Wynne about to join Murray in Liberal leadership contest

Ontario’s Liberal leadership race is expected to get another contender today.

Kathleen Wynne is set to make an announcement today that she’s running for the top spot.

The race was triggered three weeks ago when premier Dalton McGuinty announced he would step down once a new leader was chosen, and prorogued the legislature. McGuinty confirmed Wynne’s candidacy on Friday.

Wynne, who served as education minister from 2006 to 2010, would make history if she won, becoming Ontario’s first female premier.

Former minister of colleges and universities Glen Murray officially became the first contender Sunday. Murray says he has the experience and ideas to make a good leader.

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