Quebec Liberal packs it in, urges support for Tory.

[dutchie]

Quebec Liberal concedes defeat
Throws support behind Tories
 

Canadian Press


Thursday, January 19, 2006

OTTAWA - A Liberal candidate in Quebec is conceding defeat and urging his supporters to vote for the Conservative party.

Gilles Savard, the Liberal candidate for the riding of Jonquiere-Alma, is throwing his support behind the Tories to stave off a Bloc Quebecois victory.

Savard pulled out because polls showed he only had five per cent support in the riding in a province that has seen a recent swell of support for the Tories.

The Conservative candidate in the riding, Jean-Pierre Blackburn, was an MP under former prime minister Brian Mulroney.

A spokeswoman for the Quebec branch of the federal Liberal party says she doesn't know what Savard's intentions are.

Irene Marchterre says Savard's name is still on the ballot and there's no way for him to pull out.

In the 2004 election, Bloc Quebecois candidate Sebastien Gagnon won the riding by more than 11,000 votes over his closest rival, Liberal Daniel Giguere.

© Canadian Press 2006

http://www.canada.com/national/features/decisioncanada/story_05.html?id=b0f82229-b4c0-4417-8b9e-fd6cfb11ca0f

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Wow. The rats are abandoning the sinking ship already.

 

[kcdist]

Wow. The rats are abandoning the sinking ship already.

On the contrary. I give the guy full credit for realizing his situation, and publicly supporting his federalist counterpart in an effort to prevent the riding from going separatist.

I have no doubt the fellow will be taking major ridicule from all sides, however, if there was more honourable persons like him in the Liberal party, perhaps they wouldn't be in the situation they are now.

 

[dutchie]

On the contrary. I give the guy full credit for realizing his situation, and publicly supporting his federalist counterpart in an effort to prevent the riding from going separatist.

I have no doubt the fellow will be taking major ridicule from all sides, however, if there was more honourable persons like him in the Liberal party, perhaps they wouldn't be in the situation they are now.

I concur. I used the sinking ship analogy to characterize the party (the sinking ship), not the candidate (the 'rat' in this case).

 

[condor888000]

Wow. I'm surprised that a MP in this country would do something like this. Good on him!

 

[mo-litia]

Now, if we could only get the Chief Thief-Paul Martin-to concede defeat on a national level... :blotto:

 

[dutchie]

Now, if we could only get the Chief Thief-Paul Martin-to concede defeat on a national level... :blotto:

Check back around 9 o'clock Monday night.