1945 Ontario general election

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1945 Ontario general election

| country = Ontario

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| party_colour = no

| party_name = no

| previous_election = 1943 Ontario general election

| previous_year = 1943

| next_election = 1948 Ontario general election

| next_year = 1948

| seats_for_election = 90 seats in the 22nd Legislative Assembly of Ontario
46 seats were needed for a majority

| election_date = June 4, 1945

| image_size = 100x100px

| image1 = GeorgeDrew.jpg

| colour1 = {{Canadian party colour|ON|PC|nohash}}

| leader1 = George Drew

| leader_since1 = December 9, 1938

| party1 = {{Canadian party colour|ON|PC|name}}

| leaders_seat1 = High Park

| last_election1 = 38

| seats1 = 66

| seat_change1 = {{increase}}28

| popular_vote1 =

| percentage1 = 44.3%

| swing1 = {{increase}}8.6pp

| image2 = Mitchell Hepburn1 crop.jpg

| colour2 = {{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|nohash}}

| leader2 = Mitchell Hepburn

| leader_since2 = April 2, 1945

| party2 = {{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|name}}

| leaders_seat2 = Elgin (lost re-election)

| last_election2 = 15

| seats2 = 14

| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}1

| popular_vote2 =

| percentage2 = 29.8%

| swing2 = {{decrease}}1.4pp

| image4 = Ted jolliffe 1942.jpg

| colour4 = {{Canadian party colour|ON|CCF|nohash}}

| leader4 = Ted Jolliffe

| leader_since4 = April 3, 1942

| party4 = {{Canadian party colour|ON|CCF|name}}

| leaders_seat4 = York South (lost re-election)

| last_election4 = 34

| seats4 = 8

| seat_change4 = {{decrease}}26

| popular_vote4 =

| percentage4 = 22.4%

| swing4 = {{decrease}}9.3pp

| image5 = LP

| colour5 = {{Canadian party colour|CAN|Communist|nohash}}

| leader5 = Leslie Morris

| leader_since5 = 1945

| party5 = Labor-Progressive

| leaders_seat5 = Ran in Bracondale (Lost)

| last_election5 = 2

| seats5 = 2

| seat_change5 = ±0

| popular_vote5 =

| percentage5 = 2.4%

| swing5 = {{increase}}1.5pp

| map_image =

| map_size =

| map_caption =

| title = Premier

| posttitle = Premier after election

| before_election = George Drew

| before_party = {{Canadian party colour|ON|PC|name}}

| after_election = George Drew

| after_party = {{Canadian party colour|ON|PC|name}}|

}}

The 1945 Ontario general election was held on June 4, 1945, to elect the 90 members of the 22nd Legislative Assembly of Ontario (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the province of Ontario.

Background

The Legislature was dissolved on March 24, 1945, upon the government's failure to defeat a non-confidence motion. The election call was delayed in order to implement new legislation relating to the collection of votes from servicemen and women overseas,{{Cite canlaw|short title =The Active Service Election Act, 1945|abbr =S.O.|year =1945 (1st sess.)|chapter =1|link= https://archive.org/details/statutesofprovin1945onta/page/n11/mode/2up}} but the date was later fixed for June 11. When the 1945 Canadian federal election was set for the same date, the Ontario date was accelerated by one week to June 4,{{cite news |author= |date= April 16, 1945|title= Advance Ontario Election To June 4|url= https://www.newspapers.com/image/456530056/|work= Ottawa Citizen|page=1}} in order to separate the two campaigns.

The Drew government called the election in an attempt to get a majority government. By exploiting increasing Cold War tensions, the PC Party was able to defeat Jolliffe's CCF by stoking fears about communism. Jolliffe replied by giving a radio speech (written by Lister Sinclair) that accused Drew of running a political gestapo in Ontario, alleging that a secret department of the Ontario Provincial Police was acting as a political police spying on the opposition and the media. This accusation led to a backlash, and loss of support for the CCF, including the loss of Jolliffe's own seat of York South. This probably helped Drew win his majority, although in the 1970s, archival evidence was discovered proving the charge.{{cite book

| last = MacDonald

| first = Donald C.

| authorlink = Donald C. MacDonald

| title = The Happy Warrior: Political Memoirs, 2nd Ed.

| url = https://archive.org/details/happywarriorpoli00macd

| url-access = limited

| publisher = Dundurn Press

| year = 1998

| location = Toronto

| pages = [https://archive.org/details/happywarriorpoli00macd/page/n324 292]–296

|isbn=1-55002-307-1 }}

Campaign

Of the 90 ridings, only 8 had two-way races; 47 were three-way contests, and the Labor-Progressives forced 30 four way races:

