Ford leads populist revolt to take back power from the elites.
It’s official, Doug Ford has won the Ontario PC Leadership race over Christine Elliott, in a big populist revolt against the establishment.
Despite Elliott winning more endorsements from PC MPPs, Ford connected with grassroots party members.
FINAL BALLOT RESULTS:
Doug Ford – 6,202
Christine Elliott – 6,049
The race had been closely fought, and Elliott had refused to concede after a recount. The PC executive was booed on stage when they earlier announced that everyone should go home and the results would be declared at an unspecified time. Now, the results are in and it’s a win for Ford Nation.
Notably, Elliott appears not to have conceded, as you can see in the statement below:
BREAKING: Statement from @celliottability pic.twitter.com/dlxlz606TS
— Alan Carter (@ACarterglobal) March 11, 2018
BREAKING @celliottability does not concede race. Says she won popular vote and lost by less than 150 votes. Says members were assigned to wrong ridings. Will "investigate the extent of this discrepancy." #onpoli
— Alan Carter (@ACarterglobal) March 11, 2018
Ford showed leadership fighting against the carbon tax
Ford had campaigned strongly against the unpopular Liberal carbon tax, showing leadership on the issue and pushing Elliott and Mulroney to match his stance.
Additionally, Ford also made an appeal to the many people concerned about sex ed programs in schools, advocating for showing more respect for parents.
Importantly, Ford showed a repeated willingness to speak out for the grassroots, rather than directing his message towards the politically-correct elites.
Now, Ford Nation will begin the fight against the Ontario Liberals, working to put power back in the hands of the people.
Ontario voters now have a real choice, between the Ford Conservatives fighting for taxpayers, and the Ontario Liberals who work only for the entrenched elites.
Spencer Fernando
Photo – Twitter
Now the people need to take back the federal scene & every other province. It’s time to take out the marxist liberal trash & get back to real politics without the snowflake SJW agenda.
This is the BEST outcome as far as I’m concerned. I did not receive my ballot / verification in the mail so I’m glad my first choice won. Hopefully this will be the beginning of the end of the anti Canadian, globalist, open border, etc. liberal cancer. Awesome.
With Doug Ford as the leader, I have hope again. I believe he will Make Ontario Great Again.
Awesome!
Christine needs to ask herself what is more important Christine Elliott or the Conservative Party of Ontario. She has lost three times because she is so well loved?
I actually think she was trying to save it. I see Ford to the PC’s as what Bill Vander Zalm was to the Social Credit in BC and after one term in power we all know what happened. At least if the Liberals fall to third maybe the PCs can move en masse there after 2022 and make the Ontario Liberals a pro free enterprise coalition like the BC Liberals instead of a left of centre tax and spend party.
I personally was asking the Executive to get their chit together one week prior to the cutoff deadline to vote as 1,000s upon 1,000’s were shut out due to their incompetence! I am asking where my vote went and how does a postal code end up being 9999. They IGNORED the grassroots and should be paying everyone back their membership (as it was promised) buy your membership so you can vote…and then IGNORED them!! Further, on facebook, their was Doug’s camp who were the only followers who said they weren’t getting their ballot email. Late night before and morning of… Read more »
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Elliott challenging the outcome, nothing less than the groans of the establishment. Earlier in the evening with her big smile, she looked like Hillary Clinton sure that she woukd win and was supposed to win.
Elliott thee strikes and you are out; you don’t get a walk. Back to the dugout.
Now the real battle begins against the leftists.
It s a sunny day for Ontario and all Canada though .
Our most important province just may be pulled back from a cliff if Doug can
prevail in June.
Happy wishes for Ontario from Quebec !
Wonderful news!! Now let’s see some sparks (and some liberals) fly … !!!