Ontario Liberal Party leadership

[King of Kensington]

So what's next for the Ontario Liberals after that catastrophic defeat?  At some point they will have to through a process of renewal and a race for the permanent leadership.  Will they pick one of their remaining caucus members, such as Michael Coteau or Mitzie Hunter and "make history" with a Black leader (their caucus is 2/7 Black).  Could Yasir Naqvi run for leader and run in one of the two Ottawa seats that proved to be the "safest" for the Liberals?  A federal MP go for it?  Sandra Pupatello has also expressed interest - and she may have some appeal among two demographics that went to Ford big time in this election: 905 "blue" Liberals and Italian Canadians (though it's a tall order to make the Liberals competitive in Windsor again!)

[King of Kensington]

The OLP caucus:

Marie France-Lalonde (Orleans)
Nathalie Des Rosiers (Ottawa-Vanier)
John Fraser (Ottawa South)
Mitzie Hunter (Scarborough-Guildwood)
Michael Coteau (Don Valley East)
Kathleen Wynne (Don Valley West)
Michael Gravelle (Thunder Bay-Superior North)

[King of Kensington]

^ It's such a short list I was able to compile it from memory!

[King of Kensington]

When I said two safest, I meant Ottawa-Vanier and Ottawa South where the Liberals won by more than 10 percentage points.  Only one of these is held by a Franco-Ontarian.

[King of Kensington]

57% of the OLP caucus also have first names that start with "M."  And 29% are named Michael.

(And if Colle in Eglinton-Lawrence - the highest polling Liberal that did not prevail - had survived those figures would have been 62.5% and 33.3% respectively).

[King of Kensington]

I wonder what the likelihood of Michael Coteau or Mitzie Hunter jumping to federal politics is.  

[King of Kensington]

Fixed.

[King of Kensington]

Maybe we'll see some sort of return to Ontario ca. 1990 with the NDP dominating the urban and "progressive" vote and the Liberals becoming the center-right party of the suburbs?   Maybe that's Del Duca's best hope.

[King of Kensington]

Steve Paikin has commented that Del Duca is the first person with an Italian surname (though not Italian ancestry - that would be Patrick Brown) to lead a provincial party.  It was not well received given that Del Duca beat two Black candidates, three women and an Asian man.

https://twitter.com/TheAgenda/status/1237147401804288000

Does the "Italian vote" exist in 2020 Ontario?

[King of Kensington]

And two Ontario finance ministers: Sorbara and Fedeli.

They just haven't reached Mayor of Toronto and Premier of Ontario.