| Election Name: | 1951 Ontario general election |
| Country: | Ontario |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | no |
| Party Name: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1948 Ontario general election |
| Previous Year: | 1948 |
| Next Election: | 1955 Ontario general election |
| Next Year: | 1955 |
| Seats For Election: | 90 seats in the 24th Legislative Assembly of Ontario 46 seats were needed for a majority |
| Election Date: | November 22, 1951 |
| Image1: | Leslie Frost Premier of Ontario.jpg |
| Leader1: | Leslie Frost |
| Leader Since1: | April 27, 1949 |
| Leaders Seat1: | Victoria |
| Last Election1: | 53 |
| Seats1: | 79 |
| Seat Change1: | 26 |
| Percentage1: | 48.5% |
| Swing1: | 7.0pp |
| Leader2: | Walter Thomson |
| Leader Since2: | November 10, 1950 |
| Leaders Seat2: | Ran in Ontario (Lost) |
| Last Election2: | 14 |
| Seats2: | 8 |
| Seat Change2: | 6 |
| Percentage2: | 31.5% |
| Swing2: | 1.7pp |
| Image4: | Ted jolliffe 1942.jpg |
| Leader4: | Ted Jolliffe |
| Leader Since4: | April 3, 1942 |
| Leaders Seat4: | York South (lost re-election) |
| Last Election4: | 21 |
| Seats4: | 2 |
| Seat Change4: | 19 |
| Percentage4: | 19.1% |
| Swing4: | 3.3pp |
| Image5: | File:Stewartsmith.jpg |
| Leader5: | Stewart Smith |
| Leader Since5: | 1951 |
| Party5: | Labor-Progressive |
| Last Election5: | 2 |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Percentage5: | 0.7% |
| Swing5: | 0.3pp |
| Premier | |
| Posttitle: | Premier after election |
| Before Election: | Leslie Frost |
| After Election: | Leslie Frost |
The 1951 Ontario general election was held on November 22, 1951, to elect the 90 members of the 24th Legislative Assembly of Ontario (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the Province of Ontario.
Because of Canada's participation in the Korean War, and because previous legislation governing the participation of active service voters stationed overseas had lapsed,[1] new provision was made to enable the collection of votes of Ontario residents who had returned to active service because of the present conflict.[2] Legislation governing the functioning of elections[3] and the preparation of voters' lists[4] was also revised.
| Polling firm | Last day of survey | Source | PCO | OLP | OCCF | Other | Undecided | Sample | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Election 1953 | November 22, 1951 | 48.5 | 31.5 | 19.1 | 0.9 | |||||
| Gallup | October 1951 | style='background:#9999FF' | 44 | 40 | 14 | 3 | 22 | |||
| Gallup | August 1951 | style='background:#9999FF' | 47 | 40 | 11 | 1 | 30 | |||
| Gallup | June 1951 | [5] | 45 | 41 | 13 | 1 | ||||
| Gallup | February 1951 | [6] | 43 | 42 | 14 | 1 | 23 | |||
| Gallup | July 1950 | [7] | style='background:#9999FF' | 44 | 39 | 14 | 3 | 21 | ||
| Election 1948 | June 7, 1948 | 41.28 | 26.52 | 29.78 | 2.42 |
The majority of races were three-way contests between the major parties:
| Candidates | align="center" | PC | align="center" | Lib | align="center" | L-L | align="center" | CCF | align="center" | Lab-Pr | align="center" | I-PC | align="center" | I-Lab | align="center" | Ind | align="center" | S-L | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 13 | 13 | 26 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 64 | 62 | 2 | 64 | 192 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 48 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Total | 90 | 88 | 2 | 77 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 271 |
The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, led by Leslie Frost, won a fourth consecutive term in office, increasing its caucus in the legislature from 53 in the previous election to 79—a solid majority.
The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Walter Thomson, lost six seats, but regained the role of official opposition because of the collapse of the CCF vote. Albert Wren was elected as a Liberal-Labour candidate and sat with the Liberal caucus.
The social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), led by Ted Jolliffe, lost all but two of its previous 21 seats with Jolliffe himself being defeated in the riding of York South.
