POLITICS Doug Ford, brother of late Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, elected Ontario premier By Benjamin Brown , Fox News Published June 8, 2018 6:15am EDT | Updated June 8, 2018 6:24am EDT ...

Before Brown quit as party leader, the Conservatives had appeared poised to seize power in Ontario’s provincial assembly from the Liberals in a vote scheduled for June 7.

The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party came into the year with a commanding head start in the polls. Its leader, Patrick Brown, ran a moderate campaign promising a return to centrism.

TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Mayor Rob Ford was spotted in a small Ontario town Friday despite his lawyer insisting that the embattled leader of Canada's biggest city is still in rehab.