Ontario's Progressive Conservatives cruise to rare 3rd-straight majority, CBC News projects
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford and his Progressive Conservatives have cruised to their third straight majority government, CBC News projects, after a snap winter election fought amid the spectre of U.S. tariffs.
It is the first time since 1959 in Ontario that a party leader has won three consecutive majorities.
Results are still pouring in from ridings across the province, so the size of the majority is uncertain.
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