Liberals appear poised to give Ontario its first ever woman premier

Who is going to replace Dalton McGuinty as Ontario Liberal leader and premier?

The results of the weekend delegate selection meetings suggest that it's going to be a woman.

The Canadian Press reports that former cabinet minister Sandra Pupatello and Toronto Don Valley-West MPP Kathleen Wynne are emerging as the clear front runners in the leadership contest.

Pupatello acquired 504 delegates committed to voting for her at the convention scheduled for the weekend of Jan. 25, while Wynne captured 463.

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Gerard Kennedy, Harinder Takhar and Charles Sousa earned 257 and 244 and 198 delegates respectively.

The results have to be a little disappointing for Kennedy who was also considered a front runner in the race leading up to the weekend meetings.

But, like a veteran politician, he's putting a positive spin on the numbers.

"Following this weekend's delegate selection meetings, no clear choice for leader has emerged," the former MP and MPP told Yahoo! Canada News in an email exchange.

"Over the coming weeks, I will continue to speak with Liberals about the renewal of the party. We have some important work to do over next two weeks to build second ballot support."

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While there's always a possibility of a candidate like Kennedy 'coming up the middle', in this case that might prove difficult especially considering that Pupatello and Wynne have the majority of caucus support — caucus, along with 400+ ex-officios, will also be allowed to vote at convention.

In his blog, polling analyst Éric Grenier says that the safe money is on the two women.

Premier Wynne or Premier Pupatello?

We'll find out in a couple of weeks.

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