1995 Ontario general election explained

Election Name:	1995 Ontario general election
Country:	Ontario
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Party Colour:	no
Party Name:	no
Turnout:	63.00% (1.45pp)
Previous Election:	1990 Ontario general election
Previous Year:	1990
Next Election:	1999 Ontario general election
Next Year:	1999
Seats For Election:	130 seats in the 36th Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Majority Seats:	66
Election Date:	June 8, 1995
Leaders Seat1:	Nipissing
Last Election1:	20
Seats1:	82
Seat Change1:	62
Popular Vote1:	1,870,110
Percentage1:	44.8%
Swing1:	21.3pp
Last Election2:	36
Seats2:	30
Seat Change2:	6
Popular Vote2:	1,291,326
Percentage2:	31.1%
Swing2:	1.3pp
Leader3:	Bob Rae
Leader Since3:	February 7, 1982
Leaders Seat3:	York South
Last Election3:	74
Seats3:	17
Seat Change3:	57
Popular Vote3:	854,163
Percentage3:	20.6%
Swing3:	17.0pp
Map Size:	250px
Premier
Posttitle:	Premier after election
Before Election:	Bob Rae
After Election:	Mike Harris

The 1995 Ontario general election was held on June 8, 1995, to elect members of the 36th Legislative Assembly of the province of Ontario, Canada. The writs for the election were dropped on April 28, 1995.

The governing New Democratic Party, led by Premier Bob Rae, was defeated by voters, who were angry with the actions of the Rae government, such as its unpopular hiring quotas and the Social Contract legislation in 1993.^[1] These policies caused the NDP to lose much of its base in organized labour, further reducing support for the party. At the 1993 federal election, the NDP tumbled to less than seven percent support, and lost all 11 of its federal seats in Ontario. By the time the writs were dropped for the 1995 provincial election, it was obvious that the NDP would not be reelected.

Riding name change

Acts were passed in 1991 and 1993, providing for the following name changes to ridings:

• Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry to S-D-G & East Grenville.^[2]

• Grey to Grey—Owen Sound.^[3]

• York North to York—Mackenzie.^[4]

Campaign

The Liberal Party under Lyn McLeod had been leading in the polls for most of the period from 1992 to 1995, and were generally favoured to benefit from the swing in support away from the NDP. However, the party hurt its credibility through a series of high-profile policy reversals in the period leading up to the election. The most notable of these occurred when McLeod withdrew Liberal support from the Equality Rights Statute Amendment Act (Bill 167) introduced by the NDP government in 1994, which would have provided same-sex couples with rights and obligations mostly equal to those of opposite-sex common law couples and introduced a form of civil unions. Her decision was seen as cynical and opportunistic in light of the Liberals' earlier rural by-election loss in the socially conservative riding of Victoria—Haliburton. This gave the McLeod Liberals a reputation for "flip-flopping" and inconsistency while offending its socially progressive supporters.

The Progressive Conservative Party, led by Mike Harris, found success with its Common Sense Revolution campaign to cut personal income taxes, social assistance (welfare) rates, and government spending dramatically. Roughly half of his party's seats came from the more affluent regions of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), especially the suburban belt surrounding Metro Toronto, often called the '905' for its telephone area code.

In addition, by presenting himself as a populist, representing "ordinary Ontarians" over "special interests", Harris was able to build Tory support among working-class voters. Although there were regional variations, many working-class voters shifted directly from the NDP to the Tories during the election, enabling the latter to win formerly NDP ridings such as Cambridge and Oshawa.

The televised party leaders' debate is often regarded as the turning point of the campaign. During the event, McLeod further alienated many voters with an overly aggressive performance. Harris used his time to speak directly to the camera to convey his party's Common Sense Revolution platform, virtually ignoring all questions asked of him by Rae and McLeod and avoiding getting caught up in their debate. Since Liberal support was regarded by many political insiders as soft and unsteady, many voters who were previously leaning to the Liberals shifted to the Progressive Conservatives after the debate.

