Both of Wellington County’s members of provincial parliament are backing former Ontario Progressive Conservative deputy leader Christine Elliott in her bid for the recently-vacated leadership of the Ontario PC party.
Elliott, the widow of former federal and Ontario finance minister Jim Flaherty, is one of three candidates to succeed Patrick Brown.
The former leader resigned on Jan. 24, the same evening CTV News reported on allegations of sexual misconduct by Brown involving two teenage girls. Brown, who remains an MPP, has denied the allegations, which date back to his days as a federal MP.
Also in the contest are Caroline Mulroney, a previously-nominated PC candidate in the June 7 election and daughter of former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, and Doug Ford, a former Toronto city councillor and brother of the late Rob Ford, a former Toronto Mayor.
In a Feb. 6 Twitter post, Perth-Wellington MPP Randy Pettapiece stated his support citing Elliot’s knowledge of rural Ontario and health care.
Wellington-Halton Hills MPP Ted Arnott has also come out in favor of Elliott in the leadership contest, which will be decided in a vote of eligible party members between March 2 and 8.
