Prime minister calls byelection in Jack Layton’s old riding for March 12

OTTAWA – Stephen Harper has called a byelection in former NDP leader Jack Layton’s riding for March 12.

The news comes in a tweet today from Andrew MacDougall, a senior spokesman for the prime minister.

Layton died of cancer last summer and the New Democrats have picked law professor Craig Scott to carry their banner in the riding of Torontro-Danforth.

The Conservatives have nominated communications specialist Andrew Keyes to run for them.

The riding, located east of downtown Toronto, is a diverse section of the city that was known as a Liberal bastion until Layton’s 1994 election.

The byelection will come just before the NDP selects a new leader March 24.

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