One seat was won by J.B. Salsberg of the Labor-Progressive Party (which was the Communist Party of Ontario). LPP leader A.A. MacLeod lost his downtown Toronto seat of Bellwoods in this election and three other LPP candidates were also defeated.
[8] [9] |-! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party! rowspan=2 | Party leader! colspan=5 | MPPs! colspan=3 | Votes|-! Candidates!1948!Dissol.!1951!±!#!%! ± (pp)|style="text-align:left;"|Leslie Frost| 90 || 53 || 53 || 79 || 26 || 860,939 || 48.46 || 7.18|-|style="text-align:left;"|Walter Thomson| 88 || 13 || 13 || 7 || rowspan="2"|6 || 551,753 || 31.06 || rowspan="2"|1.72|style="text-align:left;"|| 2 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 7,939 || 0.45|style="text-align:left;"|Ted Jolliffe| 77 || 21 || 21 || 2 || 19 || 339,362 || 19.10 || 7.42|style="text-align:left;"|Stewart Smith| 6 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 11,914 || 0.67 || 0.33|style="text-align:left;"|| 4 || || || || || 1,869 || 0.11 || 0.01|style="text-align:left;"|| 1 || || || || || 1,375 || 0.08 || 0.07|style="text-align:left;"|| 2 || || || || || 1,094 || 0.06 || 0.13|style="text-align:left;"|| 1 || || || || || 371 || 0.02 || 0.03|-style="background:#E9E9E9;"|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Total|271|90|90|90||1,776,616|100.00%||-|colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"|Blank and invalid ballots|align="right"|23,834|style="background:#E9E9E9;" colspan="2"||-style="background:#E9E9E9;"|colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"|Registered voters / turnout|2,745,709|65.57%|2.09|}
| Riding | Winning party | Turnout [10] | Votes | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name[11] | 1948 | Party | Votes | Share | Margin # | Margin % | PC | Lib/ | CCF | Lab-Pr | Total | |||||||||
| Addington | PC | PC | 7,035 | 56.04% | 2,328 | 18.55% | 73.26% | 7,035 | 4,707 | 811 | – | – | – | – | – | 12,553 | ||||
| Algoma—Manitoulin | PC | PC | 5,718 | 47.18% | 1,138 | 9.39% | 68.95% | 5,718 | 4,580 | 1,822 | – | – | – | – | – | 12,120 | ||||
| Brant | Lib | Lib | 8,218 | 47.49% | 1,795 | 10.37% | 70.36% | 6,423 | 8,218 | 2,665 | – | – | – | – | – | 17,306 | ||||
| Brantford | Lib | Lib | 7,289 | 38.45% | 1,249 | 6.59% | 73.74% | 5,630 | 7,289 | 6,040 | – | – | – | – | – | 18,959 | ||||
| Bruce | Lib | PC | 7,369 | 48.93% | 652 | 4.33% | 77.21% | 7,369 | 6,717 | 973 | – | – | – | – | – | 15,059 | ||||
| Carleton | PC | PC | 10,863 | 59.00% | 5,398 | 29.32% | 64.28% | 10,863 | 5,465 | 1,138 | – | 945 | – | – | – | 18,411 | ||||
| Cochrane North | PC | PC | 4,009 | 40.28% | 461 | 4.63% | 66.79% | 4,009 | 3,548 | 2,395 | – | – | – | – | – | 9,952 | ||||
| Cochrane South | CCF | CCF | 10,233 | 40.82% | 1,606 | 6.41% | 69.52% | 8,627 | 5,391 | 10,233 | 820 | – | – | – | – | 25,071 | ||||
| Dufferin—Simcoe | PC | PC | 7,535 | 58.33% | 2,966 | 22.96% | 62.52% | 7,535 | 4,569 | 814 | – | – | – | – | – | 12,918 | ||||
| Durham | PC | PC | 7,389 | 51.79% | 2,279 | 15.97% | 76.75% | 7,389 | 5,110 | 1,769 | – | – | – | – | – | 14,268 | ||||
