The party's executive decides on the timeline and rules for the leadership election. February 1, 2018: Christine Elliott officially declares her candidacy. February 3, 2018: Ford officially declares his candidacy. February 4, 2018: Caroline Mulroney officially declares her candidacy. February 8, 2018: Tanya Granic Allen announces she intends to run. February 14, 2018: Granic Allen officially declares her candidacy. February 15, 2018: All-candidates televised debate held in Toronto, moderated by Steve Paikin and aired on TVOntario. February 16, 2018: Former leader Patrick Brown is expelled from the PC caucus, and then declares his candidacy. Last day of the nomination period (as of 5:00 pm) and to become a member of the party eligible to vote (as of 11:59 pm) February 20, 2018: PC Party Provincial Nominations Committee meets to interview Elliott, Ford, Granic Allen and Brown as part of the vetting process. (As the only nominated riding candidate, Mulroney has already been vetted). February 21, 2018: Provincial Nominations Committee approves the candidacies of Brown, Elliott, Ford, and Granic Allen in addition to Mulroney, whose candidacy had previously been approved. February 23, 2018: Last day for candidates to withdraw their names from the ballot (candidates who withdraw after this date may still appear on the ballot). February 26, 2018: Patrick Brown withdraws from leadership race. February 28, 2018, 6:30 pm: All-candidates debate held at the Shaw Centre in Ottawa, moderated by Althia Raj of HuffPost Canada. March 1, 2018, 1:30–3:00 pm: Debate held in London, Ontario, between Christine Elliott, Doug Ford, and Tanya Granic Allen; moderated by Andrew Lawton of CFPL and broadcast live on Global News Radio stations and over Facebook. Caroline Mulroney declined an invitation to attend the debate. March 2–9, 2018: Voting period. Online balloting used. Voting ended at noon on the last day of the voting period. An application for a court injunction to extend the voting period by a week was denied by an Ontario Superior Court of Justice judge. March 10, 2018: Leadership votes counted and results were scheduled to be announced at a convention in Markham, Ontario at 3 pm. However, results were not made available at that time and at 7:30 pm the party's Chief Electoral Officer announced a review of some ballots was required and the results were not announced until after 10 pm. March 11, 2018: Elliott initially issues a statement refusing to concede, citing "serious irregularities with respect to this