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The 1955 Ontario general election was held on June 9, 1955, to elect the 98 members of the 25th Legislative Assembly of Ontario (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the Province of Ontario. [1]
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 (CCF), led by Donald C. MacDonald, won one additional seat, for a total of three.
The Labor-Progressive Party (which was the Communist Party) lost its last remaining seat with the defeat of J.B. Salsberg.
James Shannon Dempsey (Renfrew South) had his endorsement as a PC candidate withdrawn because of controversy over a political gift, [2] but he was reelected as an Independent PC.
The Election Act, 1951 [3] was significantly amended in 1954, [4] providing for the following changes to the right to vote in Ontario:
For the first time since the 1934 election, the number of seats in the Legislature was adjusted, rising from 90 to 98. [9] The following changes were made:
Candidates | PC | Lib | LL | CCF | I-PC | Lab-Pr | Ind | I-Lib | SC | S-Lab | Total |
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2 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 34 | |||||||
3 | 46 | 44 | 2 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 141 | |||
4 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 27 | 4 | 124 | |||||
5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | |||
Total | 97 | 94 | 2 | 81 | 1 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 314 |
Political party | Party leader | MPPs | Votes | |||||||
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Candidates | 1951 | Dissol. | 1955 | ± | # | % | ± (pp) | |||
Progressive Conservative | Leslie Frost | 97 | 79 | 83 | 4 | 846,592 | 48.06% | 0.40 | ||
Liberal | Farquhar Oliver | 94 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 577,774 | 32.80% | 1.74 | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Donald C. MacDonald | 81 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 291,410 | 16.54% | 2.56 | ||
Labor–Progressive | Stewart Smith | 31 | 1 | – | 1 | 20,875 | 1.19% | 0.52 | ||
Liberal–Labour | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7,305 | 0.41% | 0.04 | ||||
Independent PC | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 7,033 | 0.40% | 0.34 | ||
Independent | 5 | – | – | – | 9,169 | 0.52% | 0.41 | |||
Independent Liberal | 1 | – | – | – | 641 | 0.04% | New | |||
Independent Social Credit | 1 | – | – | – | 602 | 0.03% | New | |||
Socialist Labour | 1 | – | – | – | 124 | 0.01% | ||||
Independent Labour | – | – | – | – | Did not campaign | |||||
Vacant | ||||||||||
Total | 314 | 90 | 90 | 98 | 1,761,525 | 100.00% | ||||
Blank and invalid ballots | 22,622 | |||||||||
Registered voters / turnout | 2,905,760 | 61.40% | 4.17 |
Party | Seats | Votes | Change (pp) | ||
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█ Progressive Conservative | 83 / 98 | 48.06% | -0.40 | ||
█ Liberal | 10 / 98 | 32.80% | 1.74 | ||
