Commentary Olivia Chow was elected Mayor of Toronto in the June 26 byelection. The former NDP MP/city councillor earned 269,372 votes (37.16 percent), edging out former city councillor Ana Bailão (235,175 votes, 32.46 percent). The two conservative candidates, former Toronto police chief Mark Saunders (62,167 votes, 8.59 percent) and former Toronto Sun columnist Anthony Furey…

The Conservative Party of Canada says it made a mistake in failing to give notice of a fundraiser held by disqualified leadership contestant Patrick Brown. Spokeswoman Sarah Fischer said Thursday the party “mistakenly” did not post details of the $1,700-per-ticket event Brown held last week on its website, which is required by Elections Canada. Brown,…

Patrick Brown, who was recently disqualified from the federal Conservative leadership race over allegations of wrongdoing, says he will now run for re-election in the Brampton, Ont., mayoral race this fall. Brown had previously said he would consider running for mayor again if his federal bid seemed unlikely to succeed. He insisted Monday that entering…

Commentary Patrick Brown, the mayor of Brampton, Ont., was recently disqualified from running in the Conservative Party leadership race. Some party members, including most of his supporters, immediately cried foul at the manner in which he was removed. While the process was far from perfect, the Conservatives actually handled this difficult matter in the proper…

Disqualified Conservative Party leadership candidate Patrick Brown will vote for former Quebec premier Jean Charest if he fails in his bid to be reinstated, his campaign has announced. In a July 12 letter to supporters, Brown’s campaign says there’s a “strong likelihood” that the appeal won’t succeed before the vote. Party members have already started…

A spokesman for disqualified Conservative leadership candidate Patrick Brown says he won’t be making any decisions about running for re-election as a Greater-Toronto-Area mayor until he has time to talk with his friends and family. Chisholm Pothier says Brown spent the weekend attending a multicultural festival in Brampton, Ont., located about 45 minutes from Toronto,…

The committee organizing the Conservative Party leadership race says that disqualified candidate Patrick Brown was well aware of the allegations against him, contrary to what he has stated in his defence. In an email to party members on July 8, chair of the Leadership Election Organizing Committee (LEOC) Ian Brodie sought to reassure that the…

OTTAWA—A longtime Conservative organizer says Patrick Brown was personally involved in an arrangement that saw her paid by a third−party company for work she did on his leadership campaign. Debra Jodoin, through her lawyer, released a statement Thursday evening after the party spent the past two days dealing with the fallout from Brown’s disqualification from…

OTTAWA—Canada’s elections commissioner is reviewing information related to the campaign of disqualified Conservative leadership candidate Patrick Brown’s alleged breach of financing rules. A spokesperson for the federal watchdog confirmed the office has received information related to Brown’s sudden ousting from the race, but—citing privacy— wouldn’t divulge the nature or details of what it received. The…

Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown responded to his disqualification from the Conservative Party leadership race on Wednesday after the committee organizing the contest put an end to his bid on July 5 on allegations that his campaign violated financial rules. “No substance. We don’t even know what the allegation is. It’s an anonymous allegation being made….