Ontario Liberal nomination fallout just deepened this Tuesday as Liberal MP Nate Erskine-Smith formally challenged the results of the party’s contentious Scarborough Southwest nomination race, alleging voting irregularities and calling for the outcome to be overturned.
In a notice of appeal filed with the Ontario Liberal Party’s arbitration board, Erskine-Smith argued the May 9 nomination was marred by what he described as “serious irregularities,” including concerns about voter identification procedures and discrepancies in the ballot count.
The appeal comes after Erskine-Smith lost the nomination to businessman Ahsanul Hafiz by just 19 votes: a razor-thin margin that immediately sparked accusations from the longtime Toronto MP and his campaign team.