Today, former provincial New Democrat leadership candidate Mehdi Najari came within 17 votes of the winning his party's federal nomination in Saanich-Gulf Islands. But Malaspina University-College mathematics instructor Julian West beat Mr. Najari on the third ballot with 88 votes. Mr. West's victory came after Hanny Pannekoek and Victoria school trustee Mark Walsh dropped off after receiving the lowest vote counts and the first and second ballots respectively. The following is an unconfirmed vote count for that race.
First ballot
Julian West 56
Mehdi Najari 40
Mark Walsh 39
Hanny Pannekoek 32
Second ballot
Julian West 68
Mehdi Najari 52
Mark Walsh 42
Third ballot
Julian West 83
Mehdi Najari 66
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Julian West has a long record of participation in Fair Vote Canada and its attempts to persuade Canada to adopt proportional representation. His academic and intellectual credential are at least equal to those of Liberal Briony Penn.
The fact that West can articulate an issue, proportional representational, that Greens say they put at the top of their list is going to make this race extremely interesting. The results will show if it's true that Green voters care about PR, or if it's just more talk.
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