Nate Erskine-Smith’s appeal of Ontario Liberal nomination vote rejected

The Ontario Liberals have rejected an appeal by MP Nate Erskine-Smith of a nomination contest loss earlier this month that’s put his bid for leadership of the provincial party into question. Erskine-Smith was vying to represent the provincial Liberals in the upcoming Scarborough Southwest byelection but did not win the party’s nomination, with members instead selecting Ahsanul Hafiz. Erskine-Smith appealed to the party’s arbitration panel, alleging irregularities that included 34 more ballots counted than the number of recorded voters, as well as people who couldn’t state their address or clai…