CBC: "UNB prof seeks federal Liberal nomination"

Out in Fredericton, English professor Wendy Robbins is competing for the privilege of running as a candidate for the federal Liberal party.

"Lisa Merrithew, a Progressive Conservative insider who set up the New Brunswick chapter of Equal Voice, applauded Robbins’s decision to get politically involved.
Female reps wanted

'There’s a huge issue in terms of female representation in New Brunswick, at all levels in New Brunswick,' Merrithew said. 'So I think it’s fantastic that the first person for the Liberals out of the gate is Wendy.'

In the New Brunswick legislature, women hold seven of the 55 seats, and none of the province’s 10 members of Parliament are women."

Meanwhile, the debate continues over whether descriptive representation is, in fact, imaginary.