Opinion polls

Evolution of voting intentions at provincial level

Polling firm	Last day of survey	Source	PCO	OLP	ONDP	Other		Sample
Election 1995	June 8, 1995		44.8	31.1	20.6	3.5
Gallup	June 4, 1995	^[5]	42	35	20
Angus Reid	May 1995	^[6]	44	34	20
Angus Reid	May 1995		41	36	21
	May 24, 1995	^[7]	37	33	~25
Compas	May 1995	^[8]	36	40	21
Environics	May 1995	^[9]	26	52	17
Election called (April 28, 1995)^[10]

During the 35th Parliament of Ontario

Evolution of voting intentions at provincial level

Polling firm	Last day of survey	Source	PCO	OLP	ONDP	Other		Sample
Angus Reid	April 1995		28	46	21
Comquest Research	March 1995	^[11]	30	34	36
Angus Reid	January 1995	^[12]	27	45	20	9
Environics	June 25, 1992	^[13]	28	42	25
Environics	March 1992		28	43	23
Environics	June 1991	^[14]	23	36	34
Environics	December 30, 1990	^[15]	15	24	58
Environics	October 1990	^[16]	18	27	51
Election 1990	September 6, 1990		23.5	32.4	37.6	6.5

Results

Summary

See also: Results of the 1995 Ontario general election by riding. The Progressive Conservatives won a majority while the Liberals finished with less support than they had in the 1990 election. The NDP, despite improving their standing in some Northern Ontario ridings, were heavily defeated, falling to 17 seats and third party status. The New Democrats would remain the third party until 2018 when they returned to Official Opposition status. McLeod and Rae resigned their party leadership posts not long after the campaign. It was also the worst result for an incumbent Ontario governing party up to that time and would remain so until 2018 when the NDP finally surpassed the then-governing Liberals.

One independent candidate was elected: Peter North in the riding of Elgin. North had been elected in 1990 as a New Democrat, but left the NDP and declared his intention to run as a Progressive Conservative. The PC Party did not accept him as a candidate, however.

At least five unregistered parties fielded candidates in this election, appearing on the ballot as independents:

• The Reform Association of Ontario ran fifteen candidates. Their leader was Kimble Ainslie. An article of The Globe and Mail for August 19, 1995 indicates that the party won 6,400 votes.

• John Steele campaigned as a candidate of the Communist League.

• The Ontario Renewal Party ran a number of candidates under the leadership of Diane Johnston. This was the Marxist–Leninist party under a different name.

• Amani Oakley and Joe Flexer ran as "Independent Labour" candidates in Toronto with the support of dissident or former members of the Ontario New Democratic Party and with the support of OPSEU in the case of Oakley and the Canadian Auto Workers in the case of Flexer http://www.bolshevik.org/Leaflets/Vote%20Flexer.html.

• John Turmel's Abolitionist Party ran at least two candidates.

Overall

^[17] |-! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party! rowspan=2 | Party leader! colspan=4 | MPPs! colspan=4 | Votes|-! Candidates!1990!1995!±!#! ±!%! ± (pp)|style="text-align:left;"|Mike Harris| 130 || 20 || 82 || 62 || 1,870,110 || 925,546 || 44.97% || 21.46|style="text-align:left;"|Lyn McLeod| 130 || 36 || 30 || 6 || 1,291,326 || 10,808 || 31.05% || 1.35|style="text-align:left;"|Bob Rae| 130 || 74 || 17 || 57 || 854,163 || 655,343 || 20.54% || 17.03| || 60 || – || 1 || 1 || 33,077 || 19,770 || 0.80% || 0.46|style="text-align:left;"|Donald Pennell| 55 || – || – || – || 61,657 || 49,174 || 1.48% || 1.28|style="text-align:left;"|Ron Parker| 68 || – || – || – || 18,326 || 18,326 || 0.44% ||New|style="text-align:left;"|Frank de Jong| 37 || – || – || – || 14,108 || 15,989 || 0.34% || 0.41|style="text-align:left;"|John Shadbolt| 18 || – || – || – || 6,085 ||(18,528 || 0.15% || 0.47|style="text-align:left;"|Jack Plant| 12 || – || – || – || 4,532 || 1,483 || 0.11% || 0.04|style="text-align:left;"|| 6 || – || – || – || 3,971 || 71,902 || 0.10% || 1.79|style="text-align:left;"|Darrell Rankin| 5 || – || – || – || 1,015 || 124 || 0.02% || –|-! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total|651||130! " colspan="2"|130! " colspan="2"|4,158,370! " colspan="2"| 100.00%|-| colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Rejected ballots| 42,152| 10,423| colspan="2"||-| colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Voter turnout| 4,200,522| 129,868| 63.00| 1.45|-| colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered electors| 6,667,798| 351,849| colspan="2"||}

Synopsis of results

See main article: Results of the 1995 Ontario general election by riding.

