The Green Party of Canada says it will not run a candidate in the Labrador riding vacated by former Conservative cabinet minister Peter Penashue and is urging the NDP to follow suit.
Green leader Elizabeth May said such co-operation would rally the progressive vote behind the Liberals and encourage proportional representation, in a statement released on Saturday.
Liberal leadership candidate Joyce Murray, in a news release issued moments before the final Liberal leadership debate in Montreal, said she called May and asked her not to run a candidate in the Labrador byelection.
Murray has distinguished herself from other Liberal leadership candidates with her plan of one-time political cooperation with the Greens and NDP in ridings where Conservatives won with under 50 per cent of the vote in the last federal election.
In 2011, Liberal Todd Russell lost to Penashue by 79 votes.
Penashue quit his post earlier this month after Elections Canada found his election campaign had accepted 28 different ineligible donations.
He has since pledged to run in a byelection, and is being supported by the prime minister, even though Elections Canada is continuing to investigate.
Elections Canada documents show that almost $48,000 in improper donations have been repaid to the federal Receiver General.
Earlier this week, Prime Minister Stephen Harper led a spirited defence of the ex-intergovernmental affairs minister in the House of Commons.
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