Aaron Gunn, Abgeordneter von North Island-Powell River, lehnt die Kandidatur der Konservativen in British Columbia ab
North Island–Powell River MP Aaron Gunn declines B.C. Conservative leadership run
Aaron Gunn, Abgeordneter von North Island-Powell River, lehnt die Kandidatur der Konservativen in British Columbia ab
North Island–Powell River MP Aaron Gunn declines B.C. Conservative leadership run
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This is big news, the polling indicated that he would have been a shoo-in for the B.C. Conservative leadership.
I’m thinking he got *very* negative feedback from people on abandoning his MP job after only a few months. Also a lot of people are under the impression the Liberals would get a majority if he quit – his seat was fairly close in April (though the NDP came second).
Yesterday on the 338 podcast this seat was specifically identified as one that may have fallen to the NDP depending on the leadership race outcome, as they had previously held it. That dynamic might have been a contributing factor in Gunn’s decision.
Seems like fairly good news for the federal Conservatives, a byelection in North Island Powell River would have been quite challenging, though they’d probably still be favoured.
It would have been better for Gunn personally to run, since he would have won the leadership and Eby is very vulnerable. Now he’s going to have a tough re-election bid whenever the next general election is.
At least we’ll have an interesting leadership race now that the frontrunner is out
Wow, I am very surprised to hear that, Gunn had a clear path to being the Premier of B.C.
Seems like a waste since the floor-crossings seem inevitable at this point, and the seat would probably go NDP if the CPC didnt win.
Christmas Miracle tbh. No liberal majority. The Gunn is unloaded. Now the race is which liberal takes over the party. And Gunn continues to be a useless MP benchwarmer for Tanille Johnston.
It’s seriously laughable whenever someone like this tries to pretend that he cares about higher principles than personal ambitions. He might as well have just thrown in he „wants to spend time with his family“ while he’s at it. I would have thought he’d have a serious shot at becoming leader of the BC Conservatives, and with the fallout from the Cowichan case Eby is in rockier waters a really good shot at becoming premier rather. The alternative is an opposition MP in a likely Liberal majority government for at least the next few years, possibly with a new Conservative leader. With a resurgent NDP and/or a weakened Liberals, he probably loses re-election in North Island/Powell River.
It seems like a poor political calculation. So either he’s had it with electoral politics period (in which case he’s telling the truth), or he has some bad internal polling in BC, or Poilievre has promised him a place in cabinet or something should he win the next election.
I don’t know why so many here think his seat would flip to Liberals in a by-election. This is an NDP-CPC swing riding. North Vancouver island is not friendly to the Liberals at all. The losing NDP candidate from the last election (Tanille Johnston) is running a very long shot campaign for the NDP leadership. I think she built enough profile from her leadership campaign to give herself a very good chance to win that riding in the future.