45th Ontario general election

45th Ontario general election

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124 seats of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario 63 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Doug Ford Marit Stiles Party Progressive Conservative New Democratic Leader since March 10, 2018 February 4, 2023 Leader's seat Etobicoke North Davenport Last election 80 seats, 42.97% 27 seats, 18.55%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Bonnie Crombie Mike Schreiner Party Liberal Green Leader since December 2, 2023 November 15, 2009 Leader's seat TBD Guelph Last election 14 seats, 29.95% 2 seats, 4.83%
Premier before election Doug Ford Progressive Conservative Premier after election TBD

The 45th Ontario general election is tentatively scheduled to be held on June 7, 2029. As of December 2016, Ontario elections are held on the first Thursday in June in the fourth calendar year following the previous general election, ^[1] unless the Legislative Assembly of Ontario is dissolved earlier by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.

Standings

Summary of the standings of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Party		Party leader	Seats
			2025	Current
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Ford	80	80
	New Democratic	Marit Stiles	27	27
	Liberal	Bonnie Crombie	14	14
	Green	Mike Schreiner	2	2
	Independent	Bobbi Ann Brady	1	1
Total			124	124

Timeline

2025

• February 27: The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario under Doug Ford wins a third majority government in the 44th Ontario general election.

Ridings

The Electoral Boundaries Act, 2015 ^[2] increased the number of electoral districts from 107 to 122, following the boundaries set out by the federal 2013 Representation Order for Ontario, while preserving the special boundaries of the 11 seats in Northern Ontario set out in the 1996 redistribution.

The Far North Electoral Boundaries Commission, appointed in 2016, ^[3] recommended the creation of the additional districts of Kiiwetinoong and Mushkegowuk—James Bay, carved out from the existing Kenora—Rainy River and Timmins—James Bay ridings, which accordingly raised the total number of seats to 124. ^{[4] [5]} This was implemented through the Representation Statute Law Amendment Act, 2017. ^[6]

With the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, Ontario was allotted 1 additional seat in the House of Commons. On August 1, 2024, Premier Ford announced that Ontario would break with recent tradition and not adopt the federal electoral boundary changes for the 2025 provincial election. ^[7]

Ontario does not have legislation in place for a scheduled review of electoral districts and boundaries, and any changes to boundaries would require new legislation. ^[8]

References

1. Ferguson, Rob (October 19, 2016). "Ontario moves election date to June 7, 2018". Toronto Star. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
2. Electoral Boundaries Act, 2015 , S.O. 2015, c. 31
3. as a result of the Election Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 , S.O. 2016, c. 33, s. 36
4. "Report: Far North Electoral Boundaries Commission". August 8, 2017. Archived from the original on March 19, 2018. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
5. Benzie, Robert (August 8, 2017). "Ontario to get 17 new ridings, including a constituency that is largely Indigenous". Toronto Star . Archived from the original on December 6, 2017. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
6. Representation Statute Law Amendment Act, 2017 , S.O. 2017, c. 18
7. Benzie, Robert (August 1, 2024). "Ford government to break with tradition and not adopt federal boundary changes for next election". Toronto Star . Archived from the original on September 16, 2024. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
8. Benzie, Robert (July 29, 2024). "Doug Ford may be getting ready for an early election — but it's not clear how many ridings Ontario will have". Toronto Star . Retrieved February 28, 2025.

External links

• Elections Ontario