The PCs won 80 seats with ~43% of the vote, while the NDP held Official Opposition with a weaker 18.6% province-wide. (The party signalled a reset; concrete timelines and dollar figures should follow to convince Northwestern Ontario voters.) What NetNewsLedger Readers Should Watch NextPolicy specifics from the NDP on Northern health care staffing, housing starts and industrial strategy (forestry, mining, and value-added processing). Thunder Bay seat math: Can the NDP grow beyond its Thunder Bay—Superior North fortress, or do the PCs consolidate Thunder Bay—Atikokan again? Bottom LineMarit Stiles lives to fight another day — but a 68% pass comes with strings attached.