Incumbent member of the House of Assembly John Dinn is facing at least one challenger for the Tory nomination for this fall’s general election.
Maryann Fleming dropped a small handbill in doors throughout the district late last week. She’s touting her community leadership “passionate” advocacy” and the fact she has been “a power motivating force for change.” The link is to Fleming’s website. She’s also got a blog.
John Dinn should be safe, but the fact there is a challenge gives some weight to rumblings that Tories in the Goulds portion of the district are unhappy with his low profile approach.
Dinn dropped a householder as well last week. It plays up all the pork he’s supposedly brought to the district.
Two things stand out. First, neither of these candidates mentions current Premier Kathy Dunderdale anywhere in their literature.
Second, Dinn’s focus is almost exclusively on things that are most definitely not the responsibility of the provincial government. Sidewalks, community centres, water and sewer services? If you didn’t know better, you’d swear that Dinn was just another city councilor looking for re-election.
Don’t forget that the Kilbride district Tory association is violating the party constitution by opening nominations to any eligible voter in the district. They could also be breaking the provincial electoral laws if they are using voters lists prepared by the provincial electoral office to run the party nomination. Someone should check that out to make sure everything is square.
The nomination is this Tuesday at three locations designed to favour the Goulds and Southlands portions of the district.
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