Candidates \|{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|PC\|background}} align="center" \|PC \|{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|CCF\|background}} align="center" \|CCF \|{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Liberal\|background}} align="center" \|Lib \|{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Liberal-Labour\|background}} align="center" \|LL \|{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Labour\|background}} align="center" \|Lab \|{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Labor-Progressive\|background}} align="center" \|Lab-Pr \|{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Socialist Labour\|background}} align="center" \|Soc-Lab \|{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Independent\|background}} align="center" \|I-Lib \|{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Independent\|background}} align="center" \|I-PC \|{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Independent\|background}} align="center" \|Ind \|{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Social Credit\|background}} align="center" \|SC \|{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Soldier\|background}} align="center" \|Soldier !Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;" \|+ Riding contests, by number of candidates (1945)
style="text-align:left;"\|2 \|4	3	1										8
style="text-align:left;"\|3 \|47	47	43	3	1								141
style="text-align:left;"\|4 \|30	30	27	3	3	23	1			3			120
style="text-align:left;"\|5 \|7	7	7			7	2		1	1	2	1	35
style="text-align:left;"\|6 \|1	1	1			1	1			1			6
style="text-align:left;"\|7 \|1	1	1					2			1	1	7
style="text-align:left;"\|Total \|90	89	80	6	4	31	4	2	1	5	3	2	317

Outcome

The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, led by George Drew, won a second consecutive term in office, winning a solid majority of seats in the legislature—66, up from 38 in the previous election.

The Ontario Liberal Party, led by former premier Mitchell Hepburn, was returned to the role of official opposition with 11 seats, plus 3 Liberal-Labour seats that it won, out of 6 contested, in coalition with the Labor-Progressive Party (which was, in fact, the Communist Party), in an effort to marginalize the CCF. The three new Liberal-Labour MPPs were James Newman of Rainy River, Joseph Meinzinger of Waterloo North and Alexander Parent of Essex North.

The social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), led by Ted Jolliffe, was reduced from 34 seats to 8.

Two seats were won by the Labor-Progressive Party on its own with the re-election of A.A. MacLeod and J.B. Salsberg. The LPP contested a total of 31 ridings under the leadership of Leslie Morris who was defeated in the Toronto riding of Bracondale.

Results

{{election table||title=Elections to the 22nd Parliament of Ontario (1945)}}{{cite web |url= https://results.elections.on.ca/en/data-explorer?fromYear=1867&toYear=2019&electionType=GE&electionId=247|title= 1945 General Election|author= |website= Elections Ontario |access-date= August 29, 2023}}{{cite news |author= |date= June 5, 1945|title= Returns by Ridings|url= https://www.newspapers.com/image/48546958/|work= Ottawa Journal|page=11}} Party affiliation for Robert Shantz (Waterloo South) corrected - he was a Liberal candidate: {{cite news |author= |date= |title= South Waterloo Liberals Name Candidate For Federal Election|url= https://news.ourontario.ca/3546060/page/3741503|work= Waterloo Chronicle|page=1}}{{cite book |author= |date= 1946|title= Sessional Papers: Vol. LXXVIII - Part IV|chapter= Sessional Paper No. 40 - Return from the records of the General Election to the Legislative Assembly in 1945 |chapter-url= https://archive.org/details/n04ontariosession78ontauoft/page/n859/mode/2up|location= Toronto|publisher= King's Printer}}

! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party

! rowspan=2 | Party leader

! colspan=5 | MPPs

! colspan=3 | Votes

! Candidates

!1943

!Dissol.

!1945

!±

! ± (pp)

|style="text-align:left;"|George Drew

| 90 || 38 || 38 || 66 || 28{{increase}} || 781,345 || 44.25 || 8.50{{increase}}

|style="text-align:left;"|Mitchell Hepburn

| 80 || 15 || 15 || 11 || rowspan="2"|1{{decrease}} || 479,253 || 27.14 || rowspan="2"|2.50{{decrease}}

|style="text-align:left;"|

| 6 || – || – || 3 || 34,879 || 1.98

|style="text-align:left;"|Ted Jolliffe

| 89 || 34 || 34 || 8 || 26{{decrease}} || 395,708 || 22.41 || 9.21{{decrease}}

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Labor-Progressive|row-name}}A. A. MacLeod (Bellwoods) and J. B. Salsberg (St. Andrew) were the only candidates nominated and elected under the Labour ticket in 1943, but switched to the new Labor-Progressive Party on its formation shortly after the election.

|style="text-align:left;"|Leslie Morris

| 31 || 2 || 2 || 2 || {{no change}} || 46,418 || 2.63 || 1.73{{increase}}

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Independent Liberal|row-name}}Mitchell Hepburn (Elgin) opted not to run as a Liberal candidate in 1943, and returned to the Liberals to once again become their leader.

|style="text-align:left;"|

| 2 || 1 || 1 || – || 1{{decrease}} || 6,359 || 0.36 || 0.41{{decrease}}

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Labour|row-name}}compared with Independent Labour 1943 results

|style="text-align:left;"|

| 4 || – || – || – || – || 10,805 || 0.61 || 0.44{{increase}}

|style="text-align:left;"|

| 5 || – || – || – || – || 6,995 || 0.40 || 0.21{{increase}}

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Soldier|row-name}}George Barker (York East) was an Independent-Soldier candidate, and John Beauchamp (Ottawa East) ran under the Veterans' Reform ticket.

