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 be blowing through the corridors of power at Queen’s Park…bringing a fresh new Progressive Conservative government to Ontario.”

Hundreds of delegates from across Ontario are expected to gather at the Hilton Suites hotel in Markham tonight, for what is sure to be an exciting convention.

The results of the leadership voting which took place earlier this week, will be announced riding-by-riding tomorrow, beginning at 10 a.m.

A tribute to outgoing leader John Tory will happen during lunch tomorrow.

Second ballot results will begin to be rolled out at 2 p.m.

Subsequent ballots will be released should they be required, over the course of Saturday afternoon.

At the end of the day, our party will emerge with a new leader – united and focused on the only thing that matters: presenting a reasoned, tested, principled Progressive Conservative vision for an entirely new course for Ontario. Dalton McGuinty’s days as Premier are numbered. Each of the four candidates have proven that they have the ideas, the energy and the principled determination to defeat McGuinty & Co. in 2011.

The clock starts now.