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CBC
07-02-2025
- Politics
- CBC
Provincial byelection on the horizon after PC MLA wins federal nomination
Natalie Jameson won the nomination for the federal Conservatives in Charlottetown. That means there will be a provincial byelection to fill her seat in the P.E.I. Legislature. CBC's Wayne Thibodeau reports.
CBC
07-02-2025
- Business
- CBC
PC MLA Natalie Jameson wins federal Conservative nomination for Charlottetown
Social Sharing Charlottetown PC MLA Natalie Jameson will be the Conservative Party of Canada's candidate for Charlottetown in the next federal election. Jameson won at the party's nomination at a nominating convention Thursday evening at the Eastlink Centre over local lawyer Catherine Parkman. During her speech to about 250 party members, Jameson said it's important that Charlottetown has a seat at the table. "Our Island is not immune from the threats of unfair tariffs from the U.S.," Jameson said during her speech. "Over 25 per cent of our GDP is reliant on trade from the United States. In a new Conservative government under Prime Minister Pierre Poilievre we will work to breakdown trade barriers in our own country and strengthen our economic resilience creating new jobs and bigger paychecks right here in Charlottetown." 'People before politics' Jameson was first elected as an MLA in the Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park deferred election in 2019, and was a cabinet minister in the Dennis King government for the majority of her tenure — including as minister responsible for the status of women, minister of environment and climate change, and minister of education. She stepped down from cabinet in October of 2024 to run for the nomination. Another former cabinet minister under provincial Liberal governments, Doug Currie, was expected to run against her and Parkman for the Charlottetown nomination. He was the party's candidate in 2021, but was disallowed by the Conservatives this time around in mid-January after what the party described as "serious misrepresentations and violations" of its rules. Charlottetown was the last riding left on P.E.I. for the Conservatives to nominate a candidate in. Jameson joins fellow Conservative candidates Logan McLellan (Egmont), Jamie Fox (Malpeque) and James Aylward (Cardigan). She is the first woman to win the Charlottetown Conservative nomination since Donna Profit in 2011. A federal election must be held by October 2025. Jameson said her years in provincial politics gives her the experience needed to represent the riding in Ottawa. Liberal Sean Casey now represents the riding of Charlottetown. "The challenges ahead may be great but our resolve is greater," said Jameson.
