Ontario general election, 2007
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The Ontario general election of 2007 was held on October 10, 2007 to elect members (MPPs) of the 39th Legislative Assembly
39th Legislative Assembly of Ontario
The 39th Legislative Assembly of Ontario is the current legislature of the government of the Province of Ontario, Canada. It officially opened November 29, 2007, at Queen's Park in Toronto. The membership was set by the 2007 Ontario general election on October 10, 2007.It is controlled by a...

 of the Province of Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. The Liberals under 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 set a record for the lowest voter turnout in an Ontario provincial election; only 52.8% people who were eligible voted. This broke the previous record of 54.7% in the 1923 election
Ontario general election, 1923
The Ontario general election, 1923 was the 16th general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on June 25, 1923, to elect the 111 Members of the 16th Legislative Assembly of Ontario ....

.

As a result of legislation passed by the Legislature in 2004, election dates are now fixed by formula
Fixed election dates in Canada
In Canada, some Canadian jurisdictions have passed legislation fixing election dates, so that elections occur on a more regular cycle and the date of a forthcoming election is publicly known...

 so that an election is held approximately four years after the previous election, unless the government is defeated by a vote of "no confidence"
Motion of no confidence
A motion of no confidence is a parliamentary motion whose passing would demonstrate to the head of state that the elected parliament no longer has confidence in the appointed government.-Overview:Typically, when a parliament passes a vote of no...

 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; 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
Shemini Atzeret
Shemini Atzeret is a Jewish holiday. It is celebrated on the 22nd day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei. In the Diaspora, an additional day is celebrated, the second day being separately referred to as Simchat Torah...

, which fell on October 4, 2007.

In the same election, there was a provincial referendum
Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
An Ontario electoral reform referendum was held on October 10, 2007, in an attempt to establish a mixed member proportional representation system for elections to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario...

 on whether to change from first-past-the-post
Plurality voting system
The plurality voting system is a single-winner voting system often used to elect executive officers or to elect members of a legislative assembly which is based on single-member constituencies...

 to mixed member proportional representation
Mixed member proportional representation
Mixed-member proportional representation, also termed mixed-member proportional voting and commonly abbreviated to MMP, is a voting system originally used to elect representatives to the German Bundestag, and nowadays adopted by numerous legislatures around the world...

, 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
Supermajority
A supermajority or a qualified majority is a requirement for a proposal to gain a specified level or type of support which exceeds a simple majority . In some jurisdictions, for example, parliamentary procedure requires that any action that may alter the rights of the minority has a supermajority...

 was required province-wide, with at least half the ridings also supporting it by a simple majority.

Liberal

Until just weeks before the election, the governing Liberal Party planned to run primarily on its record. The idea, advocated most often by campaign chair Greg Sorbara
Greg Sorbara
Gregory Sam "Greg" Sorbara, MPP a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Vaughan. Sorbara served as the Minister of Finance in the Ontario Liberal Party government of Premier Dalton McGuinty from 2003 to 2007.He resigned on October 11, 2005, following a police investigation involving...

, was to go to the people with the achievements of the previous four years and a message of good government. In the summer before the election, a subset of the campaign team began promoting the idea of polarizing the election around Progressive Conservative leader John Tory
John Tory
John Howard Tory is a Canadian businessman, political activist, former leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, former Member of Provincial Parliament and broadcaster...

's proposal to fund religious education, increase the role for the private sector in health care and reduce environmental protections. This view won out, and the Liberals determined their best strategy was to polarize the election into a referendum on public vs private. This would marginalize the NDP, while containing the threat from the right. It also had the added benefit of increasing the negatives for Tory, who had been enjoying positive media coverage for the most part in the build up to the campaign.

PC

The Progressive Conservative Party
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario , is a right-of-centre political party in Ontario, Canada. The party was known for many years as "Ontario's natural governing party." It has ruled the province for 80 of the years since Confederation, including an uninterrupted run from 1943 to 1985...

 (PC) plan was to attempt to polarize the election around leadership, using the advantage of John Tory
John Tory
John Howard Tory is a Canadian businessman, political activist, former leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, former Member of Provincial Parliament and broadcaster...

's high net positive public opinion ratings to turn the election into a referendum on the performance of Premier Dalton McGuinty
Dalton McGuinty
Dalton James Patrick McGuinty, Jr., MPP is a Canadian lawyer, politician and, since October 23, 2003, the 24th and current Premier of the Canadian province of Ontario....

. From the name of the platform to the campaign graphics, Tory was the new PC Party brand. Due to the involvement of a high number of veterans of the 1988 federal election
Canadian federal election, 1988
The Canadian federal election of 1988 was held November 21, 1988, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 34th Parliament of Canada. It was an election largely fought on a single issue: the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement ....

, there was considerable hope invested in a "bomb the bridge" strategy aimed at the perceived weak link in Liberal support. As John Turner
John Turner
John Napier Wyndham Turner, PC, CC, QC is an English Canadian lawyer and retired politician, who served as the 17th Prime Minister of Canada from June 30 to September 17, 1984....

 had proven vulnerable to direct attack in 1988, the PCs hoped McGuinty would prove similarly vulnerable in 2007 Ontario.

NDP

The Ontario New Democratic Party
Ontario New Democratic Party
The Ontario New Democratic Party or , formally known as New Democratic Party of Ontario, is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. It is a provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party. It was formed in October 1961, a few months after the federal party. The ONDP had its...

 (NDP) was focused on directly confronting the phenomenon of "strategic voting" which had seen NDP support fall in each of the three previous elections. They hoped that the election of a Liberal government would reduce the growing tendency of the electorate to polarize between the PCs and Liberals. By emphasizing populist issues like MPP pay increases, the NDP hoped to push down support for the Liberals generally, push voters to either opposition party and gain seats in those areas where the NDP was the logical non-Liberal vote.

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.

In Ontario at present, the Catholic school
Catholic school
Catholic schools are maintained parochial schools or education ministries of the Catholic Church. the Church operates the world's largest non-governmental school system...

 system is fully funded in the same manner as public schools. However, other religious schools, such as Jewish
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...

, Muslim
Islam
Islam . The most common are and .   : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...

 or Evangelical Christian
Evangelicalism
Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:...

 schools, are not funded by the province. This discrepancy has been cited as discriminatory by both the Supreme Court of Canada
Supreme Court of Canada
The Supreme Court of Canada is the highest court of Canada and is the final court of appeals in the Canadian justice system. The court grants permission to between 40 and 75 litigants each year to appeal decisions rendered by provincial, territorial and federal appellate courts, and its decisions...

 and the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...

 Human Rights Committee
Human Rights Committee
The United Nations Human Rights Committee is a United Nations body of 18 experts that meets three times a year for four-week sessions to consider the five-yearly reports submitted by 162 UN member states on their compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,...

, 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
Constitution of Canada
The Constitution of Canada is the supreme law in Canada; the country's constitution is an amalgamation of codified acts and uncodified traditions and conventions. It outlines Canada's system of government, as well as the civil rights of all Canadian citizens and those in Canada...

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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
Bill Murdoch
Bill Murdoch is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1990, and represents the riding of Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound as a Progressive Conservative....

 and Garfield Dunlop
Garfield Dunlop
thumb|Garfield Dunlop speaks at a Literacy conference in June 2009Garfield Dunlop is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Simcoe North for the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.Dunlop was educated at the...

, openly criticized the proposal during the election campaign. After heavy opposition, Tory changed his position later in the campaign, promising a free vote
Conscience vote
A conscience vote or free vote is a type of vote in a legislative body where legislators are allowed to vote according to their own personal conscience rather than according to an official line set down by their political party....

 on the issue.

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.

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
Howard Hampton
Howard George Hampton, MPP is a Canadian lawyer and politician. He has served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada, since 1987 as the Member of Provincial Parliament from the northern riding of Kenora—Rainy River. A member of the Ontario New Democratic Party, he was also the party's...

 criticized the media for focusing almost entirely on religious schools and virtually ignoring other issues.

Ridings

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

The 11 northern electoral districts are: Algoma—Manitoulin
Algoma—Manitoulin (provincial electoral district)
Algoma—Manitoulin is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1934....

, Kenora—Rainy River
Kenora—Rainy River (provincial electoral district)
Kenora—Rainy River is a provincial electoral district in northwestern Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999. It was created from Kenora, most of Rainy River and part of Lake Nipigon. The boundaries of the new district corresponded with the...

, Nickel Belt
Nickel Belt (provincial electoral district)
Nickel Belt is a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Ontario. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The district is located in Northern Ontario and includes much of the eastern and southern parts of the District of Sudbury, as well as most of Greater...

, Nipissing
Nipissing (provincial electoral district)
Nipissing is a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Ontario, which elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario...

, Parry Sound—Muskoka, Sault Ste. Marie
Sault Ste. Marie (provincial electoral district)
Sault Ste. Marie is a provincial electoral district in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1890 when it was created. The electoral district consists of the City of Sault Ste. Marie, bounded by Prince Township, and the Rankin Indian Reserve 15D....

, Sudbury
Sudbury (provincial electoral district)
Sudbury is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1908. It is one of the two districts serving the city of Greater Sudbury.Its population in 2001 was 89,443....

, Thunder Bay—Atikokan
Thunder Bay—Atikokan (provincial electoral district)
Thunder Bay—Atikokan is a provincial electoral district in northwestern Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999....

, Thunder Bay—Superior North
Thunder Bay—Superior North (provincial electoral district)
Thunder Bay—Superior North is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.The district is in the northwestern part of the province of Ontario....

, Timiskaming—Cochrane
Timiskaming—Cochrane (provincial electoral district)
Timiskaming—Cochrane is a provincial electoral district in northern Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.-History:...

