Daudrich to appeal PC decision to squelch candidacy
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Wally Daudrich says he plans to appeal the Progressive Conservative party’s decision to disqualify him as a candidate for the party in Turtle Mountain.
“I’m going to be appealing to the PC Party of Manitoba to get me back in,” Daudrich said in a short video he sent to the Sun early Thursday evening.
Daudrich was blocked from pursuing the PC nomination in Turtle Mountain because he broke the party’s constitution, the Tories have said.
Wally Daudrich
The party clarified the reasoning in a post on its website on Wednesday.
It included “repeated disparaging comments regarding current and former Progressive Conservative MLAs,” along with Daudrich allegedly using third-party contact lists.
The third reason was that Daudrich refused to “provide written assurance that any threatened litigation involving the leader (Obby Khan), MLAs, and other party officials has been withdrawn and will not proceed.”
Daudrich had been publicly seeking the PC nomination in Turtle Mountain since December but was disqualified by the party on June 3.
The party confirmed on Wednesday that the nomination meetings set for tomorrow in Boissevain and Somerset have been cancelled.
Municipality of Two Borders Coun. Mark Custance is also seeking the party’s nomination in the riding.
Daudrich and Khan ran against each other for party leader in April 2025. Daudrich received more votes than Khan, but lost because the ballots were weighted by constituency.
In the video, Daudrich thanked the people who supported him after the party announced he wouldn’t be able to run.
In the days following the party disqualifying Daudrich, he posted a long message on social media, highlighting that he has remained loyal to the party and reiterating that he has sold plenty of party memberships.
The disqualification, he said in the post, “reflects a growing disconnect between the party leadership and grassroots conservatives across Manitoba.”
Last week, Daudrich told the Sun he wasn’t surprised the party disqualified him, but that it did come as a shock.
When asked, he said there is no lawsuit between him and Khan. He also said he had “no idea” why the party was removing him from the race.
The next provincial election has to take place no later than October 2027.
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