Canadian provincial leadership elections 2015

[RogueBeaver]

PCPO: Elliott releases her economic agenda.

[RogueBeaver]

Christina Blizzard says her sources say Brown 40k, Elliott 16-17k, McNaughton 8k. IIRC the numbers Hopefully the real numbers get released soon.

[trebor204]

Will CBC Radio or some other station or even tv be broadcasting live from the convention floor in Manitoba?

It looks like there their will be a Live Stream of the convention on the  NDP Manitoba website.

I not sure if CJOB might will be covering the convention.  They could break in once the ballots are announced.

First ballot results is schedule at noon, second ballot results at 1:45 pm (Central Time)

SUNDAY, MARCH 8

REGISTRATION OPENS 7:00 AM // REGISTRATION CLOSES 9:15 AM

9:00 AM Call to Order
9:15 AM Candidates for Leader   
10:30 AM Credentials Committee Report
10:30 AM First Ballot
12:00 PM Announcement of First Ballot
12:30 PM Second Ballot 
1:45 PM Announcement of Second Ballot
1:50 PM Remarks by Leader
2:00 PM Adjournment



http://todaysndp.ca/Convention2015

[136or142]

Will CBC Radio or some other station or even tv be broadcasting live from the convention floor in Manitoba?

It looks like there their will be a Live Stream of the convention on the  NDP Manitoba website.

I not sure if CJOB might will be covering the convention.  They could break in once the ballots are announced.

First ballot results is schedule at noon, second ballot results at 1:45 pm (Central Time)

SUNDAY, MARCH 8

REGISTRATION OPENS 7:00 AM // REGISTRATION CLOSES 9:15 AM

9:00 AM Call to Order
9:15 AM Candidates for Leader   
10:30 AM Credentials Committee Report
10:30 AM First Ballot
12:00 PM Announcement of First Ballot
12:30 PM Second Ballot 
1:45 PM Announcement of Second Ballot
1:50 PM Remarks by Leader
2:00 PM Adjournment



http://todaysndp.ca/Convention2015

Thanks Trebor204!

[Hatman 🍁]

Earle McCurdy wins the NDP N&L leadership, replacing Lorraine Michael. He won on the first ballot with two thirds of the vote. Hopefully he is popular enough to save the party there.

[136or142]

Earle McCurdy wins the NDP N&L leadership, replacing Lorraine Michael. He won on the first ballot with two thirds of the vote. Hopefully he is popular enough to save the party there.

Major scandal brewing in Newfoundland and Labrador NDP leadership race.  Apparently a whole bunch of fish voted for McCurdy.  Said one prominent New Democrat "I would have thought that fish would hate Earle McCurdy."



Seriously though:
McCurdy received 889 votes. The runner-up, Mike Goosney, received 299, and Chris Bruce came third with 110.
http://www.thenorwester.ca/News/Local/2015-03-07/article-4068825/Earle-McCurdy-new-NDP-leader/1

Apparently Earle McCurdy's speech at the convention was an old time barnburner.  Looks like the party has found a winner.

One member one vote.  What a concept. The Manitoba NDP might want to try it.

[DC Al Fine]

The political junkie in me prefers the old delegate system because they make for better conventions.

[136or142]

The political junkie in me prefers the old delegate system because they make for better conventions.

The political parties have found a way to address that by having voting 'delegates' at the convention.

CJOB online poll
Who do you think will win the NDP leadership race?
Greg Selinger 34%
Steve Ashton 33%
Theresa Oswald 33%

[Hatman 🍁]

Wow. It's anyone guess... I guess.

[trebor204]

MB NDP:
Total Registered Delegates: 1752 out of a possible 2217
Needed to Win 782
Sounds like the voting for the 1st round is completed.
Delegates will be given 15 minutes before the results are announced.

[trebor204]

No official results yet, but Ashton leads 1st ballot with 696 out of 1742, according to a scrutineer.

[136or142]

CBC live feed
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-ndp-could-choose-new-premier-at-convention-1.2985490

[136or142]

First ballot
Greg Selinger 612
Theresa Oswald 575
Steve Ashton 502

[trebor204]

Firefighters union (only 15 delegates) are now supporting Oswald

[Boston Bread]

Firefighters union (only 15 delegates) are now supporting Oswald

Firefighters union changed to supporting Selinger.

[trebor204]

Firefighters union (only 15 delegates) are now supporting Oswald

Firefighters union changed to supporting Selinger.

It sounds like the Firefighter were supporting Oswald. So a tweet they were support Selinger.

[trebor204]

Final Results in should be posted in about 7 minutes. (2:47 pm)
Countdown clock on NDP Livestream

http://new.livestream.com/Benmarks/MbNDP2015

[136or142]

They've decided not to release the results until next years Oscar telecast.

Said one prominent new Democrat "we want to keep people in suspense"

[trebor204]

oSWALD 726
sELINGER759

[RogueBeaver]

Next year's wipeout gonna be awesome.

[Boston Bread]

Dang, hard to believe the unions are so eager to drag down their party's electoral prospects.

[trebor204]

Total Possible Voting Delegates:  2217
Total Registered Delegates: 1742

First Ballots Votes: 1699
Second Ballots Votes: 1490

Selinger won with 51.1% of the vote.

[Hatman 🍁]

Ugh. RIP Manitoba NDP

[DL]

I think that after 17 years in power the NDP was going to lose power for sure no matter who won the leadership but by sticking with such wounded and damaged Selinger I wonder if the NDP will win any seats at all next year or if this will be. New Brunswick 1987 style result.

I wish I could meet a Manitoba NDP member who voted to keep Selinger just to see what sort of mental illness they suffer from

[Hatman 🍁]

My take: http://canadianelectionatlas.blogspot.ca/2015/03/re-cap-of-manitoba-ndp-leadership.html

And, I don't think the NDP will get completely wiped out. Unlike Nova Scotia (where they nearly did), Manitoba does have a few traditional safe seats that the Tories would never win. The Liberals though, could pick up some seats and form opposition.