|style="text-align:left;"| || 2 || – || – || – || – || 1,875 || 0.11 || 0.07{{increase}}

|style="text-align:left;"|

| 4 || – || – || – || – || 976 || 0.06 || –

|style="text-align:left;"|

| 3 || – || – || – || – || 852 || 0.05 || Returned

|style="text-align:left;"|

| 1 || – || – || – || – || 328 || 0.02 || 0.02{{increase}}

|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Total|| 317 || 90 || 90 || 90 || || 1,765,793 || 100.00% ||

|colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"|Blank and invalid ballots

|align="right"|17,597

|style="background:#E9E9E9;" colspan="2"|

|-style="background:#E9E9E9;"

|colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"|Registered voters / turnout

|2,469,960

|72.20%

|13.84{{increase}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;" \|+ Seats and popular vote by party ! Party !! Seats !! Votes !! colspan="3" \| Change (pp)
style="text-align:left;"\| {{Canadian party colour\|ON\|PC\|colour&name}}	{{Composition bar\|66\|90\|{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|PC}}\|width=175}}	{{Percentage bar\|44.25\|width=175\|c=darkgrey}}	{{bartable\| 8.50\|
5\|1em\|background:green}}
style="text-align:left;"\| {{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Liberal\|colour&name}}/Liberal-Labour	{{Composition bar\|14\|90\|{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Liberal}}\|width=175}}	{{Percentage bar\|29.12\|width=175\|c=darkgrey}}	{{bartable\| -2.50\|
5\|1em\|background:red}}
style="text-align:left;"\| {{Canadian party colour\|ON\|CCF\|colour&name}}	{{Composition bar\|8\|90\|{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|CCF}}\|width=175}}	{{Percentage bar\|22.41\|width=175\|c=darkgrey}}	{{bartable\| -9.21\|
5\|1em\|background:red}}
style="text-align:left;"\| {{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Labor-Progressive\|colour&name}}	{{Composition bar\|2\|90\|{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Liberal}}\|width=175}}	{{Percentage bar\|2.63\|width=175\|c=darkgrey}}	{{bartable\| 1.73\|
5\|1em\|background:green}}
style="text-align:left;"\| {{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Other\|colour&name}}	{{Composition bar\|0\|90\|{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Independent}}\|width=175}}	{{Percentage bar\|1.59\|width=175\|c=darkgrey}}	{{bartable\| 1.48\|
5\|1em\|background:green}}