, and Timmins—James Bay
Timmins—James Bay (provincial electoral district)
Timmins—James Bay is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999...

.

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 by party

Candidates

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Party Seats Second Third Fourth Fifth
Liberal
Ontario Liberal Party
The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and...

71 34 2 0 0
Progressive Conservative 26 58 22 1 0
New Democrats
Ontario New Democratic Party
The Ontario New Democratic Party or , formally known as New Democratic Party of Ontario, is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. It is a provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party. It was formed in October 1961, a few months after the federal party. The ONDP had its...

10 14 65 18 0
Green
Green Party of Ontario
The Green Party of Ontario is a political party in Ontario, Canada. The party is led by Mike Schreiner. It has never held any seats in the Ontario Legislative Assembly; however, the party did see significant gains in the 2007 provincial election, earning 8% of the popular vote with some candidates...

0 1 18 88 0
Family Coalition
Family Coalition Party of Ontario
The Family Coalition Party is a small political party in Ontario, Canada that promotes a socially conservative ideology. It was formed in 1987 by members of the pro-life organization Campaign Life Coalition, and has fielded candidates in every provincial election since then...

0 0 0 0 65
Libertarian
Ontario Libertarian Party
The Ontario Libertarian Party is a political party in Ontario, Canada that was founded in 1975 by Bruce Evoy, Vince Miller, and others, inspired by the formation three years earlier of the US Libertarian Party. The Party is guided by adherence to the philosophical ideas of Austrian Economics and...

0 0 0 0 16
Independents
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...

0 0 0 0 6
Freedom
Freedom Party of Ontario
The Freedom Party of Ontario is a provincial political party in Ontario, Canada. It was founded on January 1, 1984 in London, Ontario by Robert Metz and Marc Emery, as a successor to the Unparty....

0 0 0 0 2
Communist 0 0 0 0 1

Incumbent MPPs who did not run for re-election

  • Marie Bountrogianni
    Marie Bountrogianni
    Marie Bountrogianni BA, MEd, D.Ed is a psychologist, politician, and was the President and Executive Director of ROM Governors. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and a cabinet minister in the government of Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty.Bountrogianni was born in Hamilton,...

    , Ontario Liberal Party
    Ontario Liberal Party
    The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and...

    , Hamilton Mountain
    Hamilton Mountain (provincial electoral district)
    Hamilton Mountain is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1977...

  • Mary Anne Chambers
    Mary Anne Chambers
    Mary Anne Veronica Chambers is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2003 until 2007, and served in the cabinet in the government of Premier Dalton McGuinty.-Background:...

    , Ontario Liberal Party
    Ontario Liberal Party
    The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and...

    , Scarborough East
    Scarborough East
    Scarborough East was a Canadian electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 2003, and was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario to 2007, and on Toronto City Council....

  • Judy Marsales
    Judy Marsales
    Judy Marsales is a businessperson and politician in Ontario, Canada. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the former riding of Hamilton West as a member of the Ontario Liberal Party ....

    , Ontario Liberal Party
    Ontario Liberal Party
    The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and...

    , Hamilton West
  • Shelley Martel
    Shelley Martel
    Shelley Dawn Marie Martel is a Canadian politician. A former member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, she represented the riding of Sudbury East from 1987 to 1999, and Nickel Belt from 1999 until 2007, as a New Democrat....

    , Ontario New Democratic Party
    Ontario New Democratic Party
    The Ontario New Democratic Party or , formally known as New Democratic Party of Ontario, is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. It is a provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party. It was formed in October 1961, a few months after the federal party. The ONDP had its...

    , Nickel Belt
    Nickel Belt (provincial electoral district)
    Nickel Belt is a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Ontario. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The district is located in Northern Ontario and includes much of the eastern and southern parts of the District of Sudbury, as well as most of Greater...

  • Jennifer Mossop
    Jennifer Mossop
    Jennifer F. Mossop is a former politician and journalist in Ontario, Canada. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Stoney Creek for the Ontario Liberal Party from 2003 to 2007.-Journalism:...

    , Ontario Liberal Party
    Ontario Liberal Party
    The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and...

    , Stoney Creek
    Stoney Creek (electoral district)
    Stoney Creek was an electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2003 and in the legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2007. It was located in the Hamilton area of Southern Ontario...

  • Ernie Parsons
    Ernie Parsons
    Ernie Parsons is a Justice of the Peace and former politician in Ontario, Canada. Until 2007 he was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Prince Edward—Hastings for the Ontario Liberal Party.Parsons received a Civil Engineering degree from Carleton University...

    , Ontario Liberal Party
    Ontario Liberal Party
    The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and...

    , Prince Edward—Hastings
    Prince Edward—Hastings (provincial electoral district)
    Prince Edward—Hastings is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999. Its population in 2006 was 113,227.-History:...

  • Richard Patten
    Richard Patten
    Richard Andrew Patten is a politician in Ontario, Canada. Patten was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Ottawa Centre.-Biography:...

    , Ontario Liberal Party
    Ontario Liberal Party
    The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and...

    , Ottawa Centre
    Ottawa Centre (provincial electoral district)
    Ottawa Centre is an urban provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1968...


Opinion polls

Since the 2003 general election, several polls have been conducted to determine the current preference of voters. They showed a decline in Liberal support following the 2004 Ontario budget. Overall, support for the governing Liberals has declined slightly since the 2003 election, the NDP has gained some ground since the 2003 election, and the PCs' poll numbers have not changed significantly since 2003. Support for the Green Party has increased significantly, a shift which parallels 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 firm Date released Date poll conducted Liberal
Ontario Liberal Party
The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and...

PC NDP
Ontario New Democratic Party
The Ontario New Democratic Party or , formally known as New Democratic Party of Ontario, is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. It is a provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party. It was formed in October 1961, a few months after the federal party. The ONDP had its...

Green
Green Party of Ontario
The Green Party of Ontario is a political party in Ontario, Canada. The party is led by Mike Schreiner. It has never held any seats in the Ontario Legislative Assembly; however, the party did see significant gains in the 2007 provincial election, earning 8% of the popular vote with some candidates...

Harris-Decima October 9, 2007 October 6 – 7, 2007 42 31 17 10
SES Research
SES Research
Nanos Research is a Canadian public opinion and research company established in 1987. It is run by Nik Nanos, who also maintains a discussing political polling numbers....

October 9, 2007 October 6 – 7, 2007 43 31 18 9
Environics October 9, 2007 September 28 – October 2, 2007 46 31 20 3
Strategic Counsel October 8, 2007 October 6 – 7, 2007 42 27 19 11
Ipsos-Reid
Ipsos-Reid
Ipsos Reid is a research company based in Canada and is the Canadian arm of the global Ipsos Group. Founded in Winnipeg in 1979, the company expanded across the country and became part of the Ipsos Group in 2000....

October 6, 2007 October 2 – 4, 2007 43 32 18 6
Angus Reid Strategies
Angus Reid Strategies
Angus Reid Public Opinion is an international public affairs practice. It was established in 2006 under the name Angus Reid Strategies by Dr Angus Reid, a Canadian sociologist who founded his first research company in 1979. Reid sold the Angus Reid Group to Paris-based Ipsos SA in 2000...

October 5, 2007 October 4 – 5, 2007 40 34 19 7
Decima Research October 2, 2007 September 27 – October 1, 2007 43 32 14 10
SES Research
SES Research
Nanos Research is a Canadian public opinion and research company established in 1987. It is run by Nik Nanos, who also maintains a discussing political polling numbers....

October 2, 2007 September 28 – 30, 2007 44 34 15 7
Ipsos-Reid
Ipsos-Reid
Ipsos Reid is a research company based in Canada and is the Canadian arm of the global Ipsos Group. Founded in Winnipeg in 1979, the company expanded across the country and became part of the Ipsos Group in 2000....

September 29, 2007 September 25 – 27, 2007 43 33 17 6
Environics September 28, 2007 September 21 – 25, 2007 39 34 20 7
Decima Research
Decima Research
Decima Research is a public opinion and market research company in Canada, founded in 1979 by Progressive Conservative Party of Canada strategist Allan Gregg....

September 26, 2007 September 24 – 25, 2007 41 32 16 10
Angus Reid Strategies
Angus Reid Strategies
Angus Reid Public Opinion is an international public affairs practice. It was established in 2006 under the name Angus Reid Strategies by Dr Angus Reid, a Canadian sociologist who founded his first research company in 1979. Reid sold the Angus Reid Group to Paris-based Ipsos SA in 2000...

September 25, 2007 September 24 – 25, 2007 40 35 16 8
SES Research
SES Research
Nanos Research is a Canadian public opinion and research company established in 1987. It is run by Nik Nanos, who also maintains a discussing political polling numbers....

September 25, 2007 September 21 – 23, 2007 41 33 18 8
Ipsos-Reid
Ipsos-Reid
Ipsos Reid is a research company based in Canada and is the Canadian arm of the global Ipsos Group. Founded in Winnipeg in 1979, the company expanded across the country and became part of the Ipsos Group in 2000....

September 20, 2007 September 11 – 18, 2007 40 37 16 6
Decima Research September 19, 2007 September 13 – 17, 2007 41 32 14 12
Strategic Counsel September 18, 2007 September 13 – 16, 2007 40 34 16 10
Ipsos-Reid
Ipsos-Reid
Ipsos Reid is a research company based in Canada and is the Canadian arm of the global Ipsos Group. Founded in Winnipeg in 1979, the company expanded across the country and became part of the Ipsos Group in 2000....

