{"id":20257,"date":"2018-04-02T18:39:15","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T22:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=20257"},"modified":"2018-04-04T20:32:12","modified_gmt":"2018-04-05T00:32:12","slug":"christine-elliott-confirms-newmarket-aurora-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/christine-elliott-confirms-newmarket-aurora-run\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATED: Christine Elliott confirms Newmarket-Aurora run"},"content":{"rendered":"

After weeks of swirling rumours, Christine Elliott has formally put her name forward for the Newmarket-Aurora PC nomination.<\/p>\n

In a statement released Monday night, the former MPP and PC leadership candidate said, \u201cI have never been more convinced of just how much Ontario needs us. I would be privileged to join our slate of candidates.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTo all residents of Newmarket-Aurora, you can count on me to do everything I can to fight for you at Queen\u2019s Park,\u201d she continued. \u201cI hope I can earn your trust.\u201d<\/p>\n

Monday\u2019s announcement also came with key endorsements, including those from former PC nomination candidate Bill Hogg and former Newmarket-Aurora Member of Parliament \u2013 and 2019 Federal candidate \u2013 Lois Brown. <\/p>\n

\u201cI have every confidence that Christine Elliott is the right candidate to lead Newmarket-Aurora into the next election,\u201d said Ms. Brown. \u201cShe has a proven track record of fighting for local communities at Queen\u2019s Park, and I look forward to working with her.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shortly after Ms. Elliott\u2019s announcement, a further endorsement came out.<\/p>\n

Charity McGrath, who was ousted as Newmarket-Aurora\u2019s confirmed PC candidate last month after numerous appeals from local party members \u2013 and an appeal from Ms. McGrath herself against the party\u2019s decision, which was turned down last Tuesday night \u2013 sthrew her support behind Ms. Elliott as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter working countless hours over the past year as the PC Candidate in Newmarket-Aurora, I have decided to step aside and work with a wonderful person,\u201d said Ms. McGrath. \u201cToday I am proud to stand with an extraordinary Conservative, Christine Elliott. We are excited knowing that she has served this province in an exemplary way and will continue that legacy of work for our riding.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will continue to see unity strengthened through the support of Bill Ballantyne, President of the Newmarket-Aurora Riding Association. I personally believe that unity needs to be a top priority. I appreciate Christine\u2019s desire to work closely with myself and honour the time and work I have put in alongside the volunteers who have invested time in the riding. I look forward to us working closely for the betterment of the riding and community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ontarians are set to go to the polls on June 7.<\/p>\n

If Ms. Elliott secures the PC nomination, she will face off against incumbent Liberal MPP Chris Ballard, who currently serves as Minister of the Environment. <\/p>\n

Aurorans living on the north side of Wellington Street will continue to vote in the riding of Newmarket-Aurora, while residents on Wellington’s south side will vote for the first time in the newly-created Provincial riding of Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill. <\/p>\n

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After weeks of swirling rumours, Christine Elliott has formally put her name forward for the Newmarket-Aurora PC nomination. In a statement released Monday night, the former MPP and PC leadership candidate said, \u201cI have never been more convinced of just how much Ontario needs us. I would be privileged to join our slate of candidates.\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-5gJ","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-01 05:56:42","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20257\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}