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- Al2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 9, 2005

NDP choose candidates for northwest ridings

PROVINCIAL NEW Dem- ocrats have now selected all of their candidates in the

three northwestern ridings -

-. for the May 17 election. Former. teachers’ “ union

head Gary Coons of Prince -

Rupert was chosen to run in the North Coast riding while Hazelton village councillor ‘Doug Donaldson will repre-

sent the party in.the Bulkley “

Valley-Stikine riding.: Both were chosen in bal- loting held at recent nomina- - -tion’meetings. 7 Donaldson defeated three

"other. nominees over’ three .

ballots in a six-hour meeting while Coons achieved a first ‘ballot victory over two other

Doug Donaldson .

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‘nated in the first ballot. Goodacre took the riding

in the 1996 provincial elec-. tion but went down to defeat »

7 .to Liberal Dennis MacKay, ya in the 2001 vote.

MacKay is running . again. “os .Coons and. Donaldson ~

join Terrace social worker —

Robin Austin who was

nominated in January to run-

in the Skeena riding against current Liberal MLA Roger

: Harris. .

Coons said he expects the momentum created by the

federal election victory last —

June of Nathan Cullen for

; | the Skeena-Bulkley seat to to the Liberals as part of that

carry over in May.

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- “What happened to us as a community is we focussed on building on the federal election as a. stepping stone to the provincial. election,” he said. ; There’s been talk of the . Green party — nominating. candidates for the northwest _ but nothing concrete has yet ° materialized.

‘party’s massive win across the province in 2001.

- Donaldson said the north has been neglected -by’ the Liberals, adding that the

_ NDP. is now a “reinvigorat- ed party.”

Former NDP MLA Bill Goodacre also, ran for the: Bulkley. = Valley-Stikine nomination but was elimi-

challengers.

. “The ‘difference between us andthe Liberals is they have the big bucks and we. have the people,” said Coons following his win.

3 He'll go up against’ sit-

~ ting Liberal MLA . Bill *

Belsey. The“ North Coast -

~~ riding has traditionally been’ held by the NDP but shifted

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