Early returns suggest Ford’s PC Party is leading in more than 70 seats across the province
Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford responds to questions from reporters during a campaign stop, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025 in Ottawa. Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford was set to win a third majority government in an election he called more than a year early to mount a campaign that focused on his vows to fight U.S. President Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs.
In a winter campaign hampered by snowstorms and overshadowed by events in Washington, polls had consistently shown Mr. Ford set to win a crushing victory over his rivals, expanding his majority. He repeatedly said he needed a longer and stronger mandate to face down the threat coming from the U.S.In the campaign before Thursday’s vote, both Ms. Stiles and Ms. Crombie took aim at Mr.
But while in the U.S. capital, Mr. Ford and fellow premiers were only able to meet with lower-level White House staff, and came away with no guarantees that tariffs would be avoided – or that Canada would not beOntario NDP Leader Marit Stiles speaks on stage during a rally for supporters in Toronto on February 18, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris YoungStruggling to get attention amid the crisis caused by Mr. Trump, Ms. Stiles and Ms. Crombie ran campaigns targeting Mr.
Mr. Ford and his wife, Karla, voted in his Toronto riding of Etobicoke North on Thursday morning, as the city, still digging out from recent heavy winter snowfall, was hit by a morning round of wet snow that left roads slippery. On Wednesday, Mr. Ford told supporters in Windsor that he wanted to “be premier forever.”
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