Sunday, August 2, 2015

The Northwest heads to the 2015 campaign trail

Residents of the Skeena-
Bulkley Valley riding will join
other Canadians in casting their
ballots on October 19th in the
Federal election called August 2nd
With the writ dropped on August 2nd for the 2015 Federal election, voters of the Skeena-Bulkley Valley riding will be heading to the polls on October 19th.

The Prime Minister's visit to the Governor General on Sunday morning makes for an eleven week marathon for those contesting the riding, not to mention those of us about to be bombarded with flyers, advertising and maybe even a knock on the door.

For the Northwest, as of the election call, only two of the four main parties had announced their candidates for the campaign ahead, with the Conservatives having selected Tyler Nebsitt to offer the challenge to incumbent NDP MP Nathan Cullen.

With the election call now official, we launch our archive page of news items related to the Skeena-Bulkley Valley vote, providing links to the candidates information pages, as well as to news items of note as the lengthy campaign builds towards election day. 

As the other political parties make their plans known for the riding, we'll provide their links to our archive page as well.

Debates Across the Northwest

October 1 -- South Island Haida Heritage Centre 6-8 PM
October 2 -- North Island Howard Phillips Community Hall 6-8 PM
October 6 -- Terrace, REM Lee Theatre 7 PM
October 7 -- Prince Rupert, Lester Centre 6 PM
October 8 -- Kitimat, Mount Elizabeth Theatre 7 PM

Advance Polling Opportunities
(find your local Elections Canada office here)

Friday, October 9 -- Noon to 8 PM
Saturday, October 10 -- Noon to 8 PM
Sunday, October 11 -- Noon to 8 PM
Monday, October 12 -- Noon to 8 PM

Election Day is October 19 voting takes place from 7 AM to 7 PM at the Jim Ciccone Civic Centre
In other regions of the Northwest find your location to vote here.

The Election Results,  Monday, October 19th



Background and information on the candidates and the campaign can be found below:

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Christian Heritage Party of Canada
Donald Spratt

CHP home page
Skeena-Bulkley Valley website
Twitter

** Rod Taylor  (withdrawn)
(candidate shifted ridings to Ontario, CHP to select new candidate by September)

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Conservative Party of Canada
Tyler Nesbitt


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Green Party of Canada
Jeannie Parnell

Green Party of Canada website
Twitter
Skeena-Bulkley Valley Website

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Liberal Party of Canada
Brad Layton

Liberal Party of Canada Website
Skeena-Bulkley Valley Website

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New Democratic Party of Canada
Nathan Cullen (incumbent MP)


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Past items related to developments in the Skeena-Bulkley Valley riding can be found on our House of Commons archive page

News items of note along the campaign trail for Skeena-Bulkley Valley from the region's news options will be archived below.  While our original North Coast Review items on the campaign will be included as part of our regular cycle of news on the blog and will be noted on the archive below with the NCR icon listed at the end of the story line title.

The Election Archive 2015 for Skeena-Bulkley Valley

As the election campaign moves forward, we will also be watching events on the national stage through our Political Affairs blog D'arcy McGee.

That portal focuses on political issues that have had some impact on the North Coast, as well as provides links and items of interest on the larger national scene.

It still is a bit of a work in progress, but you can track back some of the political stories of the last year through it, as well as access items of interest we have culled from a range of media options.


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