Former Conservative leadership candidate Rick Peterson considers run in Ambrose’s riding

Peterson received less than 0.5 per cent of the vote on the first ballot in the leadership contest from Conservatives in this riding.

British Columbia venture capitalist Rick Peterson ran unsuccessfully in the Conservative Party leadership campaign. Now, he wants to run for the party nomination in Sturgeon River-Parkland, Alta.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY ABBAS RANA

July 10, 2017

Former Conservative leadership candidate Rick Peterson won only four votes in the Alberta riding of Sturgeon River-Parkland in his unsuccessful leadership contest in May, but the British Columbia-based venture capitalist is considering a run at his party’s nomination to succeed the outgoing MP and...

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