tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post1900413177827431169..comments2024-02-07T16:22:39.625-05:00Comments on Jeff Jedras: Quadra is getting interesting...fall by-election?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-62336087008890811262007-07-09T15:04:00.000-04:002007-07-09T15:04:00.000-04:00These things seem to be less important in urban ri...These things seem to be less important in urban ridings, or at least that has been my experience. But people living in one riding and working in another isn't uncommon in big cities. And as burl said she lives there now and has roots. Time will tell.<BR/><BR/>As for Peter, perhaps, but then again it's been my experience that 2/3s of Vancouverites moved there from Toronto. I went the other way, part of free trade.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14971310821484459106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-78528877913003468602007-07-07T12:40:00.000-04:002007-07-07T12:40:00.000-04:00To older folks - measured in "Blog/Internet" years...To older folks - measured in "Blog/Internet" years, I hasten to add, where being 30+ means you're older than dirt - 1980 is still "fairly recent". But for the youngsters around here in these blogging parts, if you tell 'em a man won a seat in 1980, they'll assume it was Wilfred Laurier.<BR/><BR/>I don't think Murray will be hurt too much at all by losing in Riding A and running in Riding B, but if there is any effect, it would be more pronounced in a by-election, where the local candidates get a bit more attention / scrutiny, than in a general election, where even more of the focus is on the national campaign / leaders.<BR/><BR/>As for throwing around Peter Kent's name, you're assuming most sensible people in Vancouver give a tinker's damn what happens in Toronto. As I was thrilled to see when I lived in Vancouver, that isn't often the case.Jason Hickmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17648786726787793783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-51693916590621353012007-07-06T12:44:00.000-04:002007-07-06T12:44:00.000-04:00At least Murray has ties with this riding -- she l...At least Murray has ties with this riding -- she lives there now and she grew up there.<BR/>My former MP Forseth had dubious ties to the riding but at least moved there sometime during his long and useless term. We ran a top-notch candidate in Dave Haggard against him in 2004 and it was the closest 3-way race in Canada (dave didn't live in the riding)... The NdP candidate who came second by 120-some votes, by the way, is now a liberal.burlivespipehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18048415779214466831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-90225554065606324892007-07-06T11:57:00.000-04:002007-07-06T11:57:00.000-04:00Heh, I had written it as hasn't been Conservative ...Heh, I had written it as hasn't been Conservative in the recent past but I was thought people would say 1980 was recent, so I compromised and said in the fairly recent past. I guess it depends on the definition of the world fairly... :)<BR/><BR/>On riding-hoping yeah, I agree I'm not a fan of it. Not sure if it will be an issue in the riding though. It would be a mistake for the Cons to make it one though, we'd just throw back their riding-hoping star candidate, Peter Kent.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14971310821484459106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-22162630700995201222007-07-06T10:01:00.000-04:002007-07-06T10:01:00.000-04:00I lived in Quadra when I was at UBC from '94 to '9...I lived in Quadra when I was at UBC from '94 to '97, and you're right - it's a very interesting riding. In '97, it was one of only 2 ridings in BC where the PC Party candidate (Geoff Chutter) won his deposit.<BR/><BR/>Given Owen's margins of victory, this would seem to be a fairly Liberal seat, but the Tories are going to go hard after it, I figure. I don't know anything about J. Murray; do you think running and losing in another riding may be a bit of a hinderance?<BR/><BR/>(And not to quibble <B>too</B> much, but the last time a Tory won the seat was in <A HREF="http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=763" REL="nofollow">1980</A>, so to say that VQ "has been Conservative in the fairly recent past" <I>may</I> be pushing it a bit....)Jason Hickmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17648786726787793783noreply@blogger.com