The Progressive Conservatives returned to a majority in the Ontario Legislative Assembly, after electing seven more members on Thursday. The defeat was hard for NDP leaders Andrea Horwath and Liberal Steven Del Duca who resigned after poor performance by their parties.
Andrea Horwath is in her fourth election as Chief. He won re -election with his ride to the Hamilton Center, a seat he has held since 2004.
My promise to you will not be shaken […] but, tonight, it was time to pass the torchshe said, very moved.
The Liberal Party and its new leader want to recover from the heavy defeat suffered in 2018. They have not even regained official party status in Queen’s Park.
Steven Del Duca was again beaten by Progressive Conservative Michael Tibollo, Associate Minister for Mental Health and Addictions. Mr. Tibollo defeated Mr. Del Duca for the first time in Vaughan — Woodbridge in 2018, by nearly 8,000 votes.
He was elected leader in early March 2020, before the pandemic. This is not the result we expected and worked for.he admitted.
Doug Ford, for his part, was re-elected effortlessly on his ride to Etobicoke North, west of Toronto.
In his victory speech, he thanked the voters for re -trusting him. It’s a responsibility I never take lightly he assured.
But more, he said, thanks for sharing this vision of our beautiful province.
He promised jobs in Ontario and he tried to bring people together.
All members of his cabinet running for re -election were re -elected.
Toronto, Hamilton and the 905
The political scene has remained virtually unchanged in Toronto and the Hamilton-Niagara region.
Only 4 of the 36 ridings that make up them change political color, including a big surprise in Haldimand-Norfolk, where Bobbi Ann Brady became the first independent candidate elected as MPP since 1995.
In York South – Weston, Progressive Conservative Michael Ford accompanied his uncle Doug to Queen’s Park. He defeated incumbent NDP MP Faisal Hassan.
The Progressive Conservative Party has won almost every riding in the Toronto belt, often referred to as the 905.
He already holds 26 of the 30 constituencies. But he even ousted New Democratic Party (NDP) deputy leaders Sara Singh and Gurratan Singh.
Only New Democrat Jennifer French retained her seat in Oshawa.
One green and one independent
Green Party (PVO) Leader Mike Schreiner, who became the province’s first Green MP, once again won his seat in Guelph.
The Greens, however, failed to select a second MP for Parry Sound – Muskoka, despite a vigorous campaign with candidate Matt Richter. It was the mayor of Bracebridge, Graydon Smith, who won under the Conservative banner.
Notably, independent candidate Bobbi Ann Brady was elected in Haldimand – Norfolk, in the southwest of the county.
Also in the North
Doug Ford is on his way to profit at the expense of the New Democratic Party in Northern Ontario.
Timmins Mayor George Pirie defeated longtime MP Gilles Bisson.
In Thunder Bay — Atikokan, Progressive Conservative Kevin Holland leads current NDP MP Judith Monteith-Farrell.
The NDP, however, was on track to profit from the nearby ride to Thunder Bay — Superior North, at the expense of the Liberals.
Elsewhere in the region, the parties have so far retained their seats.
Stability in the east of the province
In the eastern part of the province, the political scene remains essentially the same.
On the Glengarry-Prescott-Russell ride, however, Progressive Conservative Stéphane Sarrazin defeated defector Amanda Simard.
It’s no surprise to ride the Orléans where Liberal candidate Stephen Blais won his election with a big lead. In Ottawa — Vanier, Liberal candidate Lucille Collard was re -elected.
Former interim leader of the Ontario Liberal Party (OLP) and Ottawa South candidate John Fraser, has also been returned to power.
On the ride to the Ottawa Center, New Democrat Joel Harden won a second term.
There is also no change in western Ottawa. Children, Community and Social Services Minister Merrilee Fullerton was easily re-elected in Canada-Carleton, while Progressive Conservative candidate Goldie Ghamari won the Carleton ride.
In Eastern Ontario, Progressive Conservative candidate for the Stormont-Dundas-Glengarry-South ride, Nolan Quinn, was elected early in the evening.
Change of guard in the Southwest
The Progressive Conservative Party has made two major successes in Southwestern Ontario by taking over NDP the rides of Windsor – Tecumseh and Essex.
Andrew Dowie easily won Windsor – Tecumseh with 45.5% of the vote. In Essex, Anthony Leardi was also able to gain the confidence of 46.6% of voters.
On the Windsor West side, New Democrat Lisa Gretzky, who has represented this riding since 2014, was re -elected with 41.8% of the vote.
Elsewhere in the region, voters chose stability. In Chatham-Kent – Leamington, Trevor Jones, another Progressive Conservative, defeated incumbent Rick Nicholls, who was elected Conservative in 2011 and kicked out of the caucus in 2021 for refusing to get a vaccine for COVID-19. 19.
In Sarnia – Lambton, not surprisingly, Progressive Conservative Bob Bailey, who has represented riding since 2007, was re-elected, while Labor Minister Monte McNaughton was re-elected with 58.2% in Lambton-Kent-Middlesex .
Source: Radio-Canada
