8:15 a.m.: Back Road Cafe
Riding: Windsor West (Liberal)
2011 Election results:
Liberal: 41.34%
NDP: 30.75%
PC percentage: 24.84%
Green percentage: 3.07%
NDP leader Andrea Horwath began her day with NDP candidates Lisa Gretzky, Percy Hatfield and Taras Natyshak, meeting with customers of Back Road Cafe hoping to paint this riding orange.
Interactive: Explore poll-by-poll results for this riding from the 2011 provincial election
9 a.m.: Ground Effects LTD.
Riding: Windsor West (Liberal)
2011 Election results:
Liberal: 41.34%
NDP: 30.75%
PC percentage: 24.84%
Green percentage: 3.07%
Once again, Horwath was accompanied by her fellow NDP candidates for atour of Ground Effects LTD. This automotive accessory manufacturer is a hub of future trades jobs which aligns perfectly with the NDP policy on job creation.
12:30 p.m.: Springbank Snow Countess Monument
Riding: Oxford (PC)
2011 Election results:
PC percentage: 54.87%
Liberal percentage: 25%
NDP percentage: 15.64%
Green percentage: 3.55%
Horwath is making a bold statement by entering Oxford’s PC riding. The NDP’s were swept by the Tories in the 2011 elections, but this isn’t stopping Horwath from making her voice heard.
Interactive: Explore poll-by-poll results for this riding from the 2011 provincial election
3:30 p.m.: OPSEU Convention
Riding: Trinity-Spadina (NDP)
2011 Election results:
NDP: 42.47%
Liberal: 39.63%
PC: 11.64%
Green: 5.16%
Horwath is ending her day with what’s sure to be a barn-burning appearance at the Ontario Public Service Employees Union convention, at which she’ll likely decry the other parties as anti-organized labour and remind this union how closely it’s tied to the NDP historically. She’ll also have to fend off calls for strategic voting from people skittish at the thought of a PC win.
Interactive: Explore poll-by-poll results for this riding from the 2011 provincial election
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