Former Ontario Conservative MP Chisu to run as a People’s Party candidate in upcoming election

Corneliu Chisu says he left the party because he believes the Conservative Party headquarters had been delaying the nomination contest to find a different candidate.

Former one-term Conservative MP Corneliu Chisu left the Conservative Party in late January and has since joined the People's Party of Canada. He's planning on running as his new party's candidate in the October election.The Hill Times file photograph

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BY ABBAS RANA

March 25, 2019

A former one-term Conservative MP has left his party and has joined the People’s Party of Canada, saying his former party had been delaying holding the nomination contest and “shopping around” for another candidate. “I’m disappointed, absolutely disappointed by the party,” said Corneliu...

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