2007 Ontario general election

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2007 Ontario general election
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107 seats in the 39th Legislative Assembly of Ontario
54 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout52.8%
 First partySecond party
  Dalton McGuinty, Mayors' Summit (cropped).jpg John Tory, Air India Flight 182 Memorial ground breaking (cropped).jpg
Leader Dalton McGuinty John Tory
Party Liberal Progressive Conservative
Leader since December 1, 1996 September 18, 2004
Leader's seat Ottawa South Ran in Don Valley West (lost) [a]
Last election72 seats, 46.47%24 seats, 34.67%
Seats before6725
Seats won7126
Seat changeIncrease2.svg4Increase2.svg1
Popular vote1,867,2731,398,806
Percentage42.25%31.62%
SwingDecrease2.svg4.22pp Decrease2.svg3.05pp
 Third partyFourth party
  Howard Hampton, Toronto City Summit Alliance (cropped).jpg Frank de Jong 01 Pengo (3x4 crop).jpg
Leader Howard Hampton Frank de Jong
Party New Democratic Green
Leader since June 22, 1996 1993
Leader's seat Kenora—Rainy River Ran in Davenport (lost)
Last election7 seats, 14.69%0 seats, 2.81%
Seats before100
Seats won100
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote741,465354,897
Percentage16.76%8.02%
SwingIncrease2.svg2.07pp Increase2.svg5.21pp
Ontario Election 2007 Riding Results Map.svg
Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. Riding names are listed at the bottom.
Premier before election

Dalton McGuinty
Liberal

Premier after election

Dalton McGuinty
Liberal

The 2007 Ontario general election was held on October 10, 2007, to elect members (MPPs) of the 39th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada. The Liberals under Premier Dalton McGuinty won the election with a majority government, winning 71 out of a possible 107 seats with 42.2% of the popular vote. The election saw the third-lowest voter turnout in Ontario provincial elections, setting a then record for the lowest voter turnout with 52.8% of people who were eligible voted. This broke the previous record of 54.7% in the 1923 election, [1] but would end up being surpassed in the 2011 and 2022 elections.

Contents

As a result of legislation passed by the Legislature in 2004, election dates are now fixed by formula so that an election is held approximately four years after the previous election, unless the government is defeated by a vote of "no confidence" in the Legislature. Previously, the governing party had considerable flexibility to determine the date of an election anywhere up to five years of being elected. The date of this election was originally presumed to be October 4, 2007; [2] however, the law fixes the date on the first Thursday of October or on any day within seven days thereof if required to accommodate a date of "religious or cultural significance". The date was set as October 10, 2007, to avoid a conflict with the Jewish holiday of Shemini Atzeret, which fell on October 4, 2007. [2]

In the same election, there was a provincial referendum on whether to change from first-past-the-post to mixed member proportional representation, as recommended by the Ontario Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform. This measure failed, with 37% of the participating electorate and 5 out of 107 ridings voting for the new system; a 60% supermajority was required province-wide, with at least 2/3 of the ridings also supporting it by a simple majority. [3]

Issues

Although all four parties released a variety of detailed platform proposals, the campaign was dominated almost entirely by John Tory's promise to extend public funding to Ontario's faith-based schools. [4]

In Ontario at present, the Catholic school system is fully funded in the same manner as public schools. However, other religious schools, such as Jewish, Muslim or Evangelical Christian schools, are not funded by the province. This discrepancy has been cited as discriminatory by both the Supreme Court of Canada and the United Nations Human Rights Committee, although to date the province has taken no action to change its existing school funding policies, on the grounds that Catholic school funding in the province is mandated by the Constitution of Canada.

Tory's proposal to extend funding to religious schools was controversial, with polls confirming that a clear majority of Ontarians opposed the proposal. Even some of Tory's own caucus, most notably Bill Murdoch and Garfield Dunlop, openly criticized the proposal during the election campaign. After heavy opposition, Tory changed his position later in the campaign, promising a free vote on the issue. [5]

The Liberals and the NDP were both opposed to non-Catholic religious school funding, while the Green Party proposed eliminating the province's existing Catholic school funding in favour of a single public school board. Liberal opposition to non-Catholic religious school funding, especially private Muslim schools, appealed to Islamophobic sentiment in the province. [6] [7]

There was a brief flurry of interest in health care issues when John Tory emphasized his support for an increasing role for the private sector in health care.

In the final week of the campaign, NDP leader Howard Hampton criticized the media for focusing almost entirely on religious schools and virtually ignoring other issues.

Redistribution

Seat distribution and arrangement in the Ontario Legislative Assembly. 39th OntLA.png
Seat distribution and arrangement in the Ontario Legislative Assembly.

With the passing of Bill 214 and the Representation Act, 2005 in the year 2005, Ontario's electoral boundaries were no longer identical to the federal electoral boundaries. [8] The province was now divided into 11 northern electoral districts that were identical, except for a minor boundary adjustment, to the ones that existed on October 2, 2003, and 96 southern electoral districts that were identical to their federal counterparts as they existed on September 1, 2004. [8]

The 11 northern electoral districts were: Algoma—Manitoulin, Kenora—Rainy River, Nickel Belt, Nipissing, Parry Sound—Muskoka, Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury, Thunder Bay—Atikokan, Thunder Bay—Superior North, Timiskaming—Cochrane, and Timmins—James Bay. [8]

As a result of the redistribution, none of the three major parties took fewer seats than it held at the dissolution of the previous legislature. The Liberals and the Progressive Conservatives each gained seats, while the New Democratic Party's seat total remained unchanged.

