Ontario PC Leadership Race Second Ballot Results
The Story? The unstoppable Tim Hudak.
Second Ballot Results:
Elliott 2903 (+ 175)
Hudak 4128 (+ 617)
Klees 3299 (+ 206)
Elliott dropped from the ballot. Her supporters second choices will be redistributed based on their second choices.
Tim Hudak received the lion’s share of Randy Hillier’s supporters second votes, with Klees and Elliott basically splitting the difference, both falling further behind Hudak as Elloitt is dropped.
At this point Frank Klees would need to receive 65% or more of Elliott’s supporters to beat Hudak. It should also be noted that many of Elliott’s supporters may not have cast a second option, partly because she was one of two perceived front runners, and secondly because her policies positioned her as an outlier.
While the folks who are tabulating the result tabulate, I will speculate that Tim Hudak will be the next Leader of the Opposition.
Tags: Christine Elliott, Frank Klees, Leadership Convention, Markham, Ontario PC Leadership Race, PC Leadership Race, Randy Hillier, Tim Hudak
June 27th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Elliott becomes the victim of the electoral college system based on the 107 seats.
If this is one member one vote, she would run a tighter race.