█ Co-operative Commonwealth | 3 / 98 | 16.54% | -2.56 | ||
█ Other | 2 / 98 | 2.60% | 1.22 |
Riding | Winning party | Turnout [a 1] | Votes | |||||||||||||
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Name [a 2] | 1951 | Party | Votes | Share | Margin # | Margin % | PC/UPC | Lib/LL | CCF | Lab-Pr | Ind | Oth | Total | |||
Algoma—Manitoulin | PC | PC | 5,725 | 44.37% | 900 | 6.98% | 69.54% | 5,725 | 4,825 | 2,352 | – | – | – | 12,902 | ||
Brant | Lib | Lib | 8,582 | 52.06% | 3,251 | 19.72% | 60.28% | 5,331 | 8,582 | 2,571 | – | – | – | 16,484 | ||
Brantford | Lib | Lib | 7,110 | 39.55% | 372 | 2.07% | 71.81% | 6,738 | 7,110 | 3,928 | 200 | – | – | 17,976 | ||
Bruce | PC | Lib | 8,609 | 54.43% | 1,918 | 12.13% | 83.40% | 6,691 | 8,609 | 518 | – | – | – | 15,818 | ||
Carleton | PC | PC | 5,153 | 63.65% | 2,210 | 27.30% | 55.97% | 5,153 | 2,943 | – | – | – | – | 8,096 | ||
Cochrane North | PC | PC | 5,943 | 54.02% | 3,310 | 30.09% | 64.55% | 5,943 | 2,425 | 2,633 | – | – | – | 11,001 | ||
Cochrane South | CCF | PC | 11,904 | 49.43% | 612 | 2.54% | 65.23% | 11,904 | – | 11,292 | 887 | – | – | 24,083 | ||
Dufferin—Simcoe | PC | PC | 7,778 | 62.09% | 3,731 | 29.78% | 57.70% | 7,778 | 4,047 | 702 | – | – | – | 12,527 | ||
Durham | PC | PC | 6,939 | 53.36% | 2,327 | 17.89% | 67.15% | 6,939 | 4,612 | 1,454 | – | – | – | 13,005 | ||
Elgin | PC | PC | 9,741 | 60.89% | 5,387 | 33.68% | 59.40% | 9,741 | 4,354 | 1,902 | – | – | – | 15,997 | ||
Essex North | Lib | Lib | 10,200 | 38.79% | 649 | 2.47% | 66.30% | 9,551 | 10,200 | 6,546 | – | – | – | 26,297 | ||
Essex South | PC | PC | 8,080 | 56.71% | 1,912 | 13.42% | 60.45% | 8,080 | 6,168 | – | – | – | – | 14,248 | ||
Fort William | PC | PC | 8,868 | 46.78% | 3,950 | 20.84% | 71.05% | 8,868 | 4,788 | 4,918 | 383 | – | – | 18,957 | ||
Frontenac—Addington [a 3] | PC | PC | 6,508 | 62.39% | 3,114 | 29.85% | 65.67% | 6,508 | 3,394 | 529 | – | – | – | 10,431 | ||
Glengarry | PC | PC | 5,635 | 61.48% | 2,104 | 22.95% | 74.41% | 5,635 | 3,531 | – | – | – | – | 9,166 | ||
Grenville—Dundas | PC | PC | 7,921 | 63.56% | 3,379 | 27.11% | 59.61% | 7,921 | 4,542 | – | – | – | – | 12,463 | ||
Grey North | PC | PC | 8,910 | 52.74% | 1,876 | 11.10% | 81.23% | 8,910 | 7,034 | 950 | – | – | – | 16,894 | ||
Grey South | Lib | Lib | 6,800 | 51.58% | 1,621 | 12.30% | 81.48% | 5,179 | 6,800 | 1,204 | – | – | – | 13,183 | ||
Haldimand—Norfolk | PC | PC | 12,914 | 56.73% | 4,074 | 17.90% | 71.41% | 12,914 | 8,840 | 1,011 | – | – | – | 22,765 | ||
Halton | PC | PC | 8,373 | 47.31% | 2,461 | 13.90% | 54.89% | 8,373 | 5,912 | 3,414 | – | – | – | 17,699 | ||
Hamilton Centre | PC | PC | 8,427 | 44.72% | 2,580 | 13.69% | 47.08% | 8,427 | 3,688 | 5,847 | 882 | – | – | 18,844 | ||
Hamilton East | PC | PC | 7,444 | 36.13% | 854 | 4.14% | 56.90% | 7,444 | 5,898 | 6,590 | 674 | – | – | 20,606 | ||
Hamilton—Wentworth | PC | PC | 9,769 | 58.69% | 5,713 | 34.32% | 57.75% | 9,769 | 4,056 | 2,467 | 354 | – | – | 16,646 | ||
