No Green party candidates made it to the Ontario legislature in Wednesday's election, but that defeat was sweetened by a swell in their share of the popular vote, which more than doubled.
Ontario Green Leader Frank de Jong was defeated in his own electoral district. Liberal Tony Ruprecht easily won the Toronto riding of Davenport, with de Jong still jockeying with Progressive Conservative candidate Antonio Garcia for third place behind NDP candidate Peter Ferreira at 12:30 a.m. ET Thursday.
The Green's greatest hope for their first seat, Shane Jolley, was also defeated by Conservative incumbent Bill Murdoch, CBC News projects. Murdoch had taken 46 per cent of the popular vote by 12:30 a.m. ET, compared to Jolley's 35 per cent in Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound.
Nevertheless, the Green party seemed poised to finish with more than eight per cent of the popular vote, compared to 2.8 per cent in 2003.
Both the NDP and the Greens grabbed an increased share of the popular vote in Wednesday's election at the expense of the Liberals and Progressive Conservatives, CBC News projects.
"It is kind of a protest vote, but it sends a message to the main parties," political commentator Allan Gregg of Harris Decima said of the Green and NDP results.
Corrections and Clarifications
- Allan Gregg is the chairman of Harris Decima, and is not with Strategic Counsel, as originally reported. Oct. 11, 2007|11:00 a.m. ET
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