The next Ontario Liberal Party leadership election will be held following the resignation of Kathleen Wynne as leader on June 7, 2018, after over five years as leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, a major provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. The date of the election has yet to be decided.
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Background
In the 2018 general election, the Ontario Liberal government was defeated, losing 48 seats, leaving the party with only just 7 MPPs, and thus also losing official party status. Kathleen Wynne consequently tendered her resignation as party leader.
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Interim leader
Wynne announced on election night that she had asked the party president to begin the process of choosing an interim leader. According to the party's constitution, an interim leader is to be selected by a vote of the party caucus, the presidents of riding associations without an elected Liberal MPPs and party executive members.
The Liberal caucus unanimously endorsed Ottawa South MPP John Fraser to serve as interim leader on June 13, 2018. Fraser assumed the office of interim leader on June 14, following a vote of party executives and presidents of riding associations for the remaining 117 ridings that do not have a Liberal MPP.
Rules and procedures
Under the procedure outlined by the party's constitution, the leader is likely to be chosen in a traditional delegated leadership convention in which up to 2,000+ delegates would be eligible to vote, made up of 1,984 elected delegates (16 elected by proportional representation in each of the 124 provincial riding associations) in addition to ex officio delegates (current and former Liberal MPPs, defeated candidates from the last election, riding association presidents, party executive officers and other party officials, and federal Liberal MPs for Ontario), youth delegates from campus clubs and delegates representing the Women's Commission. Riding delegates would be able to run on the slate of a leadership candidate or as independents; in the case of the former they would be required to vote for that candidate on the first ballot but would be free to change their support subsequently. Balloting at convention would continue until one candidate receives a majority of ballots cast.
Candidates
Possible contenders
- Yvan Baker, former MPP for Etobicoke Centre (2014-2018), and former Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Finance
- Michael Coteau, MPP for Don Valley East since 2011 and former Minister of Community and Social Services
- Nathalie Des Rosiers, former Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry and MPP for Ottawa--Vanier since 2016, and previously general counsel for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (2009-2013)
- Dwight Duncan, former Minister of Finance and Deputy Premier under Dalton McGuinty, former MPP for successive Windsor, Ontario ridings (1995-2013), third place leadership candidate in 1996, currently senior strategic advisor at McMillan LLP
- Mark Holland, federal Liberal MP for Ajax since 2015, MP for Ajax--Pickering (2004-2011), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
- Eric Hoskins, leadership candidate in 2013, former Ontario Minister of Health and Long Term Care and former MPP for St. Paul's (2009-2018)
- Mitzie Hunter, MPP for Scarborough--Guildwood since 2013, former Minister of Advanced Education and Skills Development, and former Minister of Education
- Marie-France Lalonde, MPP for Orléans since 2014 and former Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services
- John Milloy, former Minister of Government Services for Kathleen Wynne, former Government House Leader, Minister of Training, Colleges & Universities, Minister of Community & Social Services, and Minister of Research & Innovation for Dalton McGuinty, former MPP for Kitchener Centre (2003-2014), professor at Wilfrid Laurier University
- Yasir Naqvi, former Attorney General of Ontario and former MPP for Ottawa Centre (2007-2018)
- Kyle Peterson, federal Liberal MP for Newmarket--Aurora since 2015
- Sandra Pupatello, leadership runner-up in 2013, former Chair of Hydro One, former MPP for Windsor West (1995-2011) and former Minister of Community and Social Services and Minister of Education under Dalton McGuinty.
- Charles Sousa, leadership candidate in 2013, former Ontario Minister of Finance and former MPP for Mississauga South (2007-2018)
- Adam Vaughan, federal Liberal MP for Spadina--Fort York since 2014, previously a Toronto City Councillor (2006-2014)
- John Wilkinson, Minister of Research and Innovation, Minister of Revenue, and Minister of the Environment under Dalton McGuinty, former MPP for Perth--Middlesex (2003-2007) and Perth--Wellington (2007-2011)
Declined
- Bonnie Crombie, former federal MP for Mississauga--Streetsville (2008-2011), Mayor of Mississauga (2014-Present)
- Steven Del Duca, former Minister of Economic Development and Growth and former MPP for Vaughan (2012-2018)
- David Henderson, 2018 Liberal candidate in Leeds--Grenville--Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes. After Wynne's admission that the Liberals would not win the provincial election, Henderson announced he would run for Liberal leader if he was elected. He was defeated on election day.
- Belinda Stronach, former federal MP for Newmarket--Aurora (2004-2008), former Federal Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, President and Chair of The Stronach Group
References
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