Former minister runs for Tories in Labrador
Last Updated: Thursday, December 22, 2005 | 10:49 AM ET
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- RIDING PROFILE: Labrador
Joe Goudie, who ran and lost in the 1988 federal election, said he is running for the Conservative nomination to ensure there's a proper race in the riding.
"I didn't feel it was quite appropriate that the incumbent should go uncontested," Goudie said. "That's part of it. I think there should be an active campaign, because there are a lot of issues to deal with in Labrador."
Goudie, 66, served 10 years in the provincial house of assembly as the representative for the former district of Naskaupi.
In 1979, Goudie was appointed to Brian Peckford's cabinet, and went on to hold the rural development, agriculture and fisheries portfolios.
Goudie was defeated by Liberal Jim Kelland in the 1985 provincial election.
In the 1988 federal election, Goudie challenged then-incumbent William Rompkey, but garnered only a third of the vote.
A one-time broadcaster for the CBC, and a provincial public servant, Goudie has been president of the Labrador Métis Association.
Labrador is considered one of the safest Liberal seats in the country and the Tories have been hard pressed to find a candidate. Educator Jacob Larkin is running for the New Democrats.
The Tories had placed high hopes in a May byelection on Graham Letto, the popular mayor of Labrador City. But Liberal Todd Russell won easily.
With Goudie, the Conservatives have candidates in all seven ridings in Newfoundland and Labrador.
