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'Happy with the campaign I ran' says Glass

'We were seeing leakage toward the NDP'
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Liberal candidate Stephen Glass watches Global TV as provincial election results roll in. Jeff Turl/BayToday.

Nipissing Liberal candidate Stephen Glass stood with a small group of subdued supporters at his campaign office tonight watching the results come in on Global TV, and he wasn't happy with what he was seeing.

By 9:30 networks were calling a PC majority.

"Success for us would have been a minority government. We're seeing a majority Ford government shaping up in Ontario and that's just about the worst-case scenario for Ontario we believe.

"People were telling me at the doors that they were inclined to vote for no-one,...none of the above. If they were Conservative leaning they were expressing a great deal of reluctance to vote with Doug Ford as leader. For Liberals, they were saying we've been in power a long time and they were pretty unhappy with a long list of well-known things...hydro...and there was a lot of antipathy toward our leader Kathleen Wynne, which I certainly don't share, but that was definitely there."

Glass watched as Fedeli took a large early lead and reflected on his own campaign.

"We were seeing leakage toward the NDP, as people were seeing that as a way to forestall a Conservative majority. Given when we started and the resources we had, I'm happy with the campaign I ran. It's not the campaign I would like to have run if we'd had a longer start, a bigger team, a bigger budget...all those things, but I feel great about what I put forward. I feel great about our platform and I owe an incredible debt to a list of volunteers."

Glass spent the evening at his campaign headquarters on Lakeshore Drive.


Jeff Turl

About the Author: Jeff Turl

Jeff is a veteran of the news biz. He's spent a lengthy career in TV, radio, print and online, covering both news and sports. He enjoys free time riding motorcycles and spoiling grandchildren.
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