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BC Politicians Twitter for Your Vote

Posted by Victoria Revay on Mon, April 20, 2009 12:27 PM · Filed under Vancouver, Victoria , Web 2.0, Social Media · 5 Comments

Whether it's an independent CJ site like the Tyee that is providing you with upcoming provincial election coverage that you want to read or a private Facebook photo gone public that brings down a Vancouver NDP candidate, it's certain that now–more than perhaps in previous years–technology, social media and "being online" are playing a giant role in providing real-time, authentic and "non-newsified television news" from the campaign trail. So why not follow a candidate on Twitter, then?

Thanks to @unclespeedo (Ryan Speed of Victoria), we now have access to a fairly comprehensive (if unofficial) list of BC politicians that are using Twitter. Since I'm very interested in BC politics, I have gone through the list and decided to follow some of the candidates.  I wonder what some of them are doing right now? Let's see.  Spencer Herbert for the Vancouver-West End NDP riding is surfing the web, it looks like Premier Gordon Campbell just wrapped up a morning show on the Beat 94.5, while the BC Conservatives are momentum building. How wonderful!

 

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5 Comments

Raul Pacheco said on Mon, April 20, 2009 at 2:34 PM

Great post, and very timely, since the site I am editing (BC Vote) has the goal of providing timely information on BC Politics. Our most recent post offers BC politicians an opportunity to provide content on the site. Please check it out.

http://www.bcvote.ca

Sean said on Mon, April 20, 2009 at 10:31 PM

Thanks for pointing this out! As a political junkie, I can now feed my addiction ever more... :)

I had recently written that the party leaders seemed to be pretty slow at tweeting - seems like the pace is picking up somewhat. I wonder who will turn out to have the fastest thumbs?

Drina Read said on Sat, April 25, 2009 at 12:02 AM

I have been misquoted by Victoria Revay. I am in favour of the Odyssey night club's proposal to move to Denman Street. Please correct this misinformation.

Victoria Revay said on Sat, April 25, 2009 at 10:42 AM

Apologies Drina. Removed.

Trevor said on Fri, August 14, 2009 at 3:10 AM

For a list of BC politicians on Twitter visit http://politwitter.ca/page/canadian-provincial-twitters/province/bc

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