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Originally Posted by RyZ
They were so great that even Ontario turned their backs on them in droves. Those scandals were great. Not to mention they governed through the worst world wide recession in modern times. Bang up job.
But hey, the proof is the proof in the proof.
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Ontario traditionally switches party loyalty when times change. The idea that Ontario always votes Liberal is a western myth.
In fact, since 1867, Ontario has formed 40 governments and 22 have been Conservative and 16 Liberal (2 third parties thrown in).
Federal results in most of Ontario follow a similar back and forth behaviour (certainly more voter diversity than Alberta):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadia...astern_Ontario
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadia...estern_Ontario
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadia...entral_Ontario
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadia...urham_and_York
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadia...rthern_Ontario