List of Ontario general elections

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Number of seats won by major parties at each election Conservative NDP Liberal United Farmers Labour Other Independent

Number of seats won by major parties at each election

Conservative NDP Liberal United Farmers
Labour Other Independent

This article provides a summary of results for the general elections to the Canadian province of Ontario's unicameral legislative body, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The number of seats has varied over time, from 82 for the first election in 1867, to a high of 130 for 1987, 1990 and 1995 elections. There are currently 103 seats. Starting from the 2003 election, Ontario elections are held every 4 years in October.

The chart on the right shows the information graphically, with the most recent elections on the right. It shows how the Liberal Party (red) dominated the first 40 years of provincial politics, winning nine elections in a row. However, the Conservative Party (blue) have won twenty-one of the twenty-nine elections from 1903, including twelve in a row from 1943 to 1981. The one-off wins of the NDP (orange) and the United Farmers (green) can also be seen.

This article only covers elections since the Canadian confederation in 1867, when Ontario was created as one of the Canada's provinces. For Ontario's first 13 elections as Upper Canada from 1792 to 1840, see Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada. For the eight joint elections of Ontario and Quebec as the Province of Canada, from 1840 to 1867, see list of elections in the Province of Canada.

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The table below shows the total number of seats won by the major poltical parties at each election. The winning party's total is shown in bold. Full details on any election are linked via the year of the election at the start of the row.


Year Conservative [A] Liberal [B] Labour United Farmers [C] NDP [D] Independent Other Total seats
2003 24 72 7 103
1999 59 35 9 103
1995 82 30 17 1 130
1990 20 36 74 130
1987 16 95 19 130
1985 52 48[E] 25 125
1981 70 34 21 125
1977 58 34 33 125
1975 51 36 38 125
1971 78 20 19 117
1967 69 28 20 117
1963 77 24 7 108
1959 71 22 5 98
1955 84 11 3 98
1951 79 8 2 1 Labour-Progressive 90
1948 53 14 21 2 Labour-Progressive 90
1945 66 14 8 2 Labour-Progressive 90
1943 38 16 34 2 Labour-Progressive 90
1937 23 66 1 90
1934 17 69 1 1 1 1 90
1929 92 14 1 1 4 Progressive 112
1926 74 23 1 3 11 Progressive 112
1923 75 14 4 17 1 111
1919 25 29 11 45 1 Soldier 111
1914 84 26 1 111
1911 83 22 1 106
1908 86 19 1 106
1905 69 29 98
1902 48 50 98
1898 43 51 94
1894 30 58 1 5 Patrons of Industry (3);
P.P.A. (2)		 94
1890 36 55 91
1886 32 57 1 90
1883 37 50 1 88
1879 31 57 88
1875 37 51 88
1871 38 43 1 Conservative-Liberal 82
1867 41 41 82

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A  Includes all results for Progressive Conservatives (from 1943), Conservative–Equal Rights, Conservative-Patron, Conservative–P.P.A., Liberal-Conservative and Conservative Independent.
B  Includes all results for Liberal-P.P.A., Liberal-Patron, Liberal-Equal Rights, Liberal-Temperance, Liberal-United Farmers and Liberal Independent.
C  Includes all results for Labour-United Farmers.
D  Includes all results for Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) prior to 1961.
E  Although they had fewer seats than the Conservatives, the Liberals formed a minority government with the support of the NDP.

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