The 2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election was held on March 10, 2018, due to the resignation of party leader Patrick Brown on January 25, 2018, following allegations of sexual misconduct. Winner

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narrowly defeated runner-up

Christine Elliott Christine Janice Elliott (born April 13, 1955) is a retired Canadian politician in Ontario who served as the 11th deputy premier of Ontario and the Ontario minister of health from 2018 to 2022. Elliott was elected to represent the riding of ...

on the third ballot with 50.6% of allocated points. The

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leadership election was scheduled for 3 months before the 2018 provincial election scheduled for June 7. It came after a turbulent year of disputed and allegedly fraudulent nominations contests across the province for local PC candidates. In two of these contests;

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and Scarborough Centre the nominations were overturned after Brown's resignation and Brown's own nomination in Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte was cancelled. At the time of the leadership election Newmarket—Aurora and five others remained under active investigation by the party and Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas remained under police investigation. According to Article 23.1 of the PC party constitution, when there is a vacancy in the position of leader, the party

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chooses an interim leader to serve until a new leader is elected in a leadership election, which must be held within 18 months of the vacancy occurring, and in which all party members can vote. Party president

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told the media on January 25 that "a leadership election will take place at such time as the PC party shall determine in its discretion". The party executive met on January 26, 2018, following the caucus election, to determine whether to have a leadership election before the provincial election, and if so, how it would proceed, or whether to have the interim leader lead the party into the election, and called the leadership election for March 2018.

Rules and procedures

All party members are eligible to cast votes by

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using electronic balloting, provided that they are members in good standing by February 16, 2018. To be eligible, one must be at least 14 years of age, a resident of Ontario, and pay a $10 membership fee with personal funds (i.e. no corporation or union funds may be used). The vote was weighted in such a way as to suppress power of larger groups of Conservative voters. Each of the province's ridings that had more than 100 votes cast were allocated 100 electoral votes; ridings in which fewer than 100 party members vote were not given a weight, but instead had the votes counted as individual votes. The first candidate to get 50 per cent of the votes was declared the new leader. If no one got a majority on first count (or in subsequent rounds), the lowest-ranked candidate were dropped before the next round as ballots were counted, according to

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rules. Candidates had to be nominated by at least 100 party members, had to agree to abide by the party's existing platform for the next election, and had to be approved by the party's nominations committee as a PC candidate for the 2018 provincial election.

Method and Electronic Security

The voting method is solely

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with no other access methods. To cast a ballot, a three-part validation-vote was employed. First each eligible member had to register to vote with a code sent via regular mail. Second, each member who had registered had to validate their identity with one piece of government issued identification by

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an image. Third, each qualifying member was provided a second access code to use during the voting period via the internet. The system was criticized by all candidates as overly complicated and difficult for elderly members and those with difficulties using or accessing computers. Doug Ford and Tanya Granic Allen raised concerns over the security and legitimacy of the vote. Ford stated he believed "party elites" and "the establishment" would try to steal the election and said "there should be security cameras on the servers". Past leadership candidate

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said he had grave concerns about the integrity of the vote.

Timeline

*January 24, 2018: Leader Patrick Brown holds an emergency press conference at 9:45 pm to deny allegations of sexual misconduct, 15 minutes before

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planned to break a story detailing allegations made by two women. The PC Caucus meets in a telephone conference call and demands Brown's resignation. *January 25, 2018: Just before 1:30 am, Brown issues a statement announcing his resignation as party leader but maintaining his innocence. Brown states his intention to remain an MPP. *January 26, 2018: ** PC caucus unanimously elects

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as interim leader and Fedeli announces he intends to run for the permanent leadership ** The PC Party executive decides to hold a full-scale leadership election before the next provincial election and sets the date of the leadership election. *January 28, 2018: Party president

resigns shortly before ''

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'' magazine publishes a story about him allegedly sexually assaulting an employee during his time as a federal MP. *January 29, 2018:

announces he intends to run. *January 30, 2018: Fedeli withdraws from the contest. *January 31, 2018: The party's executive decides on the timeline and rules for the leadership election. *February 1, 2018:

officially declares her candidacy. *February 3, 2018: Ford officially declares his candidacy. *February 4, 2018:

