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Ontario Elections: 25 Tumultuous Years
The Ontario Legislature used to be called "the dullest chamber in all of Canada." For 42 years, the Progressive Conservatives and their "Big Blue Machine" ruled the province. But 1985 ushered the PCs out and an age of turbulence in with a Liberal-NDP coalition. In the next three elections, voters handed majorities to all three parties: a sweep for the Liberals, a stunning NDP victory and a sharp right turn with Mike Harris's Common Sense Revolution. In 2002, it looked like a new blue era was settling in, with Harris passing the Tory torch to Ernie Eves. But Dalton McGuinty's Liberals swept the 2003 and 2007 elections and won a third time with a minority in 2011.
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Reds, Al Capone and the Ontario election of 1943
Broadcast Date: July 31, 1943
A Labour candidate addresses the electorate in a free election broadcast.Reds, Al Capone and the Ontario election of 1943
Medium: Radio
Program: CBC Radio News Special
Broadcast Date: July 31, 1943
Guest(s): A.A. MacLeod
Duration: 5:18
Last updated:
March 6, 2008
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Reds, Al Capone and the Ontario election of 1943.
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Last updated: March 6, 2008.
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