A former Ontario finance minister will be the federal Liberal candidate in an upcoming byelection in the Toronto area that's set to be called later this month.
A statement from the party says Charles Sousa, who represented a provincial riding in Mississauga, Ont., for more than a decade and served as finance minister in the Liberal government of premier Kathleen Wynne, will run federally in the Mississauga-Lakeshore riding.
The byelection, which must be called by Nov. 26, will be the first since Pierre Poilievre became leader of the federal Conservatives and Official Opposition earlier this fall. It's being held to replace Liberal Sven Spengemann, who announced last May that he would step down to take a position with the United Nations.
A Liberal has represented Mississauga-Lakeshore since the 1990s, with the exception of the years between 2011 and 2015 when a Conservative held the seat. Sousa is the last major candidate to be nominated after theConservatives announced their new candidate in Mississauga-Lakeshore would be Ron Chhinzer, a member of the Peel Regional Police Service. The NDP has nominated Julia Kole, whose profile on the party's website says the lifelong Mississauga resident has worked as a constituency assistant to a member of provincial Parliament.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Former Ontario finance minister to run for federal Liberals in Toronto-area ridingJUST IN: A former Ontario finance minister will be the federal Liberal candidate in an upcoming byelection in the Toronto area that's set to be called later this month.
Read more »
Toronto man arrested after fatal shooting in MississaugaA Toronto man has been arrested and charged in connection with a fatal shooting in Mississauga Wednesday evening.
Read more »
This tiny $1.1 Mississauga house dwarfed by its neighbours has never been on the marketAt first glance, this house looks like a child surrounded by professional basketball players. The custom built-homes to the left and right and fra...
Read more »
$42M to help CBC recover from the pandemic and other highlights from Liberals' fiscal update | SaltWireOTTAWA — The Liberal government’s latest Fall Economic Statement (FES) includes $7.3 billion-worth of increased spending on programs that already existed ...
Read more »
Liberals Vow To Make Good On Housing Affordability Measures In Fall UpdateToday marked the first federal budget update since April, when theBoC’s aggressive, inflation-fighting rate hikes were just beginning. At the time, the overnight lending rate sat at 0.5%, but has now jumped up a staggering 325 basis points. housing
Read more »