Don鈥檛 call us and we won鈥檛 call you, even if we say we will.
That was the message conveyed by two sa国际传媒-area BC Conservative candidates who showed no interest Saturday in inviting media to their election night celebrations.听
Tara Armstrong easily won in sa国际传媒-Lake Country-Coldstream with an overwhelming 54.2 percent of all votes cast in the riding, to 35 per cent for NDP candidate Anna Warwick Sears.听
Prior to election night, Armstrong told The Daily Courier via email that she would respond to inquiries on Saturday about where she going to spend the evening watching the results come in. 鈥淚鈥檓 happy to welcome the media where we are. You鈥檙e welcome to reach out to me that day and I can update you on our whereabouts,鈥 Armstrong said.听
But on Saturday, Armstrong did not respond to emails or texts about where she going to be after the polls closed.听
In the riding of West sa国际传媒-Peachland, BC Conservative candidate Macklin McCall, a former RCMP officer, also provided no information in response to a query about where he would be on election night.听
Instead, Nicole Day, his communications director, sent this email: 鈥淎s we reach the end of this campaign, our election evening activities will be focused on our hard-working volunteers. We would be happy to arrange an interview with Macklin in the days following the election.鈥
McCall had skipped one of two large campaign forums held in the riding, saying he preferred to spend his time door-knocking. His main rival was Stephen Johnston, a two-term West sa国际传媒 city councillor who had been named as the BC United candidate before that party suspended its operations just before Labour Day.听
Johnston had hoped to be picked up as a BC Conservative candidate but heard nothing from the party. So he ran as an Independent, finishing a distant third with 21.3 per cent of the vote.听
NDP candidate Krystal Smith, a non-resident of the riding who was only named as the partysa国际传媒 candidate just before the campaign started in late September, finished second with 27.5 per cent of the vote.听
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