Results by riding - 1995 Ontario general election

Riding	Winning party								Turnout ^[18]	Votes^[19]
Name^[20] ^[21]	1990		Party		Votes	Share	Margin #	Margin %		PC	Lib	NDP				Total
Algoma		NDP		NDP	6,190	44.47%	1,588	11.41%	64.02%	4,602	3,128	6,190	–	–	–	13,920
Algoma—Manitoulin		Lib		Lib	7,238	46.96%	2,054	13.33%	59.33%	5,184	7,238	2,991	–	–	–	15,413
Beaches—Woodbine		NDP		NDP	10,862	42.44%	2,939	11.48%	67.14%	7,923	6,158	10,862	–	319	331	25,593
Brampton North		Lib		PC	20,148	49.47%	5,348	13.13%	59.17%	20,148	14,800	5,288	–	–	494	40,730
Brampton South		Lib		PC	21,859	49.67%	6,622	15.05%	59.78%	21,859	15,237	5,676	1,011	–	229	44,012
Brantford		NDP		PC	13,745	41.01%	3,327	9.93%	59.90%	13,745	10,418	8,165	762	–	430	33,520
Brant—Haldimand		Lib		PC	14,184	47.81%	3,595	12.12%	61.67%	14,184	10,589	3,030	1,340	–	527	29,670
Bruce		Lib		PC	13,680	42.70%	2,676	8.35%	69.34%	13,680	11,004	4,269	2,787	–	296	32,036
Burlington South		PC		PC	24,831	72.56%	19,416	56.73%	69.20%	24,831	5,415	3,507	470	–	–	34,223
Cambridge		NDP		PC	17,269	46.93%	5,472	14.87%	59.56%	17,269	5,606	11,797	1,690	433	–	36,795
Carleton		PC		PC	28,349	64.96%	18,606	42.64%	62.05%	28,349	9,743	4,046	942	–	558	43,638
Carleton East		Lib		Lib	17,780	48.19%	4,209	11.41%	60.34%	13,571	17,780	4,783	–	–	758	36,892
Chatham—Kent		NDP		PC	10,461	36.29%	546	1.89%	58.54%	10,461	9,915	7,444	1,008	–	–	28,828
Cochrane North		NDP		NDP	6,935	45.62%	1,983	13.04%	58.96%	3,316	4,952	6,935	–	–	–	15,203
Cochrane South		NDP		NDP	12,114	52.45%	5,527	23.93%	60.36%	6,587	4,058	12,114	–	339	–	23,098
Cornwall		Lib		Lib	14,507	59.70%	6,669	27.44%	55.53%	7,838	14,507	1,719	–	–	236	24,300
Don Mills		NDP		PC	14,897	53.36%	7,290	26.11%	66.09%	14,897	7,607	4,569	–	362	484	27,919
Dovercourt		NDP		NDP	9,049	47.23%	3,488	18.20%	63.22%	3,560	5,561	9,049	–	261	730	19,161
Downsview		NDP		Lib	9,142	39.48%	360	1.55%	63.90%	4,444	9,142	8,782	–	572	217	23,157
Dufferin—Peel		PC		PC	23,239	66.00%	14,738	41.86%	65.37%	23,239	8,501	3,470	–	–	–	35,210
Durham Centre		NDP		PC	25,107	58.34%	15,299	35.55%	65.02%	25,107	9,808	8,120	–	–	–	43,035
Durham East		NDP		PC	24,303	61.79%	15,784	40.13%	63.79%	24,303	6,512	8,519	–	–	–	39,334
Durham West		NDP		PC	29,232	54.58%	15,258	28.49%	63.83%	29,232	13,974	9,444	–	904	–	53,554
Durham—York		NDP		PC	25,018	60.40%	16,970	40.97%	63.45%	25,018	7,512	8,048	845	–	–	41,423
Eglinton		Lib		PC	17,496	48.82%	4,592	12.81%	73.65%	17,496	12,904	4,597	–	123	720	35,840
Elgin		NDP		Ind	12,436	37.79%	1,776	5.40%	61.17%	10,660	5,801	3,445	–	12,436	565	32,907
Essex-Kent		NDP		Lib	10,130	37.01%	1,746	6.38%	58.85%	8,384	10,130	7,837	1,022	–	–	27,373
Essex South		Lib		Lib	14,513	54.48%	8,783	32.97%	50.91%	5,730	14,513	4,348	1,550	–	498	26,639
Etobicoke—Humber		Lib		PC	18,128	51.26%	4,494	12.71%	73.35%	18,128	13,634	3,100	–	308	196	35,366
Etobicoke—Lakeshore		NDP		PC	14,879	45.23%	5,805	17.65%	66.55%	14,879	9,074	8,279	–	186	479	32,897
Etobicoke—Rexdale		NDP		PC	9,521	36.57%	853	3.28%	59.51%	9,521	7,173	8,668	–	488	188	26,038
Etobicoke West		PC		PC	18,349	55.30%	8,523	25.69%	70.68%	18,349	9,826	4,608	–	–	399	33,182
