"Everyone was informed about the leaders prerogative to appoint a candidate and the leader might want to exercise that prerogative if the appropriate strong, female, northern-riding resident came forward," Goodale said in a telephone interview with The Canadian Press.
The former federal finance minister was one of a handful of high-profile Liberals parachuted into the province Wednesday to launch Beatty's campaign and help quell the controversy that has developed around her candidacy.
Beatty, a former NDP cabinet minister in Saskatchewan and the first aboriginal woman ever elected to the provincial legislature, was appointed by Dion to run in the March 17 byelection last week, foregoing a nomination process that would have included Orchard and angering his supporters.
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Orchard Knew Liberals Wanted An Aboriginal Woman In Sask. Byelection, Says Gooda
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By The Canadian Press<br />
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OTTAWA - David Orchard says he never would have campaigned to become a Liberal candidate in Saskatchewan if he'd been told Leader Stephane Dion was going to appoint a woman. <br />
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In his first comments on the controversy, Orchard says he was assured that there would be an open contest to choose who would carry the Liberal standard in the Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill River byelection on March 17. <br />
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