Ontario NDP candidate withdraws from Toronto riding to support Liberals

The candidate nominated by the Ontario NDP for Toronto riding Eglinton-Lawrence has pulled out of the election and is throwing her support behind the Liberals.
Natasha Doyle-Merrick says in a statement that Eglinton-Lawrence is a “clear two-party contest” and she is stepping aside in the hopes of preventing another Progressive Conservative win.
The Tories have held the riding provincially since 2018, when the Liberals came within about 500 votes of Progressive Conservative candidate Robin Martin, who is not running this time. The Liberals had previously represented the riding since 1999.
The Liberals also lost a candidate Thursday, the day of Elections Ontario’s deadline for candidate nominations, and now have no candidate in Windsor West, which is expected to be a fight between the NDP and Progressive Conservatives.
The Liberals did not explain candidate Moe Chehab’s withdrawal, simply saying it was “too bad” and that the party has a strong slate of candidates across the province.
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