Televised candidates’ debates in London ridings held by Rogers tv have been marred by no-show Conservative candidates. Conservative candidates in four ridings – Adam Benni in London West, Kurt Holman in London-Fanshawe, Stephen Gallant in London Centre and Andrew Lawton in Elgin-St. Thomas-London South – were absent from Rogers tv televised debates recorded recently and […]
An estimated crowd of roughly 200 protested on Saturday at the campaign office of Elgin-St. Thomas-London South Conservative candidate Andrew Lawton, who has drawn fire for past comments he addressed earlier in the campaign. Photos by LFP’s Dale Carruthers
An estimated crowd of roughly 200 protested on Saturday at the campaign office of Elgin-St. Thomas-London South Conservative candidate Andrew Lawton, who has drawn fire for past comments he addressed earlier in the campaign. Photos by LFP’s Dale Carruthers
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Rachel Gilbert spoke with Brian Williams, who reported that departing Conservative MP Karen Vecchio won't endorse Andrew Lawton
A departing Conservative MP with deep roots in a London-area riding won’t endorse any candidate to succeed her, not even the one running under her longtime party’s banner. Karen Vecchio, who had represented Elgin-Middlesex-London since 2015, said she won’t publicly support anyone to fill her vacated seat, now renamed Elgin-St. Thomas-London South after the riding’s […]
With a federal election campaign set to kick off Sunday, a Liberal candidate in a London-area riding held by the Conservatives says U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs motivated him to run. David Goodwin, a first-time candidate who spent a decade as a member of the Liberal riding association including an eight-year stint as chair, said […]