Ex-Bomber VP Jim Bell to carry ball for Tories in federal election
CBC News | Posted: May 4, 2015 12:09 PM | Last Updated: May 4, 2015
Former Winnipeg Blue Bombers vice-president Jim Bell has scored his first political victory.
On the weekend, Bell beat out City of Winnipeg Coun. Jeff Browaty for the federal Conservative nomination in the Kildonan-St. Paul riding.
No official announcement has been made by the party but on Sunday night Browaty sent congratulations to Bell via Twitter
The federal election is set for October.
Conservative MP Joy Smith, who has represented Kildonan-St. Paul since 2004, said earlier this year that she would not seek re-election.
Bell, who was with the Bombers from 2002 until 2014, was let go in August last year as part of what the team called "corporate restructuring."