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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Hudak takes first ballot lead
27 June 2009
By Russ Campbell of Russ Campbell’s Blog First round results of the PC Party of Ontario are now in. Tim Hudak leads with 3,512 votes, followed by Frank Klees with 3,094, Christine Elliott with 2,729 and Randy Hillier at 1,014. Hillier will now be removed from the ballot and his votes redistributed based on his supporters’ [...]
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NP: Hillier drops off Ontario PC leadership ballot
27 June 2009
National Post – Emily Senger Markham Progressive Conservative Party leadership hopeful Randy Hillier has been dropped from the race after he came fourth in the first round of ballot counting at the PC Leadership Convention in Markham, Ontario today. After the first count, which was released late this morning, Tim Hudak is in first place with [...]
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John Tory Tribute
27 June 2009
John Tory’s daughter Susan has taken to the stage to offer a personal glimpse into John’s life. All the party luminaries are here – Bill Davis is front and centre. Ernie Eves is here and all four of the leadership contenders are paying tribute. Says Susan of her father: “your honour and integrity is [...]
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Toronto Star: Hudak ahead in Tory vote
27 June 2009
MPP Tim Hudak (Niagara West-Glanbrook) is narrowly leading after the first ballot in the Progressive Conservative leadership contest in Markham. Hudak, 41, finished with 3,511 of 10,348 electoral votes cast from 107 ridings and maverick MPP Randy Hillier, 51, (Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington), who was fourth, has been eliminated from the next ballot, which will be announced [...]
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Big crowd awaits first ballot results
27 June 2009
A big crowd is awaiting the ballot results in the convention hall. Lots of familiar faces in the crowd. Dave Tsubouchi’s here. John Baird’s in town from Ottawa. Tons of media – even several federal columnists. Kudos to the party for arranging such an impressive convention thus far. Echoing UnitedandStrong.ca, the Elliott campaign [...]
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Morning Update
27 June 2009
The party has confirmed the results of the first ballot will be released any moment. This will happen riding-by-riding. To kick off the big day, Frank Klees held an outdoor breakfast tailgate party. Registration is busy and media are starting to assemble.
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Sun Media: Tories to pick leader
27 June 2009
Conservatives across Ontario find out today if Tim Hudak, the veteran MPP from Niagara, is the new leader of their party or if the job goes to one of his rivals. A good part of politics happens to be timing," Hudak said during a phone interview, reflecting on his 80-day campaign to become leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative party.
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Hamilton Spectator: Mike Harris’s heir apparent
27 June 2009
Tim Hudak has a secret. It's not something you would expect from the man Mike Harris has named his heir -- a Common Sense revolutionary whose devotion to the party's neoconservative beliefs has earned him the keys to the former premier's kingdom.
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National Post: Ontario PCs to crown leader today
27 June 2009
Today, on the second day of the PC Leadership Convention, the taped-shut boxes will be opened in the Hilton Suites in Markham, where the ballots will be tallied and one of the four leadership candidates will begin preparing the PC Party for the 2011 election.
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Toronto Star: Results expected late this afternoon
27 June 2009
After two ignominious defeats in six years to Premier Dalton McGuinty's Liberals, the Conservatives hope their right-wing saviour – and all four candidates are right of the centrist Tory on the political spectrum – will lead them to victory in 2011.
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