At a news conference in North Bay this afternoon, Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli became the first to seek the vacant PC leadership job telling reporters, "I'll let my name stand for the position of leader of our party.
"I look forward to meeting with our caucus. I've had tremendous support both last night, all night. I don't think any of us have gone to bed yet so all through the night and day I've been hearing from our caucus members who say it's your time Vic, you're the one, you're the person to do this.
"And so I'll respect the decision of caucus. and let my name stand tomorrow and if that's what caucus chooses then I'll look forward to leading us forward."
Fedeli says the Brown announcement was a shock to the system and society but that everyone needs to deal with it in their own way."
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