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An exultant crowd of Progressive Conservative supporters fell silent at 9:15 on Thursday night when the polls showed that Conservative candidate Karin Howard was third in the polls behind Liberal John Fraser and the NDP’s Eleanor Fast.
The Conservatives had already been declared a majority government, but Howard’s early numbers were clearly disappointing.
“Lots of polls to go,” one supporter reminded others in the packed and noisy room in a South Keys restaurant.
For more than 30 years, Ottawa South has been a Liberal stronghold. But it became clear early in the campaign that, in this election, all bets were off.
The riding has been held by only three MPPs since 1987, all Liberals: Dalton McGuinty Sr., Dalton McGuinty, who was premier for almost a decade, and McGuinty’s aide, John Fraser, who won the seat narrowly in a 2013 byelection over Conservative contender Matt Young. Fraser had a more solid victory against Young in the 2014 election, taking half the vote, compared to about 32 per cent for Young. The NDP’s Bronwyn Funiciello came in a distant third with a little over 12 per cent of the vote.
Karin Howard, Ottawa South PC
This time around, Fraser faced both a Liberal backlash and two credible challengers — Howard, a lawyer and former city councillor, and Fast, who is currently executive director of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.
It had been obvious in recent days that Fraser had become aware that Liberal support had been bleeding away to both Howard and Fast, and if he stood any chance of keeping the riding Liberal, he had to warn the voters who had bolted to the NDP camp that they were splitting the vote.
Earlier this week, Fraser’s campaign rolled out black and yellow signs with no reference to the Liberals, reading, “Stop Doug Ford Vote John Fraser.”
“It’s a call to action to the people of Ottawa South who don’t want to see Doug Ford in the premier’s office,” Fraser said.
In a tweet Wednesday, Fraser said people had been asking him how to vote strategically. According to a poll cited by Fraser, Howard had about 34 per cent of the support, Fast had about 17 per cent and he had just under 31 per cent.
Ottawa South has a solid Conservative past. The riding was solid blue from its creation in 1926, when Ottawa South first became a provincial riding, to 1987. MPP Claude Bennett held the riding from 1971 to 1987, serving as a cabinet minister in the Bill Davis and Frank Miller governments.
As a councillor in pre-amalgamation Ottawa, Howard was known as a member of the “Fiscal Five.” Nicknamed “Captain Accountability,” she had a track record of demanding accountability, including an initiative to get monthly accountability reports to council and drafting a municipal code of ethics.
Eleanor Fast, Ottawa South NDP
The election campaign took a bizarre turn on May 28 when, during a debate, Howard accused Fraser of having her followed, photographed and videotaped. Howard refused to elaborate after she was queried by reporters, suggesting they might want to ask the Liberal candidate.
Fraser said he was baffled by the allegations. “I don’t know what she’s talking about,” he said.
Also contesting the election were Green Party candidate Les Schram, Libertarian Robert Daigneault and Communist candidate Larry Wasslen.
— With files from Bruce Deachman and Joshua Soucie
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The Conservatives had already been declared a majority government, but Howard’s early numbers were clearly disappointing.
“Lots of polls to go,” one supporter reminded others in the packed and noisy room in a South Keys restaurant.
For more than 30 years, Ottawa South has been a Liberal stronghold. But it became clear early in the campaign that, in this election, all bets were off.
The riding has been held by only three MPPs since 1987, all Liberals: Dalton McGuinty Sr., Dalton McGuinty, who was premier for almost a decade, and McGuinty’s aide, John Fraser, who won the seat narrowly in a 2013 byelection over Conservative contender Matt Young. Fraser had a more solid victory against Young in the 2014 election, taking half the vote, compared to about 32 per cent for Young. The NDP’s Bronwyn Funiciello came in a distant third with a little over 12 per cent of the vote.
Karin Howard, Ottawa South PC
This time around, Fraser faced both a Liberal backlash and two credible challengers — Howard, a lawyer and former city councillor, and Fast, who is currently executive director of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.
It had been obvious in recent days that Fraser had become aware that Liberal support had been bleeding away to both Howard and Fast, and if he stood any chance of keeping the riding Liberal, he had to warn the voters who had bolted to the NDP camp that they were splitting the vote.
Earlier this week, Fraser’s campaign rolled out black and yellow signs with no reference to the Liberals, reading, “Stop Doug Ford Vote John Fraser.”
“It’s a call to action to the people of Ottawa South who don’t want to see Doug Ford in the premier’s office,” Fraser said.
In a tweet Wednesday, Fraser said people had been asking him how to vote strategically. According to a poll cited by Fraser, Howard had about 34 per cent of the support, Fast had about 17 per cent and he had just under 31 per cent.
Ottawa South has a solid Conservative past. The riding was solid blue from its creation in 1926, when Ottawa South first became a provincial riding, to 1987. MPP Claude Bennett held the riding from 1971 to 1987, serving as a cabinet minister in the Bill Davis and Frank Miller governments.
As a councillor in pre-amalgamation Ottawa, Howard was known as a member of the “Fiscal Five.” Nicknamed “Captain Accountability,” she had a track record of demanding accountability, including an initiative to get monthly accountability reports to council and drafting a municipal code of ethics.
Eleanor Fast, Ottawa South NDP
The election campaign took a bizarre turn on May 28 when, during a debate, Howard accused Fraser of having her followed, photographed and videotaped. Howard refused to elaborate after she was queried by reporters, suggesting they might want to ask the Liberal candidate.
Fraser said he was baffled by the allegations. “I don’t know what she’s talking about,” he said.
Also contesting the election were Green Party candidate Les Schram, Libertarian Robert Daigneault and Communist candidate Larry Wasslen.
— With files from Bruce Deachman and Joshua Soucie
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