Elizabeth Roy, Lib; Lorne Coe, PC; Niki Lundquist. NDP
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne has announced that the byelection to fill a vacant seat in the riding of Whitby-Oshawa will take place on February, 11, 2016 The recently Conservative riding will be contested by three well-known candidates. The riding was held by Christine Elliott, who unsuccessfully ran for the PC party leadership this year and lost to Patrick Brown. Her late husband, former Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, represented the riding federally. The candidates for the byelection are Elizabeth Roy, a former Whitby Councillor for the Liberals, Lorne Coe, a Whitby Councillor the Progressive Conservatives and Labour and human rights lawyer Niki Lundquist the NDP.
