Tim Hudak, in return, stepped down as party leader for the disappointment of the PCs. Andrea Horwath showed no intention of stepping down as the leader of the NDPs. Offering 80 candidates, it was a disappointment for the Green Party and its leader, Mike Schreiner, whose party received 4.8% of the vote.
The results were:
Liberal-59 (38.7%)
NDP-21 (23.7%)
Green-0 (4.8%)
Other Parties-0 (1.8%)
Wynne is the first female premier to be elected in Ontario history.
At 9:00 p.m. last night, when the polls started to come in, I was following the election until almost 11 on http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/06/12/ontario-election-2014-results-a-live-riding-by-riding-breakdown-of-the-vote/. I felt that it was going to be a really tight election in the beginning. The NDP first received a lead in 10 ridings, especially in the North. PC led in the countryside, while the Liberals were mainly winning in Toronto, Ottawa, and Windsor. The Greens first led in the riding of Scarborough-Guildwood, but lost that place in the queue to the Liberals. The NDP first won 4 ridings and Wynne's cabinet ministers, Coteau of Don Valley West, Chan of Markham-Unionville, Moridi of Richmond Hill, Zimmer of Willowdale, and Wynne herself of Don Valley East experienced heavy wins. At 9:45 Cp24 predicted a Liberal win, and they were correct. The Liberals won in the ridings that they led in the polls previously. The seat changes, from cbc.ca:
Barrie
Barrie changed hands from the Progressive Conservatives to Liberals with teacher Ann Hoggarth unseating Tory incumbent Rod Jackson. Hoggarth won the seat with roughly 41 per cent of the vote.Burlington
Burlington, a longtime Tory fortress, is no longer blue, with Liberal Eleanor McMahon defeating Tory incumbent Jane McKenna. McMahon won the seat with 43 per cent of the vote.Cambridge
The third time was a charm for Kathryn McGarry in Cambridge, a traditional PC stronghold, as she unseated PC incumbent Rob Leone.Davenport
Liberal Cristina Martins regained the west-end Toronto seat they lost in 2011. Martins unseated NDP incumbent Jonah Schein with about 45 per cent of the vote.Etobicoke-Lakeshore
Etobicoke-Lakeshore pitted two former Toronto city councillors against one another in a rematch of 2013's byelection. This time, Liberal Peter Milczyn returned the riding to Liberal rule by defeating PC incumbent Doug Holyday by a wide margin.Halton
Liberal Indira Naidoo-Harris, a former CBC News journalist, unseated PC incumbent Ted Chudleigh, who held the seat for just over a decade. Naidoo-Harris seized the seat with about 45 per cent of the vote.Newmarket-Aurora
Liberal Chris Ballard ended 10 years of PC rule in this riding north of Toronto.Oshawa
By tradition, Oshawa is a two-way race between the Tories and NDP, however, this election the riding went orange, with Jennifer French unseating longtime PC MPP Jerry Ouellette.Thornhill
Thornhill, a Tory byelection win just four months ago, is now Liberal red with Sandra Yeung Racco, the runner-up in February, unseating PC incumbent Gila Martow by 45 votes.Trinity-Spadina
In one of most anticipated races, Liberal Han Dong unseated longtime NDP incumbent Rosario Marchese. The downtown Toronto riding is also the site of a federal byelection at the end of the month, following the departure of Olivia Chow to enter the mayoral race.Windsor West
Windsor West, the last Liberal seat south of London, now belongs to the NDP after Lisa Gretzky defeated Liberal cabinet minister Teresa Piruzza.
The PC gained no seats. Bramalea-Gore-Malton, an electorial district the Liberals wanted to snatch from the NDP, remains NDP. The Liberals will be in power for 4 more years.
Upcoming elections to watch for: Toronto Mayoral Election-October 27, 2014
Canadian Federal Election: On or before October 19, 2015 (170 seats needed for Majority)