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Mike Harris protégé wins as Tories turn right
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Jun 28, 2009 08:33am |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Jun 28, 2009 08:30am |
| Description | Tim Hudak, who campaigned as being "Right For Ontario," proved himself right for Ontario's Progressive Conservatives.
Hudak, 41, yesterday won a third-ballot victory at the party's leadership convention in Markham and immediately vowed to steer the Conservatives back in the right-wing direction of his mentor, former premier Mike Harris.
The victory by the Niagara West-Glanbrook MPP ends seven years of Conservative flirtation with the political centre under former premier Ernie Eves, leader from 2002 to 2004, and John Tory, who led from 2004 until his surprise defeat in a March 5 byelection in Haliburton.
"We must take Ontario down an entirely different path than the one we're on," Hudak told hundreds of cheering partisans following his win over MPPs Frank Klees, Christine Elliott, and Randy Hillier with 5,606 electoral votes of 10,250 up for grabs in 107 ridings.
"A Hudak win means the Conservatives are running for a third Harris term," crowed Attorney General Chris Bentley, who attended the convention.
"I don't think Ontarians are ready to go back to a Conservative leader who has their strings pulled by the same Harris gang." |
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