Former federal Conservative cabinet minister Peter Penashue will decide next month if he will run in the upcoming federal election.
Penashue, who was the MP for Labrador, stepped down in 2011 over the issue of illegitimate campaign expenses two years after he was elected. His former official agent is now facing charges under the Canada Elections Act.
So far there has been little interest in this province in running for the federal Conservatives. Kevin O'Brien, a former provincial PC minister, is the only Conservative candidate in place. He's running in the district of Coast of Bays-Central-Notre Dame.
Ches Crosbie wanted to run in the district of Avalon, but was turned down by the federal party.
Christopher Dunn, a political scientist at Memorial University of Newfoundland, said Penashue's potential run speaks volumes about the state of the Conservative party in the province.
Since then, the shuttering of a maritime rescue subcentre in St. John's is among other deeply unpopular federal measures.
Conservative party brass also recently made headlines by rejecting Ches Crosbie, a successful lawyer and son of outspoken former Progressive Conservative cabinet minister John Crosbie, as a candidate in the riding of Avalon.
The party declined to comment on what it called an internal matter. But John Crosbie blasted the rejection as an affront to democracy.
He said his son was told the rebuff had to do with the younger Crosbie's performance last spring in a satirical fundraising skit that poked fun at Conservative Leader Stephen Harper.
Former Conservative MP Penashue mulls comeback run after expense saga | CTV News
Penashue, who was the MP for Labrador, stepped down in 2011 over the issue of illegitimate campaign expenses two years after he was elected. His former official agent is now facing charges under the Canada Elections Act.
So far there has been little interest in this province in running for the federal Conservatives. Kevin O'Brien, a former provincial PC minister, is the only Conservative candidate in place. He's running in the district of Coast of Bays-Central-Notre Dame.
Ches Crosbie wanted to run in the district of Avalon, but was turned down by the federal party.
Christopher Dunn, a political scientist at Memorial University of Newfoundland, said Penashue's potential run speaks volumes about the state of the Conservative party in the province.
Since then, the shuttering of a maritime rescue subcentre in St. John's is among other deeply unpopular federal measures.
Conservative party brass also recently made headlines by rejecting Ches Crosbie, a successful lawyer and son of outspoken former Progressive Conservative cabinet minister John Crosbie, as a candidate in the riding of Avalon.
The party declined to comment on what it called an internal matter. But John Crosbie blasted the rejection as an affront to democracy.
He said his son was told the rebuff had to do with the younger Crosbie's performance last spring in a satirical fundraising skit that poked fun at Conservative Leader Stephen Harper.
Former Conservative MP Penashue mulls comeback run after expense saga | CTV News
