Doug Ford, the populist Toronto businessman and former city councillor, appears to have won the Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership, but rival Christine Elliott has asked for a recount, sources with her campaign said late Saturday afternoon.
The outcome of the party’s wild and fractious leadership race was to be announced at 3 p.m., but more than two-and-a-half hours later, nothing had been announced officially and the campaigns remained sequestered behind closed doors.
The first ballot results showed lawyer Caroline Mulroney in fourth place, surpassed unexpectedly by social conservative Tanya Granic Allen, who was a strong third, two sources in Elliott’s campaign said.
With most of Mulroney’s support expected to go to Elliott and Granic Allen’s to Ford, the math showed that Ford — pending the results of the recount — has won, said John Capobianco, an advisor to Elliott.
The DAY he announced he was running, Canadian media could only ask “What do you think of Donald Trump?” As the old saying goes … you know you’re over the target when you start getting flack.
Bring it on!!! I’m ready.
I wouldn’t be sure about that. If you read past the headline, you will see him referred to as a “the populist Toronto businessman” … you know like Trump, Brexit, AfD, the 5 Star Party … and more to come.
Clearly it’s a real bad day for the progresso-sodomites of Ontario. My heart bleeds for them.
(sarc/off)
Doug Ford is quite possibly the perfect anti-Wynne opposition candidate. It’s Trump vs Clinton version Ontario2018.