Kathleen Wynne leads Ontario Liberals back to power
Liberal Leader Kathleen Wynne delivered a victory speech to an excited crowd in Toronto after the party won a majority government Thursday night.
“I’m proud to be standing in front of you tonight as the first woman to be elected Premier of Ontario.” -s
— Kathleen Wynne (@Kathleen_Wynne) June 13, 2014
.@Kathleen_Wynne tries to speak, drowned out by cries of "four more years." "Whoa! We did this!" she says #voteON pic.twitter.com/fSoRjQpo7m
— Adrian Morrow (@AdrianMorrow) June 13, 2014
By far the loudest cheers come when @Kathleen_Wynne thanks her partner, @janethwaite60 #voteON
— Adrian Morrow (@AdrianMorrow) June 13, 2014
"Ontarians do not hold prejudice in their hearts — we have so proven that tonight," @Kathleen_Wynne says
— Adrian Morrow (@AdrianMorrow) June 13, 2014

Supporters watch results at Ontario Liberal Leader Kathleen Wynne’s provincial election night headquarters in Toronto, June 12, 2014. REUTERS/Mark Blinch
The latest seat count:
With nearly 90% of polls reported, seat count: Liberal: 58 PC: 27 NDP: 22 Live coverage: http://t.co/HktoKwgnCk #voteON #ONpoli
— Globe Politics (@globepolitics) June 13, 2014
In a speech Thursday night, Tim Hudak resigned as Leader of the Progressive Conservatives.
NDP Leader Andrea Horwath also addressed her supporters.
Horwath arrives to speak. #voteON pic.twitter.com/rhYV0p17Ho
— Susan Krashinsky (@susinsky) June 13, 2014
"I know that perhaps people were not hoping for this particular result tonight," Horwath says. #voteON
— Susan Krashinsky (@susinsky) June 13, 2014
"But New Democrats are fighters and we are going to keep fighting," Horwath adds. #voteON
— Susan Krashinsky (@susinsky) June 13, 2014
With the exception of a handful of stations, polls closed in Ontario’s election at 9 p.m. ET. (Get real-time riding results from across the province with our map.)
Snap analysis from Globe reporter Adrian Morrow:
Two things: @Kathleen_Wynne has proved you can move away from the centre and win #voteON
— Adrian Morrow (@AdrianMorrow) June 13, 2014
.@Kathleen_Wynne has also shown you can deviate from message track, and run an old-school, air war campaign, and win #voteON
— Adrian Morrow (@AdrianMorrow) June 13, 2014
Also astounding: so far the only party losing seats are the PCs — the one party no one thought would see a dip #voteON
— Adrian Morrow (@AdrianMorrow) June 13, 2014
While the Liberals seem stoked, it’s a very different story at the PC and NDP election-night headquarters:
A small huddle of PC supporters here in Grimsby. Sombre mood as they watch the results broadcast live. #onpoli #voteon
— Kaleigh Rogers (@KaleighRogers) June 13, 2014
Still a relatively sparse gathering here at NDP election headquarters. #voteON pic.twitter.com/FzZ5EhRDky
— Susan Krashinsky (@susinsky) June 13, 2014
It's getting electric in Liberal HQ at the Sheraton. The Grits have been leading all night and haven't let up pic.twitter.com/IxtzmuI1sx
— Adrian Morrow (@AdrianMorrow) June 13, 2014
See more reaction from supporters here.
Political junkies will have their eyes on these key five ridings. Toronto also saw some interesting losses, including the ousting of former deputy mayor Doug Holyday.
Meanwhile, Éric Grenier of ThreeHundredEight.com, weighed in on how well the polls did at predicting a Liberal majority.
Really interesting results. Early still, but how did the polls do? A couple pollsters had these results among all eligible voters, but…
— Éric Grenier (@308dotcom) June 13, 2014
…none of the likely voter models had something like this. So, that's odd. Generally, PCs over-estimated, NDP under-estimated.
— Éric Grenier (@308dotcom) June 13, 2014
That is a very unusual result – polls traditionally under-estimate the Tories and over-estimate the NDP.
— Éric Grenier (@308dotcom) June 13, 2014
Also, interesting that the Liberals could form a majority government with a lower voter share than the one they got in 2011.
— Éric Grenier (@308dotcom) June 13, 2014
Also – good election so far for the Greens, second-best performance in their history.
— Éric Grenier (@308dotcom) June 13, 2014