Premier Doug Ford today confirmed that the Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, has accepted the premier's advice to sign a proclamation dissolving the 42nd Parliament of the Province of Ontario, effective as of 4 p.m..
Pursuant to the provisions of the Election Act, the Lieutenant Governor also called for the issuance of writs for the general election to be issued and named June 2, 2022 as the date of Ontario's next general election.
The Ontario Party's Joe Jobin joins Vic Fedeli - Progressive Conservative; Michelle Lashbrook - Libertarian; Erika Lougheed - NDP; Sean McClocklin - Green; Taylor Russell - New Blue; Giacomo Vezina - None of the Above; and, Tanya Vrebosch - Liberal, as official candidates for Nipissing in the June 2 provincial election.
Polls at this point suggest the Progressive Conservatives are poised for re-election, with the third-place Liberals potentially overtaking the NDP to form the official Opposition.
