Conservatives bullish to win back Etobicoke Centre in 2019 after Liberal MP Wrzesnewskyj’s announcement not to seek re-election

Borys Wrzenewskyj has endorsed former Ontario Liberal MPP Yvan Baker for the federal Liberal nomination in Etobicoke Centre, and Conservatives have already nominated former MP Ted Opitz as their candidate for 2019.

Four-term Etobicoke Centre Liberal MP Borys Wrzesnewskyj, left, will not seek reelection in 2019, and former Ontario MPP Yvan Baker is now seeking the Liberal nomination in the riding. Former MP Ted Opitz has already been nominated as the Conservative Party's candidate for 2019.The Hill Times file photographs and courtesy of Yvan Baker

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BY ABBAS RANA

November 5, 2018

Four-term Liberal MP Borys Wrzesnewskyj won the GTA riding of Etobicoke Centre by a comfortable double-digit margin in 2015, but his recent announcement that he won’t seek re-election in 2019 has made Conservatives bullish about their prospects of winning, with former one-term MP Ted Opitz as thei...

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