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Liberal MPP to run as Tory
March 29, 2007
Robert Benzie and Rob Ferguson
Queen’s Park Bureau
The brother of former Liberal premier David Peterson has quit the provincial Liberal caucus to sit as an independent and then run for the Progressive Conservatives in the next provincial election.

Scion of one Canada’s most prominent Liberal families, his brother, David, was premier from 1985 to 1990. His other brother, Jim, was a federal cabinet minister in the Liberal administrations of former prime ministers Paul Martin and Jean Chretien.

Tim Peterson has been disgruntled for months, insiders say.

Progressive Conservative Leader John Tory has been actively courting him, but instead of sitting as a PC, he has opted to sit as an independent before running for the Tories.

“He’s been unhappy for a long time,” one Liberal MPP confided today.

“He sees others getting cabinet jobs and that’s hard to take.”