Kathleen Wynne becomes Canada’s first openly gay premier
Ontario Liberal Party leadership candidate Kathleen Wynne celebrates with fellow candidates Eric Hoskins (left), Gerard Kennedy (right) and Charles Sousa after they gave her their support at the convention in Toronto on Saturday January 26, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Results of the first ballot: Pupatello, 599; Wynne: 597; Kennedy: 281; Sousa: 222; Takhar: 235; Hoskins: 150.
Other results from the second ballot: Kennedy: 285; Sousa: 203; Takhar: 18.
Third ballot: Wynne, 1,150; Pupatello, 866.
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Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty thanked his party as he said goodbye on Friday evening in Toronto. “It has been my joy and honour,” he said of the nine years he spent as premier.