Despite Liberals’ ‘dirty tricks’ in Markham-Thornhill nomination, Qureshi decides not to run as Independent for sake of Grit party unity

Juanita Nathan says Markham-Thornhill has 'been robbed' of a fair nomination, but Jack Siegel says the Liberal Party has been retroactively posting nomination deadlines for 25 years.

Technology entrepreneur Afraj Gill, left, businessman Nadeem Qureshi and senior PMO staffer Mary Ng ran for Liberal nomination in Markham-Thornhill. Juanita Nathan, right, withdrew her name from the contest citing lack of fairness and transparency in the nomination contest.Photographs courtesy of candidates

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BY ABBAS RANA

March 6, 2017

A Markham-Thornhill Liberal nomination candidate, who was considering running as an Independent in the April 3 byelection because of the party’s nomination “dirty tricks," has decided not to run against his own party in order to prevent Conservatives from taking advantage of divisions among Lib...

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