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Ontario Votes: A vote for collaboration, and history made

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Update June 13, 1.45pm: Parry Sound-Muskoka Green vote highest in the province.

When the final tally was official, Parry Sound-Muskoka Green candidate Matt Richter had the highest percentage of vote of all Green Party of Ontario candidates at 19.34%, just slightly edging out Green leader Mike Schreiner, who ran in Guelph and garnered 19.2% of the vote there.

Update: FINAL PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA RESULTS

  1. Incumbent PC MPP Norm Miller, 15,752 votes (40.7%)
  2. Liberal candidate Dan Waters, 10, 177 votes (26.3%)
  3. Green candidate Matt Richter, 7,484 (19.34%)
  4. NDP candidate Clyde Mobbley, 4,993 (12.9%)
  5. Freedom Party candidate, Andy Stivrins, 296 (0.8%)

Original commentary written in real-time from election night follows:

Ontario elected its first female premier tonight, the Green Party more than doubled its vote across Ontario and the province voted to stay the course

Commentary by Norah Fountain published June 12, 11.10pm: No doubt by now all MNW readers know that Ontario has a Liberal majority government.

Here in Parry Sound-Muskoka, it was early after the polls closed that incumbent PC MPP Norm Miller was re-elected as expected. As of 11pm this evening, Green Party candidate Matt Richter had 7,484 votes – over 19% of the vote, a historic high for the Green Party in Parry Sound-Muskoka and at the moment of this writing, the highest Green percentage in this election, just ahead of Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner (3,000 votes and 19% in Guelph). UPDATE: Just minutes after this post, polls in Guelph pushed Schreiner’s results to 19.51%. Parry Sound-Muskoka Liberal candidate Dan Waters is holding second behind Miller with 8,458 votes (26%). The NDP’s Clyde Mobbley with 4,421 votes (13.6).

PC Leader thanked his supporters and announced he would resign just before 11pm.

History was made tonight with Premier Kathleen Wynne becoming the first female Ontario premier to be elected — and with a majority government to boot. The Greens also made history as well with historic high results in our riding, in Guelph, and Dufferin-Caledon (and by doubling the Green vote province-wide).

NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is just finishing her speech to her supporters as this is written, promising she will work with all MPPs. Perhaps she has done what she said she would do in bringing down a budget to cause this election — she has helped deliver change to the province. The Ontario 2014 election was a vote for collaboration.

Update: FINAL PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA RESULTS

  1. Incumbent PC MPP Norm Miller, 15,752 votes (40.7%)
  2. Liberal candidate Dan Waters, 10, 177 votes (26.3%)
  3. Green candidate Matt Richter, 7,484 (19.3%)
  4. NDP candidate Clyde Mobbley, 4,993 (12.9%)
  5. Freedom Party candidate, Andy Stivrins, 296 (0.8%)

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