Results

Summary of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario election results
PartyParty leaderCandidatesSeatsPopular vote
2003 Dissol. 2007 Change#%Change
Liberal Dalton McGuinty 107726771+6.0%1,869,27342.25%-4.22%
Progressive Conservative John Tory 107242526+4.0%1,398,80631.62%-3.05%
New Democratic Howard Hampton 10771010-741,46516.77%+2.08%
Green Frank de Jong 107----354,8978.02%+5.20%
Family Coalition Giuseppe Gori83----35,7020.81%+0.01%
Libertarian Sam Apelbaum 25----9,2490.21%+0.17%
Freedom Paul McKeever 15----3,0030.07%-0.13%
Communist Elizabeth Rowley 8----1,6030.04%-0.01%
Special Needs Danish Ahmed2----5020.01%-
Confederation of Regions Eileen Butson2----4460.01%+0.00%
Reform Brad Harness2----3540.01%-
Republican Trueman Tuck2----2720.01%-
  Independents and no affiliation 32----8,3260.19%-0.11%
 Vacant1 
Total1031031078,380,5514,423,898100%-
Popular vote
Liberal
 
42.25%
PC
 
31.62%
New Democratic
 
16.77%
Green
 
8.02%
Others
 
1.34%
Seats summary
Liberal
 
66.36%
PC
 
24.30%
New Democratic
 
9.35%

Synopsis of results

Results by riding - 2007 Ontario general election [a 1]
RidingWinning partyTurnout
[a 2] 		Votes [a 3]
PartyVotesShareMargin
#		Margin
%		 Lib PC NDP Green IndOtherTotal
 
