Longtime Riverdale resident Grant Gordon, the father of three sons and husband to broadcaster/author Gill Deacon, has been nominated as Toronto-Danforth's federal Liberal candidate.
Gordon, who is the founder of Key Gordon Communications Inc., which focuses exclusively on the branding and marketing of socially and environmentally responsible companies, was selected Thursday, Feb. 9 at a nomination meeting at Riverdale Collegiate.
He defeated two-time Green party candidate Trifon Haitas, a videojournalist who was born in Greece and immigrated to Toronto as a child.
Confirmed byelection candidates include:
* Craig Scott, NDP, a human rights lawyer and professor making his first try at polticial office;
* Andrew Keyes, Conservatives, a communications consultant who made an unsuccessful bid to win the federal Conservative nomination for Oak Ridges-Markham in 2007;
* Adriana Mugnatto-Hamu, Green Party, who also represented the Green Party in Toronto-Danforth in the last federal election;
* John Recker, Libertarian Party;
* Christopher Porter, Canadian Action Party;
* Kevin Clarke, People's Party;
* and Marie Crawford, Animal Alliance Voters Party of Canada.
Voters in Toronto-Danforth will be heading to the polls Monday, March 19 to select their next member of parliament.
An all-candidates debate in Toronto-Danforth has been organized for Thursday, March 15 at Don Mills United Church, 126 O'Connor Dr. at Pape Avenue. The debate starts at 7 p.m.
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