Liberals Kelloway, Battiste announce they will run in new federal ridings in N.S.

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Liberal Mike Kelloway has announced helium volition beryllium the party's campaigner for the caller national riding of Sydney-Glace Bay, while another high-profile politician, Jaime Battiste, is going for the riding of Cape Breton-Canso-Antigonish.

Both initially eyed aforesaid spot of Sydney-Glace Bay aft changes to existent ridings

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· Posted: Mar 23, 2025 9:57 AM EDT | Last Updated: 7 minutes ago

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Liberal Mike Kelloway has announced helium volition beryllium the party's campaigner for the caller national riding of Sydney-Glace Bay, while another high-profile politician, incumbent Jaime Battiste, is going for the riding of Cape Breton-Canso-Antigonish.

Kelloway, archetypal elected arsenic an MP successful 2019, made his announcement successful a societal media station Saturday evening, saying helium received confirmation from the Liberal Party and is acceptable for an election.

"I person to accidental to my squad and myself were perfectly thrilled," helium said successful a video. "Let's support up the combat for Cape Breton and Canada."

Both men were vying for the aforesaid spot of Sydney-Glace Bay aft changes to their existent ridings, but successful the extremity Battiste decided to spell successful a antithetic direction.

"My numbers were looking precise beardown successful this riding and Mike Kelloway's numbers were looking precise beardown successful the different riding. And truthful the full constituent of this predetermination is to get a beardown mandate for Mark Carney," Battiste said.

2 Liberal MPs to vie for aforesaid riding successful adjacent national election

Jaime Battiste and Mike Kelloway some privation to tally successful the caller national riding of Sydney-Glace Bay. But there's immoderate disorder astir who should beryllium the candidate. Kyle Moore reports.

Battiste was elected arsenic Canada's archetypal Mi'kmaw MP successful 2019 and was besides successful the contention to go the caller Liberal leader, earlier dropping retired successful the run that Carney ended up winning.

"It helped maine summation my profile, not conscionable successful my riding, but each crossed the Atlantic [region] and successful a batch of ways each crossed Canada," Battiste said.

Part of the riding wherever helium is moving encompasses the country wherever Sean Fraser has been MP. Battiste said Fraser is helping his predetermination bid now that helium is not lasting for predetermination himself.

The caller riding of Sydney-Glace Bay has much than 82,000 people.

There is simply a colonisation of astir 75,000 successful the riding of Cape Breton-Antigonish-Canso.

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