Ontario New Democratic Party candidates in the 1995 Ontario provincial election

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The governing New Democratic Party of Ontario ran a full slate of candidates in the 1995 Ontario provincial election, and fell to third place status with 17 of 130 seats. Many of the party's candidates have their own biography pages; information on others may be found here.

[[Central Ontario]]

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|Riding

!Candidate's Name

!Notes

! Residence

! Occupation

! Votes

! %

! Rank

Dufferin—Peel

|Sandra Crane

|

|

|

|3,470

|

|3rd

Hastings—Peterborough

|Elmer Buchanan

|

|

|

|8,328

|27.87

|2nd

Muskoka–Georgian Bay

|Dan Waters

|

|

|

|7,742

|

|3rd

Northumberland

|Murray Weppler

|

|

|

|4,539

|

|3rd

Peterborough

|Jenny Carter

|

|Peterborough

|Teacher{{cite news |first=Laurie |last=Stephens |title=Rookie MPPs face trial by fire in Ontario's first NDP government |newspaper=Kitchener-Waterloo Record |date=1990-10-02 |page=A4}}

|7,581

|

|1st

Simcoe Centre

|Paul Wessenger

|Member of Barrie City Council (1973–1976)

|

|Lawyer

|7,655

|

|3rd

Simcoe East

|Marg Ducie

|

|

|

|4,849

|

|3rd

Simcoe West

|Kathy Simpson

|

|

|

|4,937

|

|3rd

Victoria—Haliburton

|Cathy Vainio

|

|

|

|4,210

|

|3rd

[[Eastern Ontario]]/[[Ottawa]]

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|Riding

!Candidate's Name

!Notes

! Residence

! Occupation

! Votes

! %

! Rank

Carleton

|Cathy Hallessey

|

|

|

|4,046

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|3rd

Carleton East

|Fiona Faucher

|

|

|

|4,783

|

|3rd

Cornwall

|Syd Gardiner

|

|

|

|1,71

|

|3rd

Frontenac—Addington

|Fred Wilson

|

|

|

|7,302

|

|3rd

Kingston and the Islands

|Gary Wilson

|

|Kingston

|Union leader (CUPE)/Librarian

|8.052

|

|3rd

Lanark—Renfrew

|Don Page

|

|

|

|3,455

|

|3rd

Leeds—Grenville

|Charles Stewart

|

|

|

|2,316

|

|3rd

Nepean

|John Sullivan

|

|

|Union leader (PSAC)

|3,274

|

|3rd

Ottawa Centre

|Evelyn Gigantes

|Member of Provincial Parliament for Ottawa Centre (1985–1987)
Member of Provincial Parliament for Carleton East (1975–1981)

|

|Radio/television broadcaster

|9,438

|33.23

|2nd

Ottawa East

|David Dyment

|

|

|

|4,818

|

|3rd

Ottawa–Rideau

|Dan McIntyre

|

|

|

|4,138

|

|3rd

Ottawa South

|Margaret Armstrong

|

|

|

|4,235

|

|3rd

Ottawa West

|Karim Ismaili

|

|

|

|3,718

|

|3rd

Prince Edward—Lennox

|Paul Johnson

|Member of Athol Township Council (1988–1990)

|

|Lawyer

|5,996

|

|3rd

Quinte

|Barb Dolan

|

|

|

|3,743

|

|3rd

Renfrew North

|Ish Theilheimer

|

|

|Magazine publisher

|2,483

|

|3rd

Stormont—Dundas—Glengarry and East Grenville

|Michael Cowley-Owen

|

|

|

|2,285

|

|3rd

[[Greater Toronto Area]]

