Lourence Singh out as Tory candidate in New Westminster-Burnaby-Maillardville

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Lourence Singh has become the third Conservative Party of Canada candidate dropped from the federal election race in the past day. The party hasn’t said why he is no longer running.

On Wednesday, the former candidate for New Westminster-Burnaby-Maillardville was no longer among the Tory candidates listed online, and the website lourencesingh.ca redirects to a generic CPC page for the riding.

However, Singh’s campaign Instagram still described him as the candidate as of Wednesday afternoon.

Postmedia News reached out to the Conservative party asking for clarification about why Singh is no longer running, and whether a replacement will be announced, but hasn’t yet heard back. The deadline for nominations is Monday, April 7, at 2 p.m.

Singh is one of three Conservative candidates to be ousted from the April 28 election in the past day.

In Montreal’s Laurier-Sainte Marie riding, Stefan Marquis said he was dropped during a brief phone call with CPC officials on Tuesday, after posting a tweet on X that raised concerns among “certain” people in the party.

In an announcement, also shared on X, Marquis said his ouster was an affront to the principle of liberty.

“Publish a non-vetted tweet on X and expect ostracization from your natural ally. This now appears to be the way of Canadian politics,” he wrote.

Earlier Tuesday, Mark McKenzie was removed from the Tory ticket in the Ontario riding of Windsor-Tecumseh-Lakeshore, after it came to light that he said in a 2022 comedy podcast that former prime minister Justin Trudeau should face the death penalty. He insisted he was joking.

jruttle@postmedia.com