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Is it possible that Patrick Brown, who resigned as Ontario Progressive Conservative leader, then joined the race for his old job three weeks later, could now be winning that strange contest?

Internal polling from Brown’s campaign obtained by the National Post late Saturday suggests he moved from second to first among the five candidates for the leadership last week, though with well under the 50 per cent needed to clinch victory on the first ballot.

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The number of undecided voters also remained high. And there are still five days of campaigning left until the online vote starts, with the second of two debates to come next Wednesday.

As well, when the three days of poll results are combined, it shows a tight race among decided voters at the top between Brown and former provincial politician Christine Elliott. Businessman Doug Ford trails in third place, lawyer Caroline Mulroney is well behind him, and parents’ advocate Tanya Granic Allen lies in fifth, according to the survey.