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First Media Coverage of the Race in Newmarket-Aurora

It looks like Harper is going to see the GG on Sunday at 9am meaning the campaign will officially start this weekend. The Era Banner did a write up today on the race in Newmarket-Aurora and also the race North of us. You can read the article at the link below.
-Darryl

You can expect hard-fought race between Tim Jones, Lois Brown

Regional News

By: Patrick Mangion

With its ethnic diversity and upwardly mobile population, York Region is fertile ground for political parties waiting to make inroads during an election campaign.

The expected call for a federal election will be no exception.

For the Conservative Party — which would love nothing more than a majority win next month — picking up more of York’s seven federal seats is a combination it has yet been unable to crack in Ontario.

Despite wrestling power from successive federal Liberal governments two years ago, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservatives mustered just one win here: Minister of Democratic Reform Peter Van Loan in the York-Simcoe riding.

With little scandal to ratchet up local politicking since the 2006 election, those charged with the task of predicting the will of the Canadian electorate may foresee little change in York Region ridings.

But some intriguing races are already taking shape in the region’s north end.

Newmarket-Aurora Liberal MP Belinda Stronach’s departure will likely divert the national media spotlight elsewhere, but Newmarket-Aurora can still be expected to produce a hard-fought race between Conservative Lois Brown or Liberal Tim Jones.

York-Simcoe, on the other hand, has been won handily by Mr. Van Loan in 2006 and 2004, defeating Liberal candidate Kate Wilson both times.

This time, first-time candidate Liberal Judith Moses will join NDP and Green Party candidates hoping to unseat the incumbent.

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