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 Frank Klees.

Hudak wasted little time in fixing his sights on the province’s Liberal government.

“Dalton, your days are numbered,” he said, addressing Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty. “It’s time for a change. … We must take Ontario down an entirely different path than we are on. Ontario is dead last in economic growth.”

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