Premier Kathleen Wynne rejected a request from Brown on Thursday for an immediate byelection in Simcoe North, where veteran Tory MPP Garfield Dunlop announced he would step aside Aug. 1 so the new PC leader could run for a seat.
Wynne insisted she was “keen to let Brown have his shot” at winning a seat in the legislature, but said she would wait until after the Oct. 19 federal election before calling the provincial byelection.
“The fact is, now, we don’t know exactly when the federal government is going to drop the writ or is going to call the federal election,” she said. “We know when it’s going to be, but we don’t know how long the writ period will be.”
Brown waited too long to find that riding, Wynne suggested Thursday.
“When he went through the leadership process, and I said right away I’m not going to stand in the way of a byelection, I didn’t think he would be waiting three months to decide that he wanted to come in to the house,” she said.
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Wynne insisted she was “keen to let Brown have his shot” at winning a seat in the legislature, but said she would wait until after the Oct. 19 federal election before calling the provincial byelection.
“The fact is, now, we don’t know exactly when the federal government is going to drop the writ or is going to call the federal election,” she said. “We know when it’s going to be, but we don’t know how long the writ period will be.”
Brown waited too long to find that riding, Wynne suggested Thursday.
“When he went through the leadership process, and I said right away I’m not going to stand in the way of a byelection, I didn’t think he would be waiting three months to decide that he wanted to come in to the house,” she said.
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