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A member of the New Democratic Party was shown the door on Wednesday night, after he publicly criticized the holding of a nomination meeting he considered contrary to the rules of the party.

Jose Nunez-Melo claims to have been the victim of a manoeuvre by the party leadership to dislodge him from his post as a Laval MP, according to La Presse.

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The candidate in the new riding of Vimy issued a statement Wednesday afternoon railing against the imposition of a nomination meeting by the party.

At 9 p.m. the NDP’s assistant director of media, Marc-André Viau, informed Nunez-Melo by email that his candidacy for the nomination had been rejected.