Ajax—Pickering Lib19,85749.07%5,95914.73%49.34%19,85713,8983,2753,067-36840,465
Algoma—Manitoulin Lib11,36142.56%1,4985.61%54.49%11,3613,7449,8631,374-35426,696
Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale Lib20,44541.16%3,3536.75%58.12%20,44517,0926,8144,11222298549,670
Barrie Lib19,54842.20%1,3812.98%51.95%19,54818,1673,7004,38517934146,320
Beaches—East York NDP17,52244.32%7,30718.48%54.37%10,2156,16617,5224,785-85139,539
Bramalea—Gore—Malton Lib19,10647.00%7,17217.64%43.65%19,10611,9345,0164,120-47140,647
Brampton—Springdale Lib17,67350.66%6,96519.97%43.45%17,67310,7083,8002,292-41034,883
Brampton West Lib20,74646.19%5,62612.53%43.92%20,74615,1204,9013,47118548844,911
Brant Lib23,48549.16%9,69820.30%52.69%23,48513,7876,5363,27228940347,772
Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound PC21,15646.61%6,11713.48%59.96%6,77421,1561,72115,039-69545,385
Burlington PC21,57841.34%1,8543.55%58.91%19,72421,5785,7284,779-39152,200
Cambridge PC17,94241.70%3,2387.52%49.69%14,70417,9425,8963,842-64643,030
Carleton—Mississippi Mills PC25,12647.83%8,35015.89%55.30%16,77625,1264,0025,517-1,11252,533
Chatham-Kent—Essex Lib18,78251.98%8,41523.29%48.81%18,78210,3674,6012,054-32636,130
Davenport Lib12,46741.82%1,5875.32%45.84%12,4672,80510,8803,04711450029,813
Don Valley East Lib19,66755.63%10,78930.52%51.30%19,6678,8783,7592,28746729735,355
Don Valley West Lib23,08050.44%4,92410.76%59.20%23,08018,1562,1382,202-18345,759
Dufferin—Caledon PC16,52241.85%3,8849.84%52.50%12,63816,5223,8936,430--39,483
Durham PC21,51546.96%6,78514.81%54.34%14,73021,5155,5214,053--45,819
Eglinton—Lawrence Lib17,40243.23%2,1455.33%55.62%17,40215,2574,0392,8719059440,253
Elgin—Middlesex—London Lib20,08549.10%7,62518.64%53.09%20,08512,4604,6433,363-35340,904
Essex Lib19,97048.02%9,57023.01%48.69%19,97010,4008,6382,220-35841,586
Etobicoke Centre Lib22,93950.07%7,27215.87%59.40%22,93915,6673,8473,357--45,810
Etobicoke—Lakeshore Lib20,21845.99%6,73615.32%53.62%20,21813,4825,8373,46748047843,962
Etobicoke North Lib15,14754.85%9,34633.84%45.19%15,1475,8014,1011,312-1,25527,616
Glengarry—Prescott—Russell Lib24,34560.51%13,41833.35%52.80%24,34510,9272,2812,344-33740,234
Guelph Lib20,34640.92%8,16616.42%57.03%20,34612,1806,8809,750-57149,727
Haldimand—Norfolk PC26,13560.92%16,59938.69%56.25%9,53626,1354,5462,230-45742,904
Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock PC24,27349.99%9,94620.49%59.22%14,32724,2735,7853,475-69248,552
Halton PC22,67741.84%1760.32%51.53%22,50122,6774,1604,376-48754,201
Hamilton Centre NDP17,17644.72%6,08015.83%48.63%11,0965,67317,1763,610-85238,407
Hamilton East—Stoney Creek NDP16,27237.65%1,2102.80%51.36%15,0629,31016,2722,122-45243,218
Hamilton Mountain Lib17,38737.24%1,7343.71%53.33%17,38710,98215,6532,172-49346,687
Huron—Bruce Lib20,46945.95%6,86315.41%59.80%20,46913,6065,9322,9115951,03544,548
Kenora—Rainy River NDP14,28160.62%8,52936.20%46.16%5,7522,75714,281769--23,559
Kingston and the Islands Lib23,27747.23%12,27624.91%53.96%23,27711,00110,1294,321-55649,284
Kitchener Centre Lib17,48445.90%7,76720.39%49.58%17,4849,7176,7073,16242559938,094
Kitchener—Conestoga Lib16,31541.82%1,8654.78%49.25%16,31514,4504,5452,805-90139,016
Kitchener—Waterloo PC20,74840.84%4,9009.65%53.63%15,84820,7488,9024,707-59850,803
Lambton—Kent—Middlesex Lib18,22843.27%2,9336.96%55.18%18,22815,2954,5203,329-75842,130
Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington PC18,21340.58%8201.83%52.08%17,39318,2135,6233,186-46244,877
Leeds—Grenville PC22,75556.24%11,15327.56%55.11%11,60222,7552,8212,907-37740,462
London—Fanshawe Lib13,74238.68%3,98211.21%48.21%13,7429,7609,3502,548129-35,529
London North Centre Lib21,66947.17%10,77223.45%50.00%21,66910,8977,6495,720--45,935
London West Lib25,96752.42%13,95628.18%57.83%25,96712,0115,5625,18420160749,532
Markham—Unionville Lib21,14959.47%11,57532.55%40.51%21,1499,5742,5971,910-33535,565
Mississauga—Brampton South Lib19,73853.78%10,40528.35%42.46%19,7389,3333,7853,846-036,702
Mississauga East—Cooksville Lib22,24958.93%13,53435.85%47.48%22,2498,7153,1922,361-1,23537,752
Mississauga—Erindale Lib21,55147.85%6,63814.74%47.08%21,55114,9135,0563,521--45,041
Mississauga South Lib19,19546.68%5,00812.18%54.08%19,19514,1873,7453,629-36541,121
Mississauga—Streetsville Lib20,26452.55%9,10923.62%45.63%20,26411,1553,9442,925-27438,562
Nepean—Carleton PC27,07050.28%9,33917.35%54.61%17,73127,0704,0004,500-53353,834
Newmarket—Aurora PC19,46042.72%1,3552.97%55.21%18,10519,4603,2904,182-51845,555
Niagara Falls Lib22,21047.53%7,67016.41%51.08%22,21014,5404,6055,373--46,728
Niagara West—Glanbrook PC24,31151.06%10,02121.05%58.57%14,29024,3115,8093,206--47,616
