Parties should ‘govern themselves’ but must better regulate nominations and voter data, says former candidate Maddeaux
Digital privacy expert Colin Bennett says complaints of improper use of Conservative voter lists in the York region riding contest offer a ‘real-life example’ of the problems with parties self-regulating their nomination races.
Former ministerial staffer Church and Global Affairs official Richardson seek coveted Liberal nomination of Toronto-St. Paul’s
The May 1 Liberal nomination contest will elect the party’s candidate for the yet-to-be-scheduled byelection.
Only 89 of 156 Liberal MPs have so far been nominated for next election, a year after deadline
Nine cabinet ministers and the national caucus chair still have not met the nomination conditions, raising questions how many Liberal MPs are not seeking re-election in 2025.
Two GTA Conservative ridings call out party’s top brass for ‘interference’ in nominations, but HQ denies allegations
Georgetown Councillor D’Arcy Keene has launched his Conservative nomination campaign in the newly created riding of Milton East-Halton Hills South, Ont.
New rule: incumbent Conservative MPs whose ridings changed 25 per cent or more will have to go through nomination contests
A dozen current Conservative MPs have failed to meet the nomination conditions set by the party in 2022, according to a senior Conservative.
Almost a year after deadline, less than half of incumbent Liberal MPs have been nominated for the next election
Down in the polls and way behind the Conservatives in fundraising, the federal Liberal Party has given MPs until next month to fulfil the nomination conditions if they want to be candidates without going though the stressful nomination process, according to two Liberal sources. But the party also said if MPs need more time, it will be flexible.
‘The party wants this riding very badly’: at least 22 candidates consider run for Tory nomination in Liberal-held riding of Pickering-Uxbridge, Ont.
The Greater Toronto Area riding is a target for the Conservatives in the next election, say potential candidates Anthony Yacub and Raveenie Rajasingham.
Prominent politicos eyeing Liberal nomination in coveted safe riding of Toronto-St. Paul’s
As interested parties jostle for position to succeed nine-term Liberal MP Carolyn Bennett, Toronto city councillor Josh Matlow says constituents would want to nominate a someone with strong ties to the riding.
Election meddling top of mind in Tory nomination race facing membership fraud complaints
The Oxford, Ont., nomination race is getting testy with contestant Rick Roth describing Arpan Khanna as a ‘parachute candidate from Brampton’ and Khanna accusing Roth of ‘telling lies.’ Candidate Deborah Tait, meanwhile, is urging the Conservative Party to protect the voting process.
Incumbent Liberal MPs who failed to meet March 1 nominations deadline could get extensions, says Liberal Party
Based on transposition of votes from the last election to the newly proposed boundaries, if everyone voted the same way they did in 2021, the Liberals would still win a minority with 157 seats, the Conservatives 126, the Bloc 34, the NDP 24 and the Greens two seats, according to an analysis by Kyle Hutton.
