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 supporters at the Markham Conference Centre. “There are only 832 days until the next election.”

The MPP from Niagara West-Glanbrook said he’d heard a similar theme across the province during the four-month campaign to replace John Tory as PC Leader.

“It’s time for a change. Let’s make Ontario great again.”

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