It was quite a race here in Etobicoke-Lakeshore on June 2. In the end, it was a very close result. Our campaign team and many volunteers did great work to get within 800 votes after a 6-week campaign.
I am deeply grateful to everyone who got involved in the campaign, putting in hours and hours knocking on doors, putting in signs, and helping in the office. It was inspiring to see and, as a candidate, meant a lot to have people consistently turn up. I enjoyed getting to know you and drew inspiration from the issues that were important to you in drawing you to come and help our campaign, mostly wanting to unseat Doug Ford and the conservatives.
Thank you to current MP Jamie Maloney and to previous MPP Peter Milczyn who consistently made themselves available to provide advice to me as a new candidate and to support the campaign at the doors and at events.
I also want to thank John O’Leary, President of the Etobicoke Riding Association, and all the members for having confidence in me to run as your candidate. I am grateful for the opportunity.
Finally, I want to thank the 17,163 people who voted for me and for change. It is an honour to have earned your trust and your vote.
With deep gratitude,
Lee Fairclough