Nickel Belt NDP15,12646.59%2,7628.51%53.56%12,3643,26315,1261,374-34132,468
Nipissing Lib13,78142.11%4581.40%56.79%13,78113,3234,1361,248-23832,726
Northumberland—Quinte West Lib22,28745.37%6,95714.16%54.92%22,28715,3306,4925,012--49,121
Oak Ridges—Markham Lib28,56448.22%7,19712.15%47.77%28,56421,3674,6983,81534245559,241
Oakville Lib23,76149.81%7,10214.89%58.26%23,76116,6593,0913,916-27947,706
Oshawa PC15,97739.02%2,4956.09%48.94%8,76215,97713,4822,474-25340,948
Ottawa Centre Lib18,25534.91%2,0944.00%58.25%18,25510,41616,1616,45828372052,293
Ottawa—Orléans Lib25,64952.86%8,95418.45%57.86%25,64916,6953,0882,214-87548,521
Ottawa South Lib24,01550.13%9,80920.48%56.60%24,01514,2064,4673,902-1,31147,901
Ottawa—Vanier Lib20,95450.96%11,78528.66%51.49%20,9549,1696,0494,29325539641,116
Ottawa West—Nepean Lib23,84250.64%8,87118.84%57.51%23,84214,9714,5642,90320759247,079
Oxford PC18,44547.27%6,99017.91%53.72%11,45518,4454,4213,44165960139,022
Parkdale—High Park NDP18,19444.71%6,29415.47%57.43%11,9006,02418,1943,938-63840,694
Parry Sound—Muskoka PC17,34847.22%7,52920.49%56.76%9,81917,3485,0154,557--36,739
Perth—Wellington Lib18,09646.65%5,75814.84%54.62%18,09612,3383,9123,0512171,17538,789
Peterborough Lib24,46647.72%11,29022.02%57.47%24,46613,1768,5234,473-63451,272
Pickering—Scarborough East Lib19,76248.63%6,87816.92%54.01%19,76212,8844,5632,57227558540,641
Prince Edward—Hastings Lib20,96346.36%6,12313.54%54.16%20,96314,8406,2872,663-46345,216
Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke PC24,97562.34%15,07037.62%57.55%9,90524,9753,0381,777-36840,063
Richmond Hill Lib19,45647.83%5,32913.10%47.23%19,45614,1273,5653,210-31840,676
St. Catharines Lib21,02947.23%8,16518.34%53.83%21,02912,8647,0693,152-40644,520
St. Paul's Lib21,28047.43%9,37020.88%55.99%21,28011,9107,0613,74432854544,868
Sarnia—Lambton PC16,14538.16%3,7028.75%55.20%12,44316,14511,3492,376--42,313
Sault Ste. Marie Lib19,31660.13%10,84133.75%55.56%19,3162,3498,4751,377-60532,122
Scarborough—Agincourt Lib19,54158.08%11,01032.72%46.01%19,5418,5313,5311,511-53233,646
Scarborough Centre Lib17,77553.66%9,45528.55%48.06%17,7758,3204,4011,827-80033,123
Scarborough—Guildwood Lib14,43042.52%4,92714.52%51.28%14,4309,5037,4411,811-75133,936
Scarborough—Rouge River Lib22,30765.06%17,34750.59%41.82%22,3074,9604,6911,276-1,05534,289
Scarborough Southwest Lib15,11446.15%6,75520.63%49.70%15,1148,3595,9302,649-69532,747
Simcoe—Grey PC24,27050.65%11,82324.67%54.86%12,44724,2704,4175,4282731,08547,920
Simcoe North PC22,98649.82%8,89219.27%54.06%14,09422,9864,2404,709-11246,141
Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry Lib18,66048.86%3,86610.12%51.81%18,66014,7942,8131,680-24738,194
Sudbury Lib19,30758.77%10,39331.64%51.11%19,3072,6058,9141,60812429332,851
Thornhill PC22,24445.92%1,7253.56%52.17%20,51922,2442,6572,50715835648,441
Thunder Bay—Atikokan Lib10,92837.69%500.17%52.36%10,9285,91810,8781,270--28,994
Thunder Bay—Superior North Lib13,37346.78%2,4358.52%53.91%13,3732,68810,9381,586--28,585
Timiskaming—Cochrane Lib11,58842.90%6342.35%54.80%11,5883,65910,954811--27,012
Timmins—James Bay NDP13,17651.60%3,44713.50%53.76%9,7292,19113,176437--25,533
Toronto Centre Lib21,52247.85%12,43827.65%49.90%21,5229,0848,4644,4123581,14144,981
Toronto—Danforth NDP17,97545.85%6,52716.65%53.18%11,4484,42317,9754,372-98639,204
Trinity—Spadina NDP18,50841.15%4,3289.62%49.63%14,1806,23518,5085,15650439044,973
Vaughan Lib28,96461.90%20,20543.18%46.31%28,9648,7595,4702,975623-46,791
Welland NDP24,91053.94%14,33031.03%55.29%10,5808,72224,9101,973--46,185
Wellington—Halton Hills PC21,53349.16%8,22118.77%57.49%13,31221,5333,9144,489-55543,803
Whitby—Oshawa PC22,69444.00%4,1348.02%53.54%18,56022,6945,7343,745-83951,572
Willowdale Lib21,16647.73%5,60812.65%49.51%21,16615,5583,6992,96011984744,349
Windsor—Tecumseh Lib17,89449.34%9,05824.98%44.04%17,8946,1068,8362,696-73536,267
Windsor West Lib16,82150.19%8,21724.52%41.02%16,8215,6528,6041,974-46333,514
York Centre Lib16,64648.73%5,61816.45%49.07%16,64611,0283,7132,207-56834,162
York—Simcoe PC19,17346.23%6,38815.40%49.73%12,78519,1734,2054,664-64541,472
York South—Weston Lib13,84642.94%4521.40%46.34%13,8463,17313,3941,226-60332,242
York West Lib13,24654.74%6,48226.79%44.44%13,2462,4846,7641,19922528224,200
  = new riding
  = merged riding
  = open seat
  = turnout is above provincial average
  = incumbent re-elected
  = incumbent changed allegiance
  = other incumbents renominated
  1. ↑ "2007 Ontario General Election". elections.on.ca. Elections Ontario . Retrieved June 21, 2023.
  2. ↑ including spoilt ballots
  3. ↑ minor political parties receiving less than 1% of the popular vote are aggregated under "Other"; independent candidates are aggregated separately