Hastings East | PC | PC | 5,999 | 60.47% | 2,481 | 25.01% | 66.70% | 5,999 | 3,518 | 403 | – | – | – | 9,920 | ||
Hastings West | PC | PC | 11,017 | 60.95% | 5,219 | 28.88% | 63.67% | 11,017 | 5,798 | 1,259 | – | – | – | 18,074 | ||
Huron | PC | PC | 7,890 | 55.27% | 1,505 | 10.54% | 79.31% | 7,890 | 6,385 | – | – | – | – | 14,275 | ||
Huron—Bruce | PC | PC | 7,244 | 55.67% | 1,475 | 11.33% | 81.18% | 7,244 | 5,769 | – | – | – | – | 13,013 | ||
Kenora | LL | LL | 5,266 | 42.22% | 128 | 1.03% | 65.83% | 5,138 | 5,266 [a 4] | 2,068 | – | – | – | 12,472 | ||
Kent East | PC | Lib | 6,940 | 52.76% | 725 | 5.51% | 77.99% | 6,215 | 6,940 | – | – | – | – | 13,155 | ||
Kent West | PC | PC | 10,399 | 54.58% | 3,272 | 17.17% | 58.04% | 10,399 | 7,127 | 1,526 | – | – | – | 19,052 | ||
Kingston* | PC | PC | 10,614 | 57.09% | 3,364 | 18.09% | 65.38% | 10,614 | 7,250 | 728 | – | – | – | 18,592 | ||
Lambton East | PC | PC | 6,855 | 56.41% | 1,557 | 12.81% | 71.53% | 6,855 | 5,298 | – | – | – | – | 12,153 | ||
Lambton West | PC | PC | 10,767 | 56.45% | 4,924 | 25.82% | 59.81% | 10,767 | 5,843 | 2,462 | – | – | – | 19,072 | ||
Lanark | PC | PC | 11,206 | 74.85% | 7,441 | 49.70% | 68.90% | 11,206 | 3,765 | – | – | – | – | 14,971 | ||
Leeds | PC | PC | 10,632 | 63.34% | 4,479 | 26.68% | 68.96% | 10,632 | 6,153 | – | – | – | – | 16,785 | ||
Lincoln | PC | PC | 15,903 | 50.28% | 5,204 | 16.45% | 54.94% | 15,903 | 10,699 | 3,869 | 519 | – | 641 | 31,631 | ||
London North | New | PC | 9,022 | 47.70% | 1,648 | 8.71% | 61.21% | 9,022 | 7,374 | 2,518 | – | – | – | 18,914 | ||
London South | New | PC | 8,735 | 45.85% | 2,504 | 13.14% | 53.69% | 8,735 | 6,231 | 3,489 | 595 | – | – | 19,050 | ||
Middlesex North | PC | PC | 5,077 | 51.38% | 563 | 5.70% | 74.36% | 5,077 | 4,514 | 291 | – | – | – | 9,882 | ||
Middlesex South | PC | PC | 9,434 | 56.72% | 2,235 | 13.44% | 67.64% | 9,434 | 7,199 | – | – | – | – | 16,633 | ||
Muskoka | PC | PC | 5,256 | 47.63% | 535 | 4.85% | 77.27% | 5,256 | 4,721 | 1,058 | – | – | – | 11,035 | ||
Niagara Falls | Lib | PC | 10,354 | 48.72% | 2,078 | 9.78% | 57.67% | 10,354 | 8,276 | 2,305 | 316 | – | – | 21,251 | ||
Nickel Belt | New | PC | 7,088 | 37.98% | 1,913 | 10.25% | 71.14% | 7,088 | 5,175 | 2,039 | – | 4,359 | – | 18,661 | ||
Nipissing | PC | PC | 8,723 | 51.04% | 3,708 | 21.69% | 60.56% | 8,723 | 5,015 | 2,965 | – | 389 | – | 17,092 | ||
Northumberland | PC | PC | 10,200 | 63.20% | 4,767 | 29.54% | 75.12% | 10,200 | 5,433 | 507 | – | – | – | 16,140 | ||
Ontario | CCF | PC | 7,248 | 49.97% | 1,882 | 12.97% | 69.05% | 7,248 | 5,366 | 1,892 | – | – | – | 14,506 | ||
Oshawa | New | CCF | 9,114 | 41.16% | 2,313 | 10.45% | 61.80% | 6,801 | 5,966 | 9,114 | 261 | – | – | 22,142 | ||
Ottawa East | Lib | PC | 8,688 | 51.32% | 1,102 | 6.51% | 47.03% | 8,688 | 7,586 | 654 | – | – | – | 16,928 | ||
Ottawa South | PC | PC | 14,151 | 53.94% | 3,167 | 12.07% | 53.21% | 14,151 | 10,984 | 826 | 273 | – | – | 26,234 | ||
