Ontario general election, 1955

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The Ontario general election of 1955 was held on June 9, 1955, to elect the 98 members of the Legislative Assembly (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the Province of Ontario, Canada.

The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, led by Leslie Frost , won a fifth consecutive term in office, increasing its caucus in the legislature from 79 in the previous election to 83.

The Ontario Liberal Party, again led by Farquhar Oliver, won three additional seats in the enlarged legislature, increasing its caucus from 8 to 11, and continuing in the role of official opposition. Liberal-Labour MPP Albert Wren was re-elected and continued to sit with the Liberal caucus.

The social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, led by Donald C. MacDonald, won one additional seat, for a total of three.

The Labour-Progressive Party (which was the Communist Party) lost its last remaining seat with the defeat of J.B. Salsberg.

One "PC Independent" was elected.

[edit] Results

	Party	Leader	1951	Elected	% change	Popular vote
						%	change
	Progressive Conservative	Leslie Frost	79	83	+5.1%	48.5%	-
	Liberal	Farquhar Oliver	7	10	+42.9%	33.3%	-1.8%
	Liberal-Labour		1	1	-
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Donald C. MacDonald	2	3	+50%	16.5%	-2.6%
	PC Independent		-	1
	Labour-Progressive Party		1	0	-100%
Total			90	98	+8.9%	100%

[edit] See also

Preceded by: 1951 election

List of Ontario general elections

Succeeded by: 1959 election

• Politics of Ontario
• List of Ontario political parties
• Premier of Ontario
• Leader of the Opposition (Ontario)