Ontario MPP Baber, former senior staffer Lantsman, and former candidate Willson said to be eyeing Conservative nomination in York Centre

‘We expect this to be a hotly contested nomination race, the reason being that York Centre is far from being a "safe Liberal seat,"’ says Rachel Willson, the most recent Conservative candidate in York Centre.

Former senior Conservative Hill staffer Melissa Lantsman, left, Ontario PC MPP Roman Baber, and former Tory candidate Rachel Willson are said to be considering a run for the Conservative nomination in the recently opened GTA riding of York Centre. As of deadline last week, the party had not announced publicly when the nomination will be held.Photograph courtesy of twitter, LinkedIn, and Wikipedia

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BY ABBAS RANA

August 31, 2020

The yet-to-be-scheduled byelection in York Centre is shaping up to be a high profile contest with prominent Conservative and Liberal figures testing the waters for seeking their party’s nomination in the GTA riding. In interviews with The Hill Times, Conservative sources mentioned the na...

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