Federal Conservative Party leadership hopeful Kevin O91裸聊视频橪eary is coming to Kelowna to try and sway those eligible to vote in next month91裸聊视频檚 leadership vote.
O91裸聊视频橪eary, a high-profile businessman with no political experience, will appear Saturday morning at the Coast Capri Hotel to speak with party members only. The meeting is not open to the public and only card-carrying members of the Conservative Party will be allowed in, say organizers.
Organizers have also said they plan to only invite selected members of the local media.
O91裸聊视频橪eary is the third Conservative leadership candidate to visit Kelowna, following Andrew Saxton last week and Lisa Raitt a few weeks ago. They also met with party members.
Fourteen men and women are vying to replace former leader Stephen Harper, who resigned following the Conservatives defeat in last October91裸聊视频檚 federal election.
Recently O91裸聊视频橪eary complained publicly all Conservative Party members are not getting the opportunity to hear from each leadership candidate because an updated list of eligible party members had not been circulated by the the party despite the cut off for voting eligibility occurring three weeks ago.
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Party members eligible to vote will get their ballots next week. The election is May 27.
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Ken Lang, president of the Kelowna-Lake Country Conservative Party riding association, said he has seen a huge increase in memberships here91裸聊视频攁s has the party across the country91裸聊视频攁s a result of the leadership campaign.
While declining to release either the new number or how many members the riding association had prior to the leadership campaign, he described the increase as an 91裸聊视频渆xplosion.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淚t has been absolutely crazy,91裸聊视频� said Lang.
Despite that, the lengthy Conservative leadership campaign has been a low-key affair, failing to catch fire with the general public.
O91裸聊视频橪eary entered the race late and has skipped several of the all-candidates debates that have been held across the country.
Locally, Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola MP Dan Albas, whose riding includes West Kelowna and part of downtown Kelowna, has thrown his support behind another candidate, Quebec MP and former Conservative cabinet minister Maxime Bernier. Albas is Bernier91裸聊视频檚 campaign co-chairman in B.C.