| Elgin | PC | PC | 10,501 | 55.08% | 3,367 | 17.66% | 69.74% | 10,501 | 7,134 | 1,430 | – | – | – | – | – | 19,065 | ||||
| Essex North | CCF | Lib | 10,051 | 39.85% | 2,243 | 8.89% | 70.07% | 7,808 | 10,051 | 7,362 | – | – | – | – | – | 25,221 | ||||
| Essex South | PC | PC | 9,797 | 64.50% | 5,266 | 34.67% | 66.29% | 9,797 | 4,531 | 861 | – | – | – | – | – | 15,189 | ||||
| Fort William | Lib | PC | 8,057 | 42.60% | 722 | 3.82% | 72.57% | 8,057 | 7,335 | 3,157 | – | – | – | 366 | – | 18,915 | ||||
| Glengarry | PC | PC | 5,298 | 55.23% | 1,003 | 10.46% | 76.01% | 5,298 | 4,295 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9,593 | ||||
| Grenville—Dundas | PC | PC | 7,797 | 66.01% | 3,783 | 32.03% | 56.63% | 7,797 | 4,014 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 11,811 | ||||
| Grey North | PC | PC | 9,068 | 58.74% | 4,813 | 31.18% | 74.85% | 9,068 | 4,255 | 2,115 | – | – | – | – | – | 15,438 | ||||
| Grey South | Lib | Lib | 6,256 | 49.44% | 939 | 7.42% | 76.75% | 5,317 | 6,256 | 1,080 | – | – | – | – | – | 12,653 | ||||
| Haldimand—Norfolk | PC | PC | 11,298 | 51.58% | 2,430 | 11.09% | 69.31% | 11,298 | 8,868 | 1,739 | – | – | – | – | – | 21,905 | ||||
| Halton | PC | PC | 9,063 | 51.61% | 2,762 | 15.73% | 67.60% | 9,063 | 6,301 | 2,197 | – | – | – | – | – | 17,561 | ||||
| Hamilton East | CCF | PC | 9,336 | 44.36% | 1,850 | 8.79% | 51.77% | 9,336 | 4,224 | 7,486 | – | – | – | – | – | 21,046 | ||||
| Hamilton Centre | CCF | PC | 7,753 | 42.44% | 1,577 | 8.63% | 61.16% | 7,753 | 4,341 | 6,176 | – | – | – | – | – | 18,270 | ||||
| Hamilton—Wentworth | PC | PC | 11,865 | 55.58% | 6,800 | 31.85% | 63.10% | 11,865 | 5,065 | 4,417 | – | – | – | – | – | 21,347 | ||||
| Hastings East | PC | PC | 6,294 | 56.76% | 2,198 | 19.82% | 72.42% | 6,294 | 4,096 | 699 | – | – | – | – | – | 11,089 | ||||
| Hastings West | PC | PC | 10,299 | 55.37% | 3,279 | 17.63% | 70.78% | 10,299 | 7,020 | 1,283 | – | – | – | – | – | 18,602 | ||||
| Huron | PC | PC | 8,005 | 54.88% | 1,424 | 9.76% | 80.51% | 8,005 | 6,581 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14,586 | ||||
| Huron—Bruce | PC | PC | 7,431 | 58.48% | 2,155 | 16.96% | 76.89% | 7,431 | 5,276 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12,707 | ||||
| Kenora | PC | LL | 4,776 | 43.58% | 133 | 1.21% | 66.00% | 4,643 | 4,776 | 1,541 | – | – | – | – | – | 10,960 | ||||
| Kent East | Lib | PC | 6,891 | 56.75% | 1,640 | 13.51% | 72.82% | 6,891 | 5,251 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 12,142 | ||||
| Kent West | PC | PC | 12,194 | 55.26% | 3,858 | 17.48% | 68.55% | 12,194 | 8,336 | 1,536 | – | – | – | – | – | 22,066 | ||||
| Kingston | PC | PC | 9,924 | 57.34% | 3,518 | 20.33% | 74.21% | 9,924 | 6,406 | 978 | – | – | – | – | – | 17,308 | ||||
| Lambton East | PC | PC | 6,610 | 58.35% | 1,891 | 16.69% | 67.25% | 6,610 | 4,719 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11,329 | ||||
| Lambton West | PC | PC | 10,814 | 59.13% | 5,983 | 32.72% | 64.16% | 10,814 | 4,831 | 2,642 | – | – | – | – | – | 18,287 | ||||
