Article _ There's big
fish in the west coast Liberal pond
Source: PETER O'NEIL,
Sun Ottawa Bureau Published: Wednesday, November 29, 2006
MONTREAL _ B.C. has rarely been viewed as a rich spawning ground
of key party players coveted by endorsement-seeking leadership candidates.
But with the province emerging in recent years as a key strategic
beachhead in western Canada for the Ontario-centric party, some
top west coast organizers and candidates are now viewed as prized
catches.
Here are the perceived big fish - along with more than a few minnows
-- in the west coast Liberal pond, according to tallies on candidate
websites and the the websites of the perceived top four candidates
- Michael Ignatieff, Bob Rae, Gerard Kennedy and Stephane Dion.
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IGNATEFF-
Betty Aitchinson, Riding President - Kootenay-Columbia
Mindi Cofman, former Finance Chair - Liberal Party
of Canada (British Columbia), former President - British Columbia
Women Liberal Commission.
Adrienne Cousins, Vice President (Policy) - Young
Liberals of Canada (British Columbia)
Sukh Dhaliwal, MP Newton - North Delta
Geoff Fleischer, Former Provincial Director, Young
Liberals of Canada (British Columbia)
Paige Gibson, Secretary - Young Liberals of Canada
(British Columbia)
Dove Hendren, Former President - Liberal Party of
Canada (British Columbia), Former President - British Columbia Women
Liberal Commission, Past President - Vancouver Island North Riding
Association.
Jack Hittrich, Riding President - Newton-North Delta
Marcel Juneau, Riding President - Pitt Meadows-Maple
Ridge-Mission
Grand Chief Doug Kelly, Grand Chief - Sto:lo Tribal
Council
Surjit Kooner, Past Candidate (2006) - Surrey North
Jacques Leger, Riding President - New Westminster-Coquitlam
Patrick Maloney, Former Advisor to the Hedy Fry
Leadership Campaign, Past President - Vancouver Center Riding Association
Keith Martin, MP Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca
Mark Masongsong, Vice President (External Affairs)
- Young Liberals of Canada (British Columbia)
Jim McMurtry, Past Candidate (2006) - South Surrey-White
Rock-Cloverdale
David Oliver, Past Candidate (2006) – Abbotsford
Stephen Owen, MP Vancouver Quadra, former cabinet
minister
Al Payne, Executive Director - Newton-North Delta
Riding Association
Ross Priest, Mayor of Cranbrook, Past Candidate
(2004) - Kootenay-Columbia
Mary Pynenburg, Past Candidate (2006) - Burnaby-New
Westminster
Kim Richter, Councilor - Township of Langley, Past
Candidate (2004) – Langley
Myra Sweeney, Past Candidate (2006) - 2006 Chilliwack-Fraser
Canyon
Jason Walker, Riding President - Esquimalt Juan
de Fuca
Patricia Whittaker, Past Candidate (2006) - Delta-Richmond
East
Blair Wilson, MP, West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea
to Sky Country
Bennie Yung, Membership Chair - Liberal Party of
Canada (British Columbia)
-RAE-
Senator Jack Austin
Manjit Bal - President, Vancouver South Riding Association.
Bill Brooks - Liberal Party candidate for the riding
of Langley
May Brown - Former city councillor, Vancouver
Herb Dhaliwal - Former Liberal Party MP for Vancouver
South, Minister of Revenue, Minister of Natural Resources, Minister
of Fisheries and Oceans
Ujjal Dosanjh -Liberal Party MP, Vancouver South,
former Minister of Health, former premier of B.C
Hedy Fry -MP Vancouver Centre
David Gray - President, Mill & Timber Products
Ltd.
Dave Haggard -Former Liberal Party candidate, former
president, Industrial, Wood and Allied Workers of Canada (IWA).
Senator Mobina Jaffer, Q.C.
Mason Loh Q.C. -Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine
(Hon.), community leader.
Mike McDonald -Founder, Rosedeer Strategies Inc.,
long-time Liberal organizer
Pamela McDonald -Senior Director, Public Affairs,
Telus, former B.C. advisor to Jean Chretien.
Rob Mingay - Vancouver Business Owner and former
Press Secretary to Ed Broadbent.
Mietta Pagella - Sidney, B.C
Clark Roberts - Liberal Party Candidate, 1997, Saanich-Gulf
Islands.
Patty Sahota - Former B.C. Minister of State
Brian Scott - Former Liberal Party candidate, Nanaimo-Cowichan.
Alan Shuster - Executive Vice President, Corporate
Affairs, Blast Radius.
Bernie Simpson - MLA, 1991-1996, Vancouver-Fraserview.
Clive Tanner - MLA, 1991-1996, Saanich North and
the Islands.