Fort William		Lib		Lib	15,681	57.32%	8,565	31.31%	63.29%	7,116	15,681	4,561	–	–	–	27,358
Fort York		NDP		NDP	10,762	41.02%	2,280	8.69%	64.86%	6,025	8,482	10,762	–	269	699	26,237
Frontenac—Addington		NDP		PC	12,211	38.52%	1,962	6.19%	62.52%	12,211	10,249	7,302	1,404	416	121	31,703
Grey—Owen Sound		PC		PC	25,138	63.21%	16,876	42.44%	65.58%	25,138	8,262	3,413	2,082	703	170	39,768
Guelph		NDP		PC	17,204	42.55%	5,745	14.21%	66.31%	17,204	11,459	10,278	1,035	187	265	40,428
Halton Centre		Lib		PC	30,621	61.41%	16,644	33.38%	69.06%	30,621	13,977	5,268	–	–	–	49,866
Halton North		NDP		PC	19,247	60.90%	12,679	40.12%	66.58%	19,247	6,568	4,362	1,239	–	187	31,603
Hamilton Centre		NDP		NDP	8,012	36.81%	690	3.17%	54.71%	5,723	7,322	8,012	376	–	331	21,764
Hamilton East		NDP		Lib	11,088	43.55%	4,046	15.89%	57.85%	6,263	11,088	7,042	681	–	389	25,463
Hamilton Mountain		NDP		PC	13,852	36.60%	1,028	2.72%	64.41%	13,852	12,824	9,837	1,329	–	–	37,842
Hamilton West		NDP		PC	13,301	40.54%	4,034	12.29%	67.00%	13,301	8,911	9,267	880	–	453	32,812
Hastings—Peterborough		NDP		PC	16,187	54.17%	7,859	26.30%	67.44%	16,187	4,056	8,328	1,002	–	308	29,881
High Park—Swansea		NDP		PC	10,559	38.77%	1,660	6.10%	70.36%	10,559	7,121	8,899	–	–	654	27,233
Huron		NDP		PC	13,343	46.16%	6,334	21.91%	70.00%	13,343	7,009	6,927	1,418	207	–	28,904
Kenora		Lib		Lib	9,152	53.72%	4,055	23.80%	52.02%	5,097	9,152	2,788	–	–	–	17,037
Kingston and the Islands		NDP		Lib	10,314	36.90%	1,743	6.24%	61.08%	8,571	10,314	8,052	858	–	155	27,950
Kitchener		NDP		PC	13,374	40.15%	3,382	10.15%	60.12%	13,374	9,992	6,998	2,111	835	–	33,310
Kitchener—Wilmot		NDP		PC	17,392	45.70%	7,286	19.14%	59.07%	17,392	10,106	8,146	2,415	–	–	38,059
Lake Nipigon		NDP		NDP	5,079	42.99%	1,616	13.68%	54.99%	3,273	3,463	5,079	–	–	–	11,815
Lambton		NDP		PC	12,034	43.58%	4,109	14.88%	64.70%	12,034	7,925	5,055	2,184	–	417	27,615
Lanark—Renfrew		PC		PC	19,959	55.79%	10,003	27.96%	59.87%	19,959	9,956	3,455	745	557	1,104	35,776
Lawrence		Lib		Lib	11,784	45.88%	3,829	14.91%	65.08%	7,955	11,784	5,000	–	–	944	25,683
Leeds—Grenville		PC		PC	21,763	63.27%	12,808	37.23%	63.06%	21,763	8,955	2,316	–	438	927	34,399
Lincoln		NDP		PC	18,709	50.68%	7,833	21.22%	68.09%	18,709	10,876	5,800	1,241	–	288	36,914
London Centre		NDP		NDP	11,096	36.77%	1,732	5.74%	53.26%	9,364	7,559	11,096	1,041	–	1,119	30,179
London North		PC		PC	23,195	52.65%	12,083	27.43%	64.73%	23,195	11,112	8,167	777	–	800	44,051
London South		NDP		PC	18,161	44.35%	7,432	18.15%	61.88%	18,161	10,693	10,729	387	323	653	40,946
Markham		PC		PC	37,314	64.81%	26,544	46.10%	62.80%	37,314	10,770	7,779	1,088	–	626	57,577
Middlesex		NDP		PC	15,684	40.35%	5,236	13.47%	64.67%	15,684	10,448	8,799	3,481	–	458	38,870
Mississauga East		Lib		PC	16,468	52.07%	6,429	20.33%	60.38%	16,468	10,039	5,120	–	–	–	31,627
Mississauga North		Lib		PC	22,095	47.76%	4,414	9.54%	57.37%	22,095	17,681	5,283	–	–	1,206	46,265
Mississauga South		PC		PC	23,116	69.76%	17,565	53.01%	65.39%	23,116	5,551	3,282	–	596	590	33,135
