Tuesday, July 19, 2005

 

The dog days of a political summer

The summer recess for the House of Commons has political junkies (of which I may be one) without the daily fix. In the absence of MPs in Ottawa there are some interesting polls being conducted - some legitimate and others just plain goofy.

There is a weblog running a contest to select The Ultimate Hottest Canadian MP Besides Ken Dryden. The field of 16 has been whittled down to 4 and the voting closes on July 25.

The finalists are:

Rona Ambrose / Conservative Alberta
Ruby Dhalla / Liberal Ontario
Helena Guergis / Conservative Ontario
Tom Lukiwski / Conservative Saskatchewan

Don't worry the field of 16 was heavily dominated by males so there can be few accusations about chauvinism. The NDP and Bloc didn't have a single MP nominated, ouch. Sadly, the federal NDP can't even win beauty pageant votes.

Vote here.

# posted by Shaky @ 11:40 p.m.
Comments:
The reason the NDP don't have anyone in the finals is because they are the oldest and whitest party with the Bloc coming in close behind.

This is where the CPC youth wing excels (something like 20 elected under 40), except that the CPC allows their youth to run and get elected until the Liberal youth wing which sits at the kiddie table.

Keith
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : 12:45 p.m.
 
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