De-Elect Emerson

Voters don't want Liberal to 'do an Emerson' (John Bermingham, The Province)

The Emerson factor is alive and well in Vancouver-Kingsway. The shadow of Liberal-turned-Tory cabinet minister David Emerson looms over the fight for Vancouver-Kingsway. "It's still coming up frequently," said Michael Watkins, spokesman for the De-Elect Emerson Campaign. "The people who were upset before still are."

"Having Emerson as our representative really means that we had no representative," he said. This time around voters will want to know their X on the ballot actually means something, he said.

In the 2006 election Emerson received 43.5% of the vote; Ian Waddell (NDP) 33.5%; Kanman Wong (Conservative) 18.8%. Not one of them lived in the riding, by the way.

Judging by the progress of the sign wars, it looks like it'll be a tight race between Wendy Yuan and Don Davies. Its my unscientifically arrived at perception that Mr. Davies has far more signs out in total, with signs not only on busy thoroughfares but also dotting the landscape within neighbourhoods.