OUR NEW PARTY LEADER, AND ONTARIO’S NEXT PREMIER: TIM HUDAK!
The results of the third, and final ballot were released this evening. Tim Hudak was formally named as the 21st leader of the Ontario PC party! As the runner-up, Frank Klees asked convention members to make the results unanimous. As Frank said: “it has been an honour and privilege to participate in our [...]
Mike Harris On The Race
Premier Harris just finished addressing a crowd of Hudak, Elliott and Hillier supporters in Tim Hudak’s suite – saying nothing is more important than coming together as a party when this is all over. Referencing the tough leadership race that brought him to power in 1990, he said there was no more loyal a supporter [...]
UPDATED: Second Ballot Results
We’re headed to a third ballot, with Christine Elliott dropping off after the second ballot results were announced. Congratulations to Christine and her team for running an outstanding campaign. She will truly be a major force in the Ontario PC Party for years to come. 107 of 107 Ridings: 15:06: Hudak 4128 Klees 3299 Elliott 2903 Ajax Pickering – Elliott [...]
Randy Hillier Endorses Tim Hudak
Said Tim: “this guy and his team ran one heck of a campaign!” Said Randy: “there’s no other room that I’d rather be in right now – standing beside Tim Hudak.” The unification of the party starts now.
It Goes to Round Two
As no candidate achieved 50% of the vote on the first ballot, the candidate in last place will drop off, and the ballots will be re-counted. Randy Hillier will be dropped for the next round. Congratulations to Team Hillier for a campaign well-run – full of ideas, energy and enthusiasm. The roll call for the [...]
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St. Catharines Standard: Hudak new PC party leader
28 June 2009
Niagara West-Glanbrook MPP Tim Hudak was elected the new leader of the provincial Progressive Conservative Party Saturday afternoon. After three ballots at the party convention in Markham, Hudak became the 21st leader of the party. Hudak had extended his lead over second place candidate Frank Klees in a second ballot Saturday afternoon. After the final ballot [...]
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The Daily Observer: Yakabuski welcomes Tim Hudak as new Ontario Tory leader
28 June 2009
Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke MPP John Yakabuski says he’s welcomes the close of the Progressive Conservative leadership race and is looking forward to fighting the 2011 Ontario provincial election under the leadership of Tim Hudak. Mr. Hudak, 41, beat rivals Frank Klees, Randy Hillier and Christine Elliott Saturday afternoon to take over the provincial Tory party. More than 40,000 [...]
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Ottawa Citizen: ‘It’s time for a change’
28 June 2009
Ontario’s Progressive Conservative party took a right turn Saturday as it elected Niagara-area MPP Tim Hudak — a man who has promised a return to middle-class values and plain talk conservatism — as its new leader. Hudak, 41, whose campaign slogan was “Right for Ontario,” won the leadership in a third-ballot decision against fellow MPP [...]
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Toronto Sun: Who’s top Tory? Hudak, that’s who
28 June 2009
With one hand holding his daughter Miller and the other shaking that of former premier Mike Harris, Tim Hudak worked his way through the crowd moments before he was announced yesterday as the next leader of Ontario’s Progressive Conservative party. “Dalton McGuinty, your days are numbered,” Hudak, 41, said to a cheering throng of several hundred [...]
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Toronto Sun: Hudak has his work cut out
28 June 2009
While the Tories were giddy at electing a new leader, they have some tough tasks ahead. First, the party cannot haul out the old hot button issues like tax cuts and hope they will touch a nerve. In 1995, people were overtaxed. They needed cuts. The next election is in 2011 and the issue will be jobs. [...]
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Toronto Star: Mike Harris protégé wins as Tories turn right
28 June 2009
Tim Hudak, who campaigned as being “Right For Ontario,” proved himself right for Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives. Hudak, 41, yesterday won a third-ballot victory at the party’s leadership convention in Markham and immediately vowed to steer the Conservatives back in the right-wing direction of his mentor, former premier Mike Harris. The victory by the Niagara West-Glanbrook MPP ends [...]
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Toronto Star: Who is Tim Hudak?
28 June 2009
Friends and family describe him as a "regular guy." He drives a black, four-door Chevy Avalanche pickup, loves mountain biking on the Niagara Escarpment and cooking – particularly with his two food smokers, one electric and one a "bullet" charcoal model. Carolina-style pulled pork is a specialty, but his trim physique suggests there's enough exercise to burn off the calories.
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Third Ballot Results
27 June 2009
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Bob Runciman Introduces Peter MacKay
27 June 2009
Peter MacKay said in his remarks that he was “delighted to be part of such a united and strong Ontario PC convention.” Offering a personal note of thanks to John Tory, Minister MacKay also thanked the four leadership contenders for their great service to public service. He said the “winds of change will soon [...]
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Video: Blogger John Laforet Condemns Liberal Tactics
27 June 2009
From John Laforet: I post this with some hesitation. I have said threats will never silence me, but I would be lying if I said they don’t stick in the back of your mind, especially when you do something that you know will ruffle the feathers of the folks who threatened you. But what the folks at [...]
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