The following updates have been inserted on the candidates page:
John van Dongen switches from BC Conservatives to an Independent;
The BC Greens are nominating Aird Flavelle in Abbotsford-Mission (I am assuming acclimation);
The NDP have nominated Norma Blissett in Kootenay East;
The BC Liberals have nominated Nick Facey in North Island;
The BC Greens are nominating Andrew Weaver in Oak Bay-Gordon Head (I am assuming acclimation);
The BC Liberals have nominated Carol LeClerc in Skeena;
The NDP have nominated George Chow in Vancouver-Langara;
The BC Conservatives are nominating Scott Anderson in Vernon-Monashee (I am assuming acclimation);
Candidate counts:
BC Liberals – 37 (incumbents: 31)
BC NDP – 59 (incumbents: 32)
BC Greens – 3
BC Conservatives – 2
Other – 4 (incumbents: 3)
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Scott
October 8, 2012 at 7:20 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
ac·cli·ma·tion noun \ˌa-klə-ˈmā-shən, -ˌklī-\
Definition of ACCLIMATION
: the process or result of acclimating; especially : physiological adjustment by an organism to environmental change
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ac·cla·ma·tion (kl-mshn)
n.
1. A shout or salute of enthusiastic approval.
2. An oral vote, especially an enthusiastic vote of approval taken without formal ballot: a motion passed by acclamation.
Sacha Peter
October 8, 2012 at 9:08 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Dear Scott,
Thank you for your due diligence. The spelling might be correct, but as you have so sharply pointed out, the word isn’t! I think I’ll leave it up there just as an embarrassment to my own English-as-a-first-language skills (or lack thereof).
Scott
October 8, 2012 at 12:41 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
No problem at all…I just happen to be a wordsmith of sorts by trade so it jumped out at me!
Bernard von Schulmann
October 10, 2012 at 12:03 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
The BC Conservatives have Christine Clark down as candidate again for Port Moody Coquitlam
Trevor Ritchie
October 14, 2012 at 2:10 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Jane Shin nominated earlier today for the BC NDP in Burnaby-Lougheed.
Sacha Peter
October 14, 2012 at 7:14 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
List has been updated. Thanks. I usually sweep the parties once a week for any new nomination announcements.