Mike Crawley of the CBC says that Doug Ford has won the vote for the leadership of the PC Party of Ontario but the outcome is being withheld because Christine Elliott is demanding a recount. Crawley says he has two sources who have told him that Ford won both the first count and the recount demanded by Elliott. Crawley is saying the matter is over except that there is no word on the position of Ms.Elliott. The convention remains without any word from the organizers about the result at 5 p.m. But word of Ford’s victory has run through those present because of the CBC and tweets. Ford is a Toronto City Councillor. If the reportage is correct, he has beaten out rivals Christine Elliott, Caroline Mulroney and Tanya Granic Allen in a tense contest. Announcement of the results has been delayed more than two hours after a technical issues with one of 12 ballot counting machines. As of 5 p.m. ET, lawyers representing the campaigns of Ford and Elliott were in a closed room trying to resolve the problems, according to the CBC
