The Progressive Conservative leader will seek a seat in the legislature by contesting a Lindsay-area riding in a byelection.
Laurie Scott will give up her seat at Queen’s Park to let Tory run in her riding, Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock.
Scott will now help the party prepare ready for the next provincial election in 2011.
Bruce Grey Owen Sound MPP Bill Murdoch has been a long-time critic of John Tory.
Murdoch was turfed out of the Conservatives for saying Tory needed to get a seat in the legislature or resign as party leader.
The Independent local MPP was contacted by Bayshore Broadcasting news in Texas today, where he said it was about time Tory was finally getting on with his life.
He was highly complementary about Laurie Scott, but says she is taking a much bigger chance than John Tory, because if he doesn’t win she would likely be out of a job.
Murdoch gives the Conservative leader a 50-50 shot at winning the rural riding, which he says has gone to the NDP and Liberals in different elections over the years.
