ANALYSIS: Who wants to lead the Ontario Liberals?

The last seven years have tested the core of Ontario Liberals. The party suffered a catastrophic defeat to Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives in the 2018 election, then got a new leader in Steven Del Duca, an experienced cabinet minister with a solid political machine. But Del Duca couldn’t turn the tide, came third in the 2022 election, and couldn’t win a seat in the process. With Del Duca out, the party chose Mississauga mayor Bonnie Crombie, a proven winner at the municipal level. Crombie got the Liberal vote up to nearly 30 per cent in 2025 and regained official party status by winning more than 12 seats. But she still suffered the same fate as Del Duca — a third-place finish without a seat of her own in the legislature.

So here we are again. The Grits need a new leader, but perhaps more than that, they […]. This is an excerpt. Read the full article on the TVO website.