March 28, 2011
MayDay 2011: Vote NDP in Edmonton-Strathcona
In the last election, Edmonton-Strathcona’ites somehow bucked the Big Blue trend and voted in the the first NDPer since … I don’t know.
However, it looks like the 2008 election was a bit of a squeaker, with Linda Duncan getting just an extra 400ish votes over her Conservative rival, Rahim Jaffer (who later earned the reputation here as ‘Jaffer the Hutt’).
| NDP | Linda Duncan | 20,076 |
42.54
|
Elected |
| CON | Rahim Jaffer | 19,634 |
41.61
|
|
| LIB | Claudette Roy | 4,288 |
9.09
|
|
| GRN | Jane Thrall | 3,045 |
6.45
|
|
| ML | Kevan Hunter | 147 |
0.31
|
Nearly 15% of the vote went towards the Liberal and Green candidates, so we beg of you in Edmonton-Strathcona to maintain the seat for Linda Duncan of the NDP and to vote … NDP. Even a percentage point or two will make a massive difference when it comes to ensuring that we get Anything But Conservative.