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When members of the Ontario Liberal party pick a new boss Nov. 21 to go up against Premier Doug Ford, there will be about half the number of eligible voters as their last leadership contest three years ago.
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members → pick → contest
While party officials insist that’s not a bad thing because much-needed reforms have been implemented, some insiders say it’s in part because this is their third such race since 2020 — and a sedate one that has overlapped with a series of high-stakes federal and provincial byelections and the Oct. 26 municipal elections across the province.
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that → insist → province
“We’re fighting for attention,” said a senior Liberal operative, speaking confidentially to discuss internal deliberations.
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operative → fight → deliberations
“We can’t keep doing this one-and-done leader thing.”
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We → keep → thing
The reforms include making it difficult for candidates to submit “bulk” lists of new members to the party by bringing in a new system to verify that new members signed up themselves.
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members → include → system
It’s a security measure and aimed at making sure these new members are genuinely interested, more likely to vote when ballots are cast online next month and more likely to stay involved headed into the next provincial election expected in 2029 or 2030.
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ballots → ’ → 2029
Solutions to big problems exist, but they require politically difficult changes.
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they → exist → changes
Solutions to big problems exist, but they require politically difficult changes.
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they → exist → changes
“That’s the kind of participation we wanted this leadership race to create,” interim Liberal leader John Fraser said in announcing there are 55,000 party members who can cast ballots for the four remaining leadership candidates.
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who → ’ → candidates
That number — double the membership when the leadership campaign was officially declared last winter — compares to 101,302 who were eligible to vote in the dramatic 2023 race that saw Bonnie Crombie defeat Nate Erskine-Smith on the third ballot.
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Crombie → declare → ballot
Despite that rivalry, which one party activist called “spicy,” turnout was only 22.5 per cent.
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turnout → call → which
Liberal organizers hope for better this time around when members cast ballots ranking federal industry minister Navdeep Bains, MPPs Stephanie Bowman and Lee Fairclough, and former policy adviser Dylan Marando between Nov. 9 and Nov. 20, with the winner to be announced Nov. 21 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
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winner → hope → Centre
A veteran insider said there is “leadership fatigue” in Liberal circles after previous leaders Crombie, now running again for her old job as mayor of Mississauga, and Steven Del Duca, now mayor of Vaughan, quit after failing to win seats in the legislature in the 2025 and 2022 provincial elections respectively.
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Crombie → say → elections
“Doug Ford has sucked the oxygen out of the race.
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Ford → suck → race
Most Ontarians approve of his handling of the tariff issue,” added the party insider, also speaking confidentially.
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insider → approve → issue
“None of the Liberal candidates has challenged him on the biggest issue facing the province or offered how they would do things differently.
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they → challenge → things
As a result, the public has tuned out of the race.”
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public → tune → race
Bowman’s campaign said polls suggest two-thirds of party members remain undecided and her focus is on “connecting with as many as possible, hearing from them and sharing her vision” of a stronger economy.
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focus → say → economy
“It’s clear we still have work to do,” Marando, for his part, told the Star in a statement while Fairclough’s campaign noted she has visited 107 of Ontario’s 124 ridings.
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she → ’ → ridings
“People say the province is going in the wrong direction and are looking for the Liberals to bring the change they want to see,” a statement from Fairclough’s campaign said.
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statement → say → campaign
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