Mississauga West		Lib		PC	26,614	46.21%	3,339	5.80%	60.33%	26,614	23,275	6,758	–	–	952	57,599
Muskoka—Georgian Bay		NDP		PC	17,864	51.79%	9,769	28.32%	65.50%	17,864	8,095	7,742	–	381	411	34,493
Nepean		Lib		PC	17,510	49.66%	3,935	11.16%	64.97%	17,510	13,575	3,274	–	–	901	35,260
Niagara Falls		NDP		PC	12,132	43.33%	3,843	13.73%	59.48%	12,132	8,289	7,034	–	189	355	27,999
Niagara South		NDP		PC	8,815	38.24%	1,181	5.12%	60.14%	8,815	7,634	5,376	536	688	–	23,049
Nickel Belt		NDP		NDP	8,007	46.54%	2,458	14.29%	64.70%	3,305	5,549	8,007	–	225	119	17,205
Nipissing		PC		PC	18,722	60.48%	10,837	35.01%	63.68%	18,722	7,885	4,350	–	–	–	30,957
Norfolk		NDP		PC	17,335	48.68%	7,922	22.24%	64.14%	17,335	9,413	7,893	972	–	–	35,613
Northumberland		Lib		PC	19,359	52.14%	6,126	16.50%	67.13%	19,359	13,233	4,539	–	–	–	37,131
Oakville South		PC		PC	21,689	63.34%	13,210	38.58%	71.08%	21,689	8,479	2,973	1,103	–	–	34,244
Oakwood		NDP		Lib	8,599	42.31%	975	4.80%	65.74%	3,298	8,599	7,624	–	301	504	20,326
Oriole		Lib		Lib	11,164	43.70%	1,034	4.05%	68.39%	10,130	11,164	3,665	–	243	342	25,544
Oshawa		NDP		PC	16,793	54.33%	8,343	26.99%	57.66%	16,793	5,666	8,450	–	–	–	30,909
Ottawa Centre		NDP		Lib	11,150	39.26%	1,712	6.03%	63.88%	6,715	11,150	9,438	–	173	924	28,400
Ottawa East		Lib		Lib	14,436	56.94%	9,068	35.77%	53.21%	5,368	14,436	4,818	–	136	596	25,354
Ottawa—Rideau		Lib		PC	14,796	45.11%	1,523	4.64%	61.29%	14,796	13,273	4,138	–	–	590	32,797
Ottawa South		Lib		Lib	15,418	53.35%	6,800	23.53%	66.51%	8,618	15,418	4,235	–	–	628	28,899
Ottawa West		Lib		Lib	14,516	45.48%	1,618	5.07%	64.43%	12,898	14,516	3,718	–	241	544	31,917
Oxford		NDP		PC	17,568	49.48%	8,067	22.72%	64.02%	17,568	6,564	9,501	1,061	–	809	35,503
Parkdale		Lib		Lib	8,435	47.87%	2,640	14.98%	64.03%	2,887	8,435	5,795	–	–	505	17,622
Parry Sound		PC		PC	15,523	65.47%	10,702	45.14%	63.57%	15,523	4,821	3,367	–	–	–	23,711
Perth		NDP		PC	13,735	44.81%	5,290	17.26%	62.90%	13,735	7,722	8,445	–	326	427	30,655
Peterborough		NDP		PC	22,735	52.66%	12,409	28.74%	66.23%	22,735	10,326	7,581	2,064	–	464	43,170
Port Arthur		NDP		Lib	14,281	48.92%	6,791	23.26%	61.91%	6,554	14,281	7,490	683	182	–	29,190
Prescott and Russell		Lib		Lib	24,808	55.68%	11,171	25.07%	56.64%	13,637	24,808	4,472	–	564	1,072	44,553
Prince Edward—Lennox—South Hastings		NDP		PC	14,144	49.61%	6,346	22.26%	60.04%	14,144	7,798	5,996	–	–	571	28,509
Quinte		Lib		PC	13,961	47.28%	2,135	7.23%	58.79%	13,961	11,826	3,743	–	–	–	29,530
Rainy River		NDP		NDP	4,912	39.93%	205	1.67%	63.98%	4,707	2,683	4,912	–	–	–	12,302
Renfrew North		Lib		Lib	16,044	53.32%	6,363	21.15%	61.00%	9,681	16,044	2,483	1,695	–	187	30,090
Riverdale		NDP		NDP	10,948	46.88%	4,600	19.70%	64.66%	6,348	5,443	10,948	–	273	341	23,353
St. Andrew—St. Patrick		NDP		PC	13,092	40.43%	3,679	11.36%	67.16%	13,092	9,413	9,231	–	–	649	32,385
St. Catharines		Lib		Lib	13,761	46.53%	2,275	7.69%	64.58%	11,486	13,761	3,929	245	–	153	29,574
St. Catharines—Brock		NDP		PC	11,976	47.02%	4,603	18.07%	62.56%	11,976	7,373	5,521	598	–	–	25,468
St. George—St. David		Lib		PC	10,662	33.87%	337	1.07%	70.61%	10,662	10,325	9,672	–	424	392	31,475
