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Mar 13, 2026 6:14 PM - Connect Newsroom - Ramandeep Kaur with files from The Canadian Press
The Conservative Party has nominated middle school teacher Diana Filipova as its candidate in the upcoming federal byelection in Scarborough Southwest.
The seat became vacant after former Liberal cabinet minister Bill Blair resigned his position as member of Parliament to become Canada’s high commissioner to the United Kingdom. The byelection is scheduled for April 13.
Scarborough Southwest is one of three ridings where voters will head to the polls that day. The Conservatives have now nominated candidates in all three contests.
Another vote will take place in the Toronto riding of University–Rosedale, a Liberal stronghold previously represented by former deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland.
A third byelection will be held in the Quebec riding of Terrebonne after the Supreme Court of Canada annulled the result of the April 2025 federal election. The Liberals had initially won that race by a single vote. The court challenge followed the discovery that Elections Canada printed an incorrect postal code on some mail-in ballot envelopes that were never returned.
