Tories spend thousands in court fight to preserve MP Rob Anders’ nomination
by James Stevenson, The Brooks Bulletin
CALGARY (CP) - The Conservative Party of Canada is on the verge of winning an ugly, expensive fight with its own members in an upscale Calgary riding as MP Rob Anders heads toward his second acclamation in less than a year.
An unprecedented move by the party’s national council to deny voting rights to new members in Calgary West is curtailing any potential challenges to Anders in a court-ordered second nomination battle.
“The secret, as everyone knows, to winning a nomination is to be able to sell your supporters memberships and get them out to vote,” said John Knox, one of 11 disgruntled Tories who have fought the party’s unwavering loyalty to Anders from courtroom to courtroom since last August.
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