September 15, 2007 September 4 – 13, 2007 40 37 16 6
Environics September 13, 2007 September 6 – 9, 2007 39 35 17
Angus Reid Strategies
Angus Reid Strategies
Angus Reid Public Opinion is an international public affairs practice. It was established in 2006 under the name Angus Reid Strategies by Dr Angus Reid, a Canadian sociologist who founded his first research company in 1979. Reid sold the Angus Reid Group to Paris-based Ipsos SA in 2000...

September 13, 2007 September 7 – 8, 2007 39 37 13 10
Decima Research
Decima Research
Decima Research is a public opinion and market research company in Canada, founded in 1979 by Progressive Conservative Party of Canada strategist Allan Gregg....

September 12, 2007 September 5 – 8, 2007 41 33 13 11
Ipsos-Reid
Ipsos-Reid
Ipsos Reid is a research company based in Canada and is the Canadian arm of the global Ipsos Group. Founded in Winnipeg in 1979, the company expanded across the country and became part of the Ipsos Group in 2000....

September 10, 2007 August 30 – September 8, 2007 41 36 17 6
SES Research
SES Research
Nanos Research is a Canadian public opinion and research company established in 1987. It is run by Nik Nanos, who also maintains a discussing political polling numbers....

August 30, 2007 August 24 – 26, 2007 40 34 19 8
Ipsos-Reid
Ipsos-Reid
Ipsos Reid is a research company based in Canada and is the Canadian arm of the global Ipsos Group. Founded in Winnipeg in 1979, the company expanded across the country and became part of the Ipsos Group in 2000....

August 28, 2007 August 14 – 23, 2007 42 35 16 6
Ipsos-Reid
Ipsos-Reid
Ipsos Reid is a research company based in Canada and is the Canadian arm of the global Ipsos Group. Founded in Winnipeg in 1979, the company expanded across the country and became part of the Ipsos Group in 2000....

August 21, 2007 August 7 – 16, 2007 40 37 17 6
The Strategic Counsel August 20, 2007 August 9 – 14, 2007 40 35 18 8
Ipsos-Reid
Ipsos-Reid
Ipsos Reid is a research company based in Canada and is the Canadian arm of the global Ipsos Group. Founded in Winnipeg in 1979, the company expanded across the country and became part of the Ipsos Group in 2000....

July 3, 2007 June 19 – 28, 2007 39 36 17 7
Environics July 2, 2007 June 5 – 30, 2007 40 39 20
Pollara
Pollara
Pollara is a Canadian public opinion and research company. Founded as Insight Canada Research in the early 1980s by current owner and chairman, Michael Marzolini, the company name was changed in 1997 to Pollara....

June 16, 2007 June 7–10, 2007 37 37 19
SES Research
SES Research
Nanos Research is a Canadian public opinion and research company established in 1987. It is run by Nik Nanos, who also maintains a discussing political polling numbers....

June 3, 2007 May 11–15, 2007 35 35 19 11
Environics May 18, 2007 March 13–April 3, 2007 33 38 26
Ipsos-Reid
Ipsos-Reid
Ipsos Reid is a research company based in Canada and is the Canadian arm of the global Ipsos Group. Founded in Winnipeg in 1979, the company expanded across the country and became part of the Ipsos Group in 2000....

 
February 24, 2007
38 33 17 9
Environics January 5, 2007 December 8–30, 2006 39 37 21
SES Research
SES Research
Nanos Research is a Canadian public opinion and research company established in 1987. It is run by Nik Nanos, who also maintains a discussing political polling numbers....

December 17, 2006 November 25–27, 2006 42 35 16 7
Environics October 26, 2006 September 18 – October 12, 2006 42 33 23
EKOS
Ekos
Ekos or EKOS can mean the following:*EKOS Research Associates - a Canadian polling firm*Ekos * A planet in "Patterns of Force ."...

 
October 18, 2006 October 10–12, 2006 42.4 36.2 19.6
SES Research
SES Research
Nanos Research is a Canadian public opinion and research company established in 1987. It is run by Nik Nanos, who also maintains a discussing political polling numbers....

October 7, 2006 September 30 – October 3, 2006 35 29 18 7
Environics September 9, 2006 June 2–24, 2006 35 36 27 -
Vector Research May 14, 2006
39 38 18 5
Environics April 13, 2006
34 39 24
SES Research
SES Research
Nanos Research is a Canadian public opinion and research company established in 1987. It is run by Nik Nanos, who also maintains a discussing political polling numbers....

March 23, 2006
41 34 20 5
Léger Marketing
Léger Marketing
Leger Marketing is the largest solely Canadian owned polling and market research firm in Canada with 650 employees, including 103 professionals. Leger Marketing provides access to Canadian and American markets...

March 22, 2006
34 34 20
SES Research
SES Research
Nanos Research is a Canadian public opinion and research company established in 1987. It is run by Nik Nanos, who also maintains a discussing political polling numbers....

February 17, 2006
41 37 18 4
Vector Research January 21, 2006
36 35 23 6
Environics October 16, 2005
42 35 21
Vector Research September 19, 2005
33 41 20 6
SES Research June 14, 2005
41 35 21 4
Léger Marketing June 8, 2005
42 34 17
Léger Marketing April 29, 2005
36 37 19
Vector Research April 13, 2005
35 41 18 5
Environics April 11, 2005
35 41 21
Léger Marketing March 17, 2005
44 33 19
Vector Research December 16, 2004
39 32 24 5
Environics December 2004
37 39 23
Environics December 11, 2004
35 40 23
Léger Marketing September 2004
37 35 19
Vector Research August 22, 2004
37 32 23 9
Environics August 9, 2004
35 37 23 4
Ipsos-Reid
Ipsos-Reid
Ipsos Reid is a research company based in Canada and is the Canadian arm of the global Ipsos Group. Founded in Winnipeg in 1979, the company expanded across the country and became part of the Ipsos Group in 2000....

June 14, 2004
32 39 23 6
SES Research June 5, 2004
34 41 20
Decima Research
Decima Research
Decima Research is a public opinion and market research company in Canada, founded in 1979 by Progressive Conservative Party of Canada strategist Allan Gregg....

May 27, 2004
32 29 21
Environics May 6, 2004
45 33 20 1
Ipsos-Reid April 19, 2004
45 30 19 5
SES Research January 23, 2004
49 29 10
Environics January 21, 2004
50 30 16 3
Ipsos-Reid December 14, 2003
51 27 16 6
Ipsos-Reid November 8, 2003
56 27 12 5
Environics October 30, 2003
49 29 18 2
Last election
Ontario general election, 2003
The Ontario general election of 2003 was held on October 2, 2003, to elect the 103 members of the 38th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada....

 (October 2, 2003)
46.4 34.6 14.7 2.8

Riding specific polls

Riding Polling firm Date released Date poll conducted
Liberal
Ontario Liberal Party
The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and...

PC NDP
Ontario New Democratic Party
The Ontario New Democratic Party or , formally known as New Democratic Party of Ontario, is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. It is a provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party. It was formed in October 1961, a few months after the federal party. The ONDP had its...

Green
Green Party of Ontario
The Green Party of Ontario is a political party in Ontario, Canada. The party is led by Mike Schreiner. It has never held any seats in the Ontario Legislative Assembly; however, the party did see significant gains in the 2007 provincial election, earning 8% of the popular vote with some candidates...

Don Valley West
Don Valley West (provincial electoral district)
Don Valley West is a provincial electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.It was created in 1999 from parts of Don Mills, York Mills, York East and Eglinton....

COMPAS October 1, 2007 September 25 – 29, 2007 52 37 5 6
Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound
Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound (provincial electoral district)
Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound is a provincial electoral district in western Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario....

Oraclepoll Research
Oraclepoll Research
Oraclepoll Research is a Canadian based polling and market research company. The company, which maintains offices in Toronto, Montreal and Sudbury, is a full service market research and public opinion company that conducts telephone research, online surveys, focus groups as well as face to face and...

October 4, 2007 October 2 – 3, 2007 21 37 13 27
Nickel Belt
Nickel Belt (provincial electoral district)
Nickel Belt is a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Ontario. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The district is located in Northern Ontario and includes much of the eastern and southern parts of the District of Sudbury, as well as most of Greater...

Oraclepoll Research
Oraclepoll Research
Oraclepoll Research is a Canadian based polling and market research company. The company, which maintains offices in Toronto, Montreal and Sudbury, is a full service market research and public opinion company that conducts telephone research, online surveys, focus groups as well as face to face and...

October 4, 2007 October 2 – 3, 2007 41 7 49 3

Timeline

  • May 13, 2004 - Andrea Horwath
    Andrea Horwath
    Andrea Horwath , is a Canadian activist and politician. She is the Leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party in Canada. She is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Hamilton Centre, and was chosen as the party's leader at its 2009 leadership convention.She is...

     of the NDP is elected in a by-election in Hamilton East
    Hamilton East (provincial electoral district)
    Hamilton East is a former provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1894 to 2007, when it was redistributed between the new ridings of Hamilton Centre and Hamilton East—Stoney Creek...

     and collects over 60% of the vote. The riding was previously held by the Liberals.
  • May 18, 2004 - The 2004 Ontario budget is announced. Given its tax increase and healthcare cuts, it is unpopular with the public.
  • June 1, 2004 - Bill 87, which would establish fixed election dates, is introduced in the Legislative Assembly.
  • August 9, 2004 - A poll by Environics shows the Liberals in second place for the first time since the last election. The NDP is also rising in support. According to the poll, the Progressive Conservatives lead with 37% followed by the Liberals with 35%, the NDP with 23% and the Greens with 4%.
  • September 18, 2004 - John Tory
    John Tory
    John Howard Tory is a Canadian businessman, political activist, former leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, former Member of Provincial Parliament and broadcaster...

     becomes leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party replacing outgoing former premier Ernie Eves
    Ernie Eves
    Ernest Lawrence "Ernie" Eves was the 23rd Premier of the province of Ontario, Canada, from April 15, 2002, to October 23, 2003.-Beginnings:...

     and defeating Jim Flaherty
    Jim Flaherty
    James Michael "Jim" Flaherty, PC, MP is Canada's Minister of Finance and he has also served as Ontario's Minister of Finance. From 1995 until 2005, he was the Member of Provincial Parliament for Whitby—Ajax, and a member of the Progressive Conservative Party caucus...

     and Frank Klees
    Frank Klees
    Frank Klees is a Canadian politician and the Progressive Conservative member of Provincial Parliament for the riding of Newmarket—Aurora north of Toronto. He was a candidate in the 2009 Progressive Conservative leadership election placing second behind victor Tim Hudak.-Early life:Klees was born...

