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Originally Posted by wags_in_the_peg
Holy Crap, this is breaking news!
Manitoba finance minister quits for federal run. He said he will resign his legislature seat in the near future and seek the federal Conservative nomination in the riding of Portage-Lisgar. member of Parliament Candice Bergen, who currently holds the seat, announced in the fall she would not seek re-election.
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Good move all around. He will win Portage - Lisgard easily federally and regardless of who runs provincially in Morden - Winkler, the conservative candidate will win. In the last elections the PCs recieved 8 times the votes of their nearest competitor here.