The former mayor of Magog, Vicki-May Hamm, will be a candidate for the Quebec Liberal Party in the riding of Orford in the next provincial election. According to information gathered by TVA Nouvelles, chef Dominique Anglade will appoint Ms. Hamm on Monday.
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When she left municipal politics last fall, Vicki-May Hamm made no secret of her intention to one day enter provincial politics, without however displaying her colors. It was ultimately under the Liberal banner that she tried to become the first woman to hold the position of MNA for Orford. Remember that she was the first woman to become mayor of Magog.
Now 51, Ms. Hamm was elected mayor of Magog in 2009 and re-elected twice. During her terms, she also held the position of President of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.
Sources within the Liberal Party speak of Vicki-May Hamm as a “significant candidacy, which testifies to the exasperation of the municipal sector with the Legault government’s interference in municipal jurisdictions. The mayor of Saint-Flavien, Normand Côté, and the former mayor of Chelsea, Caryl Green, have also announced their candidacy for the Liberal nomination, respectively in Lobinière-Frontenac and Gatineau.
Reclaiming Orford
The Liberals are betting on Vicki-May Hamm to win back the riding of Orford, which had always belonged to them before the 2018 election. Liberal MPs Georges Vaillancourt, Robert Benoît and Pierre Reid succeeded each other without interruption from the creation of the riding in 1972 until the election of caquiste Gilles Bélanger.
Still according to our sources, Vicki-May Hamm will not have to go through her party’s nomination process to become a candidate, since she will be nominated by leader Dominique Anglade. An official announcement is scheduled for Monday in Orford.