List of Ontario general elections

Number of seats won by major parties at each election

	CCF / NDP			Liberal			United Farmers of Ontario
	Progressive Conservative			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 124 seats. As of December 2016 ^[update] , Ontario elections are held in the first Thursday in June in the fourth calendar year following polling day in the most recent general election. ^[1]

Prior to 1867, Canada's confederation, elections had been held in Ontario to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada, starting in 1792.

Results by general election

Number of seats won by major parties at each election

Year	Elected Premier		PC [a]		Liberal [b]		NDP [c]		UFO [d]		Ind.		Other		Total seats
			Seats	Votes (%)	Seats	Votes (%)	Seats	Votes (%)	Seats	Votes (%)	Seats	Votes (%)	Seats	Votes (%)
2022		Doug Ford	83	40.8	8	23.9	31	23.74			1		Green	1	124
2018			76	40.5	7	19.6	40	33.57						1
2014		Kathleen Wynne	28	31.25	58	38.7	21	23.75							107
2011		Dalton McGuinty	37	35.4	53	37.7	17	22.73
2007			26	31.6	71	42.3	10	16.8							107
2003			24	34.7	72	46.4	7	14.7							103
1999		Mike Harris	59	45.1	35	39.9	9	12.6
1995			82	44.8	30	31.1	17	20.6			1				130
1990		Bob Rae	20	23.5	36	32.4	74	37.6
1987		David Peterson	16	24.7	95	47.3	19	25.7
1985			52 [e]	37	48 [f]	37.9	25	23.8							125
1981		Bill Davis	70	44.4	34	33.7	21	21.2
1977			58	39.7	34	31.4	33	28
1975			51	36.1	36	34.3	38	28.9
1971			78	44.5	20	27.8	19	27.1							117
1967		John Robarts	69	42.3	28	31.7	20	25.9
1963			77	48.9	24	35.1	7	15.5							108
1959		Leslie Frost	71	46.3	22	36.6	5	16.7							98
1955			84	48.5	11	33.2	3	16.5
1951			79	48.5	8	31.5	2	19.1					Labor-Progressive	1	90
1948		George A. Drew	53	41.5	14		21	27						2
1945			66	44.3	14		8	22.4						2
1943			38	35.7	16		34	31.7						2
1937		Mitchell Hepburn	23	40	66			5.6	1	0.5
1934			17	39.8	69		1	7	1	0.6	1		Labour	1
1929		Howard Ferguson	92	58.8	14				1	1.3			Progressive (4), Labour (1)	5	112
1926			74	57.6	23				3	1.3			Progressive (11), Labour (1)	12
1923			75	49.8	14				17	21.0	1		Labour	4	111
1919		Ernest Drury	25	34.9	29				45	21.0			Soldier (1), Labour (11)	12
1914		Sir James Whitney	84	55.3	26							1
1911			83	55.6	22								Labour	1	106
1908			86	54.7	19									1
1905			69	53.37	29										98
1902		Sir George William Ross	48	49.7	50
1898		Arthur Hardy	43	47.7	51										94
1894		Sir Oliver Mowat	30	27.8	58						1		Patrons of Industry (3); P.P.A. (2)	5
1890			36	39.9	55										91
1886			32	47	57						1				90
1883			37	46.6	50						3				88
1879			29	47.8	57						2
1875			36	46.8	51						3
1871		Edward Blake	37	45.9	43								Conservative-Liberal	1	82
1867		John Sandfield Macdonald	41	50.3	41

See also

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

References

1. Election Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016, S.O. 2016, c. 33 - Bill 45

• "Composition Of Legislature Following Ontario General Elections (1867 - 1902)". Elections Ontario. Government of Ontario. Archived from the original on 2010-12-10. 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.

Notes

1. Includes all results for Progressive Conservatives (from 1943), Conservative–Equal Rights, Conservative-Patron, Conservative–P.P.A., Liberal-Conservative and Conservative Independent.
2. Includes all results for Liberal-P.P.A., Liberal-Patron, Liberal-Equal Rights, Liberal-Temperance, Liberal-United Farmers and Liberal Independent.
3. Includes all results for Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (Ontario Section) (CCF) prior to 1961.
4. Includes all results for Labour-United Farmers.
5. Despite winning the election, they were defeated in the legislature by the Liberal Party and their support from the NDP.
6. Although they had fewer seats than the Conservatives, the Liberals formed a minority government with the support of the NDP.

External links

• Elections Ontario