    .
  • January 31, 2005 - Eves
    Ernie Eves
    Ernest Lawrence "Ernie" Eves was the 23rd Premier of the province of Ontario, Canada, from April 15, 2002, to October 23, 2003.-Beginnings:...

     resigns his seat in the provincial legislature, clearing the way for Tory to run in the resulting by-election
    By-election
    A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....

    .
  • March 17, 2005 - Tory is elected in the Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey
    Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey (provincial electoral district)
    Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey is a former provincial electoral district in southwestern Ontario, Canada that elected one Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. It was created in 1999 from Wellington, Grey and Dufferin—Peel...

     by-election, holding the seat for the Conservatives.
  • March 29, 2005 - Tory is officially installed as the Leader of the Opposition.
  • August 18, 2005 - Speaker
    Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
    The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario is the presiding officer of the provincial legislature. Since 1990 the position has been elected by MPPs using a secret ballot. Previously, the Speaker had been appointed by the Premier of Ontario after consultation with the Leader of the...

     Alvin Curling
    Alvin Curling
    Alvin Curling is a prominent Black Canadian. He was Canada's envoy to the Dominican Republic from 2005-2006. A former politician in Ontario, Canada, he was Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario until he resigned on August 19, 2005 to accept his diplomatic appointment...

     resigns his Scarborough—Rouge River
    Scarborough—Rouge River (provincial electoral district)
    Scarborough—Rouge River is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999....

     seat to accept a diplomatic appointment. A by-election must be called within six months.
  • October 26, 2005 - A by-election is called for Scarborough—Rouge River for November 24.
  • November 24, 2005 - Bas Balkissoon
    Bas Balkissoon
    Bas Balkissoon is a politician in Toronto, Ontario. Formerly the Toronto city councillor representing Ward 41 in northeast area of Scarborough, Balkissoon won election to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario on November 24, 2005 as the Liberal Member of Provincial Parliament for Scarborough—Rouge...

     wins in the Scarborough–Rouge River
    Scarborough—Rouge River (provincial electoral district)
    Scarborough—Rouge River is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999....

     by-election, holding the seat for the Liberals.
  • November 29, 2005 - Progressive Conservative MPPs Jim Flaherty
    Jim Flaherty
    James Michael "Jim" Flaherty, PC, MP is Canada's Minister of Finance and he has also served as Ontario's Minister of Finance. From 1995 until 2005, he was the Member of Provincial Parliament for Whitby—Ajax, and a member of the Progressive Conservative Party caucus...

    , John Baird
    John Baird (Canadian politician)
    John Russell Baird, PC, MP is a Canadian politician currently serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen Harper....

    , and NDP MPP Marilyn Churley resign their seats in the provincial legislature to run for seats in the Canadian House of Commons
    Canadian House of Commons
    The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...

     in the 2006 federal election
    Canadian federal election, 2006
    The 2006 Canadian federal election was held on January 23, 2006, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 39th Parliament of Canada. The Conservative Party of Canada won the greatest number of seats: 40.3% of seats, or 124 out of 308, up from 99 seats in 2004, and 36.3% of votes:...

    .
  • March 1, 2006 - By-elections are called for the ridings of Toronto—Danforth
    Toronto—Danforth (provincial electoral district)
    Toronto—Danforth is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999...

    , Nepean—Carleton
    Nepean—Carleton
    Nepean—Carleton is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1988 and since 1997....

    , and Whitby—Ajax
    Whitby—Ajax
    Whitby—Ajax was a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2003, and the in Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2007...

     for March 30. These seats became vacant when they were resigned on November 29, 2005, so the MPPs could run in the federal election of January 2006.
  • March 30, 2006 - the NDP's Peter Tabuns
    Peter Tabuns
    Peter Charles Tabuns is a Canadian politician. He is serving as a member of the Ontario Legislative Assembly where he represents the riding of Toronto-Danforth as a member of the New Democratic Party. He launched a bid to lead the party after the previous leader, Howard Hampton, resigned. A...

     wins the Toronto—Danforth
    Toronto—Danforth (provincial electoral district)
    Toronto—Danforth is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999...

     by-election, Progressive Conservative Lisa MacLeod
    Lisa MacLeod
    Lisa MacLeod is a Canadian politician, who was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario on March 30, 2006 and subsequently re-elected on October 10, 2007...

     wins in Nepean—Carleton
    Nepean—Carleton (provincial electoral district)
    Nepean-Carleton is a provincial electoral district in eastern Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.The riding was represented in the Ontario legislature by Progressive Conservative John Baird since it became a provincial riding in 1999 until he resigned in...

    , and Progressive Conservative Christine Elliott
    Christine Elliott
    Christine Janice Elliott is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in a byelection on March 30, 2006. Elliott was a candidate in the 2009 Progressive Conservative leadership election and came in third place behind winner Tim Hudak and runner-up Frank...

     wins in Whitby-Ajax. The Liberals' star candidates in all three ridings fell short.
  • May 18, 2006 - Former Education Minister Gerard Kennedy
    Gerard Kennedy
    Gerard Michael Kennedy is a Canadian politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as Ontario's Minister of Education from 2003 to 2006, when he resigned to make an unsuccessful bid for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada...

     resigns his Parkdale—High Park
    Parkdale—High Park (provincial electoral district)
    Parkdale—High Park is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999....

     seat to pursue his bid for the federal Liberal
    Liberal Party of Canada
    The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...

     leadership.
  • September 14, 2006 - Cheri DiNovo
    Cheri DiNovo
    Cheri DiNovo, MPP, is a Canadian social democratic politician. She is an United Church of Canada minister and previously headed the Emmanuel-Howard Park congregation in Toronto, Ontario. As the New Democratic Party of Ontario candidate in Parkdale–High Park, she was elected to the Legislative...

     of the NDP
    Ontario New Democratic Party
    The Ontario New Democratic Party or , formally known as New Democratic Party of Ontario, is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. It is a provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party. It was formed in October 1961, a few months after the federal party. The ONDP had its...

     wins the by-election to replace Liberal Gerard Kennedy in Parkdale-High Park.

  • September 18, 2006 - Joe Cordiano, MPP for York South—Weston
    York South—Weston (provincial electoral district)
    York South—Weston is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.Its Member of Provincial Parliament is Liberal Laura Albanese.-Geography:...

    , resigns from cabinet and legislature to spend more time with family.
  • September 25, 2006 - Tony Wong, MPP for Markham
    Markham (electoral district)
    Markham was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada created in 1986. Also known as Markham—Whitchurch-Stouffville, it was a federal electoral district that elected representatives to the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 2000....

    , resigns from the legislature to run for York Region council in Markham, Ontario
    Markham, Ontario
    Markham is a town in the Regional Municipality of York, located within the Greater Toronto Area of Southern Ontario, Canada. The population was 261,573 at the 2006 Canadian census...

    .
  • September 28, 2006 - Cam Jackson
    Cam Jackson
    Cameron "Cam" Jackson is a Canadian politician. A Progressive Conservative, he was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1985, and held the office of Member of Provincial Parliament for Burlington until his resignation on September 28, 2006 to run for mayor of Burlington in the...

    , MPP for Burlington
    Burlington (provincial electoral district)
    Burlington is a provincial electoral district in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.It was created in 1999 from parts of Burlington South, Halton Centre, and a small part of South Oakville....

    , resigns from the Legislature to run for mayor of Burlington
    Burlington, Ontario
    Burlington , is a city located in Halton Region at the western end of Lake Ontario. Burlington is part of the Greater Toronto Area, and is also included in the Hamilton Census Metropolitan Area. Physically, Burlington lies between the north shore of Lake Ontario and the Niagara Escarpment...

    .
  • January 10, 2007 - By-elections
    Ontario provincial by-elections, 2007
    By-elections were held on February 8, 2007, in Ontario, Canada, to fill three vacancies in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. By-elections were held in three electoral districts : Burlington, Markham and York South–Weston....

     called in the ridings of: Burlington
    Burlington (provincial electoral district)
    Burlington is a provincial electoral district in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.It was created in 1999 from parts of Burlington South, Halton Centre, and a small part of South Oakville....

    ; Markham
    Markham (electoral district)
    Markham was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada created in 1986. Also known as Markham—Whitchurch-Stouffville, it was a federal electoral district that elected representatives to the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 2000....

