Dalton McGuinty Kathleen Wynne The 2013 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election, held on January 26, 2013, at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto,[1] elected Kathleen Wynne as the new leader[2] of the Ontario Liberal Party, replacing Dalton McGuinty, who announced his resignation on October 15, 2012.

[3] McGuinty also, citing the political "logjam" in Ontario, prorogued the Legislative Assembly.

There was a $50,000 entry fee and $500,000 spending limit not including the 25% of all money raised by candidates which had to be turned over to the party in order to pay for the convention.

[5] Of these, less than 15,000 had been members when McGuinty announced his departure; 27,206 were recruited by the leadership campaigns before November 24.

An additional 419 ex-officio delegates were eligible to vote at the convention by virtue of party and elected offices they have held.