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Ed’s IN! – DC Federal Liberal acclamation After a highly successful launch of his bid for the Dufferin-Caledon Federal Liberal nomination, where over 100 supporters showed their enthusiasm, Ed Crewson's only competition for the position, Bill Prout has withdrawn his name from the nomination ballot. Shelburne's Ed Crewson will be acclaimed as the DC Liberal candidate, on February 17th at a Liberal Party nomination meeting at Mono Community Centre, to run in the upcoming Federal election Bill Prout, who ran in the 2011 Federal election for Dufferin-Caledon, faired poorly at that time, finishing behind all major parties including NDP's and Greens. In a statement to the Free Press last week, Mr. Prout said, “Due to personal reasons and a very large increase in solar installation contracts that I must install over the next 8 months, I cannot do justice to run a successful political campaign and have therefore withdrawn from the nomination race. I want to thank everyone who has supported me over the last 4 years. I am getting many messages from local Liberals stating their disappointment with my decision but it is not to say that I may be back for the next round when my situation opens up and clears a path to representing DC in Ottawa.” Mr. Prout also stated that he hopes “all Liberals, Greens, and NDP voters will unite in DC to support Ed Crewson.” This sentiment will need to be a common thread throughout the Liberal's campaign if they hope to break the Progressive Conservative stronghold in Dufferin-Caledon held on to by incumbent MP David Tilson for many years. Supporters of Crewson have called Ed a “bridge builder” and are betting that he is the politician to convince the constituency to vote “person” before “party.” Crewson started his bridges by phoning Bill Prout after he withdrew, and says they “will be getting together for lunch next week.” The new Federal Liberal candidate says his “next step is to engage the people of Dufferin-Caledon in conversations to hear their hopes and ideas.” This past Sunday, Mr. Crewson met with twenty women at the home of Lynn Allan in Caledon and says he “will be attending as many events in the community as possible to engage citizens in conversation.” The Dufferin-Caledon Federal Liberal nomination meeting will take place at 6pm on February 17th in the Banquet Room of the Mono Community Centre, 754483 Mono Centre Road. Director of Communications for the Crewson campaign, George denHaan says, “The speaker list for the February 17th nomination meeting is still in progress.” Ed Crewson expresses, “Thanks to all the members of the Dufferin-Caledon Federal Liberal Riding Association for giving me this opportunity. Together we can do better.” By Marni Walsh  Photo by Marni Walsh |
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