Stephane Dion is elected Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada

There was a lot of colour and excitement at the Liberal leadership convention in Montreal as delegates went through four ballots to elect Stephane Dion as the new leader (top photo - Stephane Dion is at the podium making his acceptance speech).

Though I supported Gerard Kennedy initially, I moved with Kennedy and almost all of his supporters to back Stephane Dion. In the middle photo, I am with Eugene and Susan Whelan who also supported Gerard Kennedy and then moved to support Stephane Dion.

Stephane Dion has a lot of experience. He also has the ability to bring all the candidates together as part of the Liberal team in the next federal election. Congratulations to Stephane Dion.

For more on Stephane Dion see my blog comment of August 31 of this year at http://www.manitobaliberals.ca/2006_08_27_archive.html