Liberal Party in Search of New Headquarters After Being Kicked Out of Parent's Basement

Derek Mombourquette and Iain Rankin Pictured Their Former Headquarters June 27th 2025.

The eviction leaves the Liberal Party's only two remaining elected members out in the cold this winter.

Liberal Party Members Iain Rankin and Derek Mombourquette are on the hunt today, after losing access to their party's home base in the basement of Derek Mombourquette's child

hood home. The Party has been using the lower floor of Mrs. Mombourquette's house since November 2024, when the Liberals lost 12 seats and their status as Official Opposition following a disastrous election for the party. As the only two remaining elected members of the Liberal Party, they were forced to move their headquarters from downtown Halifax to the unfurnished basement Mombourquette used to build blanket forts in as a child. Derek declared the move "temporary" while him and Rankin "got back on their feet" but recent campaign photos showed the Members fully entrenched in an impressively elaborate blanket fort many believe looked to be permanent.

Mrs. Mombourquette stated that the boys were told to go outside after repeated warnings to "Stop roughhousing down there". She says, initially, she only intended for them to go outside for the afternoon but believes them moving out is a better result and will be good for them in the long run. Rankin responded to the allegations of roughhousing, stating they are false. He said the two of them were simply having their monthly contest to determine who would be Party Leader next when he "hit Derek with a Stone Cold Stunner but then Derek sat right up and said he was The Undertaker now and that the Urn gives him super powers and so he can sit up even after a Stunner". Rankin said the disagreement escalated because "We made the rule no one could be The Undertaker anymore because we both wanted to be The Undertaker and having two Undertakers fight each other would be stupid". He believes Mrs. Mombourquette came down to break up the disagreement too early and they would have worked it out on their own anyway.

When asked if there are any potential front runners for the new headquarters, Mombourquette said they have already eliminated numerous potential locations. Starbucks required them to purchase drinks if they wished to remain, which is currently outside the beleaguered party's budget. Tim Hortons was affordable but large groups of retired men often claimed all the tables before they could arrive. Their latest attempt, The Halifax Library, quickly failed when librarians became frustrated while constantly asking both party members to speak quietly. No other options have presented themselves at this time.

When asked about his thoughts on Mombourquette and Rankin's situation, Premier Tim Houston responded "Who?".