Those who do not know history may end up repeating it.

Ms. Ng may want to consider the fate of Mr. Jim Coutts. 

Mr. Coutts was Pierre Trudeau's principal secretary.  In 1980, he was parachuted into Spadina by a summer resignation of an existing MP (Peter Stollery became a senator the day he resigned as MP).
 
 However, Coutts was better as a gatekeeper to the PM than as a retail politician.  The people voted for NDP candidate Rev. Dan Heap in 1980 and again in 1984..

Qui vivra verra - Wait and see.