It鈥檚 official: Doug Ford will be Ontario鈥檚 premier for a third term.
While Ford鈥檚 victory Thursday night may have elicited little in the way of surprise 鈥 the Progressive Conservatives were leading in the polls聽and the election was called just minutes after 9 p.m. 鈥 there were still some unexpected upsets.
Here are five notable winners and losers in ridings across Ontario.
Polls have now closed. Results are flowing in. Follow live for updates.
Crombie loses her own riding
The leader of the Ontario Liberals will not hold a seat in the legislature following Bonnie Crombie’s loss in Mississauga East鈥擟ooksville.
Crombie, who spent the last 15 months as leader of a small caucus of Liberal MPPs, lost the riding to PC candidate Silvia Gualtieri.聽
The area was supposed to be a stronghold for Crombie, who served as mayor of Mississauga from 2014 to 2024. She was relying on many of those same voters to give her a seat in the legislature.
She told supporters in Mississauga on Thursday night that she intended to stay on as leader.
“Tonight isn鈥檛 exactly the result we were looking for,” Crombie said, “but you should be very proud of what we did tonight.鈥
Gualtieri, who ran unsuccessfully for councillor in the 2022 Mississauga municipal election, has long-standing ties to the PC party, and is the mother-in-law of Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown.
Liberals take Toronto-St. Paul’s
After more than six years as an NDP MPP, Jill Andrew was unsuccessful in holding her riding of Toronto鈥揝t. Paul鈥檚.
As of 10 p.m., Liberal candidate and former Bell Media anchor Stephanie Smyth held just over 40 per cent of the vote in the downtown 海角社区官网riding.聽
Jama ousted by NDP candidate in Hamilton Centre
Embattled Independent MPP Sarah Jama placed fourth in Hamilton Centre, conceding to the NDP鈥檚 Robin Lennox.
Elected as an NDP MPP in March 2023, Jama was ejected from the party less than a year later over statements on the Israel-Hamas war.
Jama took a dedicated following with her when she sought re-election as an independent candidate, but fell short on Thursday night. As of 10 p.m., Lennox held just over 38 per cent of the vote.
Greens lose bid for third seat
The Green Party lost its bid to pick up a third seat at Queen鈥檚 Park after weeks of heavy campaigning in Parry Sound鈥擬uskoka.
Incumbent Progressive Conservative MPP Graydon Smith was declared the winner聽over Matt Richter, the Green candidate, in a rematch from the 2022 election. With results from all 103 polls reported, Smith led by more than 2,300 votes.聽
Hogarth loses Etobicoke-Lakeshore
Incumbent Progressive Conservative MPP Christine Hogarth lost her re-election bid in Etobicoke-Lakeshore to Liberal candidate Lee Fairclough in a closely watched political rematch.
In 2022, Hogarth beat Fairclough, the former senior vice-president at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, by only 842 votes.
As of 9:45 p.m. Thursday, with 40 of 71 polling stations closed in the district, Fairclough led by 3,881 votes.
Correction — Feb. 28, 2025
This file has been updated. A previous version included incorrect spelling for Jill Andrew, the NDP candidate for Toronto-St. Paul’s.
With files from Rob Ferguson
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