election Archive

  • Thornhill Grits name hopeful

    Thornhill Grits name hopeful

    The new federal Thornhill Liberal nominee says the ruling Conservatives talk a good game but the time for talk is over. Karen Mock, an educational psychologist and consultant with a history of dealing with issues of human rights, hate crime and diversity, replaces former MP Susan Kadis heading into the next federal election.

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  • Who will challenge current council?

    Who will challenge current council?

    The 2010 municipal election is still a year and a half away. That much is certain. What isn’t is who will vie for the nine seats on city council, though speculation has been running high in recent months and shows no sign of cooling off.

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  • Klees-led PCs would cut red tape, shrink ‘bizarre’ HST hit, leadership contender says

    Klees-led PCs would cut red tape, shrink ‘bizarre’ HST hit, leadership contender says

    Progressive Conservative leadership hopeful Frank Klees sees too much red at Queen’s Park and says it’s time to do something about it. During a brief editorial board meeting in the Vaughan Today newsroom Monday, the Newmarket-Aurora MPP discussed provincial issues and his leadership bid.

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  • Cabinet an honour for rookie MP

    Cabinet an honour for rookie MP

    Once a foreign affairs correspondent covering the Americas for NBC News, rookie Thornhill MP Peter Kent is on familiar turf in his new cabinet post. Prime Minister Stephen Harper welcomed his new minister of state of foreign affairs for the Americas, along with the rest of his cabinet, last Thursday at Rideau Hall in Ottawa.

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  • Kadis reflects on election loss

    Kadis reflects on election loss

    It’s a time of reflection for Susan Kadis. Barely a week after being unseated by Conservative Peter Kent in the Oct. 14 federal election, the Thornhill Liberal says it’s still too soon to make any decisions about her future.

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  • Kent wins in stunning upset

    Kent wins in stunning upset

    Star broadcaster-turned-Conservative candidate Peter Kent found himself in front of the news cameras once again early Wednesday morning, only this time it was as Thornhill’s MP-elect.

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  • Kent takes Thornhill in stunner

    Kent takes Thornhill in stunner

    Conservative Peter Kent has won the federal riding of Thornhill away from Liberal incumbent Susan Kadis. The former broadcaster earned 26,660 votes, or 49 percent, to claim the surprising victory over Kadis, who secured 21,448 votes, good for 39.4 percent.

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  • Parliamentary hopefuls face off over ‘poppycock’ in Thornhill

    Parliamentary hopefuls face off over ‘poppycock’ in Thornhill

    Allegations of political poppycock were bandied about as Thornhill’s four parliamentary hopefuls debated the federal issues last week. Liberal incumbent Susan Kadis, Conservative Peter Kent, Green Norbert Koehl and NDP Simon Strelchik took to St. Elizabeth Catholic High School’s stage to verbally spar over issues raised by students ahead of the Oct. 14 election.

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  • Anger flares during heated debate

    Anger flares during heated debate

    The political ambitions of Vaughan Liberal incumbent Maurizio Bevilacqua and Conservative challenger Richard Lorello were the topic of much-heated debate Monday night.

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  • MPs must deliver cash: councillors

    MPs must deliver cash: councillors

    The number 1 issue concerning the City of Vaughan in the current federal campaign, councillors say, is infrastructure. By a long shot.

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