Well it definitely looks like the election was rigged to shut out Mulroney slipping up the middle with a split between Elliot and Ford as a compromise neutral pick and that is too bad. Looks like the Vic Fideli camp had enough clout to fix the election and "lose" the many ballots not to mention discourage and prevent PC members from voting. This is a rigged dirty vote.
Don't ascribe to malice what is most likely incompetence. When you run something this quickly, with a new kind of voting, there are bound to be problems. Elliot was the most obvious candidate. Mulroney did just okay in the debates and discussions. She has potential but didn't awe anyone, and everybody seems to think she needs some seasoning. And it looks like a 'reasonable' candidate is a shoe-in vs Wynne, vs a loose cannon like Ford. I'd vote for Elliot myself I was a member. I want Wynne gone.
Yes, Elliot is further to the left than I or a lot of PCs would like, that's why she lost the last couple of times. But she'll be better than Wynne, and her party will hold her to a better fiscal policy framework. Hopefully they can begin to cut back on the size of the public service and the unnecessary spending programs. Mirroring the ban on campaign donations by anyone but individuals, as in the federal system, would be good too.