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officially declares her candidacy. *February 8, 2018: Tanya Granic Allen announces she intends to run. *February 14, 2018: Granic Allen officially declares her candidacy. *February 15, 2018: All-candidates televised debate held in

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, moderated by

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and aired on

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. *February 16, 2018: **Former leader Patrick Brown is expelled from the PC caucus, and then declares his candidacy. **Last day of the nomination period (as of 5:00 pm) and to become a member of the party eligible to vote (as of 11:59 pm) *February 20, 2018: PC Party Provincial Nominations Committee meets to interview Elliott, Ford, Granic Allen and Brown as part of the vetting process. (As the only nominated riding candidate, Mulroney has already been vetted). *February 21, 2018: Provincial Nominations Committee approves the candidacies of Brown, Elliott, Ford, and Granic Allen in addition to Mulroney, whose candidacy had previously been approved. *February 23, 2018: Last day for candidates to withdraw their names from the ballot (candidates who withdraw after this date may still appear on the ballot). *February 26, 2018: Patrick Brown withdraws from leadership race. *February 28, 2018, 6:30 pm: All-candidates debate held at the Shaw Centre in

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, moderated by

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of HuffPost Canada. *March 1, 2018, 1:30–3:00 pm: Debate held in

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, between Christine Elliott, Doug Ford, and Tanya Granic Allen; moderated by Andrew Lawton of CFPL and broadcast live on Global News Radio stations and over

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. Caroline Mulroney declined an invitation to attend the debate. *March 2–9, 2018: Voting period. Online balloting used. Voting ended at noon on the last day of the voting period. An application for a court injunction to extend the voting period by a week was denied by

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judge Todd Archibald *March 10, 2018: Leadership votes counted and results were scheduled to be announced at a convention in Markham, Ontario at 3 pm. However, results were not made available at that time and at 7:30 pm the party's Chief Electoral Officer announced a review of some ballots was required and the results were not announced until after 10 pm. *March 11, 2018: Elliott initially issues a statement refusing to concede, citing "serious irregularities with respect to this leadership race" and asserting that "thousands of members have been assigned to incorrect ridings" resulting in electoral points being misallocated. However, Elliott releases a statement later that evening conceding to Ford and pledging her support for him as leader. *June 7, 2018: Fixed-date of the 2018 Ontario provincial election.

Debates

Interim leadership

Nipissing MPP

was elected as interim leader by the PC parliamentary caucus in a unanimous vote on January 26, 2018. Caucus had favoured having the interim leader lead the party in the election campaign but the party executive opted to hold a leadership election prior to the general election.

Candidates

Christine Elliott

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for Ontario (2016–2018), a past PC leadership candidate (2009 and 2015) and former MPP (

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2006–07, Whitby—Oshawa 2007–15). She is a lawyer by training, and is the widow of former federal

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and 2004 Ontario PC leadership candidate

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. Elliott is also a co-founder and director of the Abilities Centre, a facility for those with special needs. Elliott opposed a carbon tax, and supported building a high-speed rail line between Toronto to Windsor. *Date candidacy declared: February 1, 2018 *Date candidacy registered with Elections Ontario: February 7, 2018 *Contributions received: $769,871.00 *Campaign expenditures: $864,683.00 Endorsements *MPPs: (13)

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( Wellington—Halton Hills),

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( Whitby—Oshawa),

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), Michael Harris ( Kitchener—Conestoga), Randy Hillier ( Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington),

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), Donna Skelly ( Flamborough-Glanbrook), Dave Smith (

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), Nina Tangri ( Mississauga—Streetsville) *Other prominent individuals: *Organizations: (1) Trent Campus Conservatives *Media: (1)

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Rob Ford Robert Bruce Ford (May 28, 1969 – March 22, 2016) was a Canadian politician and businessman who served as the 64th mayor of Toronto from 2010 to 2014. Before and after his term as mayor, Ford was a city councillor representing Ward 2 Etobi ...

