MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, March 12, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Uncertainty reigned during heavy voting at the packed Oasis Convention Centre in Mississauga Thursday night. Every parking spot for blocks around the Centre was taken as the mass of almost 2000 voters plus numerous organizers flowed in and out of the building. At stake was the Liberal nomination for the riding of Mississauga South and the future political career of three times elected, pro-life, pro-family MP Paul Szabo.
By the end of the evening Szabo defeated the overconfident Charles Sousa and his organizers by what was a reasonably healthy margin, given the circumstances, of 966 to 838. The riding membership had grown from the original approximately 500 to a final 3400 members during the lead up to the nomination. The Sousa campaign appeared to have suffered more than expected no-shows from among its instant membership sign-ups. Szabo, being the incumbent and a long-time Liberal Party activist, was able to rely on a more committed voter base that showed up and cast their ballots. See the rest of this first-hand LifeSite special report at https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2004/mar/040312a.html