Ottawa West | New | PC | 8,513 | 57.90% | 3,467 | 23.58% | 56.76% | 8,513 | 5,046 | 1,144 | – | – | – | 14,703 | ||
Oxford | PC | Lib | 11,781 | 48.03% | 1,053 | 4.29% | 72.69% | 10,728 | 11,781 | 2,017 | – | – | – | 24,526 | ||
Parry Sound | PC | PC | 6,492 | 59.58% | 3,650 | 33.50% | 69.78% | 6,492 | 2,842 | 1,562 | – | – | – | 10,896 | ||
Peel | PC | PC | 13,296 | 50.56% | 4,600 | 17.49% | 60.38% | 13,296 | 8,696 | 4,305 | – | – | – | 26,297 | ||
Perth | PC | PC | 12,247 | 53.43% | 1,574 | 6.87% | 69.17% | 12,247 | 10,673 | – | – | – | – | 22,920 | ||
Peterborough | PC | PC | 11,561 | 51.63% | 3,652 | 16.31% | 58.97% | 11,561 | 7,909 | 2,920 | – | – | – | 22,390 | ||
Port Arthur | PC | PC | 9,517 | 42.52% | 1,776 | 7.94% | 68.38% | 9,517 | 4,347 | 7,741 | 775 | – | – | 22,380 | ||
Prescott | PC | PC | 6,385 | 60.26% | 2,175 | 20.53% | 65.85% | 6,385 | 4,210 | – | – | – | – | 10,595 | ||
Prince Edward—Lennox | PC | PC | 7,003 | 60.29% | 2,390 | 20.58% | 59.15% | 7,003 | 4,613 | – | – | – | – | 11,616 | ||
Rainy River | PC | PC | 4,977 | 60.08% | 2,938 | 35.47% | 67.86% | 4,977 | 2,039 | 1,268 | – | – | – | 8,284 | ||
Renfrew North | PC | PC | 8,215 | 52.34% | 2,147 | 13.68% | 70.34% | 8,215 | 6,068 | 1,411 | – | – | – | 15,694 | ||
Renfrew South | PC | I-PC | 7,033 | 50.72% | 708 | 5.11% | 77.83% | 7,033 [a 5] | 6,325 | 509 | – | – | – | 13,867 | ||
Russell | PC | PC | 10,392 | 65.27% | 4,862 | 30.54% | 43.05% | 10,392 | 5,530 | – | – | – | – | 15,922 | ||
Stormont | Lib | Lib | 10,577 | 55.51% | 2,702 | 14.18% | 66.60% | 7,875 | 10,577 | – | – | – | 602 | 19,054 | ||
Sault Ste. Marie | PC | PC | 7,716 | 41.77% | 1,931 | 10.45% | 63.68% | 7,716 | 4,517 | 5,785 | 453 | – | – | 18,471 | ||
Simcoe Centre | PC | PC | 8,305 | 57.39% | 2,139 | 14.78% | 62.45% | 8,305 | 6,166 | – | – | – | – | 14,471 | ||
Simcoe East | PC | PC | 8,436 | 54.69% | 2,792 | 18.10% | 66.83% | 8,436 | 5,644 | 1,346 | – | – | – | 15,426 | ||
Sudbury | PC | PC | 8,957 | 39.73% | 980 | 4.35% | 71.08% | 8,957 | 7,977 | 1,657 | – | 3,954 | – | 22,545 | ||
Temiskaming | PC | PC | 6,322 | 60.24% | 2,150 | 20.49% | 73.63% | 6,322 | – | 4,172 | – | – | – | 10,494 | ||
Victoria | PC | PC | 10,630 | 69.61% | 7,455 | 48.82% | 68.59% | 10,630 | 3,175 | 1,465 | – | – | – | 15,270 | ||
Waterloo North | PC | Lib | 14,436 | 44.65% | 2,160 | 6.68% | 62.50% | 12,276 | 14,436 | 5,623 | – | – | – | 32,335 | ||
Waterloo South | PC | PC | 8,290 | 39.97% | 1,755 | 8.46% | 68.98% | 8,290 | 5,915 | 6,535 | – | – | – | 20,740 | ||
Welland | PC | PC | 11,815 | 44.33% | 2,409 | 9.04% | 66.90% | 11,815 | 9,406 | 4,645 | 787 | – | – | 26,653 | ||
Wellington—Dufferin [a 6] | PC | PC | 7,720 | 53.53% | 1,651 | 11.45% | 77.71% | 7,720 | 6,069 | 634 | – | – | – | 14,423 | ||
Wellington South | PC | Lib | 9,924 | 48.38% | 1,968 | 9.59% | 76.20% | 7,956 | 9,924 | 2,634 | – | – | – | 20,514 | ||
Wentworth | PC | PC | 6,821 | 40.77% | 1,437 | 8.59% | 57.81% | 6,821 | 5,384 | 4,201 | 324 | – | – | 16,730 | ||
