NDP VOTE IN BY-ELECTION DESERVES CLOSE SCRUTINY

The Cartwright L’Anse Au Clair By-Election was supposed to have been a yawn. Given the Tory record in the District, you could hardly blame Dunderdale for calling it as soon as she secured a sacrificial lamb to run for the P.C Party and arranged to be out of Town, when the ballots were counted. 

The by-election might have been a simple affair.  It almost was.  That the Liberals won, (53.5% of the vote), was a forgone conclusion.  But, these pesky NDPers won almost 33% of the vote.  While one should not take anything away from the Liberal’s victory, it would be a serious oversight if one failed to acknowledge the importance of the NDP support, at this time.