TORONTO — Voters in an eastern Ontario riding head to the polls Thursday in a provincial byelection that may end up being a tighter race than its recent electoral history would suggest.
The Bay of Quinte riding has only been vacant for a month, since cabinet minister Todd Smith resigned, but Premier Doug Ford called the byelection just five days after Smith announced his abrupt departure.
"I think there's probably a misconception about how safe a Conservative seat it is, in part because Todd just won so overwhelmingly," he said. "And that took a generational election, in terms of conservatives elected to Queen's Park, plus an incredibly popular local MPP." Liberal candidate Sean Kelly is a councillor alongside Allsopp and as a radio broadcaster he also shares a key piece of employment history with Smith, who worked at the local station for many years.
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