Jim Flaherty’s former riding association president says he was pressured by the Conservative Party to step aside as a candidate in the race to succeed the former finance minister.
David Glover called the party’s action a bid to clear the way for a candidate who had renewed her membership only a month earlier. Mr. Glover nonetheless says he proceeded with his campaign only to see the party call the nomination on short notice, rule out other candidates and limit how many new members could be signed up.
The revelations in the battle for the Conservative nomination to become the next MP in Whitby-Oshawa – a seat in the coveted, vote-rich 905 region surrounding Toronto, and one of two by-elections called by Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Sunday – are the latest the Conservatives have faced despite the party’s pledge of fair and open candidate nominations leading up to next year’s scheduled election.
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David Glover called the party’s action a bid to clear the way for a candidate who had renewed her membership only a month earlier. Mr. Glover nonetheless says he proceeded with his campaign only to see the party call the nomination on short notice, rule out other candidates and limit how many new members could be signed up.
The revelations in the battle for the Conservative nomination to become the next MP in Whitby-Oshawa – a seat in the coveted, vote-rich 905 region surrounding Toronto, and one of two by-elections called by Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Sunday – are the latest the Conservatives have faced despite the party’s pledge of fair and open candidate nominations leading up to next year’s scheduled election.
READ MORE: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/harper-sets-november-date-for-federal-byelections-in-ontario-and-alberta/article21075851/
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