Two more candidates have entered the provincial election race in this riding.
Brendan Knight of Stratford, was nominated as the riding candidate by the Perth-Wellington Liberals on May 8. The Canada Post worker is a volunteer with area environmental organizations, including the Avon River Environmental Awareness and the Civic Beautification and Environmental Awareness Committee.
Arthur resident Paul McKendrick, a local housing contractor, is running for the newly-registered Consensus Ontario party. The new party’s stated aim is replacing the existing political party system with a system of consensus government focused around only independent MPPs.
Already in the running in Perth-Wellington are:
– incumbent Progressive Conservative MPP Randy Pettapiece;
– Stratford resident Michael O’Brien of the NDP;
– Green Party candidate Lisa Olsen, a Wellington County native; and
– Libertarian candidate Scott Marshall of Harriston.
The deadline for nominations is May 17 at 2pm.
