Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jamey Heath
He isn't simply a failed candidate, but is notable for reasons other than his candidacy in Ottawa Centre.  Besides the reasons given by Ground Zero, a quick internet search shows that his book appears to have been fairly extensively reviewed/covered in the media (such as the Globe and Mail (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070317.BKPROG17/TPStory/?query=%22Dead+Centre+%3A+Hope%2C+Possibility%22), This Magazine (http://www.thismagazine.ca/issues/2007/05/deadcentre.php)), CBC Radio (http://www.cbc.ca/thehouse/audio.html), The Ottawa Citizen (http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=e5c88459-f722-43f4-aa3d-7e5471c95622), The Hill Times (http://www.thehilltimes.ca/members/login.php?fail=2&destination=/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=2007/february/19/heath/&c=2), Macleans (http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=20070226_102275_102275&source=srch), tvontario (http://www.tvo.org/cfmx/tvoorg/theagenda/index.cfm?page_id=3&action=blog&subaction=viewPost&post_id=4666&blog_id=43), etc.).  He's been a columnist in a large-City daily, he was the subject of his own media coverage when he worked for Jack Layton (see http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/2005/200512/20051223.html), and for awhile he was a member of the Macleans 50 ("A diverse field of Canada’s most well known and respected personalities from journalists to politicians offering their comments on the issues of the day, everyday." according to the magazine).  I've also seen/heard him on TV and Radio as a "talking head", representing the left on political discussion panels.  He's been the subject of published secondary sources, and he's written a book that has been the subject of multiple independent reviews, so he meets 
— User:Skeezix1000, 22:15, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
Stance: keep
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