Wentworth East | New | CCF | 6,505 | 41.44% | 1,949 | 12.42% | 51.34% | 4,556 | 4,294 | 6,505 | 341 | – | – | 15,696 | ||
Windsor—Walkerville | PC | PC | 7,289 | 47.22% | 2,880 | 18.66% | 61.46% | 7,289 | 3,140 | 4,409 | 598 | – | – | 15,436 | ||
Windsor—Sandwich | PC | PC | 10,186 | 54.42% | 5,911 | 31.58% | 52.50% | 10,186 | 4,275 | 4,256 | – | – | – | 18,717 | ||
York Centre | New | PC | 12,731 | 37.72% | 1,105 | 3.27% | 56.94% | 12,731 | 11,626 | 8,742 | 656 | – | – | 33,755 | ||
York East | PC | PC | 18,931 | 45.86% | 7,563 | 18.32% | 52.69% | 18,931 | 11,368 | 10,982 | – | – | – | 41,281 | ||
York—Humber | New | PC | 11,806 | 44.25% | 4,098 | 15.36% | 58.03% | 11,806 | 7,708 | 6,261 | 908 | – | – | 26,683 | ||
York North | PC | PC | 11,301 | 48.74% | 2,672 | 11.53% | 55.12% | 11,301 | 8,629 | 3,254 | – | – | – | 23,184 | ||
York—Scarborough | New | PC | 13,806 | 42.22% | 1,525 | 4.66% | 53.82% | 13,806 | 12,281 | 6,287 | 330 | – | – | 32,704 | ||
York South | PC | CCF | 13,877 | 44.03% | 1,426 | 4.52% | 50.57% | 12,451 | 4,168 | 13,877 | 1,019 | – | – | 31,515 | ||
York West | PC | PC | 14,372 | 45.79% | 4,197 | 13.37% | 55.04% | 14,372 | 6,837 | 10,175 | – | – | – | 31,384 | ||
Beaches | PC | PC | 7,965 | 48.12% | 1,966 | 11.88% | 58.07% | 7,965 | 2,589 | 5,999 | – | – | – | 16,553 | ||
Bellwoods | PC | PC | 5,330 | 38.43% | 233 | 1.68% | 62.97% | 5,330 | 5,097 | 1,875 | 1,567 | – | – | 13,869 | ||
Bracondale | PC | PC | 4,727 | 40.40% | 1,333 | 11.39% | 55.24% | 4,727 | 2,991 | 3,394 | 588 | – | – | 11,700 | ||
Dovercourt | PC | PC | 6,288 | 36.12% | 383 | 2.20% | 55.92% | 6,288 | 4,655 | 5,905 | 560 | – | – | 17,408 | ||
Eglinton | PC | PC | 15,954 | 55.70% | 5,996 | 20.93% | 58.95% | 15,954 | 9,958 | 2,417 | – | 315 | – | 28,644 | ||
High Park | PC | PC | 7,723 | 42.39% | 2,054 | 11.27% | 58.74% | 7,723 | 4,392 | 5,669 | 435 | – | – | 18,219 | ||
Parkdale | PC | PC | 7,503 | 36.92% | 730 | 3.59% | 55.04% | 7,503 | 6,773 | 5,503 | 542 | – | – | 20,321 | ||
Riverdale | PC | PC | 8,771 | 47.14% | 3,623 | 19.47% | 53.44% | 8,771 | 4,236 | 5,148 | 329 | – | 124 | 18,608 | ||
St. Andrew | Lab-Pr | PC | 5,019 | 41.50% | 743 | 6.14% | 60.93% | 5,019 | 1,228 | 1,420 | 4,276 | 152 | – | 12,095 | ||
St. David | PC | PC | 5,747 | 37.18% | 561 | 3.63% | 59.19% | 5,747 | 4,299 | 5,186 | 227 | – | – | 15,459 | ||
St. George | PC | PC | 7,593 | 54.86% | 4,119 | 29.76% | 47.64% | 7,593 | 3,474 | 2,773 | – | – | – | 13,840 | ||
St. Patrick | PC | PC | 5,165 | 54.60% | 2,754 | 29.12% | 51.56% | 5,165 | 2,411 | 1,548 | 335 | – | – | 9,459 | ||
Woodbine | PC | PC | 8,755 | 43.65% | 1,305 | 6.51% | 56.18% | 8,755 | 3,372 | 7,450 | 481 | – | – | 20,058 |
Party in 1st place | Party in 2nd place | Total | |||||
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PC | Lib | LL | CCF | LP | |||
Progressive Conservative | 63 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 83 | ||
Liberal | 10 | 10 | |||||
