Conservative MP Tilson tells O’Leary ‘to his face’ he won’t vacate his House seat

Kevin O’Leary is focused on leadership campaign and will decide where to run after the campaign is over, says press secretary Ari Laskin.

Five-term Conservative MP David Tilson, right, informed Conservative Party leadership front-runner Kevin O’Leary, left, at a private meeting last week that he would not vacate his seat for him if the businessman and reality-TV star won the party’s top job next month in Toronto.The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright

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BY ABBAS RANA

April 10, 2017

Five-term Conservative MP David Tilson informed Conservative Party leadership front-runner Kevin O’Leary at a private meeting last week that he would not vacate his seat for him if the businessman and reality-TV star won the party’s top job next month in Toronto. In an interview with The Hi...

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