Maps

Principal races

Party candidates in 2nd place
Party in 1st placeParty in 2nd placeTotal
LibPCNDPGrn
Liberal –581371
Progressive Conservative 24–1126
New Democratic 10–10
Total3458141107
Principal races, according to 1st and 2nd-place results
PartiesSeats
█  Liberal █  Progressive Conservative 82
█  Liberal █  New Democratic 23
█  Progressive Conservative █  New Democratic 1
█  Progressive Conservative █  Green 1
Total107
Candidates ranked 1st to 5th place, by party
Parties1st2nd3rd4th5thTotal
█  Liberal 71342107
█  Progressive Conservative 2658221107
█  New Democratic 10146518107
█  Green 11888107
█  Family Coalition 6363
█  Libertarian 1616
█  Independent 88
█  Freedom 22
█  Communist 1
Resulting composition of the 40th Legislative Assembly of Ontario
SourceParty
LibPCNDPTotal
Incumbents returned6022890
Open seats held3115
Ouster of incumbent changing allegiance11
New seats gained516
Incumbents defeated224
Open seats gained11
Total712610107

Incumbent MPPs who did not run for re-election

Electoral districtIncumbent at dissolutionSubsequent nomineeNew MPP
Hamilton Mountain   Marie Bountrogianni Sophia Aggelonitis  Sophia Aggelonitis
Scarborough East   Mary Anne Chambers riding dissolved
Hamilton West   Judy Marsales riding dissolved
Nickel Belt   Shelley Martel France Gélinas  France Gélinas
Stoney Creek   Jennifer Mossop Riding dissolved
Prince Edward—Hastings   Ernie Parsons Leona Dombrowsky  Leona Dombrowsky
Ottawa Centre   Richard Patten Yasir Naqvi  Yasir Naqvi

Opinion polls

Since the 2003 general election, several polls were conducted to determine the ongoing preference of voters. They showed a decline in Liberal support following the 2004 Ontario budget. Overall, support for the governing Liberals declined slightly since the 2003 election, the NDP gained some ground since the 2003 election, and the PCs' poll numbers did not change significantly since 2003. Support for the Green Party increased significantly, a shift which paralleled the increase in support for the party's federal counterpart. During the pre-election period, the Ontario Greens did not appear as an option in some of the polls.

Polls indicate results for decided voters. More information can be found in the footnotes to each poll, including undecided results, if provided by the pollster. A dash indicates the absence of a prompt for that party.

