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Donnelly wins in close race
Julian back for 4th term
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Different election – same result. New Westminster-Coquitlam voters have once again elected NDP candidate Fin Donnelly to serve as their member of Parliament in Ottawa. As was the case in the November 2009 byelection, Donnelly received more votes that Conservative candidate Diana Dilworth, Liberal party candidate Ken Lee and Green candidate Rebecca Helps. “It was a close race, but I think obviously the people are happy with my record,” he said about his reelection. Preliminary results indicate that Donnelly received about 2,217 more votes than Dilworth. Trailing far behind were Lee, Helps and Marxist-Leninist Party candidate Roland Verrier. “I’m still shocked we lost,” said Dilworth. Donnelly is excited about returning to Ottawa and taking on a more senior role in the NDP caucus. The Conservatives will form a majority government, after getting 167 seats in the House of Commons. Having won 102 seats, the NDP will form the Official Opposition. “We’ll do our best to keep them honest,” Donnelly said. While she conceded that “losing sucks”, Dilworth told supporters she was pleased that the Conservatives had won a majority government. Dilworth told supporters that there’s always another opportunity to win in the next election. Over at the Donnelly’s election party, many New Democrats were delighted their party would be the official Opposition, but disappointed that the Conservatives would form a majority government. “We, unfortunately, now have a majority Harper government,” Donnelly said. “We have a strong group of New Democrats to fight that. ...That is exactly what we will be doing.” The local Liberal candidate said he knew his party wasn’t doing well in the campaign but ◗Crush Page 3
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Orange Crush: Fin Donnelly sports his “magic shoes” that were a gift from a campaign volunteer.
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For the fourth time in seven years, Peter Julian will be going to Ottawa as a victorious MP. But this time, he’s bringing a lot more friends with him. The NDP made a stunning breakthrough nationally, winning 102 seats and becoming the official Opposition to the Conservatives, who, with 167 seats, got the majority government they’ve been looking for since 2004. As one of the most veteran NDP members in Ottawa, Julian seems poised for a senior role in the new NDP opposition. “It feels good,” said Julian shortly after 8:30 p.m. Monday, after the television networks had declared him a winner. “This is unprecedented, and I think it shows how hard our team worked, especially the number of young people who Peter Julian contributed to this campaign.” Incumbent MP Julian said he couldn’t have been any happier with how things went both locally and nationally for the NDP. “It’s a pretty dramatic shift in Canadian politics,” said Julian “What clearly has changed is Canadians, in a very real way, have turned to the NDP to be the government-in-waiting, the alternative government to the Conservatives.” Among the first to congratulate Julian were Kathy and Derek Corrigan. “Peter has always been very competent, but now, he’ll have a higher public profile and more opportunities to speak on behalf of Burnaby,” said Kathy, the MLA for Burnaby-Deer Lake. Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan was even more effusive in his praise. “Peter’s future is unlimited,” said Derek. “I think we’ll see how great his potential is with the NDP becoming the official Opposition.” Julian’s victory was never in doubt, as he increased his popular vote to almost 50 per cent of the 44,719 ballots cast in Burnaby-New Westminster. ◗Julian Page 4
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