Conservatives Win Big Majority in Ontario as Opposition Crumbles
- New Democrats come second and Liberals’ Del Duca loses riding
- Doug Ford’s infrastructure platform appealed to worried voters
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Doug Ford cruised to a second victory as Ontario’s premier, cementing his control over the province that represents 40% of Canada’s economy after promising to boost the post-pandemic recovery with heavy spending on infrastructure.
His Progressive Conservatives won a supermajority in the legislature with 83 of 124 electoral districts. The party swept most of the seats in the suburbs around Toronto and in the southwestern and eastern regions of the province, which is home to about 15 million people.