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Elliott concedes to Ford in PC leadership contest

Christine Elliott has conceded defeat to Doug Ford nearly 24 hours after he was declared the winner of a tight leadership contest to helm the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party. 16

Five things to know about new Ontario PC leader Doug Ford

Doug Ford has been named the new leader of Ontario's Progressive Conservatives, winning a contest fraught with complications. Here are five things to know about the new Tory leader:
Timeline of events in Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership race

A timeline of the Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership race:
Elliott vows to investigate voting irregularities after Ford named Ontario PC party leader

Doug Ford, the outspoken former city councilor and older brother of late former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, has officially been named the new leader of the Ontario PC party but his rival Christine Elliott says there were "serious irregularities" with the voting process that she will insist be investigated.
What does it mean to be a member of the PC party?

About 190,000 card-carrying conservatives are waiting for the results of the Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership race, set to be announced on March 10 at the Hilton Markham Convention Centre. It has been a long process, with both candidates and voters complaining about a two-step identification process that required a mailed pin number.
Key events in the Ontario PC Party leadership race

A timeline of key events in the Ontario Tory leadership race.

Meet the Candidates

Elliott embarks on third bid to lead PC party

Saying her party doesn’t have time for a “leader-in-training,” Elliott is presenting herself as the ready-made legislator who can get the Tories ready for a general election in less than four months.

Tanya Granic Allen's social conservative charge to lead the PCs

An avowed social conservative, Granic Allen is president of Parents As First Educators (PAFE), an advocacy group claiming to have support of 80,000 people in Ontario who are opposed to Liberal changes to the sex-ed curriculum in public schools.

Doug Ford wants to straight talk to Queen's Park

Seeking to bring his family’s brand of straightforward, no-nonsense public waste-blasting to the Pink Palace, Ford is promising a reckoning for the “elites” and “bureaucrats.”

Caroline Mulroney says her lack of government experience is an asset

Seizing on a turn of events that saw the party’s leader kicked right out of caucus, political newcomer Caroline Mulroney says she’s exactly the fresh face the party needs after spending the last fifteen years in second place.