Deputy Mayor Doug Holyday to run for PCs

Toronto Deputy Mayor Douglas Holyday will run for the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party in the by-election in Etobicoke-Lakeshore on Thursday, August 1, 2013. This election and four others in Ontario falls on the day before the beginning of the Civic Holiday weekend. It will be interesting to see if voters actually notice there’s an election.  PC Leader Tim Hudak was, he said, “delighted” with Mr. Holyday’s decision. Mr. Holyday, the last mayor of the former City of Etobicoke, placed second as the PC candidate in the old riding of Etobicoke-West during the 1987 provincial election. Hudak said Steve Ryan, who won the Conservative nomination in Etobicoke-Lakeshore last December, was injured at work and will not be able to run in the by-election.