Timeline of key dates in Liberal Sudbury byelection scandal
SUDBURY, Ont. — A trial is set to begin Thursday for two Ontario Liberals on Election Act bribery charges. Pat Sorbara, a former Ontario Liberal Party CEO, and Gerry Lougheed, a Sudbury Liberal fundraiser, are accused of offering a would-be candidate a job or appointment to step aside for Wynne’s preferred candidate in a February 2015 byelection. Both Sorbara and Lougheed deny the charges.
Here are some key dates in the scandal:
Nov. 20, 2014: Sudbury New Democrat MPP Joe Cimino resigns after just five months on the job, citing “personal health wellness.”
Nov. 30: Premier Kathleen Wynne meets with NDP MP Glenn Thibeault, who agrees to run for the provincial Liberals. Wynne has said she decided at that meeting to appoint him.