Tag: Karen Vecchio
Federal election: A guide to the 10 London-region races and ridings
Here’s your primer on the five London-area races and ridings and the contests in the wider five-riding region for Monday’s federal election. LONDON CENTRE The riding: It’s sort of a new kid on the block this time with a new name — it had been London-North-Centre — and new boundaries that leave out the northernmost […]
Letters to the Editor: April 5, 2025
Free Press readers sound off on the topics of the day including Canadian politics, the upcoming federal election and Donald Trump.
The LFP Podcast, ep. 206: Is this the most interesting local federal election race?
Rachel Gilbert spoke with Brian Williams, who reported that departing Conservative MP Karen Vecchio won’t endorse Andrew Lawton
Exiting Conservative MP won’t endorse her party’s new candidate
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 […]
Federal election: 5 things to know about the London-region races
Canadians have been plunged into a snap federal election after newly-minted Prime Minister Mark Carney, heading a minority Liberal government, called the vote for April 28 amid the unfolding Canada-U.S. trade war. Key things to know about the contests in the 10-riding London region. THE SCORECARD When Parliament was dissolved and the election called, the […]