Editing By-elections 2013 (section)

= Ottawa South (35064) =

RO - 1800 Bank Street, Units 8 and 16, Ottawa, K1V 0W3

Number of contacts

Fed: 16 / Prov: ?

On June 12/13 McGuinty writes, "yesterday's ending of the legislative session is an opportune time for him "to bring to a close" his service to the people in his riding after nearly 23 years." [http://www.newstalk1010.com/News/localnews/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10556177 Read more].

Jean-Serge Brisson, our candidate in this riding in 2011, has volunteered to run.

11 July - Andrew Phillips submitted Jean-Serge's Nomination Paper to the RO. Signatures were accepted, but J-S had failed to sign the page delegating Andrew to submit the nomination. A couple of emails rectified the situation. Jean-Serge also advised that the the riding on the C-1 and Candidate Application had Glengarry-Prescott-Russell, his home riding, instead of Ottawa South. He crossed out the wrong name and wrote in Ottawa South.

24 July - Jean-Serge participated in an All Candidates Debate. &nbsp;His [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=684498318232419 closing speech] &nbsp;- Writeup by Metro: [http://metronews.ca/news/ottawa/747796/libertarian-party-grows-as-voters-seek-alternatives/ Libertarain Party Grows as Voters Seek Alternatives].

26 July - JS and 5 other planted 50 signs in the riding - took about 90 minutes. People did notice. Freedom had no signs, greens had some - probably more than us. Of course the other three had LOTS. Next time we need 2 sizes. Maybe about 10 4x bigger (twice as wide, and twice as high) - this would match the normal size of the other parties. Maybe only around 10 of the smaller ones for use in ACM and a few lawn signs. This would cost the same - but be more effective. Would require more labour to plant ten bigger signs than just pushing those flimsy rods into the ground. In a general, especially in an urban, multi-riding area, with generic signs, we can make less do more because we wouldn't have to worry about riding boundaries - just good visible points that would benefit all candidates.

We had a team of six that actively participated: JS, Andrew P, Dave, Darcy Neal, myself (Rob) and Phillip R and also Andrew S scrutineered a poll. Note only one of these people lives in the riding. Also, no attempt really was made to bring in new volunteers from other members in the area. These are the core people that are automatically engaged in everything. We did paperwork, signs, ACM, media requests.

Booklets/canvassing - we didn't do any door knocking or distribution of literature.

Media: We got 2 radio hits, primarily due to Dave's relationship with Nick. (It pays to be friendly). We got a couple of hits in the Metro. We got ignored by the Citizen

My assessment of our performance in this riding was "hold". Our candidate does have name recognition in this riding and in the wider community having run before and being a prominent local activist. There were lots of additional fringe candidates cluttering the market. We beat Freedom handily. We held our vote.

We should expect to gain one or two new members as a result of the investment in time and dollars. I don't know whether we did or not.

Comment on materials. The materials were really great. Nice to have some good tools. As previously noted, need a second larger size sign for use on roadways. Same design (mostly) except need to leave about 4 inches open on the two edges to account for the 2x2 wood to attach sign to. Also, when planting these larger signs - use a cross piece on top so when the wind blows, the sign doesn't bend inward and buckle. Also, booklet, back page should be redone next printing. People should be pitched and encouraged to sign up as a member or donate dollars using the website. A fill in the blank form is 1990s and is relatively ineffective (IMHO).

'''VOTING NIGHT RESULTS'''<br/>Libertarian places 5th in a field of nine.

{| class="wikitable" 
|-
! scope="col" | CANDIDATE
! scope="col" | PARTY
! scope="col" | VOTES
! scope="col" | PERCENT
|-
| FRASER, JOHN
| Ontario Liberal Party
| style="text-align: right;" | 14,925
| style="text-align: right;" | 42.3%
|-
| YOUNG, MATT
| PC Party
| style="text-align: right;" | 13,631
| style="text-align: right;" | 38.7%
|-
| FUNICIELLO, BRONWYN
| Ontario NDP
| style="text-align: right;" | 5,030
| style="text-align: right;" | 14.3%
|-
| HOWARTH, TAYLOR
| Green Party
| style="text-align: right;" | 1,105
| style="text-align: right;" | 3.1%
|-
| <span style="color:#ff0000;">BRISSON, JEAN-SERGE</span>
| <span style="color:#ff0000;">Libertarian</span>
| style="text-align: right;" | <span style="color:#ff0000;">213</span>
| style="text-align: right;" | <span style="color:#ff0000;">0.6%</span>
|-
| REDINS, JOHN
| Party for People with Special Needs
| style="text-align: right;" | 103
| style="text-align: right;" | 0.3%
|-
| POST, DANIEL
| Independent
| style="text-align: right;" | 91
| style="text-align: right;" | 0.3%
|-
| McGRUER, DAVID
| Freedom Party
| style="text-align: right;" | 85
| style="text-align: right;" | 0.2%
|-
| TURMEL, JOHN
| Paupers
| style="text-align: right;" | 64
| style="text-align: right;" | 0.2%
|}