everything else updated tonight.
Labels: 41st General Election Nominations, Conservatives, Retiring Incumbents
posted by The Pundits' Guide at
5:50 AM
4 Comments:
That would seem to be the final nail in the coffin for the idea that the PM will call an election immediately aftet tabling the Budget.
I suppose, that given what a sure seat it is for the Conservatives, they wouldn't have to worry about the retirement. But taken together with Harper's interview, looks pretty definitive.
i wouldn't read too much into it and not that surprised to see he is retiring as he has been an mp since 97 and served several terms in ottawa . and actually expect to see several more mp's retire or announce plans to do so in the new year . as there is some older one's who i don't realistically expect to run for re-election but are delaying such an announcment or simply don't want to make there plans public .
I notice there's a very large number of Liberal incumbents not yet nominated for the next election.
Any theory on why so many would be delaying to make it official when it was their leader who planned to force an election last fall?
Ken, I don't see the connection between the two things myself. Also, I didn't hear the Prime Minister specifically say that he would not dissolve Parliament and call an election in March; I heard him say that he had no desire for an election. Regardless, I said the calendar made me take the threat of an election seriously; of course I'm not predicting that it will actually happen.
Anon, I think 12 years is a good run, and I can understand after all the travel people wanting to enjoy their retirement. Good for him.
Chris, I've written several blogposts on the Liberals' policy on the candidacy of their incumbents. No-one has defined it explicitly in public, and I've spoken with three different party officials and a member of the Leader's staff trying to get a fix on it: they all answer "it's complicated".
Basically, what I've surmised is that incumbents have been told that they're protected from having to face challengers once they met certain criteria regarding riding membership and sustaining donors. They have to go through a much more expedited version of the green-lighting process, as I believe do former MPs, and if they want to go ahead and hold a nomination meeting (for example in concert with their riding association's annual general meeting) great, and if not, then once an election starts, they don't have to at all.
Also, it's the provincial-territorial associations (PTAs) that are in charge of that process, and set the rules and timelines for their own province. One person told me that Quebec was doing nomination meetings, but Ontario didn't have to. The next person I spoke with said that was not right.
Equal Voice has decided to count all the incumbents, but their objective it to assess the parties' progress on selecting women as candidates. My objective is to assess the parties' election readiness. Since the party's official spokesperson told me that the incumbents would have to go through nomination meetings (although they would be able to run unopposed), I have not added the Liberal incumbents until they go through a meeting.
Does that help explain things?
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