in march 2009, pc party leader john tory stepped down as leader, with tim hudak elected to be his successor. also in march 2009, andrea horwath replaced howard hampton as leader of the ndp at the leadership election. thus, both the progressive conservatives and the ndp went into the election with a new leader. green party of ontario leader frank de jong stepped down in november 2009; their leadership convention confirmed mike schreiner as their new leader. dalton mcguinty won 95 percent support for his leadership at an ontario liberal annual general meeting after the 2007 election, and ran again in 2011.