Ontario New Democratic Party candidates in the 1985 Ontario provincial election

Last updated

The New Democratic Party of Ontario ran a full slate of candidates in the 1985 Ontario provincial election , and won 25 out of 130 seats to become the third-largest party in the legislature. Many of the party's candidates have their own biography pages; information on others may be found here.

Contents

Central Ontario

Riding
Candidate's NameNotesResidenceOccupationVotes %Rank
Dufferin—Simcoe Goetz Koechlin4,3163rd
Hastings—Peterborough Elmer Buchanan 4,4923rd
Muskoka–Georgian Bay Robert Maguire2,8363rd
Northumberland Judi Armstrong3,2473rd
Peterborough Linda Slavin11,9412nd
Simcoe Centre Paul Wessenger Lawyer9,6393rd
Simcoe East Fayne Bullen11,0022nd
Victoria—Haliburton Arthur Field3,2093rd

Eastern Ontario/Ottawa

Riding
Candidate's NameNotesResidenceOccupationVotes %Rank
Carleton Beatrice Murray7,1653rd
Carleton East Joan Gullen8,8293rd
Cornwall Stephen Corrie5,8283rd
Frontenac—Addington Lars Thompson3,7233rd
Kingston and the Islands Pamela Cross3,8923rd
Lanark Donald Page3,2973rd
Leeds Robert Smith3,5833rd
Ottawa Centre Evelyn Gigantes Member of Provincial Parliament for Carleton East (1975–1981)Radio/television broadcaster11,8901st
Ottawa East Kathryn Barnard3,9712nd
Ottawa South John Smart8,3113rd
Ottawa West Gregory Ross4,4273rd
Prescott and Russell Maurice Landry2,6253rd
Prince Edward—Lennox Henry Plummer2,3073rd
Quinte Eugene Morosan1,8173rd
Renfrew North Robert Cottingham7403rd
Renfrew South Frederick Theilheimer3,4203rd
Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry Ruediger Derstroff1,7003rd

Greater Toronto Area

Riding
Candidate's NameNotesResidenceOccupationVotes %Rank
Armourdale Robert Hebdon5,4293rd
Beaches—Woodbine Marion Bryden Member of Provincial Parliament for Beaches—Woodbine (1975–1990)Researcher/statistician12,6721st
Bellwoods Ross McClellan Member of Provincial Parliament for Bellwoods (1975–1987) Social worker 8,0881st
Brampton Terence Gorman8,3133rd
Burlington South Walter Mulkewich10,8203rd
Don Mills Michael Wyatt6,1533rd
Dovercourt Tony Lupusella Member of Provincial Parliament for Dovercourt (1975–1990)6,6772nd
Downsview Odoardo Di Santo Member of Provincial Parliament for Downsview (1975–1985)Paralegal11,0132nd
Durham East Douglas Smith9,8322nd
Durham West Donald Stewart8,4953rd
Durham—York Margaret Wilbur5,4403rd
Eglinton John Goodfellow4,8803rd
Etobicoke Ed Philip Member of Provincial Parliament for Etobicoke (1975–1987) Rexdale, Toronto 16,7921st
Halton—Burlington Douglas Hamilton4,8713rd
High Park—Swansea Elaine Ziemba 9,6302nd
Humber Peter Sutherland5,1603rd
Lakeshore Ruth Grier Member of Etobicoke City Council for Mimico (1969–1985)11,5391st
Mississauga East Larry Taylor12,0153rd
Mississauga North Sylvia Weylie9,9433rd
Mississauga South Barry Stevens4,7703rd
Oakville Kevin Flynn4,3903rd
Oakwood Tony Grande Member of Provincial Parliament for Oakwood (1975–1987)Teacher10,4071st
Oriole Lorne Strachan3,6603rd
Oshawa Michael Breaugh Member of Provincial Parliament for Oshawa (1975–1990)Teacher12,6861st
Parkdale Richard Gilbert5,1362nd
Riverdale David Reville Member of Toronto City Council for Ward 7 (1980–1985)9,8691st
Scarborough Centre Sydney Christensen7,5773rd
Scarborough East Alawi Mohideen4,3813rd
Scarborough—Ellesmere David Warner Member of Provincial Parliament for Scarborough—Ellesmere (1975–1981)Teacher10,1191st
Scarborough North Jerry Daca9,0723rd
Scarborough West Richard Johnston Member of Provincial Parliament for Scarborough West (1979–1990) Social worker 12,8891st
St. Andrew—St. Patrick Margaret Griffiths8,3732nd
St. David Barbara Hall4,8783rd
St. George Diana Hunt10,5432nd
Wilson Heights Howard Moscoe Member of North York City Council for Ward 4 (1978–1985) Toronto Teacher7,7933rd
York East Gordon Crann9,1832nd
York Mills Gordon Doctorow6,8723rd
York South Bob Rae Leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party (1982–1996)
Member of Provincial Parliament for York South (1982–1996)
Member of Parliament for Broadview–Greenwood (1978–1982)
Member of Parliament for Broadview (1978–1979)		Lawyer16,3731st
York West Philip Jones6,9303rd
Yorkview Michael Foster12,6582nd

