Veteran Miramichi Conservative says MP Jake Stewart can't win
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A two-time federal Conservative candidate in Miramichi says he doesn't think current party MP Jake Stewart can win again in a federal election that is expected to start within weeks.
Mike Morrison says he has contacted the office of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to advise them of what's happening but has had no response.
"I don't think he should be the candidate," Morrison said.
Morrison said the party organization he helped build has "tanked" because Stewart has alienated or cut ties with many Conservative supporters, including many of his own staff and volunteers who helped elect him.
The 79-year-old veteran political organizer and two-time candidate says Stewart is hiding from constituents and onetime allies, leading many to conclude not only that he'll lose the seat but that he should resign.
"Everything's gone downhill," Morrison said in an interview at his home. "It's gone right off the end. There's no credibility. It's very toxic. … Nobody can get any answers."
Morrison's son Shawn is one of several people who were fired from or quit Stewart's office.
In January, a House of Commons lawyer sent Shawn Morrison a cease-and-desist letter, telling him to stop contacting Stewart's wife and his office.
"People [are] coming up to me saying, 'They're trying to blame everything on the Morrisons,'" Mike Morrison said. "We did nothing.
"What's happened here right now has been created by Jake Stewart himself."
Stewart has not responded to repeated requests from CBC News for an interview.
The financial agent for the Miramichi-Grand Lake Conservative riding association, Denver Brennan, resigned in January citing a "toxic and manipulative atmosphere" in Stewart's office.
He named eight people who left jobs in the office or were fired over three years.
Morrison confirmed some of the departures and said they often had to do with Stewart's temper.
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