Nate Erskine-Smith legt in Scarborough Berufung gegen die Ergebnisse der Nominierung der Liberalen in Ontario ein

Some of the alleged details here are insane. Several dozen more recorded ballots than listed voters? Voters allowed to vote without proper ID and addresses, instead using Amazon orders as proof of address and voting on a visitor visa using a Bangladeshi passport?

The candidate who won, and the OLP as a whole are going to come out of this looking terrible.

Edit: Just to put it into perspective, Nate lost by 19 votes. The additional ballots alone would swing the race to him. If you add in the irregularities with IDs, and he almost certainly won by a small but solid margin. I feel really bad for him because he’s going to be completely tainted going into the by-election for this seat. Happy that it increases the odds of the ONDP retaining the seat however.

Allegations of there being 34 more ballots than there were total voters. Hafiz, the winner of the SSW nomination, won by 19 votes. If true, the math doesn’t add up.

I’m sure the OLP will find a way to avoid making the situation look terrible for them, because if true, it does look terrible. It will be tough to defend, and they will need to swallow their pride to accept fault that any potential corruption occurred.

If NES is vindicated, he’s committed to not re-running for the SSW nomination as long as the OLP takes this seriously. They are going to turn up the notch on trying to stop him in running for OLP leader again, because he will, and he should. If not NES, and the corruption is true, the OLP BADLY needs to clean house. Rebuilt from the bottom up. Because right now, its foundation is rotten.

I was disappointed by Hafiz’s win in the riding. Although he only moved to Scarborough relatively recently, it felt as though his decision to settle here was closely tied to long‑term political ambitions rather than established community roots. His campaign appeared to rely heavily on ethnic familiarity and name recognition within the local Bengali community, which, in my view, overshadowed deeper discussions about policy, experience, and long‑term commitment to the area.

I also have concerns about his background and preparedness for public office. While he has been involved in business, he did not complete his undergraduate studies at Windsor after arriving in Canada as an Intl Student, and I would have liked to see a clearer record of local civic engagement before seeking elected office. Additionally, his family’s political history and influence in Bangladesh raised questions for me about independence and accountability, even though I recognize that family background alone should not disqualify someone from public service.

As a Bangladeshi Canadian living in the riding, I want to be clear that my concerns are not about ethnicity but about representation, experience, and fairness. Many residents – myself included – would have preferred a candidate with deeper local ties and a clearer track record of serving this community before pursuing elected office. For these reasons, I found the outcome unfortunate, even while respecting the democratic process. Though I also have doubts when the voter turnout is only around 1k and majority is from one ethnic group. I have heard rumours that $50 and $100 notes were being passed around to the voters in the line. Also fact that students/refugees/TFW/Visitors could somehow vote in this was also not fair.