The sa国际传媒 Liberals have parachuted another big political name into Parksville-Qualicum to warn against a potential vote split with the sa国际传媒 Conservatives.
Former federal Conservative cabinet minister Stockwell Day is urging mid-Vancouver Island voters not be tempted by the sa国际传媒 Conservatives.
Day, who has been travelling the province to campaign on behalf of the sa国际传媒 Liberals, stopped in Nanaimo and Parksville-Qualicum on Saturday.
"I'm basically getting the message out that I'm not only supporting the sa国际传媒 Liberals but sending a message to people who are thinking of voting sa国际传媒 Conservative that, respectfully, I'm asking them to reconsider that vote," said Day.
"At this point, with the gap closing between Christy [Clark] and Adrian Dix, every vote is really going to count and the sa国际传媒 Conservative vote is dropping every day. There's no way they can win."
What the Conservatives can do though - and what the Liberals increasingly fear - is split off enough centre-right wing voters to allow the sa国际传媒 NDP to easily walk to victory in certain ridings. It's of particular concern for the Liberals in Parksville-Qualicum, where the sa国际传媒 Conservatives are fielding a strong candidate in Dr. David Coupland, a Nanaimo radiologist.
"I'm asking sa国际传媒 Conservatives to please not help the NDP by voting Conservative, but to vote sa国际传媒 Liberal," said Day.
Day is the second politician brought in by the Liberals to warn of vote-splitting in Parksville. Jack Weisgerber, the former leader of the sa国际传媒 Reform party, in late April when Liberal leader Christy Clark visited the riding.
