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Tim Houston - 'there are Cons and then there are P Cons'
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Aug 19, 2021, 7:12:37 PM8/19/21
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And Tim Houston does *not* have a Conservative Party membership
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Wed., Aug. 18, 2021
How Nova Scotia’s premier-designate Tim Houston made sure no one could mistake him for Erin O’Toole
The swing in party fortunes that swept the Progressive Conservatives to a convincing majority in Nova Scotia’s provincial election may be less a sign of hope for federal Conservative leader Erin O’Toole — and more a cautionary tale for Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau.
That’s the conclusion of at least one political expert, who points out that new Nova Scotia premier-designate Tim Houston in fact made a point during his campaign of distancing himself from his federal cousins — and of labelling himself a “red Tory.”
As of Wednesday morning, Houston’s PC party appears to have taken 31 of the province’s 55 seats, with results still being tabulated. That overturns two successive terms of a provincial Liberal government, which went into the election hoping to turn its minority into a majority.
O’Toole, who is just days into his own election campaign on the federal stage, was quick to congratulate Houston on “a great night” in Nova Scotia.
But though the political map of Nova Scotia has turned largely blue — including several ridings that have been traditionally red — there’s no reason to believe that will translate to the federal level, said Lori Turnbull, associate professor of political science at Dalhousie University in Halifax.
Houston took great pains through the campaign to paint himself as a red Tory, and to distance himself from the federal Conservatives and their leader, repeatedly emphasizing the “progressive” in Progressive Conservative.
“My focus is Nova Scotians, and I’ve always been focused on Nova Scotia,” Houston told the Star in an interview before election day. “And so I’m not beholden to any federal leader.
“We’re the Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative party. The federal party is called the Conservative Party of Canada. It’s not just different words, they’re different parties. I, personally, am not a member of the federal party.”
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Wed., Aug. 18, 2021
How Nova Scotia’s premier-designate Tim Houston made sure no one could mistake him for Erin O’Toole
The swing in party fortunes that swept the Progressive Conservatives to a convincing majority in Nova Scotia’s provincial election may be less a sign of hope for federal Conservative leader Erin O’Toole — and more a cautionary tale for Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau.
That’s the conclusion of at least one political expert, who points out that new Nova Scotia premier-designate Tim Houston in fact made a point during his campaign of distancing himself from his federal cousins — and of labelling himself a “red Tory.”
As of Wednesday morning, Houston’s PC party appears to have taken 31 of the province’s 55 seats, with results still being tabulated. That overturns two successive terms of a provincial Liberal government, which went into the election hoping to turn its minority into a majority.
O’Toole, who is just days into his own election campaign on the federal stage, was quick to congratulate Houston on “a great night” in Nova Scotia.
But though the political map of Nova Scotia has turned largely blue — including several ridings that have been traditionally red — there’s no reason to believe that will translate to the federal level, said Lori Turnbull, associate professor of political science at Dalhousie University in Halifax.
Houston took great pains through the campaign to paint himself as a red Tory, and to distance himself from the federal Conservatives and their leader, repeatedly emphasizing the “progressive” in Progressive Conservative.
“My focus is Nova Scotians, and I’ve always been focused on Nova Scotia,” Houston told the Star in an interview before election day. “And so I’m not beholden to any federal leader.
“We’re the Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative party. The federal party is called the Conservative Party of Canada. It’s not just different words, they’re different parties. I, personally, am not a member of the federal party.”
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