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from the CBC

P.E.I.’s Liberal party cruised to a surprisingly easy victory in Monday’s provincial election.

The Liberals earned 52.9 per cent of the vote and 23 of the province’s 27 districts, compared with 41.4 per cent of the vote and four seats for the Progressive Conservatives.

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From Democratic Space.com

Even with the Liberals not running a candidate in Central Nova, there are many who question whether Green Party leader Elizabeth May can defeat Conservative incumbent Peter MacKay. People typically look at previous results and see the Greens so far back that they discount the possibility that May could actually win. People would be wise to re-think that position. I, for one, think it’s certainly possible for the Greens to win.

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From the Chronicle Herald

By PAUL PICKREM

The Green Party of Nova Scotia has its second leader in just over a year.

At the party’s second annual convention, held this weekend in the Annapolis Valley, Ken McGowan won the nod to succeed outgoing leader Nick Wright, who is leaving the province to pursue a career in law.

Mr. McGowan, a Cow Bay entrepreneur and Green party organizer, received 52 percent of the vote. Community activist Ellen Durkee of Middle Stewiacke tallied 33 percent of the vote and Masstown farmer Aaron Eisses got fifteen percent.

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JANE TABER

From the Globe and Mail

OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion, who has vowed to run a positive campaign, has made a deal with Green Party Leader Elizabeth May not to run a candidate against her in the next election, senior Liberals say.In return, Ms. May will not run a candidate against Mr. Dion in his Montreal riding. It appears that Ms. May has negotiated the better deal, because Mr. Dion’s decision considerably improves her chances of beating — and embarrassing — one of the Conservatives’ most high-profile ministers, Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay.

Ms. May announced last month that she would run in the Nova Scotia riding of Central Nova against Mr. MacKay, who has held the seat since 1997. His father, Elmer, also represented the riding and served as a minister in Brian Mulroney’s government.

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