Hamilton/Niagara

Riding
Candidate's NameNotesResidenceOccupationVotes%Rank
Brock Robert Woolston3,8673rd
Erie Shirley Summers3,1913rd
Hamilton Centre Michael Davison8,8002nd
Hamilton East Robert W. Mackenzie Member of Provincial Parliament for Hamilton East (1975–1995) Union leader (United Steelworkers)13,7741st
Hamilton Mountain Brian Charlton Member of Provincial Parliament for Hamilton Mountain (1977–1995) Hamilton Property assessor13,8711st
Hamilton West Richard Allen Member of Provincial Parliament for Hamilton West (1982–1995) Dundas Professor at McMaster University 10,1821st
Lincoln Barbara Mersereau2,2643rd
Niagara Falls Deloris Skilton6,7783rd
St. Catharines Michael CormierLawyer/Professor at the University of Western Ontario 5,6243rd
Welland–Thorold Mel Swart Member of Provincial Parliament for Welland–Thorold (1977–1988)
Member of Provincial Parliament for Welland (1975–1977)
Mayor of Thorold (1955–1965)
Member of Thorold Town Council (1948–1954)		17,0651st
Wentworth Sharon Lehnert8,5712nd
Wentworth North Linda Spencer6,1583rd

Northern Ontario

Riding
Candidate's NameNotesResidenceOccupationVotes%Rank
Algoma Bud Wildman Member of Provincial Parliament for Algoma (1975–1999) Echo Bay Teacher7,5751st
Algoma—Manitoulin Leonard Hembruff3,3093rd
Cochrane North Andre-Maurice Philippe2,8783rd
Cochrane South Roger Loiselle5,6622nd
Fort William Donald Smith7,0712nd
Kenora Colin Wasacase4,0252nd
Lake Nipigon Gilles Pouliot Mayor of Manitouwadge Manitouwadge Miner5,7081st
Nickel Belt Floyd Laughren Member of Provincial Parliament for Nickel Belt (1971–1998) Sudbury Professor at Cambrian College 8,9121st
Nipissing Lynne Bennett3,9843rd
Parry Sound Leo Gagne1,1303rd
Port Arthur Jim Foulds Member of Provincial Parliament for Port Arthur (1971–1987)Teacher13,0841st
Rainy River Howard Hampton Lawyer4,7752nd
Sault Ste. Marie Karl Morin-Strom Financial analyst16,3621st
Sudbury Ernest St. Jean7,0102nd
Sudbury East Elie Martel Member of Provincial Parliament for Sudbury East (1967–1987) Sudbury Teacher17,2411st
Timiskaming David Ramsay Belle Vallée Farmer10,7651st

Southwestern Ontario

Riding
Candidate's NameNotesResidenceOccupationVotes%Rank
Brant—Oxford—Norfolk Irene Heltner3,4873rd
Brantford Jack TubmanCandidate for Brantford City Council (Ward 3) in the 1974 Brantford municipal election Brantford President of the Canadian Auto Workers Local 397 [1] [2] 12,3032nd
Cambridge Alexander Dufresne11,9852nd
Chatham—Kent Ronald Franko5,5353rd
Elgin James Campbell5,3153rd
Essex North Pat Hayes Work safety professional/Union official (CAW)7,9011st
Essex South Paul Hertel2,6774th
Grey Rhonda Green2,4023rd
Grey–Bruce Jo-Anne Shaw2,3403rd
Haldimand—Norfolk Wayne Pierce3,8213rd
Huron–Bruce Norma Peterson1,9923rd
Huron–Middlesex Paul Klopp Bluewater Farmer1,1483rd
Kent–Elgin Donald Alexander1,9163rd
Kitchener Timothy Little5,6543rd
Kitchener—Wilmot Mike Cooper Rubber worker4,6733rd
Lambton Grant Reynolds1,9873rd
London Centre Peter Cassidy4,3403rd
London North Marion Boyd London 5,1913rd
London South David Winninger Lawyer5,0803rd
Middlesex Larry Green2,1693rd
Oxford Wayne Colbran5,6603rd
Perth Warren Ham2,7963rd
Sarnia Duncan Longwell3,5723rd
Waterloo North Richard Gerson6,1583rd
Wellington—Dufferin—Peel William Young6,3953rd
Wellington South Derek Fletcher Press operator6,6413rd
Windsor—Riverside Dave Cooke Member of Provincial Parliament for Windsor—Riverside (1977–1997) Windsor Social worker 17,8831st
Windsor—Sandwich Paul Forder7,5832nd
Windsor—Walkerville Gary Parent6,6983rd

References

  1. ↑ CAW President Buzz Hargrove speech to CAW Council, 2–4 December 2005, accessed 19 October 2010.
  2. ↑ Vincent Ball, "Labour activist 'wanted to make life better for everyone'," Brantford Expositor, 17 November 2005, A4.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.