By Pepper Parr
June 8, 2015
BURLINGTON, ON
Ward 6 will continue to have Blair Lancaster representing them for the next couple of years – she lost her nomination bid for the new federal seat Oakville Burlington north to Effie Triantafilipoulos who will run against Pam Damoff running for the Liberals and Adnan Shahbaz running for the greens and David Clement running as a Libertarian.
(Left to right: Mike Wallace, MP, Burlington, The Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Transport, MP Halton, Effie Triantafilipoulos, Candidate, Oakville North-Burlington, Terence Young, MP, Oakville) Photo credit: Ron Finnigan, President, Burlington Conservative EDA
Damoff is the only candidate with any constituency experience. Triantafilipoulos has very significant executive experience in Ottawa where she served as Chief of Staff to a number of Cabinet Ministers.
Oakville Burlington North – a new federal riding with a bit of candidate selection history.
The Oakville North Burlington race may, to a considerable degree depend on how long the coattails of the Conservative and Liberal leaders. While the federal election isn’t until mid October – the three strong federal parties are already battling it out.
Darn it. Ward 6 is stuck again with no representation. Ward 6 cannot get a break. Love Mr Bean’s comment.
Now us up here are stuck with Blair Lancaster for a few more years? Everyone should know where Mrs. Lancasters loyalties lay.
The Green Party candidate for the Oakville-North Burlington riding is Adnan Shahbaz, and the Libertarian candidate is David Clement. Xxx has yet to declare which banner he (she) will run under.
Editor’s note:
Were grateful for this reader catching our oversight.