| Lanark | PC | PC | 12,071 | 77.56% | 9,109 | 58.53% | 70.02% | 12,071 | 2,962 | 531 | – | – | – | – | – | 15,564 | ||||
| Leeds | PC | PC | 10,658 | 61.01% | 3,848 | 22.03% | 74.32% | 10,658 | 6,810 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17,468 | ||||
| Lincoln | PC | PC | 15,477 | 45.61% | 5,887 | 17.35% | 65.01% | 15,477 | 9,590 | 8,032 | – | – | – | 834 | – | 33,933 | ||||
| London | Lib | PC | 13,926 | 47.38% | 3,112 | 10.59% | 61.06% | 13,926 | 10,814 | 4,655 | – | – | – | – | – | 29,395 | ||||
| Middlesex North | PC | PC | 8,607 | 49.29% | 2,981 | 17.07% | 57.63% | 8,607 | 5,626 | 3,229 | – | – | – | – | – | 17,462 | ||||
| Middlesex South | PC | PC | 8,461 | 58.27% | 3,324 | 22.89% | 65.08% | 8,461 | 5,137 | 922 | – | – | – | – | – | 14,520 | ||||
| Muskoka—Ontario | PC | PC | 9,370 | 54.17% | 2,807 | 16.23% | 73.86% | 9,370 | 6,563 | 1,364 | – | – | – | – | – | 17,297 | ||||
| Niagara Falls | Lib | Lib | 10,209 | 48.79% | 3,263 | 15.59% | 61.57% | 6,946 | 10,209 | 3,769 | – | – | – | – | – | 20,924 | ||||
| Nipissing | PC | PC | 8,219 | 46.73% | 1,409 | 8.01% | 65.11% | 8,219 | 6,810 | 2,561 | – | – | – | – | – | 17,590 | ||||
| Northumberland | PC | PC | 10,140 | 62.43% | 4,039 | 24.87% | 78.11% | 10,140 | 6,101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16,241 | ||||
| Ontario | CCF | CCF | 12,054 | 40.17% | 2,178 | 7.26% | 71.44% | 9,876 | 7,806 | 12,054 | – | – | – | 268 | – | 30,004 | ||||
| Ottawa East | Lib | Lib | 10,722 | 50.08% | 2,275 | 10.63% | 58.34% | 8,447 | 10,722 | 2,242 | – | – | – | – | – | 21,411 | ||||
| Ottawa South | PC | PC | 19,908 | 55.98% | 7,464 | 20.99% | 59.72% | 19,908 | 12,444 | 3,212 | – | – | – | – | – | 35,564 | ||||
| Oxford | PC | PC | 10,026 | 45.17% | 196 | 0.88% | 68.16% | 10,026 | 9,830 | 2,338 | – | – | – | – | – | 22,194 | ||||
| Parry Sound | PC | PC | 6,348 | 60.24% | 2,158 | 20.48% | 68.87% | 6,348 | 4,190 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10,538 | ||||
| Peel | PC | PC | 12,528 | 56.61% | 6,817 | 30.80% | 66.22% | 12,528 | 5,711 | 3,893 | – | – | – | – | – | 22,132 | ||||
| Perth | PC | PC | 11,697 | 50.21% | 2,577 | 11.06% | 69.05% | 11,697 | 9,120 | 2,477 | – | – | – | – | – | 23,294 | ||||
| Peterborough | PC | PC | 14,442 | 58.48% | 6,802 | 27.54% | 67.14% | 14,442 | 7,640 | 2,614 | – | – | – | – | – | 24,696 | ||||
| Port Arthur | CCF | PC | 7,758 | 37.38% | 1,586 | 7.64% | 63.89% | 7,758 | 5,447 | 6,172 | – | – | 1,375[12] | – | – | 20,752 | ||||
| Prescott | PC | PC | 7,046 | 57.11% | 1,960 | 15.89% | 76.77% | 7,046 | 5,086 | 56 | – | 149 | – | – | – | 12,337 | ||||
| Prince Edward—Lennox | Lib | PC | 7,565 | 54.30% | 1,197 | 8.59% | 100.23% | 7,565 | 6,368 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13,933 | ||||
| Rainy River | LL | PC | 3,633 | 44.04% | 470 | 5.70% | 72.52% | 3,633 | 3,163 | 1,454 | – | – | – | – | – | 8,250 | ||||
| Renfrew North | PC | PC | 7,769 | 57.93% | 2,127 | 15.86% | 67.59% | 7,769 | 5,642 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13,411 | ||||
