Shock: Newspaper editor Craig Westcott's the federal Conservative candidate in St. John's East. If you want an ox gored, then call Craig. He is best known locally for his criticism of Premier Danny Williams. That criticism earned Westcott some notoriety.
Not: Former auditor general and provincial cabinet minister Beth Marshall is out.
Not: Former provincial New Democratic Party leader Jack Harris will run for the Orange in St. John's East.
Shock: Merv Wiseman, current president of the fur breeders association and former president of the provincial agriculture federation, is running for the federal Conservatives and hammering the Green Shift in his first foray into the media. Wiseman tried for the Provincial Conservative nod in the recent Baie Verte White Bay by-election and lost.
Meanwhile, the president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture is running for the Liberals.
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