1948 Ontario general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 1948 Ontario general election Ontario 1921 parliamentary no no no 1945 Ontario general election 1945 22nd Legislative Assembly of Ontario 1951 Ontario general election 1951 23rd Legislative Assembly of Ontario 90 seats in the 23rd Legislative Assembly of Ontario 46 seats were needed for a majority June 7, 1948 150x150px GeorgeDrew.jpg ON PC nohash George Drew December 9, 1938 ON PC name High Park (lost re-election) 66 53 13 41.28% 2.97pp Ted jolliffe 1942.jpg ON CCF nohash Ted Jolliffe April 3, 1942 ON CCF name York South 8 21 13 26.52% 4.11pp Farquhar Oliver.JPG ON Liberal nohash Farquhar Oliver May 16, 1947 ON Liberal name Grey South 14 14 – 29.78% 0.66pp LP CAN Communist nohash A. A. MacLeod 1945 Labor-Progressive Bellwoods 2 2 – 1.00% 1.63pp Premier Premier after election George Drew ON PC name George Drew Interim While Drew legally continued to be Premier until he assumed leadership of the federal Progressive Conservatives in October 1948, Thomas Laird Kennedy acted as interim Premier until the election of Leslie Frost in May 1949. ON PC name The 1948 Ontario general election was held on June 7, 1948, to elect the 90 members of the 23rd Legislative Assembly of Ontario (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the province of Ontario. The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, led by George Drew, won a third consecutive term in office, winning a solid majority of seats in the legislature—53, down from 66 in the previous election. Drew unexpectedly lost his seat, and thereafter announced that rather than return to the legislature, he would seek the leadership of the federal Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. Campaign The majority of races were three-way contests: + Riding contests, by number of candidates (1948) CandidatesPCCCFLibL-LLab-PrUE/SCS-LI-PCI-CCFI-LabIndTotal27 6 1 14361 59 60 1 1 1 183418 18 18 2 11 3 2 7254 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 20Total90 81 88 2 2 15 5 3 1 1 1 289 Opinion Polls + Evolution of voting intentions at national level Polling firmLast day of survey Source PCO OCCF OLP LPP Other ME Margin of Error SampleElection 1948June 7, 194841.2826.5229.781.001.42 GallupSeptember 1947Shifting vote support seen throughout Ontario, Quebec October 8, 1947 The Windsor Daily Star 1244183512Election 1945June 4, 194544.322.429.82.41.1 Outcome thumb|left|George Drew (right) in the offices of the Ontario Department of Transportation the day after his party's election victory Despite winning a majority, Drew lost his own seat to temperance crusader Bill Temple. Instead of seeking a seat in a by-election, Drew left provincial politics to run for, and win, the leadership of the federal Progressive Conservative Party. Drew was replaced as Ontario PC leader and premier by Thomas Kennedy on an interim basis, and then by Leslie Frost. The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Farquhar Oliver, increased its caucus from 11 to 14, but lost the role of official opposition. Only one of the three Liberal-Labour MPPs sitting with the Liberal caucus, James Newman, was re-elected. The social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (Ontario Section), led by Ted Jolliffe, formed the official opposition by increasing its caucus from 8 to 21 seats. Two Toronto seats were won by Labor-Progressive Party MPPs J. B. Salsberg and A.A. MacLeod. The LPP was the official name of the Communist Party of Ontario. The LPP only ran two candidates, Salsberg and MacLeod, in 1948 down from 31 candidates in 1945. Results Elections to the 23rd Parliament of Ontario (1948) |- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=5 | MPPs ! colspan=3 | Votes |- ! Candidates !1945 !Dissol. !1948 !