=Synopsis of results=

scope="col" \| Riding ! scope="col" colspan="8" \| Winning party ! rowspan="3" scope="col" \| Turnout including spoilt ballots ! scope="col" colspan="10" \| Votes
class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="text-align:right; font-size:85%" \|+ Results by riding - 1945 Ontario general election
rowspan="2" scope="col" \|Nameorder is as given in EO reports ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" scope="col" \| 1943 ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" scope="col" \|Party ! rowspan="2" scope="col" \|Votes ! rowspan="2" scope="col" \|Share ! rowspan="2" scope="col" \|Margin # ! rowspan="2" scope="col" \|Margin % ! scope="col" \| PC ! scope="col" \| Lib ! scope="col" \| {{abbr\|LL\|Liberal-Labour}} ! scope="col" \| CCF ! scope="col" \| Lab-Pr ! scope="col" \| Lab ! scope="col" \| {{abbr\|I-Lib\|Independent Liberal}} ! scope="col" \| {{abbr\|I-Oth\|Independent with or without other affiliation}} ! scope="col" \| {{abbr\|Other\|Other minor affiliations}} ! rowspan="2" scope="col" \| Total
scope="col" style="background-color:#9999FF;"\| ! scope="col" style="background-color:#EA6D6A;"\| ! scope="col" style="background-color:#EEBBBB;"\| ! scope="col" style="background-color:#EEDDAA;"\| ! scope="col" style="background-color:#FF6347;"\| ! scope="col" style="background-color:#EEBBBB;"\| ! scope="col" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"\| ! scope="col" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"\| ! scope="col" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"\|
	colspan="2"\|	colspan="2"\|
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Addington \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 6,992	54.15%	2,113	16.36%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|80.65%	6,992	4,879	–	1,042	–	–	–	–	–	12,913
style="background-color:#B9E5B9;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Algoma—Manitoulin \| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| Lib \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 4,336	37.42%	168	1.45%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|77.98%	4,336	4,168	–	3,083	–	–	–	–	–	11,587
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Brant \| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| Lib \| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| Lib \| 7,151	47.68%	1,191	7.94%	70.12%	5,960	7,151	–	1,886	–	–	–	–	–	14,997
style="text-align:left;" \| Brantford \| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| CCF \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 6,581	36.91%	26	0.15%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|74.69%	6,581	6,555	–	style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"\|4,266	426	–	–	–	–	17,828
style="text-align:left;" \| Bruce \| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| Lib \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 7,229	46.16%	449	2.87%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|76.77%	7,229	style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"\|6,780	–	1,651	–	–	–	–	–	15,660
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Carleton \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 9,495	59.80%	5,253	33.08%	72.09%	9,495	4,242	–	2,141	–	–	–	–	–	15,878
style="text-align:left;" \| Cochrane North \| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| CCF \| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| Lib \| 3,573	39.07%	313	3.42%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|80.91%	1,918	style="background-color:#EEBBBB;"\|3,573	–	style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"\|3,260	395	–	–	–	–	9,146
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Cochrane South \| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| CCF \| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| CCF \| 10,521	40.29%	2,822	10.81%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|79.48%	6,126	7,699	–	10,521	1,764	–	–	–	–	26,110
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Dufferin—Simcoe \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 9,216	74.30%	6,028	48.60%	62.38%	9,216	–	–	3,188	–	–	–	–	–	12,404
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Durham \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 7,027	53.36%	2,585	19.63%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|77.00%	7,027	4,442	–	1,700	–	–	–	–	–	13,169
style="text-align:left;" \| Elgin \| style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| Ind-Lib \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 10,278	52.29%	2,402	12.22%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|76.50%	10,278	style="background-color:#EABB94;"\|7,876	–	1,500	–	–	–	–	–	19,654
style="background-color:#B9E5B9;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Essex North \| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| CCF \| style="background-color:#EEBBBB;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| LL \| 6,801	36.41%	685	3.67%	69.28%	6,116	–	6,801	5,762	–	–	–	–	–	18,679
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Essex South \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 7,688	51.99%	1,825	12.34%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|74.42%	7,688	5,863	–	1,237	–	–	–	–	–	14,788
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Fort William \| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| CCF \| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| CCF \| 8,197	41.88%	2,590	13.23%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|74.29%	5,607	4,598	–	8,197	1,171	–	–	–	–	19,573
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Glengarry \| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| Lib \| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| Lib \| 5,594	54.90%	1,613	15.83%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|74.30%	3,981	5,594	–	615	–	–	–	–	–	10,190
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Grenville—Dundas \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 8,843	62.17%	4,593	32.29%	65.50%	8,843	4,250	–	1,130	–	–	–	–	–	14,223
style="text-align:left;" \| Grey North \| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| Lib \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 7,275	45.63%	592	3.71%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|74.17%	7,275	style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"\|6,683	–	1,987	–	–	–	–	–	15,945
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Grey South \| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| Lib \| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| Lib \| 6,584	52.66%	1,541	12.33%	72.17%	5,043	6,584	–	876	–	–	–	–	–	12,503
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Haldimand—Norfolk \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 11,943	53.64%	4,622	20.76%	71.55%	11,943	7,321	–	3,003	–	–	–	–	–	22,267
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Halton \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 6,914	44.77%	1,189	7.70%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|74.31%	6,914	5,725	–	2,806	–	–	–	–	–	15,445
style="text-align:left;" \| Hamilton East \| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| CCF \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 10,561	41.70%	2,739	10.81%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|73.12%	10,561	4,445	–	style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"\|7,822	2,291	–	–	–	207	25,326
style="text-align:left;" \| Hamilton Centre \| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| CCF \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 9,091	36.23%	640	2.55%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|74.18%	9,091	style="background-color:#EEBBBB;"\|5,633	–	style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"\|8,451	1,919	–	–	–	–	25,094
style="text-align:left;" \| Hamilton—Wentworth \| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| CCF \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 10,102	44.00%	3,850	16.77%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|78.49%	10,102	style="background-color:#EEBBBB;"\|6,252	–	style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"\|6,047	556	–	–	–	–	22,957
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Hastings East* \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 5,928	56.90%	2,489	23.89%	72.02%	5,928	3,439	–	1,052	–	–	–	–	–	10,419
style="background-color:#B9E5B9;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Hastings West \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 9,351	50.83%	2,910	15.82%	69.35%	9,351	6,441	–	2,604	–	–	–	–	–	18,396
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Huron \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 7,081	52.67%	1,929	14.35%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|74.90%	7,081	5,152	–	1,211	–	–	–	–	–	13,444
