Post by Jim on Jun 1, 2007 13:57:40 GMT -5
Bob Bailey nominated Tory candidate
JACK POIRIER
Local News - Friday, June 01, 2007 @ 16:00
Bob Bailey plans on riding a wave of Tory blue right into the familiar confines of Queen's Park.
It was nearly two decades ago that the campaign manager for former MPP Lorne Henderson took an impromptu seat in the chair of former premier Bill Davis during a visit to Queen's Park.
Last night the former Enniskillen Township councillor took his first step towards occupying an official seat with the provincial government, claiming the Progressive Conservative nomination for Sarnia-Lambton for the upcoming provincial election.
"I'm going to work hard every day to return a Tory MPP to Queen's Park for Sarnia-Lambton," Bailey said.
By the time the votes were counted, only a few dozen tired-eyed voters remained out of more than 400 who began the night at the Euro Can Conference Centre.
Fellow candidates Susan Fentie, Anna Moscardelli and John Vollmar all pledged to support Bailey in his attempt to unseat incumbent Liberal MPP Caroline Di Cocco.
Bailey said it will take everyone's support to reclaim the riding for the Conservatives.
Also, he said he has eight years of Liberal record to fall back on. "I'm going to focus on the (Premier Dalton) McGuinty record," Bailey said.
"This is a campaign that will come down to ideas."
Bailey said Liberal failures on issues like health care, Sarnia's hospital project, funding for Sarnia's antiquated sewer system, the planned closing of Lambton Generating Station as well as McGuinty's controversial health-care tax have area residents demanding change. He pledged to run a clean campaign but said he'll hold Di Cocco accountable for her decisions on key local issues.
As for his own campaign plans, Bailey said he'll begin pounding the pavement this weekend.
The Nova Chemicals contractor currently resides in Petrolia with his wife, Elizabeth. The couple has three children.
Bailey has served on Petrolia's Charlotte Eleanor Englehart hospital board, was chairperson of the United Way and is a member of the Lambton Shrine Club. He's been involved with the Conservative party for the past 30 years, working on the campaigns of several former MPPs, including Henderson, Ken James and Andy Brandt.
JACK POIRIER
Local News - Friday, June 01, 2007 @ 16:00
Bob Bailey plans on riding a wave of Tory blue right into the familiar confines of Queen's Park.
It was nearly two decades ago that the campaign manager for former MPP Lorne Henderson took an impromptu seat in the chair of former premier Bill Davis during a visit to Queen's Park.
Last night the former Enniskillen Township councillor took his first step towards occupying an official seat with the provincial government, claiming the Progressive Conservative nomination for Sarnia-Lambton for the upcoming provincial election.
"I'm going to work hard every day to return a Tory MPP to Queen's Park for Sarnia-Lambton," Bailey said.
By the time the votes were counted, only a few dozen tired-eyed voters remained out of more than 400 who began the night at the Euro Can Conference Centre.
Fellow candidates Susan Fentie, Anna Moscardelli and John Vollmar all pledged to support Bailey in his attempt to unseat incumbent Liberal MPP Caroline Di Cocco.
Bailey said it will take everyone's support to reclaim the riding for the Conservatives.
Also, he said he has eight years of Liberal record to fall back on. "I'm going to focus on the (Premier Dalton) McGuinty record," Bailey said.
"This is a campaign that will come down to ideas."
Bailey said Liberal failures on issues like health care, Sarnia's hospital project, funding for Sarnia's antiquated sewer system, the planned closing of Lambton Generating Station as well as McGuinty's controversial health-care tax have area residents demanding change. He pledged to run a clean campaign but said he'll hold Di Cocco accountable for her decisions on key local issues.
As for his own campaign plans, Bailey said he'll begin pounding the pavement this weekend.
The Nova Chemicals contractor currently resides in Petrolia with his wife, Elizabeth. The couple has three children.
Bailey has served on Petrolia's Charlotte Eleanor Englehart hospital board, was chairperson of the United Way and is a member of the Lambton Shrine Club. He's been involved with the Conservative party for the past 30 years, working on the campaigns of several former MPPs, including Henderson, Ken James and Andy Brandt.