Vancouver Quadra By-election: Who do I vote for?
By samanthaorwell on March 11, 2008 - 11:05pm
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http://thevancouvermanifesto.blogspot.com/2008/03/vancouver-quadra-by-el...
Yes, I live in Vancouver Quadra and I do plan to vote on March 17, 2008.
Now I have only been a serous voter for a few years now. I'll be honest, I used to know zero politics and I really never used to care. But I'm getting used to being serious about my civic duties as I get older. I don't know who's bright idea it was to let me vote when I was 18. I seriously didn't deserve it. I basically picked the best, or funniest, name on the ballot and went with it. Yeah, that's right..I voted based on name. For example, in the last civic election I voted for Loretta Woodcock. Come on, Woodcock? How could I NOT vote for her if all I do is go by name? That's a funny name. I also was willing to vote for unnecessary long names or names I had no hope in pronouncing. Good times..
But those times are over. I'm taking my elections seriously. No more Woodcock. Wood... cock.
Ok, get over it. Let's put my serious face on.
So I'll give you a breakdown of Vancouver Quadra, info care of CBC http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes/riding/302
-Bound by Arbutus St., 16th Ave., Oak St., 41st Ave. and Granville Street, and UBC
-6th Wealthiest riding in Canada
-2001 Census found that 36% were immigrants (largest proportion Chinese)
-39% Hold a university degree (because we're rich and Chinese..)
-We have UBC included- good and bad- students who live on campus often don't know how get counted on the vote so I think the vote may be skewed to the conservative side a little.
-Liberals always win (Conservatives haven't touched this riding since 1949)
I think I may have voted Liberal last time.. I don't remember.
I think there's a study out there that a resounding proportion vote the way their parents did.
I KNOW there's a study out there that says that people use the same banks that their parents did. Related? Maybe, maybe not. I don't care. Point is that we are more like our parents than we care to admit.
Anyhow, back on topic. These are the candidates that are vying for Stephen Owen's spot:
Liberal -Joyce Murray http://www.joycemurray.com/
Conservative -Deborah Meredith http://www.deborahmeredith.ca/
NDP -Rebecca Coad http://www.rebeccacoad.ca/
Green -Dan Grice http://www.dangrice.com/
Cdn Action Party -Psamuel Frank can't find a website
Neorhino.ca -John Turner http://www.neorhino.ca/splash.html
(Successor of Rhinoceros Party)
Now this isn't a post on each of the candidates so I'm just going to evaluate my decision on the platforms that I can truly vote for, which includes Liberal, NDP and Green.
Finish Reading here:
http://thevancouvermanifesto.blogspot.com/2008/03/vancouver-quadra-by-el...
Samantha, you sweet thing, you - This is totally off-topic, but the name Woodcock is
also the name of a bird which used to be hunted like partridges, grouse, or pheasants
for a limited time each autumn. Maybe they still are, I don't know for sure.
I quit buying an annual hunting license about 50 years ago, so I'm not up on that stuff now.
ThankU for voting 4 me in 2000. I didn't get elected federally that year however I did get elected to the Vancouver Park Board in 2002. Apparently a lot of voters liked my name when they re-elected me.Perhaps because these birds live in wooded areas or hopefully that residents liked the work I did looking after their parks beaches + community.centres. In any event I look forward 2 the support of bird lovers in and watchful residents in this november's municipal elections. Loretta Woodcock
I'll be voting for the NDP. Young people often talk about how irrelevant politics is because its just old, white men running the show. But here we have a chance to elect a young, vibrant woman, so I think we should grasp this opportunity and run with it. As for the liberal, she doesn't seem credible after her single term in the bc liberal government, seems like shes a career politician.
Aren't they all ?
Nikita Khrushchev said: "Politicians are the same all over. They promise to
build bridges even where there are no rivers."
George Bernard Shaw said: "Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many
for appointment by the corrupt few."
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