Acadie-Bathurst Liberals nominate Serge Cormier to run in next election
CBC News | Posted: April 27, 2015 10:33 AM | Last Updated: April 27, 2015
In January, long-time NDP MP Yvon Godin announced he would not run for re-election
Liberals in the Acadie-Bathurst riding have chosen their candidate for the next federal election.
Serge Cormier won the nomination Sunday afternoon in a packed school gymnasium in Petit-Rocher.
In January, long-time New Democratic Party Member of Parliament Yvon Godin announced he would not run for re-election, putting his seat up for grabs.
Godin won the seat in 1997 and held onto it in all subsequent elections.
Cormier won the nomination over Tracadie-Sheila mayor Aldéoda Losier.
"I'm pretty sure that with my, like I said, experience, skills, and the help of my team, we will succeed with winning the seat in Acadie-Bathurst," said Cormier.
To secure a win, the Liberals will have to pick-up about 26,000 votes from the 2011 election.
University of New Brunswick political scientist J.P. Lewis says simply having Godin out of the race won't guarantee an easy ride for the Liberals.
"You really need to be out there knocking on doors and getting the vote out and trying to identify who is going to switch their vote," he said.
"Because I can't imagine that looking at the numbers that they'd just be able to find all these 'new' Liberal voters."
Lewis notes that Cormier's electoral performance, like other Liberal candidates, will likely depend on that of party leader Justin Trudeau.