The Progressive Conservatives disappointed the Liberals and crushed the Official Opposition NDP with decisive victories in two Ontario byelections this week, Robert Benzie writes.
In a setback for rookie Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie, Tory Zee Hamid, who recently quit the Grits, was victorious in Milton on Thursday while councillor Steve Pinsonneault held the London-area riding.
The premier is pulling out all the stops in a last-minute bid to win Thursday s byelections in Milton and the London-area riding of Lambton-Kent-Middlesex.