    ; and York South—Weston
    York South—Weston (provincial electoral district)
    York South—Weston is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.Its Member of Provincial Parliament is Liberal Laura Albanese.-Geography:...

     to be held on February 8, 2007.
  • February 7, 2007 - The provincial government announces election date will be October 10, 2007 to avoid conflict with Shemini Atzeret
    Shemini Atzeret
    Shemini Atzeret is a Jewish holiday. It is celebrated on the 22nd day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei. In the Diaspora, an additional day is celebrated, the second day being separately referred to as Simchat Torah...

     on October 4.
  • February 8, 2007 - In three by-elections
    Ontario provincial by-elections, 2007
    By-elections were held on February 8, 2007, in Ontario, Canada, to fill three vacancies in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. By-elections were held in three electoral districts : Burlington, Markham and York South–Weston....

    , Paul Ferreira
    Paul Ferreira
    Paul Ferreira is a Canadian social democratic politician and one of the first openly gay politicians elected to provincial office in Canada. He also has the distinction of being the very first Azorean-Canadian MPP...

     of the NDP wins York South–Weston
    York South—Weston (provincial electoral district)
    York South—Weston is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.Its Member of Provincial Parliament is Liberal Laura Albanese.-Geography:...

     from the Liberals while Michael Chan
    Michael Chan (Canadian politician)
    Michael Chan is a Canadian politician. He is the Liberal Member of Provincial Parliament for the Ontario provincial riding of Markham-Unionville and Minister of Tourism and Culture in the provincial Liberal government headed by Dalton McGuinty...

      of the Liberals and Joyce Savoline
    Joyce Savoline
    Joyce Savoline is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the electoral district of Burlington for the Progressive Conservatives...

     of the PCs hold Markham
    Markham (electoral district)
    Markham was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada created in 1986. Also known as Markham—Whitchurch-Stouffville, it was a federal electoral district that elected representatives to the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 2000....

     and Burlington
    Burlington (provincial electoral district)
    Burlington is a provincial electoral district in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.It was created in 1999 from parts of Burlington South, Halton Centre, and a small part of South Oakville....

    , respectively.
  • March 29, 2007 - MPP Tim Peterson
    Tim Peterson
    Tim Peterson is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the Greater Toronto Area riding of Mississauga South...

     leaves the Liberal caucus and intends to run in this election as a Progressive Conservative.
  • April 25, 2007 - Democratic Renewal Minister Marie Bountrogianni
    Marie Bountrogianni
    Marie Bountrogianni BA, MEd, D.Ed is a psychologist, politician, and was the President and Executive Director of ROM Governors. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and a cabinet minister in the government of Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty.Bountrogianni was born in Hamilton,...

     introduces Bill 218, a bill to have longer voting hours – 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. – that identification be presented, advanced polls increased to 13 days from 6 days, and amendments regarding the referendum on election formulas for electing MPPS. The proposed legislation will also deal with suggestions for online voting and with complaints that the permanent voters' list is unreliable because it does not keep up with moves and deaths.
  • May 18, 2007 - New Democratic Party MPP Shelley Martel
    Shelley Martel
    Shelley Dawn Marie Martel is a Canadian politician. A former member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, she represented the riding of Sudbury East from 1987 to 1999, and Nickel Belt from 1999 until 2007, as a New Democrat....

     announced she will not seek re-election in her Nickel Belt
    Nickel Belt (provincial electoral district)
    Nickel Belt is a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Ontario. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The district is located in Northern Ontario and includes much of the eastern and southern parts of the District of Sudbury, as well as most of Greater...

     riding. She is leaving politics for family reasons, and to pursue other career opportunities.
  • May 18, 2007 - A poll released by Environics showed the governing Liberals in second place for the first time since March 2006. According to the poll, the Progressive Conservatives lead with 39% followed by the Liberals with 33%, the NDP with 26% and the Greens with 2%. The poll was conducted between March 13 to April 3, 2007.
  • June 3, 2007 - A poll released by SES Research
    SES Research
    Nanos Research is a Canadian public opinion and research company established in 1987. It is run by Nik Nanos, who also maintains a discussing political polling numbers....

     showed that the Liberals and Progressive Conservatives are in a dead-heat, with 29.8% of voters supporting each party. The NDP had 16% and the Green Party had 9%. 15% were undecided.
  • June 4, 2007 Today, Bill 218 is given third reading and royal assent. The bill amends the Elections Act with the following changes: making electors present proper identification; methods of updating the permanent register of electors and creating an electronic system to allow electors to change their personal information online; alternative forms of voting and electronic vote counting can now take place; scrutineers from outside an electoral district, now have the same privileges as a resident scrutineer; Ballots will now show party affiliation and any nickname or familiar name of that the candidate requests; the Chief Electoral Officer is allowed to advertise information regarding the October 2007 Referendum on electoral reform.

  • June 5, 2007 - Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty prorogues the Legislature, stating that the passing of 14 bills during the session meant that the government's agenda had been fulfilled. The adjournment was three weeks earlier than expected and several private members' bills failed to receive third reading, including a bill to make it mandatory to fill out organ transplant cards. The legislature will not sit again until sometime after the October 10th election.
  • July 11, 2007 - Citing health concerns Mary Anne Chambers
    Mary Anne Chambers
    Mary Anne Veronica Chambers is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2003 until 2007, and served in the cabinet in the government of Premier Dalton McGuinty.-Background:...

    , the Children and Youth Services Minister and MPP for Scarborough East
    Scarborough East
    Scarborough East was a Canadian electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 2003, and was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario to 2007, and on Toronto City Council....

    , will not be seeking re-election in the October 10 Ontario vote. She would have run in the Scarborough—Guildwood
    Scarborough—Guildwood (provincial electoral district)
    Scarborough—Guildwood is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in Legislative Assembly of Ontario since the 2007 provincial election.It was created in 2003 from parts of Scarborough Southwest and Scarborough Centre....

     electoral district.
  • July 26, 2007 - Ontario Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Mike Colle
    Mike Colle
    Michael Colle is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Eglinton—Lawrence for the Ontario Liberal Party.-Background:...

     resigned after an auditor general
    Auditor General of Ontario
    The role of the Auditor General of Ontario is to aid accountability by conducting independent audits of provincial government operations. The office was created in 1869. In 1886 the Auditor’s Office was an adjunct of Treasury. Since then the office has evolved into an independent agency. The office...

    's report severely criticizes how $32 million in year-end grants to ethnic groups was administered.
  • September 10, 2007 - Official election call. Writ issued as per omnibus Budget Act, Bill 187, that includes the amendment to the Election Act to set writ issuance date. Premier McGuinty formally asked the Lt. Governor to dissolve the legislature. The campaign will be 29 days long, one day longer than the minimum.

  • September 18, 2007- Nomination papers due. A candidate or their designate must submit their nomination papers and deposit in person at the returning office by 2 p.m.
  • September 20, 2007- Televised leadership debate between McGuinty, Tory and Hampton.
  • September 22 – October 4, 2007 - Advance polling stations open for early voting from 9:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m.
  • October 10, 2007 - Ontario general election from 9:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. EDT or in the most western part of the province 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. CDT as per Provision 20, Section 40(1) and 40(2) of the Election Act.

Election results

At 9:23 pm EDT, Citytv
Citytv
Citytv is a Canadian English language television system owned and operated by Rogers Communications under its Rogers Broadcasting Ltd. division...

 projected a Liberal majority government. CTV News
CTV News
CTV News is the news division of the CTV Television Network in Canada. The name CTV News is also applied as the title of local and regional newscasts on the network's owned-and-operated stations , which are closely tied to the national news division...

 made the same call at 9:30 pm EDT, followed by CBC News
CBC News
CBC News is the department within the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the news gathering and production of news programs on CBC television, radio and online services...

 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
Mario Racco
Mario G. Racco is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He sat in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the Greater Toronto Area riding of Thornhill for the Liberal Party from 2003 to 2007....

 and Caroline Di Cocco
Caroline Di Cocco
Caroline Di Cocco is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She is a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Sarnia—Lambton for the Ontario Liberal Party from 1999 to 2007 and was a cabinet minister in the government of Dalton McGuinty until her defeat in the...

, PCs Joe Tascona and John Tory
John Tory
John Howard Tory is a Canadian businessman, political activist, former leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, former Member of Provincial Parliament and broadcaster...

 and NDP Paul Ferreira
Paul Ferreira
Paul Ferreira is a Canadian social democratic politician and one of the first openly gay politicians elected to provincial office in Canada. He also has the distinction of being the very first Azorean-Canadian MPP...

 were all defeated, as was Tim Peterson
Tim Peterson
Tim Peterson is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the Greater Toronto Area riding of Mississauga South...

, who had been elected as a Liberal in 2003 but left the party in 2007 and was seeking reelection as a PC. 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
Mitchell Hepburn
Mitchell Frederick Hepburn was the 11th Premier of Ontario, Canada, from 1934 to 1942. He was the youngest Premier in Ontario history, appointed at age 37....

 in the 1937 election
Ontario general election, 1937
The Ontario general election, 1937 was held on October 6, 1937, to elect the 90 Members of the 20th Legislative Assembly of Ontario . It was the 20th general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada....

.

Northern Ontario

Liberal PC NDP Green
Seats 7 1 3 0


All eleven ridings in Northern Ontario
Northern Ontario
Northern Ontario is a region of the Canadian province of Ontario which lies north of Lake Huron , the French River and Lake Nipissing. The region has a land area of 802,000 km2 and constitutes 87% of the land area of Ontario, although it contains only about 6% of the population...

 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
Bill Mauro
Bill Mauro is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Thunder Bay—Atikokan for the Ontario Liberal Party....

 retained Thunder Bay—Atikokan
Thunder Bay—Atikokan
For the current provincial electoral district, see Thunder Bay—Atikokan Thunder Bay—Atikokan was a federal electoral district in northwestern Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 2003 and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2007...

