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OTTAWA — A former Ontario premier, a current MP, and an ex-Alberta cabinet minister are among those advising businessman and reality TV personality Kevin O’Leary on whether to launch a Conservative leadership bid, he announced Friday.

O’Leary has not formally entered the race, but is asking strategists and politicians to help him gauge support in the party. The full list of people on the committee appears on a website launched Friday morning.

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Guy Lauzon, an Ontario MP since 2004, is on that list. So is Ken Hughes, an Alberta cabinet minister from 2012 to 2014, who also served as an MP under Brian Mulroney. Another player on the team is former Ontario premier Mike Harris.

There’s Todd Halpern, who runs a wine importing business and serves as vice-chairman of the Toronto General & Western Hospital Foundation, in charge of its fundraising campaigns.