Wynne Chosen by Liberals to Be Ontario’s First Woman Premier

Provincial lawmaker Kathleen Wynne has been chosen as leader of the ruling Ontario Liberal Party, beating out Sandra Pupatello and four other candidates during the party’s leadership contest. She’ll be the first female premier of Canada’s most populous province.

Wynne, 59, gained the majority of support of delegates who voted at the leadership convention today in Toronto, beating out Pupatello, 50, in the third ballot. The victory by Wynne, who’ll be Canada’s first openly gay premier, puts women in charge of provincial governments overseeing about 90 percent of Canada’s economy and population.