 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
David James Ramsay
David James Ramsay is a politician in Ontario, Canada.-Early life and career:Born in Australia, Ramsay moved to Canada with his parents at age one after having been adopted in Sydney, and was raised in Oakville, Ontario...

, similarly, trailed New Democrat John Vanthof
John Vanthof
John Vanthof is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2011 election. Aged 48, he represents the electoral district of Timiskaming—Cochrane as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party caucus....

 in Timiskaming—Cochrane
Timiskaming—Cochrane (provincial electoral district)
Timiskaming—Cochrane is a provincial electoral district in northern Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.-History:...

 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
Michael Gravelle
Michael Gravelle is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is the Minister of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry, and also a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the northern riding of Thunder Bay—Superior North for the Ontario Liberal Party.Gravelle was born in Port...

 also retained Thunder Bay—Superior North
Thunder Bay—Superior North (provincial electoral district)
Thunder Bay—Superior North is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.The district is in the northwestern part of the province of Ontario....

 by an uncharacteristically narrow margin over Jim Foulds.

As well, Monique Smith
Monique Smith
Monique M. Smith is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Nipissing for the Liberal Party...

 retained Nipissing
Nipissing (provincial electoral district)
Nipissing is a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Ontario, which elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario...

 by just 377 votes over Progressive Conservative candidate Bill Vrebosch
Bill Vrebosch
Bill Vrebosch was the provincial Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario candidate in the riding of Nipissing in the 2007 Ontario election. He is a long serving municipal politician, serving on council in the township of East Ferris as deputy reeve, reeve and mayor since 1978.Vrebosch attended...

 — in 2003, she had defeated Progressive Conservative incumbent Al McDonald
Al McDonald
Al McDonald is a politician in Ontario, Canada, currently the mayor of North Bay, Ontario. He was previously a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2002 to 2003, and ran unsuccessfully for the Conservative Party of Canada in the 2004 federal election.McDonald...

 by a wider margin of over 3,000 votes.

In keeping with this trend, New Democrat incumbents Howard Hampton
Howard Hampton
Howard George Hampton, MPP is a Canadian lawyer and politician. He has served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada, since 1987 as the Member of Provincial Parliament from the northern riding of Kenora—Rainy River. A member of the Ontario New Democratic Party, he was also the party's...

 and Gilles Bisson
Gilles Bisson
Gilles Bisson is a Franco-Ontarian Canadian politician who has represented the northern riding of Timmins—James Bay in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1990...

 widened their margins of victory over Liberal challengers compared to 2003, and France Gélinas
France Gélinas
France Gélinas is a Canadian politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Nickel Belt in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2007 Ontario election. She is a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party....

 maintained the same margin that her predecessor, Shelley Martel
Shelley Martel
Shelley Dawn Marie Martel is a Canadian politician. A former member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, she represented the riding of Sudbury East from 1987 to 1999, and Nickel Belt from 1999 until 2007, as a New Democrat....

, 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
Canadian federal election, 2008
The 2008 Canadian federal election was held on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 40th Canadian Parliament after the previous parliament had been dissolved by the Governor General on September 7, 2008...

, in which the NDP won nearly every seat in the region for the first time in its history.

Eastern Ontario

Liberal PC NDP Green
Seats 9 5 0 0


In Eastern Ontario
Eastern Ontario
Eastern Ontario is a subregion of Southern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario which lies in a wedge-shaped area between the Ottawa River and St. Lawrence River...

, the new riding of Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington
Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington (provincial electoral district)
Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 2007. The new riding was created in 2003 from parts of Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington and Lanark—Carleton ridings...

 was carried by PC candidate Randy Hillier
Randy Hillier (politician)
Randy Hillier is a rural activist and politician in Ontario, Canada. He was elected as a Progressive Conservative MPP for Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington during the 2007 Ontario general election...

, while all 13 existing ridings were carried by their incumbent parties. With the exception of Yasir Naqvi
Yasir Naqvi
Yasir Naqvi MPP is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2007 provincial election, representing the riding of Ottawa Centre. He is also the President of the Ontario Liberal Party....

, who carried Ottawa Centre
Ottawa Centre (provincial electoral district)
Ottawa Centre is an urban provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1968...

 by a much smaller margin over the NDP than Richard Patten
Richard Patten
Richard Andrew Patten is a politician in Ontario, Canada. Patten was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Ottawa Centre.-Biography:...

 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 PC NDP Green
Seats 3 8 0 0


The most conservative-friendly area of the province, the PC vote largely held up, with the only Liberal gain being Aileen Carroll
Aileen Carroll
Margaret Aileen Carroll, PC, MPP is a Canadian politician. She was the federal Minister for International Cooperation in the Paul Martin government, and later Ontario's Minister of Culture and Minister Responsible for Seniors.- Personal life :Carroll has a Bachelor of Arts from St...

 winning Barrie
Barrie (provincial electoral district)
Barrie is a provincial electoral district in central Ontario, Canada. It was created for the 2007 provincial election. The entire riding was created from Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford.The riding includes all of the City of Barrie.-Members:-Election results:...

, the seat she used to represent federally. This was countered by a PC nominal gain in Newmarket—Aurora
Newmarket—Aurora (provincial electoral district)
Newmarket—Aurora is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 2007.The district contains the towns of Newmarket and Aurora....

. The area also delivered the strongest support in the province for the Green Party, with Shane Jolley
Shane Jolley
Shane Jolley is a Canadian politician, previously the male deputy leader for the Green Party of Ontario. Jolley defeated three other candidates to be elected to the position at the party's annual convention in 2008, and served alongside Judy Smith Torrie, who is the party's female deputy leader.In...

 finishing a very strong second in Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound
Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound (provincial electoral district)
Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound is a provincial electoral district in western Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario....

 with 33.1% of the vote, to date the best finish ever received by any Green candidate in Canada. The Greens also knocked the NDP into fourth place in a majority of area ridings.

Midwestern Ontario

Liberal PC NDP Green
Seats 6 5 0 0

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
Elizabeth Witmer
Elizabeth Witmer is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1990, originally representing Waterloo North and later Kitchener—Waterloo for the Progressive Conservative Party.Witmer moved with her family to Ontario at a young age...

 held onto the riding of Kitchener—Waterloo
Kitchener—Waterloo (provincial electoral district)
Kitchener—Waterloo is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999...

 for the PCs, while the Liberals won in rural ridings in which they were the incumbent party, such as Huron—Bruce
Huron—Bruce (provincial electoral district)
Huron—Bruce is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1987.It was known as Huron from 1987 to 1999....

 and Perth—Wellington
Perth—Wellington (provincial electoral district)
Perth—Wellington is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since the 2007 provincial election....

. Further away from the provincewide result, on a election night which demonstrated Liberal strength province wide, Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant
Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant (provincial electoral district)
Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant was a provincial electoral district in central Ontario, Canada that elected one Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. It was created in 1999 from Norfolk and Brant—Haldimand...

 delivered the most crushing defeat for a Liberal candidate in the province, with the victorious PC incumbent Toby Barrett
Toby Barrett
Toby Barrett is a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario representing the district of Haldimand—Norfolk for the Progressive Conservative Party....

 coming out 16,571 votes and 38.6% ahead of the Liberal.

Brampton, Mississauga & Oakville

Liberal PC NDP Green
Seats 9 0 0 0


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
Mississauga South (provincial electoral district)
Mississauga South is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1975....

, 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
Charles Sousa
Charles Sousa is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is the Member of Provincial Parliament for the riding of Mississauga South, and is the province's Minister of Labour in the Cabinet of Premier Dalton McGuinty...

, who gained the seat back for the Liberals from Tim Peterson
Tim Peterson
Tim Peterson is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the Greater Toronto Area riding of Mississauga South...

, who had crossed the floor
Crossing the floor
In politics, crossing the floor has two meanings referring to a change of allegiance in a Westminster system parliament.The term originates from the British House of Commons, which is configured with the Government and Opposition facing each other on rows of benches...

. 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 PC NDP Green
Seats 6 3 0 0


The Liberals continued to dominate York Region
Regional Municipality of York, Ontario
The Regional Municipality of York, also called York Region, is a regional municipality in Southern Ontario, Canada, between Lake Simcoe and Toronto. It replaced the former York County in 1971, and is part of the Greater Toronto Area and the inner ring of the Golden Horseshoe...

, with each incumbent being re-elected by a comfortable margin except in Thornhill
Thornhill (provincial electoral district)
Thornhill is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999....

 where Mario Racco
Mario Racco
Mario G. Racco is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He sat in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the Greater Toronto Area riding of Thornhill for the Liberal Party from 2003 to 2007....

 lost to PC candidate Peter Shurman
Peter Shurman
Peter Shurman is a Progressive Conservative Member for Thornhill in the Ontario Legislature. Prior to his election, he was a radio talk show host on CFRB in Toronto.-Background:Shurman was born in Montreal in 1947...

. The newly-created riding of Ajax—Pickering
Ajax—Pickering (provincial electoral district)
Ajax—Pickering is a provincial electoral district in central Ontario, Canada. It was created for the 2007 provincial election. 55.2% of the riding came from Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge while 44.8% came from Whitby—Ajax....

, projected to be a close race, elected Liberal Joe Dickson
Joe Dickson
Joe Dickson is a Canadian politician. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2007 provincial election, representing the riding of Ajax—Pickering. He is a member of the Liberal Party....

 by over 6,000 votes despite having no party nominate incumbents. In southern Durham Region
Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario
The Regional Municipality of Durham, informally referred to as Durham Region, is a regional municipality located in Southern Ontario east of Toronto, Ontario. It has an area of approximately 2,500 square kilometres. Durham Region is considered part of the Greater Toronto Area, with the communities...

