Ford’s brand strength, low public appetite for change key to PC win in Ontario, say politicos

The 2022 Ontario provincial election saw the lowest voter turnout in the history of the province. For Kory Teneycke, one of the chief strategists behind Premier Doug Ford's second straight majority win, the reason for low turnout 'is that people are content with the government that exists.'

Ontario premier Doug Ford pictured during a press conference in Ottawa after a meeting of Canada’s Premiers on Sept. 18, 2020. Ford's PC party won a decisive majority victory on June 2, picking up seven seats from their previous majority win. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE

June 13, 2022

The strength of the 'Ford brand' that easily overmatched what the Ontario Liberals and NDP had on offer, combined with a low-key communications and media strategy, pushed Ontario Premier Doug Ford's Progressive Conservative Party into a second straight majority government, say politicos, with pollst...

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