Winnipeg Conservative MP Shelly Glover won't seek re-election

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Fri, 2015-04-03 15:39

Debater

St. Boniface MP stepping away from politics after next election to resume Winnipeg police work

Apr 03, 2015

Senior cabinet minister Shelly Glover of Manitoba won't seek re-election to the House of Commons in the next federal election, and will resume her role as a police officer in Winnipeg.

The 48-year-old Conservative MP made the announcement Friday afternoon, saying she is proud of all that she has accomplished since leaving the force to enter politics.

"While I am proud of this record and the time I spent in Ottawa, it is time to return to my previous life," said Glover, who was first elected to the House of Commons in 2008.

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-conservative-mp-shelly-g...

Fri, 2015-04-03 15:46

josh

Could be a Liberal pickup.

Fri, 2015-04-03 15:53

Debater

I was a bit skeptical of yesterday's EKOS poll showing LPC a close 2nd to CPC in Manitoba, but perhaps those numbers are accurate afterall and Glover herself has access to internal CPC numbers for the Winnipeg area showing LPC ahead in places like Saint Boniface, Winnipeg South Centre, etc?

Fri, 2015-04-03 22:40

Pierre C yr

Now Christian Paradis is also quitting? 2 ministers in one fell swoop.

Sat, 2015-04-04 00:06

Debater

Probably the reason why the announcements were both made on Good Friday holiday weekend.

CPC doesn't want the public to pay too much attention to so many cabinet ministers departing. This latest set comes soon after John Baird's exit.

Sat, 2015-04-04 00:29

jjuares

Debater wrote:

I was a bit skeptical of yesterday's EKOS poll showing LPC a close 2nd to CPC in Manitoba, but perhaps those numbers are accurate afterall and Glover herself has access to internal CPC numbers for the Winnipeg area showing LPC ahead in places like Saint Boniface, Winnipeg South Centre, etc?

Unlikely the CPC is doing city polls 6 months away from an election.

Sat, 2015-04-04 02:45

Centrist

jjuares wrote:
Unlikely the CPC is doing city polls 6 months away from an election.

Au contraire. Confirmed here in BC that both the fed Libs and Greens are conducting internal riding polls all over BC. Some have been reported. Same with the Cons and NDP. Normal political practice.

Sat, 2015-04-04 07:26

jjuares

Centrist wrote:

jjuares wrote:
Unlikely the CPC is doing city polls 6 months away from an election.

Au contraire. Confirmed here in BC that both the fed Libs and Greens are conducting internal riding polls all over BC. Some have been reported. Same with the Cons and NDP. Normal political practice.

Well I guess if they have the funds.

Sat, 2015-04-04 07:37

Debater

The Conservatives probably do the most polling. They have the largest amount of $$.

Btw, last week Jéan-Francois Fortin & Forces et Démocratie released a poll they did in his riding showing him way ahead. (Avignon-La Mitis-Matane-Matapédia).

Although as Eric Grénier and other analysts said, it probably overestimates his support since it was an F&D poll that asked leading questions.

Sun, 2015-04-05 02:26

#10

Debater

A Conservative source wouldn’t rule out the possibility of more departures, pointing to the crop of MPs elected in 1997 or 2000 as those most likely to consider calling it quits.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/two-federal-cabinet-ministe...

Sun, 2015-04-05 03:01

#11

NorthReport

Every election some MPs step down. So what!

There's nothing to see here.

The problem for the Liberals is that they haven't caught Harper in a scandal like the Liberals were caught in the Sponsorship scandal.

Sun, 2015-04-05 13:07

#12

quizzical

oh sure there's a scandal just as big it just isn't being reported on endlessly.

Sun, 2015-04-05 13:57

#13

Sean in Ottawa

What's the scandal with retirements?

Sun, 2015-04-05 14:35

#14

Debater

I don't think anyone said there's a 'scandal'.

But North Report seems to want to deflect attention away from the growing list of CPC MP's & Ministers who are retiring.

What's unusual about these retirements is that all of the CPC retirements since January 2015 are people who had been re-nominated and had committed to running again.

Back at the time of the last cabinet shuffle, Harper had asked any CPC MP's who were planning to retire to make their intentions known so that he could plan ahead and replace them with new people for the next election.

But since the start of 2015 there have been about half a dozen CPC MP's who had committed to running again who suddenly decided to pack it in.

1. Randy Kamp

2. Joy Smith

3. Rod Bruinooge

4. John Baird

5. Shelly Glover

6. Christian Paradis

The last 3 are creating particular talk amongst journalists because they are cabinet ministers who had agreed to run in the next election.

Sun, 2015-04-05 15:39

#15

Sean in Ottawa

No, North Report is saying this is not a big deal. And it isn't.