, Liberal Wayne Arthurs
Wayne Arthurs (politician)
Wayne Arthurs is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Pickering—Scarborough East since the 2007 provincial election.-Background:...

 was re-elected to the newly-distributed Pickering—Scarborough East, while Progressive Conservative Christine Elliott
Christine Elliott
Christine Janice Elliott is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in a byelection on March 30, 2006. Elliott was a candidate in the 2009 Progressive Conservative leadership election and came in third place behind winner Tim Hudak and runner-up Frank...

 was re-elected to Whitby—Oshawa
Whitby—Oshawa (provincial electoral district)
Whitby—Oshawa is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since the 2007 provincial election.-History:...

. Despite high expectations for Sid Ryan
Sid Ryan
Patrick Cyril "Sid" Ryan is president of the Ontario Federation of Labour and a longtime Canadian labour union leader and politician.-Biography:...

's fourth run as an NDP candidate in Oshawa
Oshawa (provincial electoral district)
Oshawa is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1955.It consists of the southern and eastern parts of the City of Oshawa south and east of a line drawn from west to east along King Street West, north along Oshawa...

, PC incumbent Jerry Ouellette
Jerry Ouellette
Jerry J. Ouellette is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1995, representing the riding of Oshawa for the Progressive Conservative Party. Ouellette was Minister of Natural Resources in the government of Ernie Eves.Ouellette graduated...

 was again re-elected by a wider majority than in 2003
Ontario general election, 2003
The Ontario general election of 2003 was held on October 2, 2003, to elect the 103 members of the 38th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada....

.

Hamilton, Burlington & Niagara

Liberal PC NDP Green
Seats 4 3 3 0


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
Hamilton East—Stoney Creek (provincial electoral district)
Hamilton East—Stoney Creek is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since the 2007 provincial election....

, 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
Hamilton Mountain (provincial electoral district)
Hamilton Mountain is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1977...

 (Liberals over NDP), Halton
Halton (provincial electoral district)
Halton is a provincial electoral district in Central Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.It was created in 1999 from all of Halton North and part of Halton Centre...

, (PCs over Liberals) and Burlington
Burlington (provincial electoral district)
Burlington is a provincial electoral district in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.It was created in 1999 from parts of Burlington South, Halton Centre, and a small part of South Oakville....

 (PCs over Liberals).

Southwestern Ontario

Liberal PC NDP Green
Seats 9 1 0 0


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
Windsor West (provincial electoral district)
Windsor West is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1967 to 1975 since 1999.The district consists of the part of the city of Windsor lying west and south of a line drawn from the U.S...

, and Windsor—Tecumseh
Windsor—Tecumseh (provincial electoral district)
Windsor—Tecumseh is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since the 2007 provincial election.It was created in 2003 from parts of Essex and Windsor—St. Clair ridings....

, given the NDP's ownership of those seats federally, and the continued decline of the local industrial economy. London—Fanshawe
London—Fanshawe (provincial electoral district)
London—Fanshawe is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.-Geography:The district consists of the southeast part of the City of London....

 was similarly also a top target, as the NDP has the riding federally and finished a close second in 2003. Overall, however, the only area seat that changed hands was Sarnia—Lambton
Sarnia—Lambton (provincial electoral district)
Sarnia—Lambton is a provincial electoral district in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario....

, with Culture Minister Caroline Di Cocco
Caroline Di Cocco
Caroline Di Cocco is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She is a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Sarnia—Lambton for the Ontario Liberal Party from 1999 to 2007 and was a cabinet minister in the government of Dalton McGuinty until her defeat in the...

, the most high profile Liberal casualty of the night, losing to PC challenger Bob Bailey
Bob Bailey (politician)
Bob Bailey is a Canadian politician. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2007 provincial election, representing the riding of Sarnia—Lambton. He is a member of the Progressive Conservatives....

.

Toronto

Liberal PC NDP Green
Seats 18 0 4 0


All ridings in Toronto were retained by their incumbent parties, with the exception of York South—Weston
York South—Weston (provincial electoral district)
York South—Weston is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.Its Member of Provincial Parliament is Liberal Laura Albanese.-Geography:...

. Paul Ferreira
Paul Ferreira
Paul Ferreira is a Canadian social democratic politician and one of the first openly gay politicians elected to provincial office in Canada. He also has the distinction of being the very first Azorean-Canadian MPP...

, 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
Laura Albanese
Laura Albanese is a Canadian politician, formerly a news anchor for Italian language news programming on Omni Television. She is the Member of Provincial Parliament in the Ontario Legislative Assembly for the riding of York South—Weston which is situated in the northwest part of Toronto...

. 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
Kathleen Wynne
Kathleen O. Wynne is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Don Valley West for the Liberal Party.-Background:...

 defeated PC leader John Tory
John Tory
John Howard Tory is a Canadian businessman, political activist, former leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, former Member of Provincial Parliament and broadcaster...

 in Don Valley West
Don Valley West (provincial electoral district)
Don Valley West is a provincial electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.It was created in 1999 from parts of Don Mills, York Mills, York East and Eglinton....

. Tory previously represented Dufferin—Caledon
Dufferin—Caledon (provincial electoral district)
Dufferin—Caledon is a provincial electoral district in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It was created for the 2007 provincial election. The entire riding was carved from Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey, and includes all of Dufferin County plus the town of Caledon in Peel Region.The riding also existed...

, 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
Mary Anne Chambers
Mary Anne Veronica Chambers is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2003 until 2007, and served in the cabinet in the government of Premier Dalton McGuinty.-Background:...

. The Liberals successfully retained the seat under new candidate Margarett Best
Margarett Best
Margarett Best is a Canadian politician. She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2007 provincial election, representing the riding of Scarborough—Guildwood. She is a member of the Liberal Party.-Background:...

.

Target seats

Target seats shown are the ridings that each party came within 15% of winning in the 2003 election
Ontario general election, 2003
The Ontario general election of 2003 was held on October 2, 2003, to elect the 103 members of the 38th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada....

, using redistributed results. Ridings in bold were won by the party in 2007.
  1. Ajax—Pickering
    Ajax—Pickering (provincial electoral district)
    Ajax—Pickering is a provincial electoral district in central Ontario, Canada. It was created for the 2007 provincial election. 55.2% of the riding came from Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge while 44.8% came from Whitby—Ajax....

    (PC) 0.21%
  2. Mississauga South
    Mississauga South (provincial electoral district)
    Mississauga South is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1975....

    (PC) 1.36%
  3. Renfrew—Nipissing—
    Pembroke
    Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke (provincial electoral district)
    Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.It is represented by John Yakabuski of the Progressive Conservative Party....

     (PC) 1.84%
  4. Perth—Wellington
    Perth—Wellington (provincial electoral district)
    Perth—Wellington is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since the 2007 provincial election....

    (PC) 1.93%
  5. Kitchener—Conestoga
    Kitchener—Conestoga (provincial electoral district)
    Kitchener—Conestoga is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since the 2007 provincial election...

    (PC) 3.08%
  6. Burlington
    Burlington (provincial electoral district)
    Burlington is a provincial electoral district in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.It was created in 1999 from parts of Burlington South, Halton Centre, and a small part of South Oakville....

     (PC) 3.56%
  7. Brampton West
    Brampton West (provincial electoral district)
    Brampton West is a provincial electoral district in central Ontario, Canada. It was created for the 2007 provincial election. 72.8% of the district was created from Brampton West—Mississauga while 27.2% was carved from Brampton Centre....

    (PC) 4.18%
  8. Kitchener—Waterloo
    Kitchener—Waterloo (provincial electoral district)
    Kitchener—Waterloo is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999...

     (PC) 4.39%
  9. Halton
    Halton (provincial electoral district)
    Halton is a provincial electoral district in Central Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.It was created in 1999 from all of Halton North and part of Halton Centre...

     (PC) 4.44%
  10. Oxford
    Oxford (provincial electoral district)
    Oxford is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since the 1999 provincial election.It consists of the county of Oxford.-Members of Provincial Parliament:...

     (PC) 6.16%
  11. Simcoe North
    Simcoe North (provincial electoral district)
    Simcoe North is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was established as a provincial riding in 2003. Its population was 119,400 in 2006.-Demographics:Ethnic groups: 92.3% White, 5.9% Native Canadian...

     (PC) 6.71%
  12. Cambridge
    Cambridge (provincial electoral district)
    Cambridge is a provincial electoral district in southwestern, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.It was created in 1975....

     (PC) 7.28%
  13. Leeds—Grenville (PC) 7.29%
  14. Nickel Belt
    Nickel Belt (provincial electoral district)
    Nickel Belt is a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Ontario. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The district is located in Northern Ontario and includes much of the eastern and southern parts of the District of Sudbury, as well as most of Greater...

     (NDP) 7.84%
  15. Oak Ridges—Markham
    Oak Ridges—Markham (provincial electoral district)
    Oak Ridges—Markham is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since the 2007 provincial election. Its population in 2006 was 169,645, with 136,755 electors, the highest of any riding in Ontario...

    (PC) 8.42%
  16. Timmins—James Bay
    Timmins—James Bay (provincial electoral district)
    Timmins—James Bay is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999...

     (NDP) 8.50%
  17. Haldimand—Norfolk
    Haldimand—Norfolk (provincial electoral district)
    Haldimand—Norfolk is a provincial electoral district in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It was created for the 2007 provincial election. 88.0% of the riding came from Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant while 12.0% came from Erie—Lincoln....

     (PC) 9.04%
  18. Oshawa
    Oshawa (provincial electoral district)
    Oshawa is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1955.It consists of the southern and eastern parts of the City of Oshawa south and east of a line drawn from west to east along King Street West, north along Oshawa...

