Jaime Battiste wins Liberal nomination

by Bobby NockJuly 14, 2019

Jaime Battiste will be carrying the Liberal Party’s banner into the upcoming federal election.

Battiste received the highest number of votes from party membership during yesterday’s nomination meeting, over fellow candidates Jon Yazer, Earlene MacMullin and Caleb Gibbons.

He’ll replace Mark Eyking on the ballot in Sydney-Victoria this October.

The Dalhousie law school graduate has served as a lead with Mi’kmaw Kina’matnewe and as a senior advisor for the Eskasoni First Nation. He also taught Aboriginal and treaty rights and Mi’kmaq History at CBU.

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Bobby grew up in Whycocomagh before moving to Halifax to attend university where he earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Journalism degree. After university, Bobby moved back to Cape Breton where he began working as a freelance journalist and has done work for both print media and as a broadcast journalist. As the News Director, Bobby Nock will get your day started by bringing you information that helps connect you to the community with all the latest in local news.

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