Collins Candidate for Cariboo-Prince George Riding

Monday, September 15, 2008 03:56 AM

Prince George, B.C. - They gathered and they voted—Bev Collins has been chosen as the NDP candidate for the Cariboo-Prince George riding at a party meeting in Quesnel on Saturday. It's a seat Conservative incumbent Dick Harris currently holds.

Riding Association President Adam Schaan says it was a majority vote. “It was great success Bev had a great speech arousing applause and we're very excited for the election to challenge Mr. Harris,” says Schaan.

He says this isn't the first time Collins has taken a stab at federal politics. “She had run previously in federal elections for the Nationalists Party and then the Canadian Action Party—this may be her fifth federal election.”

Collins is an employment coach with M. Turner and Associates and is a director with the Prince George Chamber of Commerce—she's up against incumbent Cariboo-Prince George Conservative MP Dick Harris.

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Posted by: Andyfreeze on September 15 2008 5:43 AM

Previously ran for the "Nationalists" party and the "Canadian Action" party,...and now the NDP.
Seems she is having trouble finding a home?
I do have to wonder when a candidate bops from party to party, just where they really stand and what platform do they actually adhere to?

Posted by: YamaDooPolCat on September 15 2008 7:01 AM

Once they finally get elected on some adopted party, they switch party's. The people that elected them can't do anything about it. Pretty cynical and immoral.

Posted by: metalman on September 15 2008 7:53 AM

They are all grasping for the big brass ring (the one we commoners call "the gold plated pension")
metalman.

Posted by: ammonra on September 15 2008 10:44 AM

Since her chances of being elected are actually slim to none, I strongly doubt that personal advantage is her motivation for running. More than likely she wants to ensure that an alternative viewpoint to that of Harris and Harper is presented and publicised.

Posted by: IAM on September 16 2008 12:23 AM

I remember hearing Bev speak several years ago, and she was FAR more intelligent and informed then the other candidates. Quite frankly, I don't care what party she is claiming, she's got my vote!

Posted by: chrislivingdowntown on September 16 2008 11:44 AM

NDP all the way for me. I can't stand the conservative government or Harper. I can't see one thing the they will do to help me or any of my close friends. To me he is another Bush and I can't evan stand to see that. The conservatives are weathly and they know it and they support only people like that. I don't think that Harper will do anything regarding the evoirment and for that manner he can go suck an egg

Posted by: Palopu on September 16 2008 8:06 PM

Liberals left of centre, NDP, left of Liberals, Green Party left of NDP, Bloc Quebec left of Green party.

If you want a bunch of tax and spend politicians throwing your money away on useless projects, then vote for the above. Most of these ;people hang around not because they will ever form a Government (Liberal excepted)but because it gives them a job and a chance to try and prove they amount to something.

Do you really beleive that smiling Jack Layton the talking mustache would make a good Prime Minister, or Giles Duceppe, or whatever her name is that leads the Green in the Gills party.

The latest picture of ding dong Dion, has the ex NDP leader and Premier of Ontario standing behind him(Bob Rae) with a silly grin on his face. He is the ultimate NDP Liberal. Plus Dion and the Leader of the Green have an agreement not to run against each other. Is she a Liberal or is he a Liberal, NDP, Greeny. Who knows,.

Bob Rae was an NDPer for years and Premier of Ontario. You would think that he would support smiling Jack but he doesnt, and the reason he doesnt is that he knows that the NDP will never form the Government in Canada, he has a far better chance of becoming Prime Minister by becoming a Liberal.