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|Riding

!Candidate's Name

!Notes

! Residence

! Occupation

! Votes

! %

! Rank

Beaches—Woodbine

|Frances Lankin

|

|

|

|10,862

|

|1st

Brampton North

|John Devries

|ONDP candidate for Brampton North in the 1990 provincial election

|

|

|5,288

|

|3rd

Brampton South

|Paul Ledgister

|

|

|

|5,676

|

|3rd

Burlington South

|David Miles

|

|

|

|3,507

|

|3rd

Don Mills

|Janaki Bala-Krishnan

|

|

|

|4,569

|

|3rd

Dovercourt

|Tony Silipo

|

|

|

|9,049

|

|1st

Downsview

|Anthony Perruzza

|

|

|

|8,782

|

|2nd

Durham Centre

|Drummond White

|

|

|

|8,120

|

|3rd

Durham East

|Gord Mills

|

|

|

|8,519

|

|2nd

Durham West

|Jim Wiseman

|

|

|

|9,444

|

|3rd

Durham—York

|Larry O'Connor

|

|

|Auto Worker

|8,048

|

|2nd

Eglinton

|Adam Di Carlo

|

|

|

|4,597

|

|3rd

Etobicoke–Humber

|Osman Ali

|

|

|

|3,100

|

|3rd

Etobicoke—Lakeshore

|Ruth Grier

|

|

|

|8,279

|

|3rd

Etobicoke—Rexdale

|Ed Philip

|

|

|

|8,668

|

|2nd

Etobicoke West

|Judy Jones

|ONDP candidate for Etobicoke West in the 1990 provincial election

|

|

|4,608

|

|3rd

Fort York

|Rosario Marchese

|

|

|

|10,762

|

|1st

Halton Centre

|Richard Banigan

|ONDP candidate for Halton Centre in the 1990 provincial election

|

|

|5,268

|

|3rd

Halton North

|Noel Duignan

|

|

|

|4,362

|

|3rd

High Park—Swansea

|Elaine Ziemba

|

|

|

|8,899

|

|2nd

Lawrence

|Donato Santeramo

|

|

|

|5,000

|

|3rd

Markham

|Mike Tang

|

|

|

|7,779

|

|3rd

Mississauga East

|Zenia Wadhwani

|

|

|

|5,120

|

|3rd

Mississauga North

|Dan Shekhar

|

|

|

|5,283

|

|3rd

Mississauga South

|David Messenger

|

|

|

|3,282

|

|3rd

Mississauga West

|Paul Daniel

|

|

|

|6,758

|

|3rd

Oakville South

|Willie Lambert

|

|

|

|2,973

|

|3rd

Oakwood

|Tony Rizzo

|

|

|

|7,624

|

|2nd

Oriole

|David Cox

|

|

|

|3,665

|

|3rd

Oshawa

|Allan Pilkey

|

|

|

|8,450

|

|2nd

Parkdale

|Martin Silva

|

|

|

|5,795

|

|2nd

Riverdale

|Marilyn Churley

|

|

|

|10,948

|

|1st

Scarborough—Agincourt

|Christine Fei

|

|

|

|4,112

|

|3rd

Scarborough Centre

|Steve Owens

|

|

|

|6,841

|

|3rd

Scarborough East

|Bob Frankford

|

|

|

|7,212

|

|2nd

Scarborough—Ellesmere

|David Warner

|

|

|Teacher

|7,906

|

|2nd

Scarborough North

|Tarek Fatah

|

|

|

|6,431

|

|3rd

Scarborough West

|Anne Swarbrick

|

|

|

|9,216

|

|2nd

St. Andrew—St. Patrick

|David Jacobs

|NDP candidate for St. Paul's in the 1993 federal election

|

|Lawyer

|9,231

|

|3rd

St. George—St. David

|Brent Hawkes

|

|

|

|9,672

|

|3rd

Willowdale

|Julie McCrea

|

|

|

|4,825

|

|3rd

Wilson Heights

|Claudia White

|

|

|

|4,612

|

|3rd

York Centre

|Joseph Thevarkunnel

|

|

|

|6,698

|

|3rd

York East

|Gary Malkowski

|

|

|

|9,526

|

|2nd

York—Mackenzie

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

York Mills

|Lesley Durham

|

|

|

|2,930

|

|3rd

York South

|Bob Rae

|

|

|

|10,442

|

|1st

Yorkview

|Giorgio Mammoliti

|

|

|

|6,447

|

|2nd

[[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]]/[[Niagara Peninsula|Niagara]]

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style="width:250px;"|Riding

! style="width:150px;"|Candidate's Name

! style="width:300px;"|Notes

!Residence

!Occupation

!Votes

!%

!Rank

Hamilton Centre

|David Christopherson

|Member of Hamilton City Council (1985–1990)

|Hamilton

|Union leader (United Auto Workers)

|8,012

|

|1st

Hamilton East

|Andrew Mackenzie

|

|

|

|7,042

|

|2nd

Hamilton Mountain

|Brian Charlton

|Member of Provincial Parliament for Hamilton Mountain (1977–1995)

|Hamilton

|Property assessor

|9,817

|

|3rd

Hamilton West

|Richard Allen

|Member of Provincial Parliament for Hamilton West (1982–1995)

|Dundas

|Professor at McMaster University

|9,267

|

|2ns

Lincoln

|Ron Hansen

|

|

|Engineer

|5,800

|

|3rd

Niagara Falls

|Margaret Harrington

|

|

|

|7,034

|

|3rd

Niagara South

|Shirley Coppen

|

|

|Nursing assistant

|5,376

|

|3rd

St. Catharines

|Jeff Burch

|

|

|

|3,929

|

|3rd

St. Catharines—Brock

|Christel Haeck

|

|

|

|5,521

|

|3rd

Welland–Thorold

|Peter Kormos

|Member of Provincial Parliament for Welland–Thorold (1988–1999)

|Welland

|Lawyer

|12,848

|

|1st

Wentworth East

|Mark Morrow

|

|

|Lathe operator

|6,667

|

|3rd

Wentworth North

|Don Abel

|

|

|Union official (CUPE)

|6,474

|

|3rd

[[Northern Ontario]]

