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Originally Posted by craftbeerdad
So does this mean Farr's seat will be open at City Council or can he just revert back after he doesn't get the MPP seat (since Municipal election will be afterwards)?
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exactly that. If he loses the provincial election, which is fairly likely, he will still be able to run for council again. Pauls did the same thing in 2018, running for the PCs then falling back to Council following the election loss.
If anything, the most concerning fact from this all is that the departure of Miller from the riding and the arrival of Farr with a "big" name means that the liberals may pull enough voters away from the NDP to let the PCs slide up the middle and take the riding when nobody is looking.
It's a pretty solid NDP riding regardless though, so I would be surprised if that happens. I really just don't see a route for Farr to win in the riding. If the riding flips at all, it'll probably flip to the PCs. The Liberals got just 12% of votes in the riding in 2018, compared to 51.2% for the NDP and 28.7% for the PCs.