| Renfrew South | PC | PC | 6,875 | 56.00% | 1,937 | 15.78% | 68.97% | 6,875 | 4,938 | 463 | – | – | – | – | – | 12,276 | ||||
| Russell | PC | PC | 6,946 | 44.31% | 10 | 0.06% | 55.68% | 6,946 | 6,936 | 1,794 | – | – | – | – | – | 15,676 | ||||
| Sault Ste. Marie | CCF | PC | 7,359 | 39.42% | 1,308 | 7.01% | 71.24% | 7,359 | 6,051 | 5,257 | – | – | – | – | – | 18,667 | ||||
| Simcoe Centre | PC | PC | 7,721 | 57.03% | 1,903 | 14.06% | 62.02% | 7,721 | 5,818 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13,539 | ||||
| Simcoe East | PC | PC | 8,634 | 55.91% | 3,565 | 23.08% | 72.59% | 8,634 | 5,069 | 1,741 | – | – | – | – | – | 15,444 | ||||
| Stormont | PC | Lib | 9,383 | 50.32% | 1,680 | 9.01% | 70.95% | 7,703 | 9,383 | 1,560 | – | – | – | – | – | 18,646 | ||||
| Sudbury | PC | PC | 14,056 | 44.91% | 2,418 | 7.73% | 65.77% | 14,056 | 11,638 | 5,605 | – | – | – | – | – | 31,299 | ||||
| Temiskaming | CCF | PC | 4,328 | 39.53% | 663 | 6.05% | 73.61% | 4,328 | 2,957 | 3,665 | – | – | – | – | – | 10,950 | ||||
| Victoria | PC | PC | 12,423 | 81.02% | 9,512 | 62.03% | 69.66% | 12,423 | 2,911 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15,334 | ||||
| Waterloo North | Lib | PC | 9,873 | 35.22% | 161 | 0.57% | 58.54% | 9,873 | 9,712 | 8,445 | – | – | – | – | – | 28,030 | ||||
| Waterloo South | CCF | PC | 8,239 | 40.57% | 1,249 | 6.15% | 68.30% | 8,239 | 5,078 | 6,990 | – | – | – | – | – | 20,307 | ||||
| Welland | Lib | PC | 10,390 | 40.27% | 482 | 1.87% | 68.83% | 10,390 | 9,908 | 4,709 | 791 | – | – | – | – | 25,798 | ||||
| Wellington North | Lib | PC | 7,159 | 49.85% | 602 | 4.19% | 75.90% | 7,159 | 6,557 | 645 | – | – | – | – | – | 14,361 | ||||
| Wellington South | PC | PC | 8,208 | 43.65% | 2,235 | 11.88% | 71.77% | 8,208 | 5,973 | 4,625 | – | – | – | – | – | 18,806 | ||||
| Wentworth | CCF | PC | 11,004 | 37.97% | 408 | 1.41% | 53.08% | 11,004 | 7,383 | 10,596 | – | – | – | – | – | 28,983 | ||||
| Windsor—Walkerville | PC | PC | 8,858 | 48.60% | 3,801 | 20.86% | 66.24% | 8,858 | 3,451 | 5,057 | 859 | – | – | – | – | 18,225 | ||||
| Windsor—Sandwich | PC | PC | 11,666 | 53.32% | 6,501 | 29.71% | 63.81% | 11,666 | 5,050 | 5,165 | – | – | – | – | – | 21,881 | ||||
| York East | CCF | PC | 30,944 | 47.78% | 8,708 | 13.45% | 56.23% | 30,944 | 11,581 | 22,236 | – | – | – | – | – | 64,761 | ||||
| York North | PC | PC | 19,518 | 49.00% | 8,159 | 20.48% | 59.64% | 19,518 | 11,359 | 8,955 | – | – | – | – | – | 39,832 | ||||
| York South | CCF | PC | 13,760 | 39.61% | 514 | 1.48% | 58.74% | 13,760 | 6,870 | 13,246 | 867 | – | – | – | – | 34,743 | ||||
| York West | CCF | PC | 24,614 | 47.62% | 7,573 | 14.65% | 65.39% | 24,614 | 10,034 | 17,041 | – | – | – | – | – | 51,689 | ||||
| Beaches | CCF | PC | 9,904 | 49.28% | 2,679 | 13.33% | 66.15% | 9,904 | 2,970 | 7,225 | – | – | – | – | – | 20,099 | ||||
| Bellwoods | Lab-Pr | PC | 5,571 | 33.39% | 298 | 1.79% | 64.56% | 5,571 | 5,273 | 2,483 | 3,357 | – | – | – | – | 16,684 | ||||
| Bracondale | CCF | PC | 6,213 | 42.17% | 1,720 | 11.67% | 59.11% | 6,213 | 4,028 | 4,493 | – | – | – | – | – | 14,734 | ||||
