Ont. Green party scores 8 per cent of vote
Thursday, October 11th, 2007No Green party candidates made it to the Ontario legislature in Wednesday’s election, but that defeat was sweetened by a swell in their share of the popular vote, which more than doubled.
Ontario Green Leader Frank de Jong was defeated in his own electoral district. Liberal Tony Ruprecht easily won the Toronto riding of Davenport, with de Jong still jockeying with Progressive Conservative candidate Antonio Garcia for third place behind NDP candidate Peter Ferreira at 12:30 a.m. ET Thursday.
The Green’s greatest hope for their first seat, Shane Jolley, was also defeated by Conservative incumbent Bill Murdoch, CBC News projects. Murdoch had taken 46 per cent of the popular vote by 12:30 a.m. ET, compared to Jolley’s 35 per cent in Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound.
