In the summer, Ms. Michael told the partys executive director, Bob Stanley, she intended to seek the nomination. He encouraged her to run, she said, but also said he hoped Ms. McKenna could be acclaimed. Mr. Stanley declined comment, as did Ms. McKenna.
Pledging to root out the rot, Mr. Fedeli overturned two nominations, including Ottawa West-Nepean, and eliminated Bob Stanleys position. Mr. Fedeli also ordered a probe into the names and addresses of all the partys members. He later announced that the database contained just over 132,000 names,