, and son of former Etobicoke-Humber MPP

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during his brother's term as mayor (2010–2014) and the runner-up in the

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. Ford promised to "present Ontarians with a compassionate and responsible vision". He wanted to keep taxes low and eliminate a carbon tax. He stated he would not support policies that make Ontario less competitive. He has promised to fund election promises by finding efficiencies in government. Ford is in favour of expanding public transit in the GTA. He promised to revisit the sex-education curriculum. *Date candidacy announced: January 29, 2018 *Date candidacy declared: February 3, 2018 *Date candidacy registered with Elections Ontario: February 2, 2018 *Contributions received: $848,391.72 *Campaign expenditures: $848,391.72 Endorsements *MPPs: (2)

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Charles McVety Charles H. McVety (born 1959) is a Canadian evangelical Christian leader and conservative political activist. He has been the president of Canada Christian College in Whitby, Ontario since 1993, taking over for his father, and was president of Ca ...

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), Paul Melnichuk (pastor of the Prayer Palace, Toronto) *Organizations: *Media:

Tanya Granic Allen

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, a conservative Catholic lobby and advocacy group. She previously worked as a political staffer at

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and also supported repealing and replacing the Liberal government's new sex education curriculum. She promised to rerun contested riding nominations completed under Patrick Brown. *Date candidacy announced: February 8, 2018 *Date candidacy declared: February 14, 2018 *Date candidacy registered with Elections Ontario: February 13, 2018 *Date candidacy revoked: May 5, 2018 *Contributions received: $364,768.77 *Campaign expenditures: $334,791.85 Endorsements *MPPs: *MPs: (1)

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and his wife, Mila. Mulroney is the PC candidate in York—Simcoe for the upcoming election. Mulroney wanted to use the "People's Guarantee" as a "starting point". She supported childcare rebates as well as cuts to hydro rates. Mulroney had been in favour of a carbon tax, but shifted against one. Mulroney remained committed to spending $1 billion to build Hamilton's light rail transit system. Her platform would have had a small deficit to pay for her promises. *Date candidacy declared: February 4, 2018 *Date candidacy registered with Elections Ontario: February 5, 2018 *Contributions received: $943,858.00 *Campaign expenditures: $1,068,676.00 Endorsements *MPPs: (5) Bob Bailey ( Sarnia—Lambton),

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John Yakabuski John A. Yakabuski (born June 14, 1957) is a Canadian politician who served as Ontario Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry from 2018 to 2021 in the Doug Ford cabinet. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembl ...

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Peter Van Loan Peter Leo Van Loan, (born April 18, 1963) is a Canadian former politician who served as the Member of Parliament for the electoral district of York—Simcoe from 2004 to 2018. He was the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons from ...

( York—Simcoe) *Senators: (2)

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Mississauga West Mississauga West was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 2003. It was located in the city of Mississauga in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1987 from Mississauga North rid ...

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( Bramalea—Gore—Malton, 2011–2015),

Ted Opitz Ted J. Opitz, CD (born August 25, 1961) is a Canadian politician and a retired Canadian Forces Lieutenant-Colonel who represented the Toronto riding of Etobicoke Centre as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada in the House of Commons of ...

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Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2004. This riding was created in 1996 from Cape Breton Highlands—C ...

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Will Bouma Willem Bouma (born July 27, 1972) is a Dutch-Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election. He represents the riding of Brantford—Brant as a member of the Progressive Conservat ...

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Stan Cho Stan Cho (; born September 14, 1977) is a Canadian politician who is currently the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Gaming, with responsibility for OLG for the Province of Ontario. He was previously the Minister of Long-Term Care and the Ass ...

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Merrilee Fullerton Merrilee K. Fullerton is a Canadian physician and former politician who represented Kanata—Carleton (provincial electoral district), Kanata—Carleton in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2018 to 2023. A member of the Progressive Conser ...

