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No need for brains or strategy to be Tory candidate: party official
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Contributor | Monsieur |
Last Edited | Monsieur Sep 17, 2006 10:06am |
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News Date | Thursday, September 14, 2006 04:05:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | OTTAWA (CP) - Neither intelligence nor political acumen are vital for would-be Conservative candidates, according to a top party official - just don't be tagged a loser.
The blunt assessment was made last fall by Doug Finley, the Tory national campaign chair, as he was embroiled in efforts to oust Alan Riddell as a candidate in the riding of Ottawa South.
Party brass figured Riddell was a sure loser - he'd lost in 2004 - and made it clear in e-mails that they wanted him out.
"Neither IQ level, nor political astuteness are prerequisites to be a candidate - just a citizen over 18 with a reasonable credit record, no serious crime sheet and a surname other than Riddell," Finley wrote in a December e-mail to Ian Brodie, who now is chief of staff to Prime Minister Stephen Harper. |
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