Who will replace controversial MP Derek Sloan in HastingsLennox and Addington?

While the winner can't be predicted as of yet, one thing is certain: voters in the riding ofHastingsLennox and Addingtonwill elect a new MP on Sept. 20.

Independent candidate Derek Sloan, who has held the seat since 2019, announced five days into the election campaignthat he will abandon his bid for re-election inthe eastern Ontario riding and insteadcontestthe Alberta riding of Banff-Airdrie.

Sloan gained notoriety for his socially conservative views during an unsuccessful bid for the Conservative Party's leadership.Soon after, he was expelled from the party altogether after accepting a donation from a notorious white nationalist.

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Trying to retake the seat is former Liberal MP Mike Bossio, who Sloan defeatedin 2019.The Liberal candidate won the riding in 2015 by fewer than 250 votes and was also a formerTyendinagaTownship councillor and business owner.

Another entrant in the race is Jennifer Sloan, a nurse practitioner and Derek's wife.

Taking Sloan's spot as the Conservative candidate isShelby Kramp-Neuman, a financial adviser, as well as adeputy mayor forCentre Hastings and the daughter of the region'sMPPDaryl Kramp, who held the riding as a Conservative before Bossio.

ElectricianJames Babcockwill run for the People's Party of Canada. Newcomer settlement workerMatilda DeBueshas taken the NDP banner, and retiree and part-time handyman and sailorReg Wilson represents the Green Party.

The riding is one of thearea's smallest in terms of population and registered voters, andincludes the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory.

HastingsLennox and Addington in 2019