The Ontario campaign that went from time for a change to throw the bums out
The negative trajectory of Ontario’s once-formidable Progressive Conservative party only contributed to the Liberal Party’s 15-year run in government, first under Dalton McGuinty, then Kathleen Wynne, that ended with Doug Ford’s election on June 7. The combination of displeasure with Wynne’s leadership and Ford’s ultimate success in convincing voters he was a safer version of change than the NDP’s Andrea Horwath delivered Queen’s Park back to the party that was once a dynasty.
Any party seeking re-election after 15 years in office will face challenges, but it’s not impossible in Canadian politics. Provincial party dynasties with successive leaders are rare, but they do exist: the Ontario Progressive Conservatives, 1943-85, and the PCs in Alberta from 1971-2015. In each ...
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