For the fourth straight time, Ontario voters have placed their trust in the Liberals, this time returning them to the majority status they lost two-and-a-half years ago.
Gambling on a climate of change, the New Democrats forced an election by refusing to endorse the Liberals' proposed budget, but Ontarians were fine with the status quo, rewarding the Grits with 58 seats, four more than they needed to form a majority.
The Progressive Conservatives were a distant second with 27 seats while the N-D-P won 21.
The one riding still to be determined -- Beaches-East York in Toronto -- is a squeaker between the Libs and New Democrats.
As for the popular vote, the Liberals led with 38 per cent, compared to 31 per cent for the Tories and 24 per cent for the N-D-P.
Premier Kathleen Wynne is an unelected premier no longer, and her defence of corruption attacks from opposition parties struck a chord with voters.
She told her supporters that her government will promote jobs and benefit "every single person in this province."
She said she was proud to be the first woman ever elected as Ontario premier.
Wynne says she wants to convene a new legislature as soon as possible -- within 20 days -- and will table the budget the New Democrats rejected.
Tim Hudak's second shot at a provincial election as Opposition Leader backfired in a big way, and during his concession speech, he announced that he would step down as leader of the P-Cs.
N-D-P Leader Andrea Horwath, who triggered the election, admitted that the results weren't what she and her party had hoped, but told supporters that, "New Democrats are fighters," and pledged that she would continue to work and press the government for change.
The Liberals' virtually owned Toronto and environs, winning 37 of the 44 seats in the Greater Toronto Area, with one yet to be decided.
