Thursday, March 29, 2007
Tim Peterson to run as Tory
Tim Peterson, the brother of former Ontario Liberal premier David Peterson and former federal cabinet minister Jim Peterson, has decided to run as a Tory in this October's Ontario provincial election. He was elected as a Liberal in Mississauga South in 2003 (the first Grit elected in that riding since Confederation), though was unhappy that he was not awarded a cabinet position and that issues from his riding weren't receiving the prominence he thought they should. He has left the Liberal Party and will sit as an independent until the October election. I'll give him credit- at least he didn't cross the floor. This should provide yet another interesting race. I'll be most curious to see if/how David and Jim campaign on their brother's behalf.
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Sure he has crossed the floor. Mississauga South (Peterson's riding) P.C. party was in the middle of a nomination race to pick their next P.C. candidate. Now that Tory has welcomed useless Peterson with open arms, he is the next defacto P.C. candidate. This is because the P.C. party rules saw that you don't challenge a sitting M.P.P. However those rules were created to protect a sitting P.C. MPP, not a Liberal MPP.
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