April 10, 2010

Step 2: Recall

November 15th, marks the start of possible recall campaigns. After this initiative is over, it is expected that citizens will mobilize and concentrate on areas of weak Liberal prominence. During a recall campaign, 40% of all registered voters are required to support the motion. If this is achieved they will be recalled. The following ridings are areas where according to the 2009 election results we could recall the Liberal MLA if we all banded together.

-Abbotsford-Mission (Mining Minister Randy Hawes)
-Abbotsford South (John van Dongen)
-Abbotsford West (Attorney General Mike de Jong)
-Boundary-Similkameen (John Slater)
-Burnaby-Lougheed (Harry Bloy)
-Burnaby North (Richard Lee)
-Cariboo-Chilcotin (Donna Barnett)
-Chilliwack (John Les)
-Chilliwack-Hope (Environment Minister Barry Penner)
-Comox Valley (Don McRae)
-Coquitlam-Burke Mountain (Douglas Horne)
-Kamloops-North Thompson (Terry Lake)
-Kamloops-South Thompson (Tourism Minister Kevin Krueger)
-Kelowna-Lake Country (Norm Letnick)
-Kelowna-Mission (Agriculture Minister Steve Thomson)
-Kootenay East (Community and Rural Development Minister Bill Bennett)
-Langley (Mary Polak)
-Maple Ridge-Mission (Marc Dalton)
-Nechako Lakes (John Rustad)
-North Vancouver-Lonsdale (Intergovernmental Minister Naomi Yamamoto)
-North Vancouver-Seymour (Jane Thornthwaite)
-Oak Bay-Gordon Head (Health Minister Ida Chong)
-Parksville-Qualicum (Ron Cantelon)
-Peace River North (Pat Pimm)
-Penticton (Speaker Bill Barisoff)
-Port Moody-Coquitlam (Small Business Minister Iain Black)
-Prince George-Mackenzie (Forests and Range Minister Pat Bell)
-Prince George-Valemount (Transportation Minister Shirley Bond)
-Richmond East (Linda Reid)
-Saanich North and the Islands (Labour Minister Murray Coell)
-Shuswap (Aboriginal Relations Minister George Abbott)
-Surrey-Panorama (Stephanie Cadieux)
-Surrey-Tynehead (Dave Hayer)
-Vancouver-Fairview (Education Minister Margaret MacDiarmid)
-Vancouver-False Creek (ActNow BC Minister Mary McNeil)
-Vancouver-Fraserview (Kash Heed)
-Vancouver-Langara (Advanced Education Minister Moira Stilwell)
-Vancouver-Point Grey (Premier Gordon Campbell)
-Vernon-Monashee (Eric Foster)
-Westside Kelowna (Ben Stewart)
-West Vancouver-Sea to Sky Highway (Joan McIntyre)

That is quite the list ladies and gentlemen. A full 41 Liberal MLAs could be recalled if we all worked together. Unfortunately, MLAs representing the north would be harder to recall as organizing in rural areas is much more challenging then urban cities.

Apparently, the first recall we are going to attempt it going to be Gordon Campbell's riding of Vancouver-Point Grey. If we could recall him, force a by-election, and win, then his political career would be over. How nice that would be...

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