The federal election was on Monday and Dan Mazier won the vote of the Dauphin-Swan River-Neepawa riding for the Conservative Party, while the Liberal Party won a minority government. Kate Storey, the Green Party candidate here, expected that to happen.
“This is a very safe riding, so congratulations to Dan. Very proud of the campaign we ran as Greens, it was a clean campaign unlike many of the others and we probably suffered for that, but that’s what we have to do.”
Storey was also happy to see the Green vote go up.
“Climate change is our big issue, that’s not such an issue here in this riding, but it is elsewhere and we’re ready to hold the new government’s feet to the fire.”
Storey congratulates all the other candidates, adding she enjoyed talking to them and meeting people across the riding.
In the polls, she finished 4th with 2090 votes (5.4%) and the Green Party finished 5th with 3 seats in parliament.