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WINDSOR JUNCTION:<\/strong> Brian Wong is refreshed and ready to represent the riding of Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank if he is selected as the PC Candidate for the area in an upcoming nomination meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meeting with The Laker News in a socially distanced setting on one of the picnic tables at the Windsor Junction Community Centre on a sunny day in late May, Wong spoke about the time he had away from politics that allowed him to recharge, and focus on his day job as a Principal at a school in the West Hants area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI kind of burned out of politics,\u201d said Wong. \u201cI had a hard time balancing my family life; work life; and just trying to find myself. After the 2013 election when I lost, it was devastating.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”31″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”34″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n He said the PC Party kept him involved doing various things, and he was enjoying. But there was the pull of him being told he had to run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt just didn\u2019t feel right,\u201d he said. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t good timing for me and my family<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, Wong stepped back, and thus Dan McNaughton ran for the seat as the PC representative in 2017. He lost to incumbent MLA Bill Horne by 65 votes. Horne is not re-offering so that makes the seat wide open for the forthcoming provincial election, whenever that may be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He delved back into work and family life after the election defeat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI was perfectly happy doing that,\u201d said Wong as the wind picked up off Third Lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate group=”6″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”95″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wong said about a year ago he ran into NSPC Leader Tim Houston at the Elmsdale Superstore parking lot. They chatted a bit. He asked Wong if he would ever consider running again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNo way,\u201d recalled Wong was the response he gave to Houston. \u201cThat was it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n When McNaughton decided to not run again, people began asking Wong that he should run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt kind of grew from there,\u201d he said. \u2018When I started envisioning myself as a politician, and the more people I talked to it drove me towards it. I made the decision to run about five weeks ago.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”127″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”123″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wong said his team is meeting on a weekly basis via zoom currently discussing the progress and selling membership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He\u2019s keeping his eye on many things in the community, including the Fall River Turf Field project which he thinks would be good for the community and concerns around the Aerotech Connector in Wellington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMy aspect is to listen to people and then fight for what they need and what they want,\u201d said Wong. \u201cI need to be their voice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The nomination for the candidacy deadline was June 2. Wong and Scott Hope were the only two names to put themselves forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A nomination meeting will be held in the coming weeks to decide the party\u2019s candidate for the riding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate group=”7″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”92″]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [adrotate banner=”105″] [adrotate banner=”126″] WINDSOR JUNCTION: Brian Wong is refreshed and ready to represent the riding of Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank if he is selected as the PC Candidate for the area in an upcoming nomination meeting. 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