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NEWS GAZETTE
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Wednesday, October 21, 2015
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Liberal majority a stunner, NDP wins West Shore Trudeaumania helped out local Liberals
New Democartic Party candidate Alistair MacGregor hugs a supporter at his campaign headquarters in Duncan after being declared winner of the CowichanMalahat-Langford riding in Monday’s federal election. Lexi Bainas/Black Press
MacGregor races to victory in new riding Lexi Bainas Kevin Laird Black Press
Riding the wave of continued support for the New Democratic Party in the Cowichan Valley, Alistair MacGregor captured the new riding of Cowichan-MalahatLangford in Monday’s federal election. MacGregor, who worked for retired NDP MP Jean Crowder for years, won the riding by a landslide of more than several thousand votes ahead of Conservative candidate Martin Barker and
Liberal Luke Krayenhoff. “The people of Cowichan-Malahat-Langford have sent a clear message tonight.” MacGregor said. “You voted for change. Rejecting the politics of fear and division, you voted for a better and more inlusive Canada. And that was a good thing.” He assured everyone, even those who supported other candidates, that he was “going to fight for those values every single day.” He thanked his team, “especially for keeping going when we were so tired after an 11-week campaign.”
The other West Shore riding saw a tight race as the votes began being counted, but in the end, New Democrat incumbent Randall Garrison was re-elected to the realigned riding of Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke on Monday night. Garrison was in a battle early on with unheralded Liberal David Merner, but managed to pull away as the poll numbers came in. He was declared elected by the time 50 of 229 polls were counted, having built a lead of more than 700 votes. Garrison called his victory “bittersweet, but added “I’m
looking forward to working hard over the next four years and I’m going to keep the Liberals’ feet to the fire.” Among other things, he vowed to ensure the Liberals keep their promise to review the Bill C-51 anti-terror bill. Asked how he would do that as a member of the third party in Parliament, he said, “New Democrats have always had a strong voice and being the third party won’t change that.” WATCH THE FRIDAY GOLDSTREAM GAZETTE FOR MORE IN-DEPTH ELECTION COVERAGE
In an overwhelming performance that began with a sweep of Atlantic Canada and was maintained, despite lukewarm support in British Columbia, the Liberal Party and leader Justin Trudeau were swept into office with a majority government Monday night. However, the national support for the Liberals appeared to translate into votes in both West Shore ridings. David Merner finished second in the Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke riding, while Luke Krayenhoff ran neck-and-neck with Conservative Martin Barker for second in Cowichan-Malahat-Langford. Krayenhoff, a late replacement following the resignation of Maria Manna, gave kudos to winner Alistair MacGregor of the NDP. Krayenhoff noted, however, the Liberals made an impact. “The Liberals have made a strong showing in this riding,” he said. “We’ve got everything to be proud of.” Of his party’s national accomplishment, he added, “We had no idea it would be such a strong success. We’re just over the moon.” Among the changes he said the Liberals plan on implementing is a change from the first-past-thepost system that this time saw the Liberals declared to form the next government before the polls in B.C. even closed. “We’re going to look at all options, but we want one where people can vote on principle, more than voting so strategic all the time.” editor@goldstreamgazette.com
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