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Ontario Liberals Begin AGM Vote on Crombie’s Future

Delegates will weigh her mandate after a campaign review concluded the party’s 2025 message missed voter concerns.

Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie works on her phone as she makes a campaign stop in Toronto on Feb. 25, 2025.
Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie, left, makes her way to the stage at her campaign headquarters to address her supporters during the Ontario provincial election in Mississauga, Ont., on Thursday, February 27, 2025.

Overview

  • Delegates are deciding whether to trigger a new leadership race, with results expected Sunday evening in Toronto.
  • Bonnie Crombie says the buck stops with her for the election result but argues she remains the best person to take on Doug Ford in 2029.
  • The party constitution requires 50% plus one to avoid a contest, yet figures such as Nate Erskine-Smith and strategists say about two-thirds support is needed to unify the party.
  • A party debrief found the Liberals’ health-care focus failed to connect as affordability and the economy dominated, with PCs winning 80 seats to the Liberals’ 14 and 41% to 30% of the vote.
  • The Executive Council unanimously backed Crombie to stay in March, insiders still voice doubts about her leadership, and she says she will pursue a seat without asking a sitting MPP to resign.