Polling firmDate releasedDate poll conducted Liberal Progressive Conservative New Democrats Green
Harris-DecimaOctober 9, 2007 [9] October 6 – 7, 200742311710
SES Research October 9, 2007 [10] October 6 – 7, 20074331189
EnvironicsOctober 9, 2007 [11] September 28 – October 2, 20074631203
Strategic CounselOctober 8, 2007 [12] October 6 – 7, 200742271911
Ipsos-Reid October 6, 2007 [13] October 2 – 4, 20074332186
Angus Reid Strategies October 5, 2007 [14] October 4 – 5, 20074034197
Decima ResearchOctober 2, 2007 [15] September 27 – October 1, 200743321410
SES Research October 2, 2007 [16] September 28 – 30, 20074434157
Ipsos-Reid September 29, 2007 [17] September 25 – 27, 20074333176
EnvironicsSeptember 28, 2007 [18] September 21 – 25, 20073934207
Decima Research September 26, 2007 [19] September 24 – 25, 200741321610
Angus Reid Strategies September 25, 2007 [20] September 24 – 25, 20074035168
SES Research September 25, 2007 [21] September 21 – 23, 20074133188
Ipsos-Reid September 20, 2007 [22] September 11 – 18, 20074037166
Decima ResearchSeptember 19, 2007 [23] September 13 – 17, 200741321412
Strategic CounselSeptember 18, 2007 [24] September 13 – 16, 200740341610
Ipsos-Reid September 15, 2007 [25] September 4 – 13, 20074037166
EnvironicsSeptember 13, 2007 [26] September 6 – 9, 2007393517-
Angus Reid Strategies September 13, 2007 [27] September 7 – 8, 200739371310
Decima Research September 12, 2007 [28] September 5 – 8, 200741331311
Ipsos-Reid September 10, 2007 [29] August 30 – September 8, 20074136176
SES Research August 30, 2007 [30] August 24 – 26, 20074034198
Ipsos-Reid August 28, 2007 [31] August 14 – 23, 20074235166
Ipsos-Reid August 21, 2007 [32] August 7 – 16, 20074037176
The Strategic CounselAugust 20, 2007 [33] August 9 – 14, 20074035188
Ipsos-Reid July 3, 2007 [34] June 19 – 28, 20073936177
EnvironicsJuly 2, 2007 [35] June 5 – 30, 2007403920-
Pollara June 16, 2007 [36] June 7–10, 2007373719-
SES Research June 3, 2007 [37] May 11–15, 200735351911
EnvironicsMay 18, 2007 [38] March 13–April 3, 2007333826
Ipsos-Reid February 24, 2007 [39] -3833179
EnvironicsJanuary 5, 2007 [40] December 8–30, 2006393721-
SES Research December 17, 2006 [41] November 25–27, 20064235167
EnvironicsOctober 26, 2006 [42] September 18 – October 12, 2006423323-
EKOS October 18, 2006 [43] October 10–12, 200642.436.219.6
SES Research October 7, 2006 [44] September 30 – October 3, 20063529187
EnvironicsSeptember 9, 2006 [45] June 2–24, 2006353627-
Vector ResearchMay 14, 2006-3938185
EnvironicsApril 13, 2006-343924-
SES Research March 23, 2006-4134205
Léger Marketing March 22, 2006-343420-
SES Research February 17, 2006-4137184
Vector ResearchJanuary 21, 2006-3635236
EnvironicsOctober 16, 2005-423521-
Vector ResearchSeptember 19, 2005-3341206
SES ResearchJune 14, 2005-4135214
Léger MarketingJune 8, 2005-423417-
Léger MarketingApril 29, 2005-363719-
Vector ResearchApril 13, 2005-3541185
Environics April 11, 2005-354121-
Léger MarketingMarch 17, 2005-443319-
Vector ResearchDecember 16, 2004-3932245
EnvironicsDecember 2004-373923-
EnvironicsDecember 11, 2004-354023-
Léger MarketingSeptember 2004-373519-
Vector ResearchAugust 22, 2004-3732239
EnvironicsAugust 9, 2004-3537234
Ipsos-Reid June 14, 2004-3239236
SES ResearchJune 5, 2004-344120-
Decima Research May 27, 2004-322921-
EnvironicsMay 6, 2004-4533201
Ipsos-ReidApril 19, 2004-4530195
SES ResearchJanuary 23, 2004-492910-
EnvironicsJanuary 21, 2004-5030163
Ipsos-ReidDecember 14, 2003-5127166
Ipsos-ReidNovember 8, 2003-5627125
EnvironicsOctober 30, 2003-4929182
Last election (October 2, 2003)-46.434.614.72.8

Riding specific polls

RidingPolling firmDate releasedDate poll conducted Liberal Progressive Conservative New Democrats Green
Don Valley West COMPAS October 1, 2007 [46] September 25 – 29, 2007523756
Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound Oraclepoll ResearchOctober 4, 2007 [47] October 2 – 3, 200721371327
Nickel Belt Oraclepoll ResearchOctober 4, 2007 [48] October 2 – 3, 2007417493

Timeline

Election signs for the major parties plus a sign supporting the MMP side in the referendum in the constituency of Ottawa South. Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty is the Liberal candidate there. 2007signs.JPG
Election signs for the major parties plus a sign supporting the MMP side in the referendum in the constituency of Ottawa South. Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty is the Liberal candidate there.
Lawn signs for local candidates in Hamilton Mountain Lawn signs for 2007 Ontario election.jpg
Lawn signs for local candidates in Hamilton Mountain

Election results

At 9:23 pm EDT, Citytv projected a Liberal majority government. CTV News made the same call at 9:30 pm EDT, followed by CBC News at 9:37 pm EDT, and Canadian Press at 9:52 pm EDT.

Also at 10:30 pm EDT, CBC and CTV reported that Progressive Conservative leader John Tory had called Liberal Leader Dalton McGuinty to concede the election. At 10:39 pm EDT, Tory was declared defeated by Canadian Press in the riding of Don Valley West.

At 10:43 pm EDT, Liberal leader Dalton McGuinty took the stage to give his speech to the public, breaking tradition of the defeated party leaders going first.

Each party lost at least one incumbent MPP — Liberals Mario Racco and Caroline Di Cocco, PCs Joe Tascona, Tim Peterson and John Tory and NDP Paul Ferreira were all defeated. However, each party's losses were offset by gains in other seats. The actual changes in party standings were accounted for entirely by the four new seats resulting from redistribution and the defeat of Peterson. Overall, however, most incumbent MPPs were returned in their ridings.

McGuinty became the first Liberal leader in Ontario to win two successive majorities in the legislature since Mitchell Hepburn in the 1937 election.

Breakdown by region

Northern Ontario

Liberal Progressive Conservative New Democrats Green
Seats7130

All eleven ridings in Northern Ontario were retained by their incumbent parties. The popular vote, however, shifted dramatically, with several Liberal incumbents holding on only very narrowly against NDP challengers. Most notably, Bill Mauro retained Thunder Bay—Atikokan by a margin of just 36 votes against John Rafferty, whom Mauro had defeated in 2003 by a margin of over 11,000 — Rafferty, in fact, spent much of the night leading Mauro. A judicial recount on October 31 increased Mauro's margin of victory to 50 votes. David Ramsay, similarly, trailed New Democrat John Vanthof in Timiskaming—Cochrane for much of the night, pulling ahead to a winning margin of 634 votes only in the final few polls to report. This was the narrowest margin of victory in Ramsay's 22-year career. Michael Gravelle also retained Thunder Bay—Superior North by an uncharacteristically narrow margin over Jim Foulds.

