Tory MPP Sterling will support Liberal candidate in upcoming provincial election
Posted Apr 7, 2011 05:18:15 AM.
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Veteran Progressive Conservative Norm Sterling says he may support a Liberal candidate in his Ottawa-area riding in the Ontario election.
After 34 years as the P.C. member for Carleton-Mississippi Mills, Sterling lost the nomination to Jack MacLaren, a former director of the Ontario Landowners Association.
Sterling says he won’t be campaigning for MacLaren this fall.
But he might end up supporting the Liberals if they nominate Eli El-Chantiry, the deputy mayor of Ottawa.
He says El-Chantiry is a close friend who has supported him in the past, and it would be difficult to take a stand against his friend.
Sterling also says he “might be very quiet” about what he does in the provincial election on October 6.
He also says being forced out of politics by members of his own party after more than three decades will at least give him a good ending for his memoirs.
