‘Desperate need of renewal’: Liberal MP Erskine-Smith sets sights on federal exit, provincial party revival

Grit MP Nate Erskine Smith says he intends to resign 'shortly' after the provincial nomination for Scarborough Southwest, Ont., is called on May 9 as NDP Leader Avi Lewis passes on the impending Beaches–East York vacancy for his own entrance to the House.

Liberal MP Nate Erskine-Smith, left, says Queen's Park needs 'serious progressive leadership,' and he sees the same opportunity to help rebuild the Ontario Liberal Party that initially drew him to federal politics in 2015. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY STUART BENSON

April 22, 2026

As the Liberals celebrate their new majority, their narrow, two-seat lead in the House of Commons will soon shrink as MP Nate Erskine-Smith says his party now has enough “breathing room” for him to turn his focus on rebuilding the Ontario Liberals as a voice of serious p...

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