| Dovercourt | CCF | PC | 8,595 | 38.98% | 462 | 2.10% | 59.97% | 8,595 | 5,321 | 8,133 | – | – | – | – | – | 22,049 | ||||
| Eglinton | PC | PC | 21,876 | 65.20% | 14,783 | 44.06% | 66.98% | 21,876 | 7,093 | 4,585 | – | – | – | – | – | 33,554 | ||||
| High Park | CCF | PC | 10,360 | 44.30% | 2,399 | 10.26% | 67.71% | 10,360 | 5,065 | 7,961 | – | – | – | – | – | 23,386 | ||||
| Parkdale | CCF | PC | 10,914 | 42.58% | 2,501 | 9.76% | 61.82% | 10,914 | 6,304 | 8,413 | – | – | – | – | – | 25,631 | ||||
| Riverdale | CCF | PC | 10,736 | 45.57% | 3,570 | 15.15% | 60.36% | 10,736 | 5,285 | 7,166 | – | – | – | – | 371 | 23,558 | ||||
| St. Andrew | Lab-Pr | Lab-Pr | 5,220 | 38.85% | 1,365 | 10.16% | 56.64% | 3,855 | 2,046 | 1,915 | 5,220 | – | – | 401 | – | 13,437 | ||||
| St. David | CCF | PC | 6,880 | 40.64% | 1,232 | 7.28% | 57.90% | 6,880 | 4,401 | 5,648 | – | – | – | – | – | 16,929 | ||||
| St. George | PC | PC | 10,333 | 56.86% | 5,904 | 32.49% | 54.42% | 10,333 | 3,410 | 4,429 | – | – | – | – | – | 18,172 | ||||
| St. Patrick | PC | PC | 7,400 | 57.97% | 4,496 | 35.22% | 53.52% | 7,400 | 2,462 | 2,904 | – | – | – | – | – | 12,766 | ||||
| Woodbine | CCF | PC | 10,445 | 43.97% | 1,167 | 4.91% | 61.78% | 10,445 | 4,030 | 9,278 | – | – | – | – | – | 23,753 | ||||
= open seat
= turnout is above provincial average
= winning candidate was in previous Legislature
= incumbent had switched allegiance
= other incumbents renominated
= campaigned as a Liberal-Labour candidate
| Party in 1st place | Party in 2nd place | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC | Lib | LL | CCF | ||||
| 57 | 1 | 21 | 79 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | 7 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 10 | 57 | 1 | 22 | 90 | ||
| Parties | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79 | 10 | 1 | 90 | ||||
| 7 | 57 | 24 | 88 | ||||
| 2 | 22 | 50 | 3 | 77 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 |
| Party | ||||||||||
| align="center" | PC | align="center" | Lib | align="center" | L-L | align="center" | CCF | align="center" | Lab-Pr | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seats retained | Incumbents returned | 44 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Open seats held | 7 | |||||||||
| Seats changing hands | Incumbents defeated | 26 | 2 | |||||||
| Open seats gained | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Total | 79 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 90 | ||||
| Party | 1948 | Gain from (loss to) | 1951 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC | Lib | CCF | Lbr-P | L-L | ||||||||||
| 53 | 8 | (1) | 18 | 1 | 79 | |||||||||
| 13 | 1 | (8) | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 21 | (18) | (1) | 2 | |||||||||||
| 2 | (1) | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | (1) | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total | 90 | 2 | (28) | 8 | (2) | 19 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 90 | ||
There were 29 seats that changed allegiance in the election.