As well, Monique Smith retained Nipissing by just 377 votes over Progressive Conservative candidate Bill Vrebosch — in 2003, she had defeated Progressive Conservative incumbent Al McDonald by a wider margin of over 3,000 votes.

In keeping with this trend, New Democrat incumbents Howard Hampton and Gilles Bisson widened their margins of victory over Liberal challengers compared to 2003, and France Gélinas maintained the same margin that her predecessor, Shelley Martel, had attained in the previous election.

Notably, the rise in popular support for the New Democrats in Northern Ontario carried over into the 2008 federal election, in which the NDP won nearly every seat in the region for the first time in its history.

Eastern Ontario

Liberal Progressive Conservative New Democrats Green
Seats9500

In Eastern Ontario, the new riding of Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington was carried by PC candidate Randy Hillier, while all 13 existing ridings were carried by their incumbent parties. With the exception of Yasir Naqvi, who carried Ottawa Centre by a much smaller margin over the NDP than Richard Patten had attained in 2003, Liberals in Ottawa improved their winning margins, although outside of Ottawa the popular vote trend remained relatively stable.

Central Ontario

Liberal Progressive Conservative New Democrats Green
Seats3800

The most conservative-friendly area of the province, the PC vote largely held up, with the only Liberal gain being Aileen Carroll winning Barrie, the seat she used to represent federally. This was countered by a PC nominal gain in Newmarket—Aurora. The area also delivered the strongest support in the province for the Green Party, with Shane Jolley finishing a very strong second in Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound with 33.1% of the vote, the best finish ever received by any Green candidate in Canada to that point. The Greens also knocked the NDP into fourth place in a majority of area ridings.

Midwestern Ontario

Liberal Progressive Conservative New Democrats Green
Seats6500

A politically mixed region, Midwestern Ontario had every incumbent party re-elected, as well as some anomalous results; in an election where the PCs were largely held to rural areas, and the Liberals consolidated an urban/suburban base, Elizabeth Witmer held onto the riding of Kitchener—Waterloo for the PCs, while the Liberals won in rural ridings in which they were the incumbent party, such as Huron—Bruce and Perth—Wellington. Further away from the provincewide result, on an election night which demonstrated Liberal strength province wide, Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant delivered the most crushing defeat for a Liberal candidate in the province, with the victorious PC incumbent Toby Barrett coming out 16,571 votes and 38.6% ahead of the Liberal.

Brampton, Mississauga & Oakville

Liberal Progressive Conservative New Democrats Green
Seats9000

Although the suburban Western GTA had traditionally been a good area for the PCs, winning many seats in the area as recently as the Harris days, where it formed part of the 905-area backbone of the PC government, the Liberals won every seat in the area handily, with the victorious Liberal candidates averaging at around 50%. Even Mississauga South, which prior to the 2003 election had not voted Liberal provincially since the riding's creation, and had been expected to be a very tight race, proved a surprisingly easy victory for Charles Sousa, who gained the seat back for the Liberals from Tim Peterson, who had crossed the floor. The NDP continued to be a non-factor in the area, while the Greens growth in popular vote across the province was reflected, with the Greens even beating the NDP into fourth place in Oakville, which ironically had been the only riding in the province the Greens had not run in the previous election.

Southern Durham and York

Liberal Progressive Conservative New Democrats Green
Seats6300

The Liberals continued to dominate York Region, with each incumbent being re-elected by a comfortable margin except in Thornhill where Mario Racco lost to PC candidate Peter Shurman. The newly created riding of Ajax—Pickering, projected to be a close race, elected Liberal Joe Dickson by over 6,000 votes despite having no party nominate incumbents. In southern Durham Region, Liberal Wayne Arthurs was re-elected to the newly distributed Pickering—Scarborough East, while Progressive Conservative Christine Elliott was re-elected to Whitby—Oshawa. Despite high expectations for Sid Ryan's fourth run as an NDP candidate in Oshawa, PC incumbent Jerry Ouellette was again re-elected by a wider majority than in 2003.

Hamilton, Burlington & Niagara

Liberal Progressive Conservative New Democrats Green
Seats4330

An area with several close seats, and a fairly even distribution of seats, every party had a realistic chance of increasing its seat count here. Hamilton East—Stoney Creek, which was a merger of a Liberal held riding and an NDP held riding, and had neither incumbent running, was the most interesting match of the night, with the NDP winning a close race. It proved to be the only change of the election, and every other riding returned the incumbent party, although many in close races, such as Hamilton Mountain (Liberals over NDP), Halton, (PCs over Liberals) and Burlington (PCs over Liberals).

Southwestern Ontario

Liberal Progressive Conservative New Democrats Green
Seats9100

In an area with a strong rural-urban divide, both the NDP and PCs had strong hopes of making gains against the Liberals. The NDP had strong hopes of upsetting high-profile Liberals in both Windsor West, and Windsor—Tecumseh, given the NDP's ownership of those seats federally, and the continued decline of the local industrial economy. London—Fanshawe was similarly also a top target, as the NDP had the riding federally and finished a close second in 2003. Overall, however, the only area seat that changed hands was Sarnia—Lambton, with Culture Minister Caroline Di Cocco, the most high-profile Liberal casualty of the night, losing to PC challenger Bob Bailey.

Toronto

Liberal Progressive Conservative New Democrats Green
Seats18040

All ridings in Toronto were retained by their incumbent parties, with the exception of York South—Weston. New Democrat Paul Ferreira, who had won the seat from the Liberals in a by-election in February 2007, was narrowly defeated by a swing back to Liberal candidate Laura Albanese. Almost twice as many people voted in the riding in the general election compared to the by-election.