-KENNEDY-
Raymond Chan, MP, Richmond
Larry Campbell, Senator
Sterling Campbell, Former Ontario Liberal MPP, Riding
President, Vancouver Island North
Craig Munroe, Riding President, Vancouver Quadra
Parveen Sandur, Riding President, Okanagan - Coquihalla
Tar Bing, Riding President, Nanaimo Alberni
Gurdev Dhillon, Riding President, Burnaby New Westminster
G Stephen Kukucha, Campaign Director, British Columbia
(1997), Executive Director - BC Minister's
Regional Office, Senior Policy Advisor, Minister of Environment
Greg Elzinga, president of the Vancouver Centre
Liberal Electoral District Association
Gurbax Saini, Past Candidate, Cariboo- Prince George
Dale Flood, Former LPCBC Executive Director
Bruce Young, Former Senior Advisor (British Columbia),
Office of the Prime Minister
Thomas Marshall, former Outreach Director, LPCBC
Jim Mitchell, Past Candidate, Vancouver Island North
Chanchal Bal - Gerard Kennedy Co-Chair BC
Coco Lefoka, YLCBC President
Jen Hatton, Gerard Kennedy Co-Chair BC
David Brodie, Former Senior Special Assistant (Northern
and Western Canada), Office of the Prime Minister
Kuldip Singh Jhand, LPCBC Nominations Chair
Cameron St. John, LPCBC Policy Chair
Braeden Caley, VP Internal of the Young Liberals
of Canada (BC)
Dean Crawford, Former Senior Advisor, Office of
the Minister of Justice
Jatinder Sidhu, Riding President - Abbotsford, Past
candidate - Dewdney Alouette
Prem Vinning - Past Candidate, Surrey North
Steve Vander Wal, former Senior Advisor to the Federal
Environment Minister and
Former Senior Advisor to the B.C. Minister of Health
Justyna Jonca, former Senior Advisor to the Leader
of the Government in the Senate
Tex Enemark - former federal Liberal candidate,
Vancouver Centre
Ian McKay - former Senior Policy Advisor, Minister
of Industry
Doug Leung, Federal Liberal Campaign Manager, Vancouver
Quadra (2000, 2004 & 2006)
James Hatton, Secretary, LPCBC
Neil Sweeney, former Legislative Assistant to the
Federal Minister of Finance and former Deputy
Chief of Staff to the Premier of BC
Mike Brooks, former director of Liberal Caucus Research,
Victoria
Bud Hoffard, Riding President, Richmond
Ivan Curman, Riding President, Vancouver-Kingsway
Marcel Juneau, Riding President, Pitt Meadows- Maple
Ridge- Mission
Shannon Salter, LPCBC Communications Chair
Blanche Juneau, Past Candidate, Pitt Meadows- Maple
Ridge- Mission
Shelby Caravetta, VP Services of the Young Liberals
of Canada (BC)
Scott Ross, President of the UBC-Okanagan Young
Liberals
Taylor Biggs, President of the UBC Young Liberals
Sana Shahram, Past President, UBC Young Liberals
Shasta Benhaim, VP Internal, UBC Young Liberals
Laura Holvor, VP Communications, UBC Young Liberals
Adam Trombley, VP Finance of the Young Liberals
of Canada (BC) and Past President, U of Victoria Young Liberals
Matt Stickney, VP Finance, UBC Young Liberals
Brent O'Connor, VP, UBC Young Liberals
Angela Crimeni, VP Membership, UBC Young Liberals
Rajinder Sandhu, VP Membership, Young Liberals of
Canada (BC) and President, SFU Burnaby Young Liberals
Aadil Jesani, President, SFU Harbour Centre Young Liberals
Kam Kaila, President, SFU Surrey Young Liberals
-DION-
Jivan Basra, BC Dion Campaign Co-Chair
Doug Beaton, former LPCBC Executive Director
Nathan Bauder, past candidate, Prince George-Peace
River
Marlene Brayne, Nominations Co-chair 2004 BC Election
Campaign
Denise Brunsdon, former YLC National Director
Kevin Chalmers, Past Chair, De-Elect Emerson Committee
Bruce Clark, LPCBC Finance Chair
Sue Cooper, former LPCBC Organization Chair
Bill Cunningham, LPCBC Past President
Ivan Curman, President, Vancouver – Kingsway
Rod Drennan, President, Okanagan – Shuswap
Jamie Elmhirst, LPCBC President - Jamie Elmhirst,
President Liberal Party of Canada (BC)
Bob Fearnley, City Councillor, North Vancouver
Kathy Fergeson, former head of BC Nurses Union
Chris Greer, President, UVic Campus Club
Keith Henry, past candidate, Pitt Meadows - Maple
Ridge – Mission
Forrest Parlee, Former President, YLCBC
Gordon Stamp-Vincent, past candidate, Skeena - Bulkley
Valley
Daniel Lee, President, Vancouver East
Sabrina Loiacono, VP Finance, Young Liberals of
Canada
Maureen Lyons, Former President LPCBC
Karn Manhas, former BC MLA
Senator Len Marchand
Mark Marissen, BC Campaign Co-Chair 2004 & 2006
Bruce Martindale, President, Skeena - Bulkley Valley
Adam Miron, President, Thompson Rivers University
Campus Club
David Mulroney, past candidate, Victoria
Bert Paul, Federal Liberal Agency
David Perry, past candidate, Okanagan – Coquihalla
Andrew Philips, Youth Chair Burnaby-Douglas
Lorne Phipps, former YLCBC President
Meghan Pritchard, former YLCBC Provincial Director
Ann Tautz, former LPCBC Secretary
Lou Salley, key BC Chrétien Leadership organizer
Jagdeep Sanghara, former LPCBC Membership Chair
Don Silversides, former LPCBC Vice President
Doug Symons, former BC MLA
Roop Virk, former LPCBC Policy Chair
Joel Whittemore, former LPCBC Treasurer
Ann Wicks, former Senior Advisor to Minister of
the Environment
Mike Witherly, former BC advisor, Office of the
Prime Minister
Rhoda Witherly, former candidate, Skeena
Anthony Wittrock, Youth Chair Fleetwood-Port Kells
Simon Yu, past candidate, Cariboo-Prince George
Adam Tromblay, Young Liberal executive member
Ginger Gosnell-Myers, National Aboriginal Peoples
Commission
Cathy Ferguson, Former President B.C. Nurses Union
Peter Yung, President Burnaby Douglas riding association
Eugene Hodgson, Vice President, Sea Breeze Power
Corp.
Jim Stewart, 2006 Candidate in Nanaimo-AlberniI
Bill Profili, Candidate in BC Southern Interior
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