<Tr> <Td> Leader before election <P> Vic Fedeli (interim) </P> </Td> <Td> Elected Leader <P> Doug Ford </P> </Td> </Tr> <P> Vic Fedeli (interim) </P> <P> The 2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election was held on March 10, 2018, due to the resignation of party leader Patrick Brown on January 25, 2018, following allegations of sexual misconduct . Winner Doug Ford narrowly defeated runner - up Christine Elliott on the third ballot with 50.6% of allocated points . </P> <P> The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election was scheduled for 3 months before the 2018 provincial election scheduled for June 7 . It came after a turbulent year of disputed and allegedly fraudulent nominations contests across the province for local PC candidates . In two of these contests; Ottawa West--Nepean and Scarborough Centre the nominations were overturned after Brown's resignation and Brown's own nomination in Barrie--Springwater--Oro - Medonte was cancelled . At the time of the leadership election Newmarket--Aurora and five others remained under active investigation by the party and Hamilton West--Ancaster--Dundas remained under police investigation . </P>

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