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Owen named Liberal riding association president

Liberals prepare to select candidate in Barrie-Springwater-Oro-Medonte riding

Following a founding meeting, the Barrie-Springwater-Oro-Medonte Provincial Liberal Association has announced former local MPP Bruce Owen as the new riding’s Liberal association president. 

“Our team is hard at work preparing for this June’s provincial election, now just some 83 days away,” Owen, a Barrie lawyer, said in a release.

“We are in the process of nominating our candidate to join a very strong Simcoe County slate of Ontario Liberal Party candidates, including Barrie/Innisfil incumbent MPP Ann Hoggarth in Barrie-Innisfil, county warden Gerry Marshall in Simcoe North, recent school board chair Loralea Carruthers in York-Simcoe and college professor Dan Hambly in Simcoe-Grey,” he added. 

The new provincial riding encompasses an area including the north of Barrie, the townships of Springwater and the western portion of Oro-Medonte.

Anyone who wants to join the association, volunteer to help in the campaign or put their name forward as a potential candidate can email the Barrie-Springwater-Oro-Medonte Provincial Liberal Association at [email protected].