Liberal MP Nate Erskine-Smith lost an Ontario Liberal nomination race this weekend in the Toronto-area riding of Scarborough Southwest that would have brought him closer to a run for the provincial party’s leadership.
Ontario Liberal members in the provincial Scarborough Southwest riding chose business owner Ahsanul Hafiz on May 9 as their candidate to represent the party in an upcoming byelection.
Erskine-Smith, who represents the neighbouring federal riding of Beaches-East York, announced his intentions on Feb. 3 to transition from federal to provincial politics as the Ontario Liberal Party’s candidate for the byelection and potentially run for the leadership of the provincial party….