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[LJ]

We elected a dead guy???

 

Andrew Wilkinson, Q.C. is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2013 provincial election.Wikipedia

 

Born: 1697, Australia

Died: 1784

Party: British Columbia Liberal Party

[RFS]

Stone or watts would have been better

[jonny]

Watts looked like an unintelligent and embarrassingly unprepared candidate to me in the several pieces I saw of her.

[Rob Randall]

 

We elected a dead guy???

 

Andrew Wilkinson, Q.C. is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2013 provincial election.Wikipedia

 

Born: 1697, Australia

Died: 1784

Party: British Columbia Liberal Party

 

 

Along with sexism and ageism we do not tolerate deadism. If we can have two Bill Bennetts surely we cannot deny Andrew Wilkinson's right to lead the party despite being dead. Dead people have a lot to offer. They remain calm in a tense situation. They don't talk over women or "mansplain". I lie down in support of Andrew Wilkinson.

 

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Andrew Weaver:

 

 

Earlier tonight I sent out a press statement congratulating Mr. Wilkinson on becoming the new leader of the BC Liberal Party. The media release said this:

"Andrew Weaver, leader of the B.C. Green Party, issued the following statement following the announcement that Andrew Wilkinson has been elected leader of the B.C. Liberal Party.

“I extend my sincere congratulations to Andrew on his election as leader of the B.C. Liberal Party,” said Weaver.

"One of our caucus’ key priorities in choosing a confidence and supply agreement over a coalition government was to ensure we could work with both parties to advance our shared priorities in the legislature. I look forward to meeting with Andrew to discuss his priorities for the next legislative session and how we can collaborate on areas of common ground."

It's remarkable that shortly thereafter being anointed leader, Mr. Wilkinson said this to the media:

"My task is to make sure we hold the NDP to account with smart incisive questions that will make their skin crawl"

and

“Our job is to drive the wedge between them [the BC NDP and BC Greens] and make sure they are more and more uncomfortable with each other and get ready for an election...That’s our job.”

All I can say is this. Mr. Wilkinson, your job is to serve the people of British Columbia and not to play political games. Your job is not to act like an "I'm smarter than everyone else in the room" elitist. Your job is to hold government to account for their actions by offering constructive criticism and solutions to issues facing British Columbians. And that is our job as well.

The BC Greens are committed to working with all parties for the betterment of British Columbia. Are you?

 

 

[rjag]

^Oh thats a b!tch slap!!!!

[sdwright.vic]

So... can't we start a new thread?

[VicHockeyFan]

Is someone gonna have to take Andrew Weaver's twitter account away?

[nagel]

I would have preferred Lee. I could have voted for him in a general (indirectly I know). Wilkinson comes across as super arrogant, which is amazing given that he was running against Todd Stone. Best thing to come out of this is now Stone is neutralized.

[rjag]

Surprised it was Wilkinson. He doesnt come across as a people person, he's very smart but if he cant engage with the person on the street then its moot.

 

Agree with Nagel, Lee would have been a good choice. Looks like Horgan can rest easy for the next few years.

[lanforod]

I think Wilkinson had the biggest backing in the BC Liberal base, so it shouldn't really be surprising that he won. I was surprised at some of the names who endorsed him though.

[John M.]

My assumption was that after Lee was eliminated, due to his large support among social conservatives and Asian-Canadians, Watts would pull through. From the beginning though, it seemed like alot of people were saying "Well, between Stone, Wilkinson, and De Jong, there preferences are so tight together that whichever of the three comes first on the first ballot will win" 

[John M.]

https://www.mainstre...tiple-ballots/ 

Also, fun fact: If you look at the Mainstreet poll from January, every candidate ended up on the first ballot within the poll's margin of error, with the exception of Lee. Why? Because if you add ALL of the undecideds to Lee's votes, his support is within the margin of error as well. So, assuming the poll was an accurate representation of the membership (which it seems to be) which happened: 

A) Did almost all the undecided people opt for Lee in the end?

B) Or did the undecideds split as they normally would among various candidates, but at the last minute a large number of other candidate's supporters switched to Lee? 

[jonny]

Surprised it was Wilkinson. He doesnt come across as a people person, he's very smart but if he cant engage with the person on the street then its moot.

Agree with Nagel, Lee would have been a good choice. Looks like Horgan can rest easy for the next few years.

Interesting that both the voting processes for the Cons and BC Libs resulted in those parties electing the wrong leader, IMO.

[VicHockeyFan]

It delivered the leader the way they wanted. The way they had set it up. And the way party members knew in voting.

It’s supppsed to eliminate divides.

[jonny]

I suppose that's true. The process created very safe leaders, which I suppose isn't necessarily bad.

[grantpalin]

Earlier tonight I sent out a press statement congratulating Mr. Wilkinson on becoming the new leader of the BC Liberal Party. The media release said this:

"Andrew Weaver, leader of the B.C. Green Party, issued the following statement following the announcement that Andrew Wilkinson has been elected leader of the B.C. Liberal Party.

“I extend my sincere congratulations to Andrew on his election as leader of the B.C. Liberal Party,” said Weaver.

"One of our caucus’ key priorities in choosing a confidence and supply agreement over a coalition government was to ensure we could work with both parties to advance our shared priorities in the legislature. I look forward to meeting with Andrew to discuss his priorities for the next legislative session and how we can collaborate on areas of common ground."

It's remarkable that shortly thereafter being anointed leader, Mr. Wilkinson said this to the media:

"My task is to make sure we hold the NDP to account with smart incisive questions that will make their skin crawl"

and

“Our job is to drive the wedge between them [the BC NDP and BC Greens] and make sure they are more and more uncomfortable with each other and get ready for an election...That’s our job.”

All I can say is this. Mr. Wilkinson, your job is to serve the people of British Columbia and not to play political games. Your job is not to act like an "I'm smarter than everyone else in the room" elitist. Your job is to hold government to account for their actions by offering constructive criticism and solutions to issues facing British Columbians. And that is our job as well.

The BC Greens are committed to working with all parties for the betterment of British Columbia. Are you?

 

 

That's a very gracious welcome on Weaver's part, and a poor politicking response from Wilkinson. Off to a good start here. /s

[spanky123]

My assumption was that after Lee was eliminated, due to his large support among social conservatives and Asian-Canadians, Watts would pull through. From the beginning though, it seemed like alot of people were saying "Well, between Stone, Wilkinson, and De Jong, there preferences are so tight together that whichever of the three comes first on the first ballot will win" 

 

The opposite. Sad to say but in many cultures woman do not yet enjoy the same status as men. 

Edited by spanky123, 05 February 2018 - 06:46 AM.

[VicHockeyFan]

Well don’t read all that much into her gender. She was also the party outsider so that played into it.

Pakistan had a female prime minister. So did India, in the 80’s.

Edited by VicHockeyFan, 05 February 2018 - 06:56 AM.

[Mike K.]

Have you forgotten about Clark already?

[spanky123]

Well don’t read all that much into her gender. She was also the party outsider so that played into it.

Pakistan had a female prime minister. So did India, in the 80’s.

 

Lee was also an outsider so that can't be the reason. Happy to hear other suggestions as to why the ethnic vote split so heavily for Wilkinson at the last vote.