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Huron—Bruce \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 7,188	52.57%	2,169	15.86%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|76.53%	7,188	5,019	–	1,465	–	–	–	–	–	13,672
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Kenora \| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| CCF \| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| CCF \| 3,461	33.92%	190	1.86%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|73.80%	3,271	–	2,998	3,461	474	–	–	–	–	10,204
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Kent East \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 7,000	53.20%	841	6.39%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|78.53%	7,000	6,159	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13,159
style="background-color:#B9E5B9;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Kent West \| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| Lib \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 10,691	51.68%	2,555	12.35%	71.20%	10,691	8,136	–	1,861	–	–	–	–	–	20,688
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Kingston* \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 9,275	52.71%	2,907	16.52%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|73.63%	9,275	6,368	–	1,631	322	–	–	–	–	17,596
style="text-align:left;" \| Lambton East \| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| Lib \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 5,693	45.96%	86	0.69%	71.90%	5,693	style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"\|5,607	–	1,087	–	–	–	–	–	12,387
style="text-align:left;" \| Lambton West \| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| CCF \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 7,255	42.61%	975	5.73%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|77.16%	7,255	style="background-color:#EEBBBB;"\|6,280	–	style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"\|3,490	–	–	–	–	–	17,025
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Lanark \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 12,483	87.26%	10,660	74.51%	63.59%	12,483	–	–	1,823	–	–	–	–	–	14,306
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Leeds \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 10,192	58.05%	4,229	24.09%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|75.89%	10,192	5,963	–	1,403	–	–	–	–	–	17,558
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Lincoln \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 16,344	49.91%	8,293	25.32%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|76.03%	16,344	8,051	–	6,791	–	1,563	–	–	–	32,749
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| London \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 16,649	46.03%	5,390	14.90%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|77.55%	16,649	11,259	–	7,863	402	–	–	–	–	36,173
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Middlesex North \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 7,123	45.85%	1,764	11.35%	71.76%	7,123	5,359	–	3,055	–	–	–	–	–	15,537
style="background-color:#B9E5B9;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Middlesex South \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 6,251	44.57%	135	0.96%	71.08%	6,251	6,116	–	1,659	–	–	–	–	–	14,026
style="text-align:left;" \| Muskoka—Ontario \| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| Lib \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 8,073	47.71%	1,902	11.24%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|73.95%	8,073	style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"\|6,171	–	2,676	–	–	–	–	–	16,920
style="text-align:left;" \| Niagara Falls \| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| CCF \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 7,014	33.39%	192	0.91%	70.22%	7,014	style="background-color:#EEBBBB;"\|6,822	–	style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"\|6,560	611	–	–	–	–	21,007
style="text-align:left;" \| Nipissing \| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| CCF \| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| Lib \| 5,988	35.45%	1,123	6.65%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|74.59%	4,512	5,988	–	style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"\|4,865	–	–	–	1,525	–	16,890
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Northumberland \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 8,674	55.70%	2,911	18.69%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|76.85%	8,674	5,763	–	1,135	–	–	–	–	–	15,572
style="text-align:left;" \| Ontario \| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| CCF \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 9,130	35.49%	1,079	4.19%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|74.38%	9,130	8,051	–	style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"\|7,693	–	852	–	–	–	25,726
style="background-color:#B9E5B9;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Ottawa East \| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| Lib \| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| Lib \| 10,725	42.36%	4,708	18.60%	66.34%	5,287	10,725	–	2,234	–	–	style="background-color:#F0E68C;"\|6,359	–	style="background-color:#F0E68C;"\|711	25,316
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Ottawa South \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 23,616	53.50%	9,167	20.77%	69.93%	23,616	14,449	–	5,571	–	–	–	–	503	44,139
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Oxford \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 11,402	50.05%	3,408	14.96%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|72.53%	11,402	7,994	–	3,386	–	–	–	–	–	22,782
style="text-align:left;" \| Parry Sound \| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| CCF \| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| Lib \| 4,289	36.81%	124	1.06%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|73.35%	4,165	style="background-color:#EEBBBB;"\|4,289	–	style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"\|3,199	–	–	–	–	–	11,653
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Peel \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 9,923	56.19%	5,511	31.21%	69.10%	9,923	–	4,412	3,325	–	–	–	–	–	17,660
style="text-align:left;" \| Perth \| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| Lib \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 12,302	48.24%	1,935	7.59%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|72.34%	12,302	style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"\|10,367	–	2,835	–	–	–	–	–	25,504
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Peterborough \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 12,398	50.94%	4,684	19.25%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|81.29%	12,398	7,714	–	4,225	–	–	–	–	–	24,337
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Port Arthur \| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| CCF \| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| CCF \| 6,403	34.90%	2,028	11.05%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|73.01%	3,254	4,375	–	6,403	1,486	–	–	2,828	–	18,346
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Prescott \| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| Lib \| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| Lib \| 6,037	51.31%	2,255	19.17%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|75.06%	1,946	6,037	–	3,782	–	–	–	–	–	11,765
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Prince Edward—Lennox \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 7,583	57.46%	2,878	21.81%	71.84%	7,583	4,705	–	909	–	–	–	–	–	13,197
style="text-align:left;" \|Rainy River \| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| CCF \| style="background-color:#EEBBBB;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| LL \| 2,583	34.59%	251	3.36%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|78.63%	2,332	–	2,583	style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"\|2,186	366	–	–	–	–	7,467
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Renfrew North \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 6,118	45.97%	1,570	11.80%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|80.89%	6,118	4,548	–	2,643	–	–	–	–	–	13,309
style="text-align:left;" \| Renfrew South \| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| Lib \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 5,864	48.39%	774	6.39%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|75.09%	5,864	style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"\|5,090	–	1,164	–	–	–	–	–	12,118
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Russell \| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| Lib \| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| Lib \| 5,925	49.94%	1,511	12.74%	65.82%	4,414	5,925	–	997	–	–	–	528	–	11,864
