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Thursday 29 January 2009
John Tory nomination meeting tonight
I am assuming this nomination meeting is not going to be contested. Tonight John Tory should officially be nominated in the riding of Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock. The move comes after MPP Laurie Scott resigned her seat to get Tory back in the legislature. I wish John Tory the best of luck in the upcoming by-election. At this point Dalton McGuinty has not set a date for that by-election but promises to do so quickly.
-Darryl
Tory to be named in byelection nomination meeting
Updated: Thu Jan. 29 2009 10:30:29 AM
ctvtoronto.ca
Progressive Conservative Leader John Tory will attend a formal nomination meeting in Lindsay, Ont. Thursday night in a bid for a seat in the provincial legislature.
The opposition leader has been without a seat since he failed in his attempt to unseat popular incumbent and Liberal Education Minister Kathleen Wynne in the Don Valley West riding during the 2007 provincial election.
His latest chance at a seat comes after Laurie Scott, MPP for Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock riding, stepped down from office earlier this month. She has represented the area for the past five years and has accepted a position as the Conservative party's campaign readiness chair.
Rick Johnson, who lost to Scott in 2007, will challenge Tory as the Liberal nomination. Mike Schreiner is the Green Party candidate.
Premier Dalton McGuinty has yet to set a date for a byelection.
With files from The Canadian Press
