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安省保守党党领竞选(I)

The Ontario Progressive Conservative leader race (I)
来源: Bob Mok



在刚刚结束的安省保守党党领竞选中,Patrick Brown力克Christine Elliott大获全胜。从Brown的华人组织委员会成立伊始就任其成员的Bob Mok在此文中讲述了Brown的从政和竞选历程。

Patrick Brown has soundly defeated Christine Elliott to win a landslide victory in PC leadership race. Bob Mok, who was serving on Brown’s Chinese Organizing Committee since its inception, sheds light on the political and the campaign journey Brown has embarked on.



在开始本文之前,我首先要声明的是,自Patrick Brown的华人组织委员会成立之初我就开始任其成员。

Before I start, let me first declared that I was a member on Patrick Brown’s Chinese Organizing Committee from its inception.


安省保守党党领竞选在5月9日(周六)落下帷幕,Patrick Brown最终胜出。

The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party Leader race ended on Saturday May 9 and Patrick Brown was declared the winner.


安省保守党党领竞选是采用加权选举制进行,全省107个选区各自投票,每名候选人在每个选区的支持率以得分计算,最高为100分。如果一个选区的投票党员数不足100人,得票则无需再转换为百分比,而是以实际票数计算。竞选结果显示,Patrick Brown在全省107个选区中的83个区胜出,还有一个选区则是与另一名候选人Christine Elliott打成平手,最终其以绝对优势胜出。

The leadership race is based on a weighted system. Each candidate wins a certain number of points, out of 100, for the support he or she gains, in each of Ontario's 107 ridings. If a riding has fewer than 100 members casting a vote, the number will not be converted to a percentage, but rather stand on its own. Patrick Brown won in 83 out of 107 ridings and tied in one against the other candidate Christine Elliott, resulting in a landslide victory.


那么,Patrick为何能击败二次竞选党领并被视为大热门的竞争对手Christine Elliott呢?外界对此众说纷纭,但其中有两种说法最为盛行:

So, how did Patrick win against a second-time leadership contestant Christine Elliott who was heavily favoured to win this race? There are many suggestions but two facts stood out:


1)Patrick Brown及其竞选团队拥有强大的组织能力,并在其竞争对手无法突破的族裔社区中悄然崛起。在2月28日截止期限之前,Patrick签了逾41,000名新党员(已经确认),而Elliot阵营却只发展了34,000名未经确认的党员,这一对比结果相当惊人。

1) Patrick Brown and his campaign team have tremendous organization skills and made in-roads in Ethnic communities not penetrated by his opponent. The fact that Patrick has signed up over 41,000 new memberships (confirmed) prior to the February 28 deadline against 34,000 unconfirmed ones from the Elliot camp was quite phenomenal.


2)身为联邦保守党国会议员的Patrick Brown从未涉足省级政坛,因此其并未参与安省保守党的组建。而这有助于吸引渴望党内实现真正“变革” 的安省保守党成员转身投靠其阵营。

2) Patrick Brown is a Member of Parliament with the Federal Government in Ottawa. He has never been in provincial politics and therefore not a part of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party establishment. This helped to attract Ontario Progressive Conservative party members who desired real “changes” within the party to move over to his camp.


Patrick Brown是谁?

Who is Patrick Brown?


36岁的Patrick Brown目前单身。他在大学期间就当选安省巴里市市议员。在短暂担任律师后,于2006年当选联邦保守党国会议员的Brown在众议院赢得一席之地,但他从未进入内阁。与大多伦多多元文化社区联系紧密一直令Brown引以为豪。他曾15次前往印度,并担任加印议会协会主席,同时他也是现任印度总理莫迪的亲密好友。

Patrick Brown is 36 years old and single. He was elected to city council in Barrie, Ont., while still going to university.  After a brief stint as a lawyer, he won a seat in the House of Commons in 2006 as a Conservative MP but was never appointed to cabinet. Brown prided himself on reaching out to the diverse cultural communities of the GTA. He has travelled to India 15 times, serves as chair of the Canada-India Parliamentary association and maintains a friendship with Narendra Modi, the serving prime minister of India.


在此次党领竞选中,只有四位安省省议员和22位联邦国会议员支持Patrick。其他对Patrick表示支持的知名人士还包括冰球明星Wayne Gretzky和Stockwell Day(前加拿大联盟党党领)。

Patrick can only garnered the support of 4 Ontario MPP’s and 22 Federal MP’s throughout this contest. Other notable support came from Hockey Legend Wayne Gretzky and Stockwell Day (Former leader of Canadian Alliance party)


Christine Elliott——60岁的Christine Elliott是前联邦财长弗莱厄蒂的遗孀,弗莱厄蒂于2014年4月10日 去世。身为律师的Christine曾在一家律师事务所任职,在弗莱厄蒂当选联邦议员后,Christine赢得韦比-奥沙华选区的补选,填补了丈夫留下的省议席空缺。在进入安省政坛后,Christine曾担任健康、公民、检察长及妇女问题评论员。她曾参加2009年的安省保守党党领竞选,结果得票排名第三,落后于前纽马克特省议员克里斯和前党领胡达克,此后她便一直担任安省保守党副党领。

Christine Elliott – is 60 years old and a widow. She was married to former Finance Minister Jim Flaherty until his death on April 10, 2014. As a lawyer, Christine worked in a law firm and joined Queen’s Park after winning a by-election in Whitby-Oshawa, replacing her husband who was elected at the federal level. She has served as critic for health, citizenship, the attorney general and women’s issues. She ran for leader of the party in 2009 and came third behind former Newmarket MPP Frank Klees and winner Tim Hudak. She’s since served as deputy leader of the party under Hudak.


在此次党领竞选中,Christine获得28位在任省议员中的18位以及25位联邦国会议员的背书支持。其它著名支持者包括前安省省长戴维斯、前多伦多市长福特及其兄长道格•福特。

Christine received the endorsements of 18 of the party’s 28 sitting MPP’s along with 25 federal MPs, including former foreign affairs minister John Baird. Other notable endorsers include former premier Bill Davis, former Toronto mayor Rob Ford and his brother Doug Ford.


在此次党领竞选开始时,共有五名候选人参选,最终有三人退出,其中有两人转为支持Christine,还有一人转为支持Patrick。

There were five (5) candidates at the start of the leadership race and three (3) eventually dropped out. Two of these candidates turned their support to Christine and one supported Patrick.


在接下来的文章里,我们将继续探讨Patrick Brown在一些省府问题上的立场,以及他在力图让安省保守党重回正轨,以便能在三年后的省选中与执政自由党进行权力角逐的过程中将会面临的重重困难。

The PC party still faces challenges to wrestle power from the ruling Liberal Party in the election three years from now. In our next articles, we will continue discussions on where Patrick Brown stands on provincial issues and the difficulties he faces to put the Ontario progressive Conservative Party back on track.
 

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