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Pat Sorbara will not be part of the Premier Kathleen Wynne’s 2018 campaign team, the Ontario Liberal Party announced late on Thursday. Formerly Wynne’s deputy chief of staff and the architect of her unlikely majority victory in 2014, she was welcomed back into the fold less than three months ago after being acquitted on Elections Act charges relating to the 2015 Sudbury byelection.

“We welcome Pat Sorbara back to the Ontario Liberal campaign team and we remain focused on the important work that lies ahead of us,” read a statement from the party issued just moments after the verdict.

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But Thursday’s statement from the Premier made thinly veiled references to infighting and recent resignations on the campaign team since Sorbara’s return. “Recently there has a been a great deal of discussion about the structure of the campaign team moving forward,” it read. “The team that stepped up while Pat was forced to deal with completely unfounded charges in Sudbury came together and gelled in the last several months. This is the team that will take us into the coming election.”

“I will continue to count upon her personal friendship,” Wynne said of Sorbara. Sorbara said she had nothing to add to the Premier’s statement.

The Ontario election is scheduled for June 7.