Sarnia		NDP		PC	9,260	33.81%	634	2.31%	61.31%	9,260	8,626	7,487	1,642	376	–	27,391
Sault Ste. Marie		NDP		NDP	15,392	43.33%	3,720	10.47%	62.24%	7,699	11,672	15,392	–	–	757	35,520
Scarborough—Agincourt		Lib		Lib	13,472	46.08%	2,135	7.30%	61.37%	11,337	13,472	4,112	–	–	313	29,234
Scarborough Centre		NDP		PC	12,717	45.88%	5,554	20.04%	63.35%	12,717	7,163	6,841	–	649	349	27,719
Scarborough East		NDP		PC	19,166	55.72%	11,954	34.75%	64.69%	19,166	7,197	7,212	–	270	553	34,398
Scarborough—Ellesmere		NDP		PC	13,282	47.89%	5,376	19.38%	64.95%	13,282	5,602	7,906	–	–	947	27,737
Scarborough North		Lib		Lib	15,507	46.08%	4,999	14.85%	58.67%	10,508	15,507	6,431	369	–	840	33,655
Scarborough West		NDP		PC	11,773	43.13%	2,557	9.37%	64.33%	11,773	5,326	9,216	–	254	730	27,299
Simcoe Centre		NDP		PC	29,790	58.25%	17,729	34.67%	63.06%	29,790	12,061	7,655	769	284	580	51,139
Simcoe East		PC		PC	23,489	60.97%	14,445	37.50%	66.52%	23,489	9,044	4,849	–	876	266	38,524
Simcoe West		PC		PC	24,346	68.24%	18,847	52.83%	63.01%	24,346	5,499	4,937	894	–	–	35,676
S-D-G & East Grenville		PC		PC	18,884	64.69%	11,290	38.68%	62.48%	18,884	7,594	2,285	–	–	428	29,191
Sudbury		NDP		Lib	12,349	40.66%	3,651	12.02%	62.10%	8,093	12,349	8,698	–	629	605	30,374
Sudbury East		NDP		NDP	11,236	37.09%	1,642	5.42%	62.30%	8,680	9,594	11,236	–	473	310	30,293
Timiskaming		Lib		Lib	8,643	46.78%	2,458	13.30%	64.13%	6,185	8,643	2,962	–	–	685	18,475
Victoria—Haliburton		NDP		PC	25,267	68.42%	18,987	51.41%	66.16%	25,267	6,280	4,210	378	643	151	36,929
Waterloo North		PC		PC	25,757	59.42%	17,028	39.29%	62.32%	25,757	8,729	6,869	1,714	–	275	43,344
Welland-Thorold		NDP		NDP	12,848	42.71%	4,218	14.02%	65.22%	8,089	8,630	12,848	–	–	517	30,084
Wellington		PC		PC	21,753	66.70%	16,047	49.20%	65.00%	21,753	5,706	4,104	782	–	269	32,614
Wentworth East		NDP		PC	15,888	44.50%	3,606	10.10%	64.56%	15,888	12,282	6,667	–	863	–	35,700
Wentworth North		NDP		PC	21,165	55.65%	10,772	28.32%	70.97%	21,165	10,393	6,474	–	–	–	38,032
Willowdale		PC		PC	18,834	53.99%	8,964	25.70%	68.94%	18,834	9,870	4,825	–	715	639	34,883
Wilson Heights		Lib		Lib	12,468	44.64%	2,696	9.65%	62.76%	9,772	12,468	4,612	231	109	741	27,933
Windsor—Riverside		NDP		NDP	12,347	45.70%	2,935	10.86%	54.02%	4,440	9,412	12,347	459	–	362	27,020
Windsor—Sandwich		NDP		Lib	11,940	47.12%	5,526	21.81%	50.11%	5,704	11,940	6,414	610	410	263	25,341
Windsor—Walkerville		NDP		Lib	10,281	41.28%	380	1.53%	52.54%	3,610	10,281	9,901	957	–	156	24,905
York Centre		Lib		PC	37,897	48.94%	8,747	11.30%	60.80%	37,897	29,150	6,698	1,891	–	1,792	77,428
York East		NDP		PC	12,789	41.65%	3,263	10.63%	69.59%	12,789	7,398	9,526	–	748	243	30,704
York Mills		PC		PC	18,852	63.58%	11,534	38.90%	69.31%	18,852	7,318	2,930	–	–	553	29,653
York—Mackenzie		Lib		PC	25,904	58.33%	11,931	26.86%	67.21%	25,904	13,973	3,611	498	–	425	44,411
York South		NDP		NDP	10,442	41.24%	2,716	10.73%	69.13%	7,726	6,025	10,442	305	170	653	25,321
Yorkview		NDP		Lib	9,245	46.97%	2,798	14.22%	60.99%	3,989	9,245	6,447	–	–	–	19,681

