Cheryl Gallant being challenged for Conservative nomination

MP Cheryl Gallant has defeated candidates from all opposing parties since winning the riding of Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke in 2000. Now she’ll have to battle one of her own.
Michael Coates, 61, a longtime Conservative backroom operative, has declared his intention to challenge Gallant, 57, for the Conservative nomination in the next general election, scheduled for 2019.
Coates said he submitted his nomination papers by the Dec. 15 deadline, the first step in a process that should result in