     (PC) 10.10%
  19. Whitby—Oshawa
    Whitby—Oshawa (provincial electoral district)
    Whitby—Oshawa is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since the 2007 provincial election.-History:...

     (PC) 10.14%
  20. Welland
    Welland (provincial electoral district)
    Welland is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since the 2007 provincial election...

     (NDP) 10.42%
  21. Niagara West—Glanbrook
    Niagara West—Glanbrook (provincial electoral district)
    Niagara West—Glanbrook is a provincial electoral district in south eastern Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario....

     (PC) 11.60%
  22. Barrie
    Barrie (provincial electoral district)
    Barrie is a provincial electoral district in central Ontario, Canada. It was created for the 2007 provincial election. The entire riding was created from Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford.The riding includes all of the City of Barrie.-Members:-Election results:...

    (PC) 12.95%
  23. Durham
    Durham (provincial electoral district)
    Durham is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999 and from 1926 to 1975....

     (PC) 13.49%
  24. Carleton—Mississippi Mills
    Carleton—Mississippi Mills (provincial electoral district)
    Carleton–Mississippi Mills is a provincial electoral district in eastern Ontario, Canada. It was created for the 2007 provincial election. 78.7% of the riding came from Lanark–Carleton while 21.3% came from Nepean–Carleton....

     (PC) 13.50%
  25. Parry Sound—Muskoka (PC) 13.94%
  26. Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock
    Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock (provincial electoral district)
    Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock is a provincial electoral district in Central Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario....

     (PC) 13.99%
  27. Nepean—Carleton
    Nepean—Carleton (provincial electoral district)
    Nepean-Carleton is a provincial electoral district in eastern Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.The riding was represented in the Ontario legislature by Progressive Conservative John Baird since it became a provincial riding in 1999 until he resigned in...

     (PC) 14.93%
  • Richmond Hill
    Richmond Hill (provincial electoral district)
    Richmond Hill is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since the 2007 provincial election.It was created in 2003 from parts of Oak Ridges riding.-Geography:...

     (Lib) 0.70%
  • Thornhill
    Thornhill (provincial electoral district)
    Thornhill is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999....

    (Lib) 1.29%
  • Newmarket—Aurora
    Newmarket—Aurora (provincial electoral district)
    Newmarket—Aurora is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 2007.The district contains the towns of Newmarket and Aurora....

    (Lib) 3.23%
  • Willowdale
    Willowdale (provincial electoral district)
    Willowdale is a provincial electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. It was created in 1987.-History:...

     (Lib) 3.46%
  • Kitchener Centre
    Kitchener Centre (provincial electoral district)
    Kitchener Centre is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.-History:...

     (Lib) 4.37%
  • Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington
    Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington (provincial electoral district)
    Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 2007. The new riding was created in 2003 from parts of Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington and Lanark—Carleton ridings...

    (Lib) 4.70
  • Huron—Bruce
    Huron—Bruce (provincial electoral district)
    Huron—Bruce is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1987.It was known as Huron from 1987 to 1999....

     (Lib) 5.69%
  • London—Fanshawe
    London—Fanshawe (provincial electoral district)
    London—Fanshawe is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.-Geography:The district consists of the southeast part of the City of London....

     (Lib) 5.84%
  • Ottawa West—Nepean
    Ottawa West—Nepean (provincial electoral district)
    Ottawa West—Nepean is a provincial electoral district in eastern Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.The riding has been represented in the Ontario legislature by Liberal Bob Chiarelli since 2010....

     (Lib) 5.95%
  • Bramalea—Gore—Malton
    Bramalea—Gore—Malton (provincial electoral district)
    Bramalea—Gore—Malton is a provincial electoral district in central Ontario, Canada. It was created for the 2007 provincial election. All of the district was carved from Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale....

     (Lib) 5.96%
  • Oakville
    Oakville (provincial electoral district)
    Oakville is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.-Riding history:It was created in 1996 from parts of Halton and Oakville—Milton ridings....

     (Lib) 6.49%
  • Brampton—Springdale
    Brampton—Springdale (provincial electoral district)
    Brampton—Springdale is a provincial electoral district in central Ontario, Canada. It was created for the 2007 provincial election. 83.7% of the district was created from Brampton Centre while 16.3% was carved from Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale....

     (Lib) 7.01%
  • Northumberland—Quinte West
    Northumberland—Quinte West (provincial electoral district)
    Northumberland—Quinte West is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since the 2007 provincial election...

     (Lib) 7.14%
  • Niagara Falls
    Niagara Falls (provincial electoral district)
    Niagara Falls is a provincial electoral division in Ontario, Canada. It was created prior to the 1914 provincial election, and has existed continuously since then....

     (Lib) 7.19%
  • Nipissing
    Nipissing (provincial electoral district)
    Nipissing is a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Ontario, which elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario...

     (Lib) 8.33%
  • Guelph
    Guelph (provincial electoral district)
    Guelph is a provincial electoral district in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It was created for the 2007 provincial election. The entire riding was created from Guelph—Wellington riding.The riding includes all of the city of Guelph....

     (Lib) 8.49%
  • Mississauga—Streetsville
    Mississauga—Streetsville (provincial electoral district)
    Mississauga—Streetsville is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 2007...

     (Lib) 8.85%
  • Lambton—Kent—Middlesex
    Lambton—Kent—Middlesex (provincial electoral district)
    Lambton—Kent—Middlesex is a provincial electoral district in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario....

     (Lib) 8.98%
  • Etobicoke Centre
    Etobicoke Centre (provincial electoral district)
    Etobicoke Centre is a provincial electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.It was created in 1999 from parts of Etobicoke West and Etobicoke—Humber....

     (Lib) 9.73%
  • Don Valley West
    Don Valley West (provincial electoral district)
    Don Valley West is a provincial electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.It was created in 1999 from parts of Don Mills, York Mills, York East and Eglinton....

     (Lib) 10.11%
  • Mississauga—Erindale
    Mississauga—Erindale (provincial electoral district)
    Mississauga—Erindale is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 2007.It was created in 2003 from parts of Mississauga Centre and Mississauga West ridings....

     (Lib) 10.22%
  • Mississauga—Brampton South
    Mississauga—Brampton South (provincial electoral district)
    Mississauga—Brampton South is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since the 2007 provincial election.-Geography:...

     (Lib) 10.42%
  • Pickering—Scarborough East
    Pickering—Scarborough East (provincial electoral district)
    Pickering—Scarborough East is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 2007....

     (Lib) 10.65%
  • Mississauga East—Cooksville
    Mississauga East—Cooksville (provincial electoral district)
    Mississauga East—Cooksville is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since the 2007 provincial election.-History:...

     (Lib) 10.66%
  • Ottawa—Orléans
    Ottawa—Orléans (provincial electoral district)
    Ottawa–Orléans is a provincial electoral district in eastern Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.It was created in 1999 from Prescott and Russell, Carleton East and Ottawa—Rideau....

     (Lib) 11.03
  • Peterborough
    Peterborough (provincial electoral district)
    Peterborough is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999....

     (Lib) 11.09
  • Etobicoke—Lakeshore
    Etobicoke—Lakeshore (provincial electoral district)
    Etobicoke—Lakeshore is a provincial electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.It was created in 1987 from Lakeshore....

     (Lib) 11.19%
  • Ancaster—Dundas—
    Flamborough—Westdale
    Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale (provincial electoral district)
    Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale is a provincial electoral district in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It was created for the 2007 provincial election...

     (Lib) 11.93
  • Scarborough Southwest
    Scarborough Southwest (provincial electoral district)
    Scarborough Southwest is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.-Geography:It covers the southwestern part of the Scarborough part of Toronto...

     (Lib) 13.64%
  • Sarnia—Lambton
    Sarnia—Lambton (provincial electoral district)
    Sarnia—Lambton is a provincial electoral district in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario....

    (Lib) 14.33%
  • London North Centre
    London North Centre (provincial electoral district)
    London North Centre is an electoral district in the province of Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1951...

     (Lib) 14.62%
  • London—Fanshawe
    London—Fanshawe (provincial electoral district)
    London—Fanshawe is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.-Geography:The district consists of the southeast part of the City of London....

     (Lib) 4.28%
  • Oshawa
    Oshawa (provincial electoral district)
    Oshawa is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1955.It consists of the southern and eastern parts of the City of Oshawa south and east of a line drawn from west to east along King Street West, north along Oshawa...

     (PC) 6.18%
  • Hamilton Centre
    Hamilton Centre (provincial electoral district)
    Hamilton Centre is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that is represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.It was created for the 1926 provincial election but abolished with the 1999 provincial election when the number of constituencies represented in the legislature was...

    (Lib) 8.89%

  • See also

    • Politics of Ontario
      Politics of Ontario
      The Province of Ontario is governed by a unicameral legislature, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, which operates in the Westminster system of government...

    • List of political parties in Ontario
    • Google map of poll-by-poll results, Ontario General Election, 2007
    • Premier of Ontario
      Premier of Ontario
      The Premier of Ontario is the first Minister of the Crown for the Canadian province of Ontario. The Premier is appointed as the province's head of government by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, and presides over the Executive council, or Cabinet. The Executive Council Act The Premier of Ontario...

    • Leader of the Opposition (Ontario)
      Leader of the Opposition (Ontario)
      The Leader of the Opposition in Ontario is usually leader of the largest party in the Ontario legislature which is not the government. The current official opposition is formed by the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, and Tim Hudak is the current Leader of the Opposition.Ontario's first...

    • Ontario provincial by-election, 2007

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