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style="width:250px;"|Riding

! style="width:150px;"|Candidate's Name

! style="width:300px;"|Notes

!Residence

!Occupation

!Votes

!%

!Rank

Algoma

|Bud Wildman

|Member of Provincial Parliament for Algoma (1975–1999)

|Echo Bay

|Teacher

|6,190

|

|1st

Algoma—Manitoulin

|Lois Miller

|

|

|

|2,991

|

|3rd

Cochrane North

|Len Wood

|

|

|Mechanic

|6,935

|

|1st

Cochrane South

|Gilles Bisson

|

|Timmins

|Union organizer

|12,114

|

|1st

Fort William

|Greg Laws

|

|

|

|4,561

|

|3rd

Kenora

|Mike Clancy

|

|

|

|2,788

|

|3rd

Lake Nipigon

|Gilles Pouliot

|Member of Provincial Parliament for Lake Nipigon (1985–1999)
Mayor of Manitouwadge

|Manitouwadge

|Miner

|5,079

|

|1st

Nickel Belt

|Floyd Laughren

|Member of Provincial Parliament for Nickel Belt (1971–1998)

|Sudbury

|Professor at Cambrian College

|8,007

|

|1st

Nipissing

|Doug Bennett

|

|

|

|4,350

|

|3rd

Parry Sound

|Dan Reed

|

|

|

|3,367

|

|3rd

Port Arthur

|Shelley Wark-Martyn

|

|

|Nurse

|7,490

|

|2nd

Rainy River

|Howard Hampton

|Member of Provincial Parliament for Rainy River (1987–1999)

|

|Lawyer

|4,912

|

|1st

Sault Ste. Marie

|Tony Martin

|

|

|

|15,392

|

|1st

Sudbury

|Sharon Murdock

|

|

|Lawyer

|8,698

|

|2nd

Sudbury East

|Shelley Martel

|Member of Provincial Parliament for Sudbury East (1987–1999)

|

|Insurance professional

|11,236

|

|1st

Timiskaming

|Ambrose Raftis

|

|

|

|2,962

|

|2nd

[[Southwestern Ontario]]

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style="width:250px;"|Riding

! style="width:150px;"|Candidate's Name

! style="width:300px;"|Notes

!Residence

!Occupation

!Votes

!%

!Rank

Brantford

|Brad Ward

|Member of Provincial Parliament for Brantford (1990–1995)

|

|

|8,165

|

|3rd

Brant–Haldimand

|Willem Hanrath

|

|

|

|3,030

|

|3rd

Bruce

|Robert Emerson

|

|

|

|4,269

|

|3rd

Cambridge

|Mike Farnan

|Member of Provincial Parliament for Cambridge (1987–1995)

|

|

|11,797

|

|1st

Chatham—Kent

|Randy Hope

|Member of Provincial Parliament for Chatham—Kent (1990–1995)

|

|

|7,444

|

|3rd

Elgin

|Hugh MacGinnis

|

|

|

|3,445

|

|3rd

Essex–Kent

|Pat Hayes

|

|

|

|7,837

|

|3rd

Essex South

|Dave Maris

|

|

|

|4,348

|

|3rd

Grey—Owen Sound

|Greg Cooper

|

|

|

|3,413

|

|3rd

Guelph

|Derek Fletcher

|Member of Provincial Parliament for Guelph (1990–1995)

|

|

|10,278

|

|3rd

Huron

|Paul Klopp

|Member of Provincial Parliament for Huron (1990–1995)

|

|

|6,927

|

|3rd

Kitchener

|Sandi Ellis

|

|

|

|6,998

|

|3rd

Kitchener—Wilmot

|Mike Cooper

|Member of Provincial Parliament for Kitchener—Wilmot (1990–1995)

|

|

|8,146

|

|3rd

Lambton

|Dona Stewardson

|

|

|

|5,055

|

|3rd

London Centre

|Marion Boyd

|Member of Provincial Parliament for London Centre (1990–1999)

|

|

|11,096

|

|1st

London North

|Carolyn Davies

|ONDP candidate for London North in the 1990 provincial election

|

|

|8,167

|

|3rd

London South

|David Winninger

|Member of Provincial Parliament for London South (1990–1995)

|

|

|10,729

|

|2nd

Middlesex

|Irene Mathyssen

|Member of Provincial Parliament for Middlesex (1990–1995)

|

|

|8,799

|

|2nd

Norfolk

|Norm Jamison

|Member of Provincial Parliament for Norfolk (1990–1995)

|

|

|7,893

|

|3rd

Oxford

|Kimble Sutherland

|Member of Provincial Parliament for Oxford (1990–1995)

|

|

|9,501

|

|2nd

Perth

|Karen Haslam

|Member of Provincial Parliament for Perth (1990–1995)

|

|

|8,445

|

|2nd

Sarnia

|Bob Huget

|Member of Provincial Parliament for Sarnia (1990–1995)

|

|

|7,487

|

|3rd

Waterloo North

|Hugh Miller

|ONDP candidate for Waterloo North in the 1990 provincial election

|

|

|6,869

|

|3rd

Wellington

|Elaine Rogala

|

|

|

|4,104

|

|3rd

Windsor—Riverside

|Dave Cooke

|Member of Provincial Parliament for Windsor—Riverside (1977–1997)

|

|

|12,347

|

|1st

Windsor—Sandwich

|Arlene Rousseau

|Candidate for Ward 2 in the 1991 Windsor municipal election

|

|

|6,414

|

|2nd

Windsor—Walkerville

|Wayne Lessard

|

|

|

|9,901

|

|2nd

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