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Sault Ste. Marie \| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| CCF \| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| CCF \| 5,623	34.69%	176	1.09%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|81.51%	5,447	5,138	–	5,623	–	–	–	–	–	16,208
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Simcoe Centre \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 6,229	45.22%	1,613	11.71%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|77.39%	6,229	4,616	–	1,754	–	–	–	1,176	–	13,775
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Simcoe East \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 7,433	50.05%	3,265	21.99%	60.10%	7,433	4,168	–	3,249	–	–	–	–	–	14,850
style="text-align:left;" \| Stormont \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| Lib \| 8,701	49.43%	2,057	11.69%	59.26%	style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"\|6,644	8,701	–	1,664	594	–	–	–	–	17,603
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Sudbury \| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| CCF \| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| CCF \| 13,627	47.33%	6,075	21.10%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|74.80%	5,920	7,552	–	13,627	1,692	–	–	–	–	28,791
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Temiskaming \| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| CCF \| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| CCF \| 4,327	39.66%	1,176	10.78%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|78.17%	3,151	style="background-color:#EEBBBB;"\|3,150	–	4,327	282	–	–	–	–	10,910
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Victoria \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 9,732	61.39%	5,098	32.16%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|75.66%	9,732	4,634	–	1,487	–	–	–	–	–	15,853
style="text-align:left;" \| Waterloo North \| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| CCF \| style="background-color:#EEBBBB;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| LL \| 11,104	41.24%	1,165	4.33%	69.96%	9,939	–	11,104	style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"\|5,135	745	–	–	–	–	26,923
style="text-align:left;" \| Waterloo South \| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| CCF \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 8,289	42.32%	2,035	10.39%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|72.64%	8,289	5,043	–	style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"\|6,254	–	–	–	–	–	19,586
style="text-align:left;" \| Welland \| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| CCF \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 8,161	34.55%	244	1.03%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|78.35%	8,161	style="background-color:#EEBBBB;"\|7,917	–	style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"\|5,440	–	2,106	–	–	–	23,624
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Wellington North \| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| Lib \| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| Lib \| 6,821	46.89%	24	0.16%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|72.58%	6,797	6,821	–	928	–	–	–	–	–	14,546
style="background-color:#B9E5B9;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Wellington South \| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| CCF \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 7,608	43.40%	1,598	9.12%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|74.29%	7,608	6,010	–	3,910	–	–	–	–	–	17,528
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Wentworth \| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| CCF \| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| CCF \| 9,612	39.08%	591	2.40%	70.03%	9,021	4,254	–	9,612	1,325	–	–	–	385	24,597
style="text-align:left;" \| Windsor—Walkerville \| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| CCF \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 7,880	40.27%	1,596	8.16%	69.21%	7,880	–	–	style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"\|5,402	–	6,284	–	–	–	19,566
style="text-align:left;" \| Windsor—Sandwich \| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| CCF \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 8,487	40.59%	1,506	7.20%	67.54%	8,487	–	6,981	style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"\|5,439	–	–	–	–	–	20,907
style="text-align:left;" \| York East \| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| CCF \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 20,741	46.95%	5,628	12.74%	68.66%	20,741	6,163	–	style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"\|15,113	753	–	–	–	1,411	44,181
style="text-align:left;" \| York North \| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| CCF \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 10,348	42.16%	3,042	12.39%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|72.23%	10,348	7,306	–	style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"\|6,889	–	–	–	–	–	24,543
style="text-align:left;" \| York South \| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| CCF \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 14,893	40.53%	768	2.09%	68.39%	14,893	6,486	–	style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"\|14,125	1,024	–	–	–	220	36,748
style="text-align:left;" \| York West \| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| CCF \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 16,408	43.95%	4,422	11.85%	68.84%	16,408	8,016	–	style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"\|11,986	922	–	–	–	–	37,332
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Beaches \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 11,676	52.38%	4,854	21.77%	70.60%	11,676	3,794	–	6,822	–	–	–	–	–	22,292
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Bellwoods \| style="background-color:#EEBBBB;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| Lab \| style="background-color:#FF6347;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| Lab-Pr \| 6,799	33.62%	816	4.03%	70.28%	5,983	3,301	–	4,142	style="background-color:#EABB94;"\|6,799	–	–	–	–	20,225
style="text-align:left;" \| Bracondale \| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| CCF \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 6,600	35.61%	1,622	8.75%	70.77%	6,600	style="background-color:#EEBBBB;"\|4,019	–	style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"\|4,978	2,607	–	–	328	–	18,532
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Dovercourt \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 12,236	45.67%	4,704	17.56%	68.84%	12,236	5,788	–	7,532	1,237	–	–	–	–	26,793
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Eglinton \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 26,115	63.72%	18,830	45.95%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|78.93%	26,115	6,450	–	7,285	1,132	–	–	–	–	40,982
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| High Park \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 15,238	57.19%	3,830	14.37%	style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"\|72.87%	15,238	–	–	11,408	–	–	–	–	–	26,646
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| Parkdale \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 13,875	46.71%	6,159	20.73%	71.44%	13,875	7,716	–	6,812	1,304	–	–	–	–	29,707
style="text-align:left;" \| Riverdale \| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| CCF \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 12,620	47.53%	3,871	14.58%	67.06%	12,620	4,302	–	style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"\|8,749	683	–	–	–	197	26,551
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| St. Andrew \| style="background-color:#EEBBBB;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| Lab \| style="background-color:#FF6347;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| Lab-Pr \| 10,010	51.80%	5,985	30.97%	68.22%	4,025	2,505	–	2,786	style="background-color:#EABB94;"\|10,010	–	–	–	–	19,326
style="text-align:left;" \| St. David \| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| CCF \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 8,535	42.24%	2,973	14.71%	66.38%	8,535	4,924	–	style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"\|5,562	1,183	–	–	–	–	20,204
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| St. George \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 13,153	55.34%	6,982	29.38%	65.87%	13,153	4,442	–	6,171	–	–	–	–	–	23,766
style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" \|style="text-align:left;" \| St. Patrick \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 7,974	50.21%	4,713	29.68%	68.02%	7,974	3,163	–	3,261	1,484	–	–	–	–	15,882
style="text-align:left;" \| Woodbine \| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| CCF \| style="background-color:#9999FF;" \|	style="text-align:left;" \| PC \| 12,083	43.83%	2,262	8.20%	67.78%	style="background-color:#EEBBBB;"\|12,083	4,199	–	style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"\|9,821	459	–	–	938	69	27,569

