It looks like Kathleen Wynne is going to win the leadership race for the Ontario Liberal party, and in doing so become the next premiere of the province.
She will, I think, be the first openly gay premiere (though there have been 8 closeted gay ones). It’s a somewhat historic moment, but one that comes with an asterisk. Much like Kim Campbell, our first and only female Prime Minister, she was elected only by her party, not by the population at large.
Still, good for her.
The Toronto Star posted this interesting anecdote from the convention:
The 59-year-old (Wynne) took the stage after a flash mob — including Health Minister Deb Matthews and former cabinet minister John Wilkinson of Stratford, her campaign co-chairs — did a dance number with supporters in “Wynne Now” T-shirts to the Glee version of Pink’s “Raise Your Glass,” about underdogs succeeding.
Before that, Sandra Pupatello was expected to win; making this the first time in ten years that anyone has paid attention to a flash mob.










