Ontario Premier Ford Announces Snap Election After Meeting With Lieutenant-Governor

Ontario Premier Ford Announces Snap Election After Meeting With Lieutenant-Governor
Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks to media at a premiers' meeting in Halifax on July 15, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford has officially called an early election today, with voters scheduled to cast their ballots Feb. 27 as his Progressive Conservative party pursues a third majority government.
Ford met with Lt.-Gov. Edith Dumont this afternoon to request the dissolution of the legislature, more than a year before the fixed election date in June 2026.