Natpo – Deja blue: Doug Ford PCs roar to a second majority win in Ontario
Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives scored a commanding victory in Thursday’s Ontario election, capturing another majority government as the leaders of the opposition NDP and Liberals announced they were resigning after bitterly disappointing results.
Globe – Ontario election: Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives win second majority
Premier Doug Ford has easily won a second majority government after a roller-coaster term dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, with both NDP and Liberal leaders resigning in the face of failures by their parties to mount serious challenges to the Progressive Conservative juggernaut.
His party was leading or elected in 83 seats, a gain of seven seats from its results in 2018, with 41 per cent of the popular vote.
Star – Doug Ford trounces the competition as Steven Del Duca and Andrea Horwath resign as party leaders
Ford more years.
Ontario voters gave Premier Doug Ford another four-year term Thursday in a resounding election victory for the Progressive Conservatives that reduced the size of the NDP opposition and left the Liberals banished to the political wilderness.
Both NDP Leader Andrea Horwath and Liberal Leader Steven Del Duca resigned their posts.
CBC – How Doug Ford’s PCs won their 2nd straight Ontario election
Doug Ford’s journey to winning the Ontario election and securing a second straight majority really began on St. Patrick’s Day in 2020, the day he declared a state of emergency over the COVID-19 pandemic.
Until that moment, Ford’s Progressive Conservative government bore the aroma of a one-term wonder, mired in nepotism scandals and so unpopular that the premier got booed at the otherwise joyful Toronto Raptors victory parade.
Global – Ontario Progressive Conservatives win another majority government
The Ontario Progressive Conservatives have won a second consecutive majority government, with PC candidates having been elected in 83 ridings.
That’s seven more than in the previous election and well above the minimum 63 required for a majority.
CTV – Doug Ford re-elected as Ontario premier with majority government
Doug Ford has been re-elected as premier of Ontario with a majority government, CTV News declares.
Polls closed across the province at 9 p.m. on Thursday and shortly after CTV News declared the Progressive Conservative leader the winner of the 2022 election.
At Toronto Congress Centre in Etobicoke, Ford celebrated his second mandate to wild applause and shouts of “four more years.”
I heard voter turnout was estimated at 45% down significantly from the 57% turnout in 2018.
