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One-time Liberal leadership candidate Deborah Coyne is the Green Party of Canada candidate in the Carleton riding for the Oct. 19 federal election.

Coyne, a constitutional lawyer who jumped to the Greens in February after long involvement with the Liberals, was selected at a nomination meeting Saturday to contest the new and largely rural Ottawa-area riding against high-profile Conservative cabinet minister Pierre Poilievre.

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Coyne was the federal Liberal candidate in the riding of Toronto-Danforth in the 2006 general election before running for the top job in the Liberal party in 2013. She lost to Justin Trudeau, a half-brother of Coyne’s daughter.

She joined the Greens as a senior policy adviser to Green leader Elizabeth May.

“I look forward to taking on Pierre Poilievre and I intend to provide the residents of Carleton with thoughtful, principled representation in Parliament and a fresh approach to the challenges we face,” Coyne said in a release Saturday.

Carleton was created from the former Nepean-Carleton riding, which has been held by Poilievre, now minister of employment and social development, since 2004.

Chris Rodgers is running for the Liberals in Carleton and K.C. Laroque represents the New Democrats.

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