Andrew Lawton has announced his bid to become the Conservative party’s candidate for the newly drawn riding of Elgin—St. Thomas—London South.
Lawton will be taking a leave of absence from True North, as the host of The Andrew Lawton Show and managing editor, while he vies for the Conservative nomination.
Lawton’s announcement comes the day after three term Conservative MP for Elgin—Middlesex—London Karen Vecchio announced that she will not be seeking a fourth term in the upcoming federal election.
“I’ve been fighting for freedom and conservative values my whole career. Now, I want to take that fight to Ottawa,” said Lawton in an X post.
In a comment to True North, Lawton says that he has lived in the region his entire life and reiterated his commitment to conservative values.
“I’ve lived in the region my whole life and cut my teeth in media as a broadcaster at 980 CFPL, where I always took on the issues that mattered to people the mainstream media was ignoring,” said Lawton.
Lawton recently wrote and published a biography of Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, a national bestseller.
Lawton previously ran as an Ontario Progressive Conservative candidate in the London West riding in the 2018 provincial election where he lost to NDP MPP Peggy Sattler.
The Conservative party is expected to win the Elgin—St. Thomas—London South riding by a large margin, as the Tories have won in the riding’s predecessor of Elgin—Middlesex—London in every election since 2004 when the party stood for its first federal election.
