Raymond Cho in byelection victory for PCs in Scarborough

Raymond Cho

PC candidate and City Councillor Raymond Cho (Ward 42) has won the Scarborough-Rouge River riding, defeating the Liberals in a seat they have held since it was created in 1999. Cho will now quit his municipal office. It’s the third byelection in a row the Tories have won since Patrick Brown became leader last year and a breakthrough for the party in Toronto, where they hold no other seats. Brown crowed about the win saying:  “There is not any riding in the province of Ontario that Kathleen Wynne’s Liberal party can take for granted,” he said. For her part, the Premier said the loss was a cause for reflection. It is said that the MPP for Don Valley West has a personal popularity standing of 16 percent across Ontario. The margin of victory was 2,429 over the Liberal, a percentage gap of 39% to 29 percent.