Letters: Opportunity for choice in 2015 election

Guest Editorial — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 14:36:43 +0000

Recently I had the honour of being nominated as the Conservative candidate in South Shore- St. Margaret’s.

Being nominated means that my name will be on the ballot as the Conservative Party of Canada’s candidate in the federal election this October.

Since last February I have been connecting with people from across the riding- which runs from Woods Harbour in Shelburne County, all the way to Prospect in Halifax County- asking for their vote to get my name on the ballot.

I would never have had this opportunity to run had it not been for the support from my family, friends, and community. I’m grateful to everyone who helped, and I feel a great responsibility to work hard and show them that supporting me was the right choice.

Although the election is still six months away, you’ll soon begin hearing more - from the media, and from all the candidates- about the important issues we’re facing.

For me, this election presents us with an opportunity to make an important choice:

We can choose the strong, proven leadership of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Or we can take a risk on Justin Trudeau - who's simply not ready for the serious job of Prime Minister.

For my part, I’ll be spending the summer meeting neighbours on the South Shore, and making sure they know what our Conservative government has already accomplished: we’ve lowered taxes, we’ve created jobs, and we’ve protected Canada from Islamic terrorists. And we’ve done all of that while balancing the budget for future generations.

This spring we announced significant new measures to lower taxes for families. We introduced income splitting for couples with children, we increased the Universal Childcare Benefit (UCCB), and we raised the contribution limit for Tax Free Savings Accounts (TFSA).

The Liberal’s have promised to remove each and every one of our most recent measures to lower taxes for families. Income splitting - gone. UCCB - gone. TFSAs - gone.

Only the Conservative Party, led by Prime Minister Harper, can be trusted to keep taxes low and protect our country. In fact, we’re the only Party that can be counted on to oppose an anti-rural carbon tax, or not bring back the long-gun registry.

You’ll be hearing lots more about the choice you have to make in October in the coming months. For now, I’d like to wish all the families on the South Shore an enjoyable and sunny summer. I look forward to meeting you on the campaign trail!

Richard Clark
Conservative MP candidate: South Shore - St, Margaret's

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Timothy Gillespie — Fri, 01 May 2015 15:39:31 +0000

23-year-old Richard Clark won a three-way nomination fight to represent the South Shore-St. Margaret's riding in the October 19 federal election.

Already a ten-year veteran of political campaigning in the area, Clark names current MP Gerald Keddy as his "political mentor."

Clark eased ahead of political veteran and former Queens County PC MLA Kerry Morash and Chester businessman Rick Perkins in three nomination meetings, where more than 600 ballots were cast.

Riding Association president Donna Malone told SCT that she does not know how many votes each candidate won or whether the vote was settled in the first, second or third ballot.

Clark has served as the PC Party of Canada's national outreach co-ordinator and has worked for the party in Ontario.

The young candidate told SCT he was "very pleased" about the nomination and was taking some time "taking it easy."

Asked what he thought of the nomination process, Clark said, "It shows what politics is about - the grass roots."

"I just tried to give poeple a reason to go out and vote," he added.

Gerald Keddy has held the seat since 1997 and announced earlier he would not re-offer.

Clark will face Liberal candidate Bernadette Jordan and NDP candidate Alex Godbold.

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Letters: Opportunity for choice in 2015 election

Tory nomination for young Shelburne County man