WHITBY, Ont. – Ontario’s Progressive Conservative opposition have named their candidate for the upcoming byelection in the Whitby-Oshawa riding.
PC Leader Patrick Brown announced Saturday that Lorne Coe is the party’s candidate.
Coe is currently a regional councillor in Whitby.
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The riding was held by high-profile Tory Christine Elliott, who unsuccessfully ran for the party’s leadership this year and lost to Brown.
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Premier Kathleen Wynne has not yet set a date for the byelection, but her party announced Thursday that their candidate would be Elizabeth Roy.
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