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If elected MPP in three days, Liberal candidate David Henderson will put his name forward to succeed Premier Kathleen Wynne as leader of the embattled Ontario Liberal Party, Henderson said Monday morning.
He made the comments in a brief media event convened in the wake of Wynne’s surprise statement on the weekend in which she acknowledged she will not win Thursday’s provincial election.
Wynne urged voters nonetheless to support local Liberals in order to prevent Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford or the New Democratic Party’s Andrea Horwath from leading a majority government.
Henderson said Monday Wynne’s acknowledgement amounted to a de facto resignation as Liberal leader, and said that, if sent to Queen’s Park, he will stand for the leadership of what remains of the Liberal caucus.
“Kathleen Wynne has effectively stepped down as the leader of the Ontario Liberal Party,” said Henderson.
As a result, he will seek, if elected, to rebuild the Liberals as a “pragmatic” party.
Wynne admitted Saturday that her party won’t form government after Thursday’s election, but pleaded with voters to at least elect some Liberals. She warned about what an NDP or Progressive Conservative majority government would bring, and pitched votes for the Liberals as a way to keep either of those parties in check.
The premier did not specifically announce her resignation as Liberal leader.
The surprise move forced some rapid shifting of gears among riding-level campaigns, including Henderson’s decision to announce a potential leadership bid.
The Brockville mayor, who is currently on a leave of absence to fight the campaign, considered Wynne’s remarks a “game-changer,” adding it removes the biggest impediment, according to what he has seen at the doorstep, to locals voting for a Liberal.
People to whom he has spoken have revealed “a concern about Kathleen Wynne as a leader, but a bigger concern about Doug Ford,” said Henderson.
“Doug Ford is not the Progressive Conservative that we are familiar with,” said Henderson, warning of deep cuts under a Ford government that will hurt this region.
The Liberal candidate and his entourage believe the numbers point to a tight race in this riding between himself and Tory incumbent Steve Clark, and plan to spend the campaign’s home stretch knocking on doors with the message that “a vote for Steve Clark is a vote for Doug Ford.”
(Wtih files from The Canadian Press.)
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He made the comments in a brief media event convened in the wake of Wynne’s surprise statement on the weekend in which she acknowledged she will not win Thursday’s provincial election.
Wynne urged voters nonetheless to support local Liberals in order to prevent Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford or the New Democratic Party’s Andrea Horwath from leading a majority government.
Henderson said Monday Wynne’s acknowledgement amounted to a de facto resignation as Liberal leader, and said that, if sent to Queen’s Park, he will stand for the leadership of what remains of the Liberal caucus.
“Kathleen Wynne has effectively stepped down as the leader of the Ontario Liberal Party,” said Henderson.
As a result, he will seek, if elected, to rebuild the Liberals as a “pragmatic” party.
Wynne admitted Saturday that her party won’t form government after Thursday’s election, but pleaded with voters to at least elect some Liberals. She warned about what an NDP or Progressive Conservative majority government would bring, and pitched votes for the Liberals as a way to keep either of those parties in check.
The premier did not specifically announce her resignation as Liberal leader.
The surprise move forced some rapid shifting of gears among riding-level campaigns, including Henderson’s decision to announce a potential leadership bid.
The Brockville mayor, who is currently on a leave of absence to fight the campaign, considered Wynne’s remarks a “game-changer,” adding it removes the biggest impediment, according to what he has seen at the doorstep, to locals voting for a Liberal.
People to whom he has spoken have revealed “a concern about Kathleen Wynne as a leader, but a bigger concern about Doug Ford,” said Henderson.
“Doug Ford is not the Progressive Conservative that we are familiar with,” said Henderson, warning of deep cuts under a Ford government that will hurt this region.
The Liberal candidate and his entourage believe the numbers point to a tight race in this riding between himself and Tory incumbent Steve Clark, and plan to spend the campaign’s home stretch knocking on doors with the message that “a vote for Steve Clark is a vote for Doug Ford.”
(Wtih files from The Canadian Press.)
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