Bonnie Crombie has been declared the brand new chief of the Ontario Liberal Party.
The Mississauga mayor and former Liberal MP gained after three rounds of ballots, defeating Nate Erskine-Smith, Yasir Naqvi and Ted Hsu.
Crombie has served three phrases because the mayor of Mississauga, and has boasted that she appears to “rankle” Premier Doug Ford.
Polling means that of all of the Liberal management candidates, the celebration will carry out finest towards the Progressive Conservatives within the subsequent election with Crombie on the helm.
The Liberals had boasted that the management noticed the candidates join a file variety of members, with greater than 100,000 folks eligible to vote for the brand new chief – up from 44,000 and 38,000 within the two earlier management contests.
However, a fraction of these members forged ballots final weekend, with 22,827 folks voting.