= open seat

= turnout is above provincial average

= winning candidate was in previous Legislature

= not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature

= incumbent had switched allegiance

= incumbency arose from byelection gain

= previously incumbent in another riding

= other incumbents renominated

= previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada

= multiple candidates

Analysis

Party candidates in 2nd place

Party in 1st place		Party in 2nd place			Total
		PC	Lib	NDP
	67	15	82
20		10	30
7	10		17
1			1
Total		28	77	25	130

Candidates ranked 1st to 5th place, by party

Parties	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
	82	28	20
	30	77	23
	17	25	87	1
	1			20	20
				50	4
				15	16
				12	32
				5
				4	8
				4	4
					3

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Party
align="center"	PC	align="center"	Lib	align="center"	NDP	align="center"	Ind	Total
Seats retained	Incumbents returned	19	18	17		54
	Open seats held	1	1			2
Seats changing hands	Incumbents defeated	53	9			62
	Open seats gained	7	2			9
	Byelection gain held	2				2
	Incumbent changing allegiance				1	1
Total		82	30	17	1	130

MPPs elected by region and riding

Party designations are as follows:

Northern Ontario

Ottawa Valley

Saint Lawrence Valley

Central Ontario

Georgian Bay

Hamilton/Halton/Niagara

Midwestern Ontario

Southwestern Ontario

Peel/York/Durham

Metropolitan Toronto

Byelections

Due to resignations, five by-elections were held between the 1995 and 1999 elections.