In Toronto's other notable race, Liberal incumbent Kathleen Wynne defeated PC leader John Tory in Don Valley West. Tory previously represented Dufferin—Caledon, but had chosen to run in a Toronto riding in the general election.

Toronto's only incumbent from 2003 not to run again was Liberal MPP Mary Anne Chambers. The Liberals successfully retained the seat under new candidate Margarett Best.

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Notes

  1. ↑ Tory represented Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey in the previous legislature though did not seek re-election, opting to run in Don Valley West instead.

Citations

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  10. ↑ "Liberal Victory Imminent" (PDF) (Press release). SES Research/Sun Media. October 9, 2007. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 25, 2007. Retrieved October 9, 2007. Between October 4 and 6, 2006, random telephone survey with 501 Ontarians 18 years of age or older. The aggregate survey results are plus or minus 4.4%, 19 times out of 20. Margins of accuracy are wider for subgroup samples.
  11. ↑ "Ontario Liberals Headed for Majority Government" (Press release). Environics. October 9, 2007. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007. Retrieved October 9, 2007. These results are taken from an Environics survey of 448 Ontarians eligible to vote, conducted between September 28 and October 2, 2007. The poll was conducted independently. On a provincial basis, these results are accurate to within +/- 4.7 percentage points, in 95 out of 100 samples. Green column includes other parties.
  12. ↑ "Poll says Ontario Liberals have 15-point lead" (Press release). Strategic Counsel/CTV News/The Globe and Mail. October 8, 2007. Archived from the original on October 17, 2007. Retrieved October 8, 2007. Interviews were conducted between Oct. 6 and Oct. 7, 2007. Results are based on tracking among a proportionate sample of Ontarians 18 years of age or older. A total of 850 Ontarians were surveyed. The Ontario margin of error is plus or minus 3.4 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
  13. ↑ "Tory's Gambit Fails: Grits Headed For Majority Government" (Press release). Ipsos-Reid/CanWest/National Post. October 6, 2007. Archived from the original on October 10, 2007. Retrieved October 6, 2007. These are the findings of an Ipsos Reid poll conducted exclusively for CanWest News Service and Global Television from October 2–4, 2007. For the survey, a representative randomly selected sample of 800 adults living in Ontario was interviewed by telephone. With a sample of this size, the results are considered accurate to within ± 3.5 percentage points, 19 times out of 20, of what they would have been had the entire adult population living in Ontario been polled. The margin of error will be larger within regions and for other sub-groupings of the survey population. These data were weighted to ensure that the sample's regional and age/sex composition reflects that of the actual Ontarian population according to Census data. Ipsos Reid’s companion poll was conducted on October 4–6, when a sample of 4241 adult was surveyed online via Ipsos’ I-Say Panel. With a sample of this size, the results are considered accurate to within ± 1.5 percentage points, 19 times out of 20, of what they would have been had the entire adult population living in Ontario been polled. These data were weighted to ensure that the sample's regional and age/sex composition reflects that of the actual Ontarian population according to Census data. There were 4% undecided.
  14. ↑ "Ontario Liberals Hold Six-Point Advantage: Tory's Leadership Edge Evaporates; Now Tied with McGuinty" (PDF). Ontario Politics. Angus-Reid Strategies. October 5, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 25, 2007. Retrieved October 5, 2007. From October 4 to 5, 2007, Angus Reid Strategies conducted an online survey among a randomly selected, representative sample of 939 adults in Ontario. The margin of error for the total sample is +/- 3.2%, 19 times out of 20. The results have been statistically weighted according to the most current education, age, gender and region Census data to ensure a sample representative of the entire adult population of Ontario. Discrepancies in or between totals are due to rounding. Voter intent: Notably, 10 per cent of the Ontario electorate remains undecided, 10 per cent say they will not vote, and 30 per cent (-9) say they could change their mind between now and Election Day.
  15. ↑ "Liberal lead firming" (PDF). The Canadian Press/Harris-Decima. October 2, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 25, 2007. Retrieved October 3, 2007.Results of the survey of 701 residents, with its margin of error of 3.7 percentage points 19 times out of 20.
  16. ↑ "Grits Move Into Majority Territory" (PDF) (Press release). SES Research/Sun Media. October 2, 2007. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 25, 2007. Retrieved October 2, 2007. The aggregate survey results, or results including the undecided voters were: Libs 39.6%; Cons 30.6%; NDP 13.5%; Greens 6.3%; Undecided 10%. The aggregate survey is accurate ± 4.4% 19 times out of 20. Margins of accuracy are wider for subgroup samples. The data was weighted for gender and age to match the Canadian census results for Ontario. Result should be considered representative of the Ontario population. 500 Ontarians were surveyed. Number of Committed voters was 450, undecided voters were 50, or 10%. With just the committed voters the results are: Libs 44; Cons 34; NDP 15; Greens 7. The margin of error increases to ± 4.7%, 19 times out of 20. The results shown in the table are for the committed voters only.
  17. ↑ "Post Debate Tory Tumble Gives McGuinty Liberals Ten Point Lead" (Press release). Ipsos-Reid/CanWest/National Post. September 29, 2007. Archived from the original on October 10, 2007. Retrieved September 29, 2007. These are the findings of an Ipsos Reid poll conducted exclusively for CanWest News Service and Global Television from Sep 25 to September 27, 2007. For the survey, a representative randomly selected sample of 800 adults living in Ontario was interviewed by telephone. With a sample of this size, the results are considered accurate to within ± 3.5 percentage points, 19 times out of 20, of what they would have been had the entire adult population living in Ontario been polled. The margin of error will be larger within regions and for other sub-groupings of the survey population. These data were weighted to ensure that the sample's regional and age/sex composition reflects that of the actual Ontarian population according to Census data.
  18. ↑ "Opposition grows to funding faith-based schools, but issue has little impact on vote intention" (Press release). Environics. September 28, 2007. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved September 28, 2007. Between September 21st and September 25th, 2007, Environics conducted a random telephone survey of 504 Ontarians 18 years and older. The aggregate survey results are accurate ±4.4%, 19 times out of 20.
  19. ↑ "Voting intentions stuck" (PDF). Ontario Politics. Canadian Press/Harris Decima. September 26, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 25, 2007. Retrieved September 28, 2007. it surveyed 706 respondents and has a margin of error of ± 3.7 per cent, 19 times out of 20 - are virtually identical to the previous week's findings.
  20. ↑ "McGuinty's Grits Lead by Five Points in Ontario" (PDF). Ontario Politics. Angus-Reid Strategies. September 25, 2007. Archived from the original on October 25, 2007. Retrieved September 26, 2007.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Online interviews with 800 Ontario adults, conducted on Sept. 24 and Sept. 25, 2007. Margin of error is 3.5 per cent. Notably, 15 per cent of the Ontario electorate remains undecided and 39 per cent (-11) say they could change their mind between now and Election Day.
  21. ↑ Nanos, Nikita (September 25, 2007). "Grits Lead by Eight Points" (PDF). Ontario Politics. SES Research/Sun Media. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 26, 2007. Retrieved September 25, 2007. The aggregate survey results, or results including the undecided voters were: Libs 35; Cons 27; NDP 15; Greens 7; Undecided 14. The aggregate survey is accurate ± 4.4% 19 times out of 20. Margins of accuracy are wider for subgroup samples. The data was weighted for gender and age to match the Canadian census results for Ontario. Result should be considered representative of the Ontario population. 500 Ontarians were surveyed. Number of Committed voters was 433, undecided voters were 67, or 14%. With just the committed voters the results are: Libs 41; Cons 33; NDP 18; Greens 8. The margin of error increases to ± 4.9%, 19 times out of 20. The results shown in the table are for the committed voters only.
  22. ↑ "Will Hot Debate Thaw Frozen Voters?" (Press release). Ipsos-Reid/CanWest/National Post. September 20, 2007. Archived from the original on December 21, 2016. Retrieved September 20, 2007. These are the findings of an Ipsos Reid poll conducted exclusively for CanWest News Service and Global Television from September 11 to September 18, 2007. For the survey, a representative randomly selected sample of 800 adults living in Ontario was interviewed by telephone. With a sample of this size, the results are considered accurate to within ±3.5 percentage points, 19 times out of 20, of what they would have been had the entire adult population living in Ontario been polled. The margin of error will be larger within regions and for other sub-groupings of the survey population. These data were weighted to ensure that the sample's regional and age/sex composition reflects that of the actual Ontarian population according to Census data.
  23. ↑ Perkel, Colin (September 19, 2007). "Liberals maintain lead over Tories in latest poll". Toronto: The Canadian Press/Harris-Decima. Archived from the original on December 21, 2016. Retrieved September 19, 2007.Results of the survey of 704 residents, with its margin of error of 3.7 percentage points 19 times out of 20, is substantially similar to a poll done for The Canadian Press in the days just before the campaign formally got underway Sept. 10
  24. ↑ Howlett, Karen (September 18, 2007). "Ontario voters pan faith-based education: poll". Toronto: CTV News/The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on May 29, 2014. Retrieved May 28, 2014. The survey of 850 Ontarians was conducted from Sept. 13 to Sept. 16, and is considered accurate to within 3.4 percentage points, 95 per cent of the time.
  25. ↑ "Ontario vote essentially stagnant after 1st week" (Press release). Ipsos-Reid/CanWest/National Post. September 15, 2007. Archived from the original on October 10, 2007. Retrieved September 16, 2007. These are the findings of an Ipsos Reid poll conducted exclusively for CanWest News Service and Global Television from Sep 4 to September 13, 2007. For the survey, a representative randomly selected sample of 800 adults living in Ontario was interviewed by telephone. With a sample of this size, the results are considered accurate to within ± 3.5 percentage points, 19 times out of 20, of what they would have been had the entire adult population living in Ontario been polled. The margin of error will be larger within regions and for other sub-groupings of the survey population. These data were weighted to ensure that the sample's regional and age/sex composition reflects that of the actual Ontarian population according to Census data.
  26. ↑ "Ontarians divided over proposal to extend public funding to all religious schools" (Press release). Environics. September 13, 2007. Archived from the original on October 3, 2007. Retrieved September 14, 2007. These results are taken from an Environics survey of 501 Ontarians aged 18 and older, conducted between September 6 and 9, 2007. The poll was conducted independently. On a provincial basis, these results are accurate to within +/-4.38 percentage points, in 95 out of 100 samples.The Green party again was not a prompt. Instead, in the poll, it lists 9% of voters would pick 'Other'. The poll also found that 21% of voters in the survey were undecided. The poll asked questions about funding faith-based schools, and found the electorate is roughly split down the middle. The question wordings were: (1) If a provincial election were held today, which one of the following parties would you vote for? (2) ([If "Undecided" ask) Perhaps you have not yet made up your mind; is there nevertheless a party you might be presently inclined to support?
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  37. 1 2 "Ontario Liberals and PCs in Dead Heat" (PDF) (Press release). SES Research. June 3, 2007. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 14, 2007. Retrieved June 10, 2007.The aggregate survey results, or results including the undecided voters were: Libs 30; Cons 30; NDP 16; Greens 9; Undecided 15. The aggregate survey is accurate ± 4.4% 19 times out of 20. Margins of accuracy are wider for subgroup samples. The data was weighted for gender and age to match the Canadian census results for Ontario. Result should be considered representative of the Ontario population. 500 Ontarians were surveyed. Number of Committed voters was 424, undecided voters were 76, or 15%. With just the committed voters the results are: Libs 40; Cons 34; NDP 19; Greens 8. The margin of error increases to ± 4.9%, 19 times out of 20. The results shown in the table are for the committed voters only.
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