Election 2015: Candidates respond to election call – Campbell River Mirror

Aug 6, 2015

Local candidates for federal office in the Oct. 19 election may have been caught by surprise last when Prime Minister Stephen Harper dissolved parliament to kick off the campaign ahead of schedule.

That doesn’t mean they were caught unprepared.

“I’ve been knocking on doors since January,” Liberal Party candidate Peter Schwarzhoff said. “And my phone has started ringing with calls from people who had already volunteered to work with the campaign. It just means we can start doing phone calls now.”

Campbell River and other North Island residents will have a new MP in the next sitting of parliament, even though Conservative MP John Duncan will be running for re-election.

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