Incumbent Liberal MPP John Gerretsen enters the room last night after winning his seat in Kingston and the Islands for his fourth straight term. (Harrison Smith)
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Liberals win majority
The provincial Liberals won their second straight majority government, with incumbent John Gerretsen leading in Kingston and the Islands with 47.2 per cent.
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A sad night for Tories
Progressive Conservative candidate Dr. John Rapin, who was a distant second in last night’s election, would have won in Kingston and the Islands were it not for party leader John Tory’s sabotage on the campaign trail, said Gareth Neilson, Rapin’s campaign office manager. “If John Tory wasn’t the leader of this party, we would have won this riding. As a matter of fact, if John Tory hadn’t opened his fucking mouth, we would have won this riding.”
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Electorate votes down MMP
Less than an hour after polls closed last night, hope had run out for the proposed mixed member proportional electoral system. By 2 a.m. today, 63.3 per cent of voters voted in favour of the current first-past-the-post system and 36.7 voted for mixed member proportional.
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