Guelph Candidates Online
by Stuart Robertson on January 23rd, 2006 | Uncategorized
As we wait to see which of Guelph’s candidates is elected to represent us in Parliament, I thought I’d take a moment to review how well they did using the web for their campaigns. I was surprised to see how few of the candidates thought to run their own campaign blog, and even more surprised to see a few people either had very poorly designed websites—or worse yet, no website at all! Particularly for the smaller parties, it’s quite astounding that they didn’t try and take advantage of the web a bit better.
Here’s my impression of how the candidates did:
Candidate’s Blog
Candidates who didn’t think to have a blog…
- Brenda Chamberlain—Liberal
- Scott Gilbert—Communist
- Peter Ellis—Christian Heritage
- Manuel Couto—Communist (Lenninist / Marxist)
Candidate’s Website
- Mike Nagy—Green
- Phil Allt—NDP
- Brent Barr—Conservative
- Scott Gilbert—Communist
- Brenda Chamberlain—Liberal
Candidates who didn’t think to even bother with their own website…
- Peter Ellis—Christian Heritage
- Manuel Couto—Communist (Lenninist / Marxist)
It will be interesting to see how this compares to the number of votes each candidate receives.
Stuart Robertson
