tim hudak was the leader of the pc party in ontario.
who is the leader of the pc party in ontario?
tim hudak
following the election results, there remains significant uncertainty as to the goals and agenda under the progressive conservatives (pc), led by doug ford as premier. this was in part due to the party's last-minute abandoning of the official party platform, set off by a sudden change in leadership several months before the election due to the resignation of pc leader patrick brown, and the subsequent nomination battle which saw ford elected premier, by a narrow margin. the new "platform" under ford's pc party was composed of a series of promises, with anticipated costs, rather than a fully costed platform as the other major parties had developed. prior to his nomination for pcs, ford had intended to run for the mayoral seat in the city of toronto (previously held by his brother, rob ford), moving from the role as city councillor, in opposition to the current mayor seeking re-election, john tory, who himself was leader of the pc party previously, from 2004-2009.
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jim prentice was elected as the permanent leader of the pc party on september 6, 2014 and succeeded hancock as premier on september 15, 2014. he turned the government around on a number of crucial issues, cancelling the closure of the michener centre, for example. he was elected to the constituency of calgary-foothill in an october 27, 2014 by-election, as the pc party won the four by-elections held that day while the rival wildrose party did very poorly. less than two months later, most of the wildrose party caucus—including leader danielle smith, crossed the floor to sit with the pc party. however, prentice government's popularity dropped sharply by spring 2015, due to a budget that was unpopular among the political spectrum, with the collapse in pc support also attributed to falling oil prices and the past scandals under the redford government. prentice had over a year before he was obliged to dissolve the legislature, nonetheless he decided to call a snap election. on may 5, 2015, the pc party's 44 straight years of government ended as they lost 60 seats in the legislature to fall to third place in the legislature, while the ndp won a majority government over the resurgent wildrose party which finished second and become the official opposition. prentice resigned as party leader and as an mla, leaving the pc party with only 9 seats.
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