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Ontario Liberal chief and former Mississauga mayor Bonnie Crombie has determined to run within the driving of Mississauga East-Cooksville within the upcoming provincial election.
A member of Crombie’s marketing campaign group confirmed Tuesday morning the Liberal chief had chosen the driving.
“She is looking forward to knocking on doors and talking to residents about what they need going into this election,” Taylor Deasley, a Crombie group spokesperson, mentioned in an electronic mail.
Crombie, who left the mayor’s seat in Mississauga simply over one 12 months in the past to helm the provincial Liberals, will attempt to unseat Premier Doug Ford in an election anticipated to happen Feb. 27.
Ford is predicted to make an official announcement on Wednesday regarding the election.
Crombie had indicated earlier she’d run in Mississauga and two ridings — Mississauga East-Cooksville and Mississauga Centre — had but to be crammed by Liberal candidates.
The Liberal chief gained’t must deal with an incumbent MPP in Mississauga East-Cooksville. Khaleed Rasheed has held that seat since being elected as a Conservative in 2018. Nevertheless, he left the PC caucus in 2023 over the Greenbelt scandal and has since mentioned he is not going to be in search of re-election.
Supporters of Crombie consider she will be able to make a powerful exhibiting within the upcoming election due to her recognition within the metropolis that noticed her seize three phrases as mayor.
Crombie had not represented a provincial driving for greater than a 12 months since being chosen because the Liberal chief.
She was first elected to workplace on the federal stage when she grew to become a Member of Parliament within the driving of Mississauga-Streetsville within the 2008 election. In 2011, she misplaced that seat to present Mississauga metropolis councillor Brad Butt, who ran as a Conservative.
However later that 12 months, Crombie captured the Ward 5 seat on Mississauga council in a byelection that she narrowly gained over present Mayor Carolyn Parrish.
In 2014, Crombie efficiently ran for mayor of Mississauga, following within the footsteps of Hazel McCallion. Crombie held that place till she stepped right down to develop into the Liberal chief.
— With recordsdata from Steve Pecar
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