Brian Crombie says he is thinking about running in the riding of Mississauga Centre in the upcoming provincial election, in the independent None of the Above (NOTA) Direct Democracy Party.

Crombie, who is married to Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie, says his name was mentioned as a potential candidate after a recent Interactive Voter Response (IVR) poll was done for the riding. The mayor is a former Liberal MP for Mississauga-Streetsville.

According to a press release from NOTA: “The poll shows he would start within reach of the two leading candidates with no media or public knowledge of his candidacy and little for the party so far in the election cycle.”

“With a minimal campaign, it is very likely he (Crombie) could win the riding overwhelmingly to become one of the first NOTA Party candidates elected in Ontario since the None of the Above Party was started after the beginning of the 2014 election,” the release adds.

Crombie says the news about being a potential candidate generated a “fair amount of interest and speculation,” although he added that he has a number of personal commitments.

However, he pointed out Mississauga Centre is a riding that doesn’t have an incumbent and has gone through a fair amount of turmoil.

Tanya Granic Allen won the party’s nomination for Mississauga Centre on April 21, only to be removed from the party by PC leader Doug Ford on May 5. Ford then named Natalia Kusendova, a nurse and former runner-up for Mississauga Centre, as the new candidate to replace Granic Allen.

Next Thursday (May 17) is the deadline for nominations and Crombie says he plans to have a decision made by then.

Crombie is currently Acting Chief Financial Officer for the Ottawa Senators, according to his LinkedIn profile. His website, Crombie Capital Partners, say he has been operating Crombie Capital Partners for the past five years.

In 2009, Crombie and two other Biovail employees were ordered to pay fines as part of a settlement with the Ontario Securities Commission after admitting to violating Ontario securities law.