Any time you have a party that has been in government for a long time and is about to fight a difficult election with a better than even chance that they could lose government, some long standing people who built up the success of the party will decide it is time to move on and let others carry the torch. This is a good time to get out on top, seek other positions while they are young enough. These conservatives worked for over a decade to get a majority and they did. What is next?

This realization will happen over time in discussions. They will think of their aspirations and what they hope from the next election and start to wonder what new they could have.

For the Cosnervatives, this might be an even greater feeling. They see their campaign as one against government, their responsibility in power to hold back government. They do not dream of new things government can do. It is not surprising, from their persepctive that they woudl want to do something else -- or that they come to this realization as they get closer to what is looking more and more like a more difficult campaign than they may have hoped it would be some time ago.

Sun, 2015-04-05 16:09

#16

jjuares

Debater wrote:

I don't think anyone said there's a 'scandal'.

But North Report seems to want to deflect attention away from the growing list of CPC MP's & Ministers who are retiring.

What's unusual about these retirements is that all of the CPC retirements since January 2015 are people who had been re-nominated and had committed to running again.

Back at the time of the last cabinet shuffle, Harper had asked any CPC MP's who were planning to retire to make their intentions known so that he could plan ahead and replace them with new people for the next election.

But since the start of 2015 there have been about half a dozen CPC MP's who had committed to running again who suddenly decided to pack it in.

1. Randy Kamp

2. Joy Smith

3. Rod Bruinooge

4. John Baird

5. Shelly Glover

6. Christian Paradis

The last 3 are creating particular talk amongst journalists because they are cabinet ministers who had agreed to run in the next election.

The last three are also eligible for a pretty good pension. If they stayed their pension contributions would go from 11000 to 39000 year by 2017. Which of course amounts to a decrease in their take home pay. And of course in the case of Baird he seems to already have secured some well paying private sector gigs. I don't know what motivates these people to walk away from politics but it suspect they will all do better financially by retiring.

Sun, 2015-04-05 21:38

#17

Debater

Sean in Ottawa wrote:

No, North Report is saying this is not a big deal. And it isn't.

I think you're missing the point.

Nobody is saying that it's unusual for there to be normal turnover in an election cycle. That's why most people in the press and other parties didn't think anything much of the first batch of CPC MP's who announced their retirements.

However, what's unusual is that there are now an additional group of CPC MP's (& Ministers) retiring that had originally committed to running again and who had been re-nominated. And there have been 3 cabinet ministers within the past month or so who have announced their departures.

And as some in the press said this weekend, why do you think the Conservatives chose to announce these departures on Good Friday, when they thought not as many people would notice?

Sun, 2015-04-05 22:30

#18

Sean in Ottawa

Debater wrote:

Sean in Ottawa wrote:

No, North Report is saying this is not a big deal. And it isn't.

I think you're missing the point.

Nobody is saying that it's unusual for there to be normal turnover in an election cycle. That's why most people in the press and other parties didn't think anything much of the first batch of CPC MP's who announced their retirements.

However, what's unusual is that there are now an additional group of CPC MP's (& Ministers) retiring that had originally committed to running again and who had been re-nominated. And there have been 3 cabinet ministers within the past month or so who have announced their departures.

And as some in the press said this weekend, why do you think the Conservatives chose to announce these departures on Good Friday, when they thought not as many people would notice?

Come on Debater. It is clear I see the point. I just don't agree. I have provided an explanation for why they would have more calling it quits now.

Sun, 2015-04-05 22:34

#19

Aristotleded24

Since Dan Vandal is no longer facing an incumbent, given his record of service on Winnipeg City Council and the relative popularity of the Liberals and NDP, I'd say he has a much larger chance of taking the seat.

Tue, 2015-04-07 02:29

#20

Debater

Sean in Ottawa wrote:

Come on Debater. It is clear I see the point. I just don't agree. I have provided an explanation for why they would have more calling it quits now.

New Democratic Party MP Alexandre Boulerice pointed to the departures as a sign of trouble for the Conservative Party.

"Now with Mr. Paradis and Ms Glover leaving, it's a team that is weakened, and the sign of a government that's a bit exhausted," he said.

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/04/03/two-federal-cabinet-minis_n_7001...

Tue, 2015-04-07 06:58

#21

Sean in Ottawa

Debater wrote:

Sean in Ottawa wrote:

Come on Debater. It is clear I see the point. I just don't agree. I have provided an explanation for why they would have more calling it quits now.

New Democratic Party MP Alexandre Boulerice pointed to the departures as a sign of trouble for the Conservative Party.

"Now with Mr. Paradis and Ms Glover leaving, it's a team that is weakened, and the sign of a government that's a bit exhausted," he said.

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/04/03/two-federal-cabinet-minis_n_7001...

Boulerice is trying to make the point I have said -- government long in the tooth with hard election coming up -- and we are getting turnover. That does not mean there is a scandal or any other reason. I think turnover in this circumstance would be normal.