May in Grey?

Out here in the wilds of Lennox-Addington county (near Picton, Ont.), political news is sparse. As it should be. But Greens leader Elizabeth May did wander into cottage country this morning with an interview on CBC's Ontario Morning broadcast. She's headed to Owen Sound this week and she used the occasion to muse publicly again about perhaps running in Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound in the next election. The riding is currently held by Conservative MP Larry Miller.
May said that history was a big factor weighing in her consideration of the riding -- Agnes MacPhail, the first woman ever to join the Commons, way back in 1921, hailed from Grey county. She said the constituents of this area had demonstrated "moral courage" to usher in that first for Canada, so why shouldn't it elect the first Green MP to Parliament?

Comments

[Matt]

less stunts and more practical politics may actually get May in the House sooner. The train ride during the last campaign was cool to watch, but did it get her votes? Running in a riding where she had a tenuous connection at best got her nowhere, she didn't even grow up on the riding.

Elizabeth: free advice. Find an urban and media center where the Greens did well last time, preferably with a university within the riding.

[Roy]

The Greens have already had their first Green MP in West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country. I wish May all the best in attempting to become the first Green MP to be elected but implying electing a Green MP is showing moral courage is a funny way of doing it.

[Wascally Wabbit]

Elizabeth should run in the adjacent riding - Simcoe-Grey.
She'd show up the incumbent Helena Geurgis - for the empty flowerpot that she is...the Liberals don't have any enthusiasm in that riding at the mo. - and there is already quite a Greens orgnaization in the riding - as I understand it!