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Daryl Kramp Daryl Kramp (June 14, 1947 – February 8, 2024) was a Canadian politician. He served as the Conservative member of the Member of Parliament for the riding of Prince Edward—Hastings. He also served as the Progressive Conservative Member ...

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Stephen Lecce Stephen Francis Lecce (; born November 26, 1986) is a Canadian politician and Ontario's current Minister of Energy and Mines. Lecce served as the Ontario Minister of Education from 2019 to 2024. A member of the Progressive Conservative (PC) ...

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Kaleed Rasheed Kaleed Rasheed (born June 15, 1982) is a Canadian politician who represented Mississauga East—Cooksville in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2018 to 2025. He previously served as the minister of public and business service delivery ...

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Patrick Brown, , is the MPP for Simcoe North (2015–2018 as a Progressive Conservative and 2018–present as an independent) and a former Conservative MP for

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(2006–2015). He was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario from 2015 until his 2018 resignation triggered this leadership election. Brown was expelled from the PC caucus hours before registering his candidacy on February 16, 2018. On February 21, 2018, the party's nominations committee approved Brown to seek the leadership in a 3 to 2 vote. Brown planned to run on the full "People's Guarantee" platform, including a

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which would fund the platform, and which had been the intended 2018 election platform prior to Brown's resignation. Brown withdrew ten days after announcing his candidacy, claiming that he and his family had been subjected to threats for entering the contest. His withdrawal occurred hours after reports surfaced that as leader he had directed top party officials: "get me the result I want", in a riding nomination that has subsequently become the focus of a

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investigation for alleged fraud and also the same day that the Integrity Commissioner announced an investigation of Brown's travel expenses and other alleged financial improprieties. *Date candidacy declared: February 16, 2018 *Date candidacy registered with Elections Ontario: February 16, 2018 *Date withdrew: February 26, 2018 *Contributions received: $18,574.00 *Campaign expenditures: $19,326.00 Endorsements *MPPs: *MPs: *Senators: *Municipal politicians: (1)

Shelby Kramp-Neuman Shelby Kramp-Neuman (née Kramp; born May 14, 1978) is a Canadian politician. She was elected as the Member of Parliament for the federal electoral district of Hastings—Lennox and Addington in the House of Commons of Canada at the 2021 Cana ...

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Vic Fedeli Victor Anthony Fedeli (born August 8, 1956) is a Canadian politician who has been the Ontario minister of economic development, job creation and trade since 2019 and chair of Cabinet since 2018. He is the member of Provincial Parliament (MP ...

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(2003–2010). Fedeli told reporters that he will "let my name stand for leader of our party". After the party executive announced its decision to schedule a leadership election in March, Fedeli reiterated his intention to run for the permanent leadership. On January 30, 2018, however, he announced that he would not be running for the permanent leadership after all in order to focus on his duties as interim leader and correcting organizational problems within the party in the run up to the general election. *Date candidacy announced: January 26, 2018 *Date withdrew: January 30, 2018 Endorsements *MPPs: *MPs: *Senators: *Municipal politicians: (4) Mike Anthony (

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Declined

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, former MP for

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(2011–2015) *

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, Co-Deputy Leader and MPP for Leeds—Grenville (2010–present). Not endorsing any candidate. *

, former federal and provincial cabinet minister, MP for Parry Sound-Muskoka (2006–present), former MPP for Brampton South (1995–1999) and

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, former provincial minister and MPP (

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and current PC candidate in

. Endorsed Caroline Mulroney. *

, Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada (2017–present), MP for Milton (2008–present), and former federal cabinet minister. Endorsed Caroline Mulroney. *

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(2005–2007).

Opinion polling

2018 Ontario PC Leadership Polling of PC Members by Mainstreet Research

Progressive Conservative members only

Progressive Conservative supporters only

All Ontarians

Results

By round

: = Eliminated from next round : = Winner

By riding

Toronto

905 Eastern Ontario

Southwestern Ontario

Northern Ontario

Notes

References

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