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The result was delete. T. Canens ( talk) 06:49, 10 June 2019 (UTC) reply

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Local councillor of medium-sized city, running for federal office. Not notable as either as per NPOL. Page only cites local news sources. FUNgus guy ( talk) 04:24, 3 June 2019 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ontario-related deletion discussions. 94rain ^Talk 05:31, 3 June 2019 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. 94rain ^Talk 05:31, 3 June 2019 (UTC) reply

• Delete, doesn't meet WP:NPOL requirements, article can be re-created if van Holst wins a seat in the upcoming Federal election. PK T(alk) 14:04, 3 June 2019 (UTC) reply
• Delete. London, Ontario is not a global city for the purposes of getting its city councillors over WP:NPOL #2, and people do not get Wikipedia articles just for being candidates in federal elections they have not yet won. To get an article for being a city councillor, he would have to be sourceable to much more than just local coverage as being much more nationally notable than most other city councillors in Canada, and to get an article out of the federal election, he would have to win the seat on election day. So no prejudice against recreation on or after October 20 if he wins, but nothing here is a reason why he would already be eligible for an article today. Bearcat ( talk) 12:33, 4 June 2019 (UTC) reply
• Delete As Bearcat mentioned, they would not meet municipal politician notability. Candidates for office do not meet WP:NPOL just for being candidates. If someone creates an article for Conservative Party of Canada candidates, 2019 Canadian federal election with a list of candidates, perhaps we can redirect. If van Holst wins in London--Fanshawe, we can re-visit the article. Bkissin ( talk) 20:38, 4 June 2019 (UTC) reply
• Delete London Ontario city council members are not inherently notable. John Pack Lambert ( talk) 04:47, 5 June 2019 (UTC) reply

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