{"id":18883,"date":"2020-12-21T20:09:11","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T00:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=18883"},"modified":"2020-12-21T20:09:11","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T00:09:11","slug":"search-on-for-pc-candidates-in-hants-east-wfrbb-ridings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=18883","title":{"rendered":"Search on for PC candidates in Hants East, WFRBB ridings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;78&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;94&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FALL RIVER\/HANTS EAST<\/strong>: The search continues for candidates to represent the N.S. Progressive Conservative party in two local ridings, the leader of the party said on Dec. 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tim Houston was being interviewed by The Laker News in a year-end interview when asked where the party was at for candidates in Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank and Hants East. To date the NDP are the only party to announce candidates in both ridings\u2014Abby Cameron for Hants East and Christina McCarron for the Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank riding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThose are two areas where we don\u2019t have an official nominated candidate,\u201d said Houston. \u201cI can say we have very good people who are interested, and I have been meeting with them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;6&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;96&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This morning, I was being interviewed by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReprtrPatHealey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ReprtrPatHealey<\/a> on 2020 in review, what happened at the legislature on Friday and how <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nspc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nspc<\/a> is preparing for 2021. Someone had other plans for me. \ud83d\udc36<br><br>Good reminder to relax and be present with family and friends this Christmas! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/nspoli?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#nspoli<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oKvD02cd2z\">pic.twitter.com\/oKvD02cd2z<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Tim Houston (@TimHoustonNS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimHoustonNS\/status\/1341072788786966528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At this point, Houston was interrupted as Winnie the dog made an appearance wanting to get in on the interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Houston continued with his answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re talking to people in those constituencies, but we don\u2019t have the formal candidate nominated,\u201d he said. \u201cIn the New Year, you\u2019ll see us working through those ridings to get candidates nominated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;31&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;34&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the party has 18 incumbents now and have 12 candidates nominated across the province, making their total at 30. There are 55 seats in N.S. In those 12, there are seven women and five men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen people look at the quality of the people we\u2019re nominating, they will be impressed,\u201d said Houston. \u201cGood, good people are coming forward saying they want to stand up for my community and I want to do it as a member of the PC Party.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both MLA Margaret Miller and MLA Bill Horne have said they are not re-offering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBoth of those constituencies have no incumbent so they\u2019re wide open,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Houston is expecting a provincial election in the Spring of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;6&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;95&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;78&#8243;] [adrotate banner=&#8221;94&#8243;] FALL RIVER\/HANTS EAST: The search continues for candidates to represent the N.S. Progressive Conservative party in two local ridings, the leader of the party said on Dec. 21. 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