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The provincial Liberal candidate in Glengarry-Prescott-Russell is a former Tory who quit the party because of the way Patrick Brown ran it. He’s now being helped by another former Tory who quit the party because of the way Doug Ford is running it.

Most places, with power in sight, the Progressive Conservatives are putting a really brave face on in the name of party unity. In this riding, not so much.

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Rachel Theriault, a Progressive Conservative volunteer who’d been working for Tory candidate Amanda Simard, left the campaign noisily on Thursday night, with an open letter.

“In the long run, I have decided to support the best local candidate, which is in my opinion, Liberal candidate Pierre Leroux. I regret any inconvenience this may cause, however I must remain true to my values and integrity … which leaves me no other option,” she wrote.

Glengarry-Prescott-Russell, which extends from rural east Ottawa to the Quebec border, has been Liberal territory in provincial politics since the 1980s, but not always by huge margins. Voters picked Conservative Pierre Lemieux federally when Stephen Harper was winning national elections. With incumbent Liberal MPP Grant Crack leaving politics, the provincial Tories have their best chance at a win there in a long time.