(Ottawa) Doug Ford will once again lead Canada’s most populous province after a 28-day election campaign, where he played it safe.
Posted at 9:29 p.m.
The leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario was re-elected Thursday with a strong majority. His victory was confirmed by the Global network just 11 minutes after the polls closed. CBC and Radio-Canada followed less than ten minutes later.
He will therefore form a majority government. As these lines were written, his party was ahead in 67 constituencies. Andrea Horwath’s New Democratic Party retained official opposition status with a 24-county lead. Steven Del Duca’s Liberals were leading in ten ridings, three more than in the previous election, and Green Party leader Mike Schreiner was re-elected in the southwestern riding of Guelph.
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