List of Ontario general elections

Number of seats won by major parties at each election

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 107 seats. As of December 2016, Ontario elections are held every 4 years on the first Thursday in June.^[1]

Results by general election

Results by General Election

Year/Incoming Premier			Labour	Liberal [A]	NDP [B]	Progressive Conservative [C]	United Farmers [D]	Independent	Other		Total seats
2014		Kathleen Wynne		58	21	28					107
2011		Dalton McGuinty		53	17	37					107
2007				71	10	26					107
2003				72	7	24					103
1999		Mike Harris		35	9	59					103
1995				30	17	82		1			130
1990		Bob Rae		36	74	20					130
1987		David Peterson		95	19	16					130
1985				48[E]	25	52					125
1981		Bill Davis		34	21	70					125
1977				34	33	58					125
1975				36	38	51					125
1971				20	19	78					117
1967		John Robarts		28	20	69					117
1963				24	7	77					108
1959		Leslie Frost		22	5	71					98
1955				11	3	84					98
1951				8	2	79			1	Labor-Progressive	90
1948		George A. Drew		14	21	53			2	Labor-Progressive	90
1945				14	8	66			2	Labor-Progressive	90
1943				16	34	38			2	Labor-Progressive	90
1937		Mitchell Hepburn		66		23	1				90
1934			1	69	1	17	1	1			90
1929		Howard Ferguson	1	14		92	1		4	Progressive	112
1926			1	23		74	3		11	Progressive	112
1923			4	14		75	17	1			111
1919		Ernest Drury	11	29		25	45		1	Soldier	111
1914		Sir James Whitney	1	26		84					111
1911			1	22		83					106
1908			1	19		86					106
1905				29		69					98
1902		Sir George William Ross		50		48					98
1898		Arthur Hardy		51		43					94
1894		Sir Oliver Mowat		58		30		1	5	Patrons of Industry (3); P.P.A. (2)	94
1890				55		36					91
1886				57		32		1			90
1883				50		37		1			88
1879				57		31					88
1875				51		37					88
1871		Edward Blake		43		37			1	Conservative-Liberal	82
1867		John Sandfield Macdonald		41		41

Notes

^A Includes all results for Liberal-P.P.A., Liberal-Patron, Liberal-Equal Rights, Liberal-Temperance, Liberal-United Farmers and Liberal Independent.

^B Includes all results for Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (Ontario Section) (CCF) prior to 1961.

^C Includes all results for Progressive Conservatives (from 1943), Conservative–Equal Rights, Conservative-Patron, Conservative–P.P.A., Liberal-Conservative and Conservative Independent.

^D Includes all results for Labour-United Farmers.

^E Although they had fewer seats than the Conservatives, the Liberals formed a minority government with the support of the NDP.

See also

• Timeline of Canadian elections
• List of political parties in Ontario
• List of Ontario by-elections

References

• "Composition Of Legislature Following Ontario General Elections (1867 - 1902)". Elections Ontario. Government of Ontario. Retrieved 2006-12-21. 
• "Composition Of Legislature Following Ontario General Elections (1905 - 1937)". Elections Ontario. Archived from the original on 2007-06-18. Retrieved 2006-12-21. 
• "Composition Of Legislature Following Ontario General Elections (1943 - 1975)". Elections Ontario. Archived from the original on 2007-06-18. Retrieved 2006-12-21. 
• "Composition Of Legislature Following Ontario General Elections (1977 - 2003)". Elections Ontario. Archived from the original on 2007-06-18. Retrieved 2006-12-21. 

External links

• Ontario Elections Coverage