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The 2025 Ontario general election will take place on Feb. 27 to elect the 44th Parliament of Ontario.
Global News reports that the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Hon. Edith Dumont has accepted Premier Doug Ford’s ask to dissolve the legislature for an early election that will officially begin on Wednesday.
The election campaign comes 16 months ahead of schedule and after close to a year of speculation that Ford would move early to capitalize on strong polling.
Ahead of his visit to the lieutenant governor, Ford confirmed he had already discussed an “economic action plan” with his cabinet.
The Progressive Conservative Party leader has justified his election call by saying he needs a “strong mandate” t spend tens of billions of dollars stimulating the provincial economy if US President Donald Trump levies tariffs on Canadian goods.
Ford has repeatedly said he doesn’t believe he can spend that money without a new mandate. The premier has the most seats in the legislature and the leaders of all opposition parties have said they would support economic stimulus plans.
Opposition leaders have said calling an election more than a year early is a waste of time and money and the justification of needing the mandate to deal with Trump is just an excuse to capitalize on good polling.