Steven Del Duca

Steven Del Duca, the leader of the Ontario Liberals without a seat in the legislature, stood outside Queen’s Park on Tuesday seeking the email addresses of people upset about Doug Ford’s back-to-school plan.

Steven Del Duca handily won the Ontario Liberal leadership in the first round of balloting at the convention in Mississauga on Saturday.

Steven Del Duca’s deep political connections — the 46-year old father of two daughters first volunteered for the Ontario Liberal Party when he was 15 — helped him move from clear front-runner to newly crowned leader.

The Ontario Liberal Party's official count shows Steven Del Duca with formidable lead heading into leadership convention, but the establishment candidate's ascension is not a done deal yet.

Steven Del Duca secured the support of more than half of the delegates elected at Ontario Liberal leadership meetings across the province this weekend

The person tasked with the "back-breaking" job of rebuilding Ontario's Liberal party will need both strong organizational skills and the ability to adapt to an increasingly unpredictable political landscape, according to experts preparing to watch the party's leadership race unfold.

Steven Del Duca has come up with a series of ambitious plans to rebuild and modernize the Ontario Liberal Party. He wants to create a 124-member caucus that has at least 30 candidates under the age of 30, and half of whom are women. He wants to find a way to respect taxpayer's money while also investing in Ontario — something he believes his government lost track off in their last days in office.