Liberal Kathleen Wynne lived up to her name, winning with 24,454 votes or 58.3 per cent of the vote in Don Valley West. She easily defeated Andrea Mandel-Campbell, bringing in nearly twice as many votes as the 11,626 claimed by the Conservative candidate.
Beaches-East York has given Michael Prue a strong fourth mandate. Though the race in east-end Toronto was close – with Liberal candidate Helen Burstyn on his tail through the evening vote count – Prue managed…
In Don Valley West, the predicted close race between incumbent Liberal transportation minister Kathleen Wynne and her Conservative challenger has failed to materialize: Wynne is leading comfortably.
The debate, one of many across the province for “Education Day,” saw Shawn Ali of the Green Party, Helen Burstyn of the Liberals and New Democrat Party incumbent MPP Michael Prue face off at Secord Elementary School to an audience of more than 100 people.
Burstyn and Prue agreed on the issues regarding health care and education, but when it came to the economy, the candidates held very different views.
In the last days of her mother’s life coping with Alzheimer’s, Maria Minna took on the role of primary caregiver. She often relied on her family’s own resources when there didn’t appear to be help from government services.