Talk:Gordon Wilson (Canadian politician)

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[edit] Changes to article in January 06

There were some inaccuracies in or things excluded from the article; I changed a couple, but I'm not entirely certain of the others.

First, Wilson didn't "successfully negotiate" his way into the 1991 debate, he sued the CBC to be included, and won. Second, I'm not sure Gary Collins had much to do with Gordon Campbell winning the Liberal leadership. If I remember correctly, the BC Liberals thought they would be smart, and get more members by making party membership free; and then they'd allow people to vote at the leadership convention on line. That made it really easy for former Socreds to hijack the Liberal Party by joining and voting for Gordon Campbell. Finally, it wasn't just a leadership review - that's where people say "yes" or "no" to the leader - it was a leadership convention Wilson called, similar to what Joe Clark did in 1983, to try to reaffirm support in his leadership (a gamble that, in both cases, failed). 24.64.223.203 10:26, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Issues needing attention

"Wilson was perceived by some observers as being more lucky than skilled in his 1991 electoral success," it writes, but surely some saw him as skilled. I'm not convinced of the NPOV nature of this statement alone (and I just removed an assertion he was responsible for the '91 success from Progressive Democratic Alliance.) And expansion on his relationship with Judi Tyabji Wilson is needed sorely. Samaritan 22:55, 14 March 2006 (UTC)