The Hemisphere: Tory Landslide

Although Canadians have kept Liberal governments in power in Ottawa for 20 years. Canada is by no means a one-party country. In provincial elections held last week in Ontario. Canada's most populous province, the Progressive Conservative (Tory) government, led by Premier Leslie Miscampbell Frost, won a smashing victory and was returned to office for a fifth straight term. The Tories captured 83 seats in the 98-seat legislature, while the Liberals, even with the strong backing of their party's powerful administration in Ottawa, could win only ten.

The Tory victory was largely a personal triumph for Premier Leslie Frost, 59. A genial small-town...

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