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

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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...