:{{Color box|#B9E5B9|border=silver}} = open seat

:{{Color box|#F5F5DC|border=silver}} = turnout is above provincial average

:{{Color box|#DCDCDC|border=silver}} = winning candidate was in previous Legislature

:{{Color box|#EABB94|border=silver}} = incumbent had switched allegiance

:{{Color box|#87CEFA|border=silver}} = incumbency arose from byelection gain

:{{Color box|#FFFF00|border=silver}} = previously incumbent in another riding

:{{Color box|#DCD0FF|border=silver}} = other incumbents renominated

:{{Color box|#EEBBBB|border=silver}} = not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature

:{{Color box|#FFA07A|border=silver}} = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada

:{{Color box|#F0E68C|border=silver}} = multiple candidates

=Analysis=

rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" \| Party in 1st place	colspan="6"\|Party in 2nd place	rowspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;" \|+ Party candidates in 2nd place
PC	Lib	LL	CCF	Lab	I-Lib
{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|PC\|row-name}} \|	45	2	18	1		66
{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Liberal\|row-name}} \|7			3		1	11
{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Liberal-Labour\|row-name}} \|3						3
{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|CCF\|row-name}} \|5	3					8
{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Labor-Progressive\|row-name}} \|2						2
colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" \| Total \|17	48	2	21	1	1	90

style="text-align:left;" \| Parties	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;" \|+ Candidates ranked 1st to 5th place, by party
style="text-align:left;" \|{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|PC\|colour&name}} \|66	17	7			90
style="text-align:left;" \|{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Liberal\|colour&name}} \|11	48	19	2		80
style="text-align:left;" \|{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|CCF\|colour&name}} \|8	21	59	1		89
style="text-align:left;" \|{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Liberal-Labour\|colour&name}} \|3	2	1			6
style="text-align:left;" \|{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Labor-Progressive\|colour&name}} \|2			26	3	31
style="text-align:left;" \|{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Labour\|colour&name}} \|	1		3		4
style="text-align:left;" \|{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Independent Liberal\|colour&name}} \|	1				1
style="text-align:left;" \|{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Independent\|colour&name}} \|			5		5
style="text-align:left;" \|{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Socialist Labour\|colour&name}} \|			1	2	3
style="text-align:left;" \|{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Soldier\|colour&name}} \|			1	1	2
style="text-align:left;" \|{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Social Credit\|colour&name}} \|				2	2
style="text-align:left;" \|{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Independent PC\|colour&name}} \|				1	1

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;" \|+ Resulting composition of the 22nd Legislative Assembly of Ontario !colspan="2" rowspan="2"\| Source !!colspan="6"\|Party
{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|PC\|background}} align="center" \|PC \|{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Liberal\|background}} align="center" \|Lib \|{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Labour\|background}} align="center" \|L-L \|{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|CCF\|background}} align="center" \|CCF \|{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Labor-Progressive\|background}} align="center" \|Lab-Pr !Total
rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"\|Seats retained	style="text-align:left;"\|Incumbents returned \|35	6		8	2	51
style="text-align:left;"\|Open seats held \|2	1				3
rowspan="3" style="text-align:left;"\|Seats changing hands	style="text-align:left;"\|Incumbents defeated \|25	2	2			29
style="text-align:left;"\|Open seats gained \|3		1			4
style="text-align:left;"\|Return of members previously elected \|1	2				3
colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"\|Total \|66	11	3	8	2	90

=Seats that changed hands=

rowspan="2" colspan="2"\|Party !rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"\|1943 !colspan="12"\|Gain from (loss to) !rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"\|1945
class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" \|+ Elections to the 22nd Parliament of Ontario – seats won/lost by party, 1943–1945
colspan="2"\|PC ! colspan="2"\|Lib ! colspan="2"\|CCF ! colspan="2"\|L-L ! colspan="2"\|Lbr-P ! colspan="2"\|I-Lib
{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|PC\|row-name}} \|38			8	(1)	20						1		66
{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Liberal\|row-name}} \|15	1	(8)			3								11
{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|CCF\|row-name}} \|34		(20)		(3)				(3)					8
{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Liberal-Labour\|row-name}} \|–					3								3
{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Labor-Progressive\|row-name}} \|2													2
{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Independent-Liberal\|row-name}}Mitchell Hepburn (Elgin) campaigned as a Liberal and lost. \|1		(1)											–
colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"\|Total	90	1	(29)	8	(4)	26	–	–	(3)	–	–	1	–	90

There were 36 seats that changed allegiance in the election.

