2022 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election

[beesley]

Anyone want to take bets on which washed up politician from 15 years ago that the media will talk up before they inevitably don't run? AKA the Jean Charest option

What's Bernard Lord up to these days?

James Moore maybe?

[beesley]

These are the Conservative M.Ps who were previously political staffers.

1.Mark Strahl, career political staffer, son of M.P Chuck Strahl
2.Brad Vis, also was a consultant for a consulting firm.
3.Damien Kurek, also was a farmer and oil and gas sector worker
4.Laila Goodridge, also was a construction company health and safety administrator
5.Shannon Stubbs, career political staffer
6.Tim Uppal, also a bank residential mortgage manager
7.Matt Jeneroux, also was a federal civil servant
8.Garnett Genuis, career political staffer
9.Dane Lloyd, career civilian political staffer, also an army reserve lieutenant
10.Greg McLean, also was a chartered investment manager
11.Stephanie Kusie, also was a diplomat
12.Tom Kmiec, also was a registrar
13.Ron Liepert, also a journalist and communications consultant
14.Romemarie Falk, also a social worker
15.Cathay Wagnatall, also an athletic director and print company co-owner
16.Warren Steinley, career senior political staffer (Sask Party director of research) but played senior amateur hockey
17.Andrew Scheer, briefly an insurance company office clerk
18.Candice Bergen, career political staffer
19.Raquel Dancho, career political staffer
20.Pierre Polievre, briefly a Magna corp Public Relations staffer
21.Shelby Kramp Neuman, but held seemingly every other job in existence (financial advisor, instructor, diplomat and municipal councilor)
22.Jamie Schmale, also a CHUM radio news director
23.Adam Chambers, also a lawyer and businessperson
24.Dan Muys, also a communications and public relations firm owner
25.Tony Baldinelli, also a Niagara Parks manager of communications and stakeholder relations
26.John Nater, also a federal civil servant
27.Karen Vecchio, also a restaurant owner and manager
28.Lianne Rood, also a potato farmer
29.Joel Godin, also a communications firm president
30.Luc Berthold, also a newspaper editor
31.Rick Perkins, also a retail wine and spirits chain store owner
32.John Williamson, also a National Post editorialist and so-called Canadian Taxpayer's Federation president (basically a career politician)

So, only around 9 were career political staffers, but they - Andrew Scheer, Candice Bergen and Pierre Polievre - clearly have an outsized influence on the party.

I've always thought CPC MPs with lots of real world experience not conducive to being strong political performers - like Rob Morrison - seem to get sidelined, when they might have the makings of decent ministers.

[beesley]

Would Charest's Huawei links severely undermine his bid?

[beesley]

It will be interesting to see how much of Ford's minority support he holds on to - of course it won't be uniform across all groups, and is unlikely to reach O'Toole levels, but if the loss is greater or smaller than average then there'll be some variable swings. (Yes, I realise that sounds like a fairly empty and vacuous statement).

[beesley]

When was the last time there were two federal leadership candidates from the same electoral district, I wonder?