Doug Ford named new Ontario PC leader after chaotic convention day

Doug Ford named new Ontario PC leader after chaotic convention day

http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/toronto/ontario-progressive-conservatives-pcs-new-leader-election-1.4571014

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Ford won on the third ballot of preferential voting. His win was revealed after a chaotic day that included members being sent home from the Markham, Ont., convention hall as the party worked to resolve an issue regarding some key ballots.

CBC News reported earlier Saturday that Ford had indeed won the snap, six-week leadership race, but party officials decided not to announce any results until questions over the contested ballots could be answered.

Ford beat out former MPP and three-time leadership candidate Christine Elliott — widely considered to be the front runner heading into the convention — as well Toronto lawyer and businesswoman Caroline Mulroney and staunch social conservative Tanya Granic Allen.

Ford, a one-term city councillor who gained initially gained notoriety for handing out $20 bills to public housing residents, campaigned with a distinctly populist bent.


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And he and his family history with drug dealing:

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.theglobeandmail.com/amp/news/toronto/globe-investigation-the-ford-familys-history-with-drug-dealing/article12153014/