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

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.

Voting began at 9 a.m. on Thursday and polls closed 12 hours later at 9 p.m. after a campaign that ran through February snow storms and sparked fears turnout could fall.