FIGHT HST RECALL RECRUITMENT DRIVE SIGNS UP OVER 1,500 CANVASSERS IN WEEK ONE OF CONTEST

Oak Bay, Kamloops North and Saanich North lead the pack
Port Coquitlam – Chris Delaney, Lead Organizer for Fight HST, says the contest to recruit canvassers for Recalls in BC got off to a strong start in its first week, as 19 ridings compete to see which will win the right to be among the first three to conduct a Recall under the Fight HST banner after November 15^th 2010.  Delaney says over 1,500 canvassers from all ridings across the province have signed up so far, with the highest concentrations coming in the ridings of Oak Bay – Gordon Head, Kamloops North and Saanich North, where a total of 381 canvassers have volunteered between them.

1. Ida Chong – Oak Bay Gordon Head – 151 Canvassers
2. Terry Lake – Kamloops North – 118 Canvassers
3. Murray Coell – Saanich North & The Islands – 112 Canvassers
4. Ron Cantelon – Parksville Qualicum – 77 Canvassers
5. John Slater – Boundary Similkameen – 62 Canvassers
6. Colin Hansen – Vancouver Quilchena – 62 Canvassers
7. Don McRae – Comox Valley – 60 canvassers
8. Joan McIntyre – West Vancouver Sea to Sky – 40 canvassers
9. Marc Dalton – Maple Ridge Mission – 32 canvassers
10. Norm Letnick – Kelowna Lake Country – 31 canvassers
11. Steve Thompson – Kelowna Mission – 28 canvassers
12. Donna Barnett – Cariboo Chilcotin – 28 canvassers
13. Bill Barisoff – Penticton – 25 canvassers
14.  Ben Stewart – Kelowna West Side – 23 canvassers
15. Bill Bennett – Kootenay East – 12 canvassers
16. John Rustad – Nechako Lakes – dropped out.
TOTAL CANVASSERS SIGNED (15 RIDINGS) – WEEK ONE – 861
Ridings not reporting this week:
John Les – Chilliwack
Jane Hawthorthwaite – North Vancouver Seymour
Eric Foster – Vernon Monashee

Delaney says the contest is a “running total” meaning any riding that falls behind in any given week has a chance to catch up the following week. “That way, no riding is ever ‘out of the running’ until the contest has ended,” Delaney explained. “They can keep signing up volunteers and overtaking other ridings as the contest progresses."