Carleton Liberals Start Search For Provincial Candidate

The Carleton Provincial Liberal Association has started the process of finding a candidate for the next provincial election.

While the next provincial election is not scheduled until 2026, there is strong speculation that an early election will be called for the spring of 2025.

“The Ontario Liberal Party and our leader Bonnie Crombie are committed to forming a strong team of candidates who are leaders in their community and who reflect the diversity of Ontario that makes our province so strong,” stated Carleton Provincial Liberal Association President Suzanne Elliott in an email to the Messenger.

In the 2022 provincial election, Tom Dawson ran for the Liberals and was runner-up, losing to Progressive Conservative candidate Goldie Ghamari by nearly 10,000 votes. In 2018, which was the first election after the Nepean-Carleton riding was split into two, Theresa Qadri ran for the Liberals and finished third with 19.4 per cent of the vote. Ghamari won with 51.3 per cent of the vote while Courtney Potter of the NDP was second with 22.5 per cent of the vote.

Ghamari was removed from the Progressive Conservative caucus June 28 and currently sits in the legislature as an independent MPP.

“We’re getting ready now for a possible early election,” stated Elliott, who added that perhaps some Messenger readers have thought about running for political office or know someone who they believe would make an ideal candidate.

“We need candidates who are inspired to build a better future, and the Ontario Liberal Party is ready to build it with them,” added Elliott.

Anyone interested in running for the Carleton Liberals is encouraged to email Carleton@ontarioliberal.ca to start the conversation about running for political office. To learn more about the candidate nomination process and/or to submit a notice of interest, visit https://ontarioliberal.ca/nominations/