|-| style="background:whitesmoke;"|York South
May 23, 1996|||Gerard Kennedy
7,774||Rob Davis
5,093||David Miller
6,656||David Milne (Ind)
151
George Dance (Lbt)
77
Kevin Clarke (Ind)
70|||Bob Rae
resigned February 29, 1996|- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Oriole
September 4, 1997|| |David Caplan
9,954||Barbara Greene
5,163||Jim Kafieh
1,700||Bernadette Michael (Ind)
132
Shelly Lipsey (G)
96|||Elinor Caplan
resigned May 5, 1997|- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Ottawa West
September 4, 1997| || Alex Cullen
11,438|| Chris Thompson
7,217|| Katrina Prystupa
2,573||John Turmel (Ind)
201
Gene Villeneuve (G)
96|||Bob Chiarelli
resigned May 5, 1997|- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Windsor—Riverside
September 4, 1997||Gary McNamara
8,494||Fran Funero
3,028|||Wayne Lessard
9,308||Steve Harvey (G)
329|||Dave Cooke
resigned May 5, 1997|- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Nickel Belt
October 1, 1998 | |Frank Madigan
4,173||Gerry Courtemanche
3,836|||Blain Morin
5,537|||||Floyd Laughren
resigned February 28, 1998|}

See also

• Politics of Ontario
• List of Ontario political parties
• Premier of Ontario
• Leader of the Opposition (Ontario)

Notes and References

1. Bakan. Abigail. 2003. Ontario: Lessons of the Rise and Fall of Employment Equity Legislation from the Perspective of Rights Advocacy. ResearchGate. ResearchGate.
2. Representation Amendment Act, 1991. S.O.. 1991. 2. https://archive.org/details/v01statutesofont1991ontauoft/page/2/mode/2up.
3. Representation Amendment Act, 1993. S.O.. 1993. 6. https://archive.org/details/statutesofontari1993ontauoft/page/158/mode/2up.
4. Representation Amendment Act, 1993 (No. 2). S.O.. 1993. 30. https://archive.org/details/statutesofontari1993ontauoft/page/516/mode/2up.
5. News: Harris confident he'll become premier after today's vote: Poll shows Tories holding lead in final week with NDP in third . June 8, 1995 . The Globe and Mail . A13.
6. News: Campbell . Murray . Mittselstaedt . Martin . Harris lays out legislative timetable: Polls suggest Tory majority . June 5, 1995 . The Globe and Mail . A1.
7. News: Tories ahead in new NDP poll: Liberal Party says it still has the lead . May 16, 1995 . The Globe and Mail . A8.
8. News: Rusk . James . Tories' rise pleases Rae: Poll indicates sharp Grit fall . May 24, 1995 . The Globe and Mail . A1.
9. News: Rusk . James . Race watchers hope debate will jolt yawners: Many voters delay final choice because they already know which party they don't want . May 15, 1995 . The Globe and Mail . A10.
10. News: Mittelstaedt . Martin . Rae calls June 8 Ontario election: Raucous campaign predicted as parties face quirky voters seeking solutions on jobs, deficit . April 29, 1995 . The Globe and Mail . A1.
11. News: Rusk . James . NDP hastens to exploit opportunity offered by McLeod . April 1, 1995 . The Globe and Mail . A7.
12. News: Liberals keep lead in polls. January 26, 1995 . The Globe and Mail . A6.
13. News: NDP slumps to third spot, survey shows: Advisers finger auto insurance, Sunday shopping and Martel scandal for slide in popularity. July 7, 1992 . The Globe and Mail . A6.
14. News: Allen . Gene . Ontario New Democrats take stock . September 3, 1991 . The Globe and Mail . A4.
15. News: NDP support up sharply, poll finds. January 19, 1991 . The Globe and Mail . A4.
16. News: Will hold NDP to its promises, Nixon pledges: Vows Liberals won't be obstructive . Allen . Gene . October 24, 1990 . The Globe and Mail . A8.
17. Web site: 1995 general election results. . Elections Ontario. December 22, 2023.
18. including spoilt ballots
19. minor political parties receiving less than 1% of the popular vote are aggregated under "Other"; independent candidates are aggregated separately
20. order is as given in EO reports
21. Names are as specified in 1976 Act plus 1990 amendment - EO file has errors