Chinese in Vancouver » nomination http://www.chineseinvancouver.ca An editor's talks about the Chinese community in Canada Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:45:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Three-head race in Liberal’s Richmond nomination http://www.chineseinvancouver.ca/2009/09/three-head-race-in-liberals-richmond-nomination/ http://www.chineseinvancouver.ca/2009/09/three-head-race-in-liberals-richmond-nomination/#comments Sat, 05 Sep 2009 05:30:28 +0000 sn http://www.chineseinvancouver.ca/?p=9986 For the nation’s most densely Chinese-populated city, Richmond, the Liberal nomination is running extremely hot.

Three well-known names are fighting to represent the Grits to beat Conservative sitting MP Alice Wong in the next federal election. They are: former MPs Raymond Chan and Joe Peschisolido, and well-known lawyer and former chair of SUCCESS Mason Loh.

Dean Beauvais with the Liberal’s Richmond Riding Association confirmed that the three men were running for nomination. He said Chan and Peschisolido have long indicated that they wish to run. Loh joined only recently, 2-3 weeks ago.

Beauvais said the deadline for filing for nomination is over. But the sign-up for new members hasn’t. There is no date for a nomination yet.

He describes this is the most heated race for the riding since Chan and Peschisolido squared off in nomination in 2004.

Loh recently moved his law office to Richmond. Chan lost to Alice Wong in the last election. To be a Liberal candidate again, he would need to win the nomination battle.

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