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Topic: NFLD by-elections...
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skarredmunkey
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posted 18 August 2008 02:36 AM
I'm not that familiar with Baie Verte-Springdale but Cape St. Francis has been PC since the days of Joey Smallwood. The town of Torbay is a rapidly growing bedroom community which makes up about three quarters of the riding's population. It and Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove, like nearby Portugal Cove-St. Phillips (which is in a different riding), are becoming home to more and more retirees and professionals who work in St. John's, which bodes well for the PC candidate Kevin Parsons. Connors should/will stress her healthcare background and make hay over the breast cancer screening debacle, but it doesn't appear that voters are attributing blame to the government for it. quote: I understand Cape St. Francis overlaps with the federal riding of St. John's East. How do the NDP's chances look there?
I suspect that Jack Harris is out of politics for good, but if he made a come back, he could win either of the two federal St. John's ridings. St. John's East is a good bet: Norm Doyle is out of the race, and the Liberal candidate and former MHA Walter Noel, was named in the recent constituency allowance scandal. The riding also includes some parts of the city that are more inclined to vote NDP: Pleasantville, Virginia Park, the university area. But it doesn't include the downtown portion of Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi.
From: Vancouver Centre | Registered: Nov 2005
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