Liberal–Labour | 1 | 1 | |||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | 3 | 3 | |||||
Independent PC | 1 | 1 | |||||
Total | 14 | 64 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 98 |
Parties | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
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█ Progressive Conservative | 83 | 14 | |||
█ Liberal | 10 | 64 | 19 | 1 | |
█ Co-operative Commonwealth | 3 | 18 | 58 | 2 | |
█ Liberal–Labour | 1 | 1 | |||
█ Independent PC | 1 | ||||
█ Labor–Progressive | 1 | 1 | 28 | 1 | |
█ Independent | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
█ Social Credit | 1 | ||||
█ Independent Liberal | 1 | ||||
█ Socialist Labour | 1 |
Source | Party | ||||||
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PC | Lib | Lib-Lab | CCF | Ind-PC | Total | ||
Seats retained | Incumbents returned | 65 | 5 | 1 | 71 | ||
Open seats held | 6 | 6 | |||||
Seats changing hands | Incumbents defeated | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | ||
Open seats gained | 1 | 1 | |||||
Byelection gains held | 1 | 1 | |||||
Incumbent changed allegiance | 1 | 1 | |||||
New ridings | Incumbent returned in new seat | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
New MPP elected | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||||
Total | 83 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 98 |
The reorganized ridings returned the following MLAs:
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On March 6, 2009, Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leader John Tory announced his intention to step down as leader following his defeat in a by-election. Tory was elected party leader in the party's 2004 leadership election, and led the party to defeat in the 2007 provincial election in which he failed to win personal election to the Ontario Legislature. He attempted again to enter the legislature in a March 5, 2009 by-election but was defeated by the Liberal candidate.
The 41st Legislative Assembly of Ontario was a legislature of the government of the province of Ontario, Canada. The membership was set by the 2014 Ontario general election. The 41st parliament of Ontario was dissolved on May 8, 2018.
The 2015 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election was held on May 9, 2015, as a result of the resignation of Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak following the provincial election on June 12, 2014, his second loss in a row as party leader. Patrick Brown won the leadership with 61.8% of votes allocated, defeating Christine Elliott who had 38.2%.
The 42nd Legislative Assembly of Ontario was a legislature of the province of Ontario, Canada. The membership was set by the 2018 Ontario general election and sat for two sessions until it was dissolved on May 3, 2022 in advance of the 2022 Ontario general election.
The following tables list by region the nominated candidates for the 2022 Ontario general election.