Ontario Premier Doug Ford won reelection to lead Canada's most populous province Thursday, giving him the mandate he wanted to fight tariffs threatened by U.S. President Donald Trump. “I am very grateful to the people of Ontario,

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said in claiming a third-straight victory for his Progressive Conservatives in the province's election Thursday he'd been given a "mandate" to "stand up" to President Trump's threats to hit Canada with tariffs.

His party, the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, was projected to have won a majority, its third since 2018.

The leader of the Canadian province campaigned on the need to fight US President Donald Trump's threatened tariffs.

Ontario's Progressive Conservative party will return to power in the Canadian province after winning a snap election on Thursday, according to CTV News projections.

Doug Ford and his Progressive Conservative Party will be returning to Queen’s Park with a third straight majority mandate after claiming victory in a snap election called on the threat of U.S. tariffs that could devastate Ontario’s economy.

Ontario voters opt for a familiar face to steer an economy that is under threat from US President Donald Trump’s trade policies.

Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford highlighted the renewed threat of U.S. tariffs Tuesday to hammer home the central message of his campaign in the final days of the snap election. Ford mused Tuesday about making Americans pay more for the electricity Ontario sends to the United States in response to any levies.

Doug Ford trumped his rivals to win a third term as Ontario premier by stoking concerns about U.S. tariffs and relying on his “Big Blue Collar Machine.”

Doug Ford's Progressive Conservatives chugged to a third majority government Thursday, propelled by his visible crusade against economic uncertainty emanating from the U.S., though falling short of the increased majority he urged.