Sources say Doug Ford has won Ontario PC leadership, but official announcement still delayed

Doug Ford, the populist Toronto businessman and former city councillor, appears to have won the Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership, but rival Christine Elliott has asked for a recount, sources with her campaign said late Saturday afternoon. The outcome of the party’s wild and fractious leadership race was to be announced at 3 p.m., but more than two-and-a-half hours later, nothing had been announced officially and the campaigns remained sequestered behind closed doors -- More...