; PC to Liberal

Stormont

; Liberal to PC

; CCF to PC

; CCF to Liberal

; CCF to Liberal-Labour

; Independent-Liberal to PC

Elgin

=Notable group of candidates=

Ten candidates who were not incumbents had served as MPPs prior to 1943:

class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;" ! Riding !! colspan="2"\|Candidate !! Votes !! Placed
Cochrane North	{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Liberal\|colour&name}}	Joseph-Anaclet Habel	style="text-align:right;" \|3,573	1st
Hamilton Centre	{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Liberal\|colour&name}}	John Newlands	style="text-align:right;" \|5,633	3rd
Hamilton—Wentworth	{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Liberal\|colour&name}}	Thomas Baker McQuesten	style="text-align:right;" \|6,252	2nd
Lambton West	{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Liberal\|colour&name}}	William Guthrie	style="text-align:right;" \|6,280	2nd
Niagara Falls	{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Liberal\|colour&name}}	William Houck	style="text-align:right;" \|6,822	2nd
Parry Sound	{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Liberal\|colour&name}}	Milton Taylor Armstrong	style="text-align:right;" \|4,289	1st
Temiskaming	{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Liberal\|colour&name}}	William Glennie Nixon	style="text-align:right;" \|3,150	3rd
Welland	{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Liberal\|colour&name}}	Edward James Anderson	style="text-align:right;" \|7,917	2nd
Bracondale	{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Liberal\|colour&name}}	Lionel Pretoria Conacher	style="text-align:right;" \|4,019	3rd
Woodbine	{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|PC\|colour&name}}	Goldwin Corlett Elgie	style="text-align:right;" \|12,083	1st

References

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class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;" \|+ Seats and popular vote by party ! Party !! Seats !! Votes !! colspan="3" \| Change (pp)
style="text-align:left;"\| {{Canadian party colour\|ON\|PC\|colour&name}}	{{Composition bar\|66\|90\|{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|PC}}\|width=175}}	{{Percentage bar\|44.25\|width=175\|c=darkgrey}}	{{bartable\| 8.50\|
5\|1em\|background:green}}
style="text-align:left;"\| {{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Liberal\|colour&name}}/Liberal-Labour	{{Composition bar\|14\|90\|{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Liberal}}\|width=175}}	{{Percentage bar\|29.12\|width=175\|c=darkgrey}}	{{bartable\| -2.50\|
5\|1em\|background:red}}
style="text-align:left;"\| {{Canadian party colour\|ON\|CCF\|colour&name}}	{{Composition bar\|8\|90\|{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|CCF}}\|width=175}}	{{Percentage bar\|22.41\|width=175\|c=darkgrey}}	{{bartable\| -9.21\|
5\|1em\|background:red}}
style="text-align:left;"\| {{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Labor-Progressive\|colour&name}}	{{Composition bar\|2\|90\|{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Liberal}}\|width=175}}	{{Percentage bar\|2.63\|width=175\|c=darkgrey}}	{{bartable\| 1.73\|
5\|1em\|background:green}}
style="text-align:left;"\| {{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Other\|colour&name}}	{{Composition bar\|0\|90\|{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Independent}}\|width=175}}	{{Percentage bar\|1.59\|width=175\|c=darkgrey}}	{{bartable\| 1.48\|
5\|1em\|background:green}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;" \|+ Resulting composition of the 22nd Legislative Assembly of Ontario !colspan="2" rowspan="2"\| Source !!colspan="6"\|Party
{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|PC\|background}} align="center" \|PC \|{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Liberal\|background}} align="center" \|Lib \|{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Labour\|background}} align="center" \|L-L \|{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|CCF\|background}} align="center" \|CCF \|{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Labor-Progressive\|background}} align="center" \|Lab-Pr !Total
rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"\|Seats retained	style="text-align:left;"\|Incumbents returned \|35	6		8	2	51
style="text-align:left;"\|Open seats held \|2	1				3
rowspan="3" style="text-align:left;"\|Seats changing hands	style="text-align:left;"\|Incumbents defeated \|25	2	2			29
style="text-align:left;"\|Open seats gained \|3		1			4
style="text-align:left;"\|Return of members previously elected \|1	2				3
colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"\|Total \|66	11	3	8	2	90

1945 Ontario general election

Background

Campaign

Outcome

Results

=Synopsis of results=

=Analysis=

=Seats that changed hands=

=Notable group of candidates=

See also

References