± !# !% ! ± (pp) ON PC row-name |style="text-align:left;"|George Drew |90 |66 |66 |53 |13 |725,799 |41.28% |2.97 ON CCF row-name |style="text-align:left;"|Ted Jolliffe |81 |8 |8 |21 |13 |466,274 |26.52% |4.11 ON Liberal row-name |style="text-align:left;"|Farquhar Oliver |88 |11 |11 |13 |rowspan="2"| |515,795 |29.34% |rowspan="2"|0.66 ON Liberal-Labour row-name |style="text-align:left;"| |2 |3 |3 |1 |7,682 |0.44% ON Labor-Progressive row-name |style="text-align:left;"|A.A. MacLeod |2 |2 |2 |2 | |17,654 |1.00% |1.63 ON Union of Electors row-name |style="text-align:left;"|Ron Gostick |13 |– |– |– |rowspan="2"|– |9,214 |0.52% |rowspan="2"|0.51 ON Social Credit row-name |style="text-align:left;"| |2 |– |– |– |734 |0.04% ON Independent-CCF row-name |style="text-align:left;"| |1 |– |– |– | |8,613 |0.49% |New ON Independent PC row-name |style="text-align:left;"| |3 |– |– |– | |3,340 |0.19% |0.17 ON Independent row-name |style="text-align:left;"| |1 |– |– |– | |1,766 |0.10% |0.30 ON Socialist Labour row-name |style="text-align:left;"| |5 |– |– |– | |913 |0.05% |– ON Independent Labour row-name | |1 |– |– |– | |253 |0.01% |0.60 ON Vacant row-name |colspan="3"| | |colspan="5"| |-style="background:#E9E9E9;" |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Total |289 |90 |90 |90 | |1,758,037 |100.00% | |- |colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"|Blank and invalid ballots |align="right"|16,935 |style="background:#E9E9E9;" colspan="2"| |-style="background:#E9E9E9;" |colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"|Registered voters / turnout |2,623,281 |67.66% |5.12 |} Vote and seat summaries Ternary plots - shift of electoral support (1945-1948) 350 200 yes center Electoral districts identified by colours of winning parties File:Ternary ON1945.svg 1945 Ternary plot of 1945 results File:Ternary ON1948.svg 1948 Ternary plot of 1948 results + Seats and popular vote by party Party Seats Votes Change (pp) ON PC colour&name 53 90 ON PC 175 41.28 175 darkgrey -2.97 -5 1em background:red ON CCF colour&name 21 90 ON CCF 175 26.52 175 darkgrey 4.11 -5 1em background:green ON Liberal colour&name 13 90 ON Liberal 175 29.34 175 darkgrey 2.44 -5 1em background:green ON Labor-Progressive colour&name 2 90 ON Liberal 175 1.00 175 darkgrey -1.44 -5 1em background:red ON Liberal-Labour colour&name 1 90 ON Liberal 175 0.44 175 darkgrey -1.89 -5 1em background:red ON Other colour&name 0 90 ON Independent 175 1.42 175 darkgrey -0.25 -5 1em background:red Synopsis of results + Results by riding - 1948 Ontario general election https://results.elections.on.ca/en/data-explorer?fromYear=1867&toYear=2021&electionId=249&levelOfDetail=election 1948 Ontario general election Elections Ontario September 3, 2023EO data errors on some riding results and candidate affiliations corrected per June 8, 1948 Vote Polled By Candidates In Ontario Constituencies https://www.newspapers.com/image/456550880/ Ottawa Citizen 15 Riding Winning party Turnoutincluding spoilt ballots VotesNameorder is as given in EO reports 1945Party Votes Share Margin#Margin% PC Lib/LL Liberal-Labour CCF Lab-Pr I-CCF Independent CCF I-PC Independent PC I-Lab Independent Labour Ind Independent UE/SC Union of Electors/Social Credit S-Lab Socialist Labour Total   Addington PC PC 6,497 53.05% 1,891 15.44% 70.02% 6,497 4,606 1,143 – – – – – – – 12,246 Algoma—Manitoulin PC PC 4,907 37.93% 751 5.81% 74.89% 4,907 4,156 3,873 – – – – – – – 12,936 Brant Lib Lib 9,557 65.56% 4,537 31.12% 63.78% 5,020 9,557 – – – – – – – – 14,577 Brantford PC Lib 7,018 37.58% 1,172 6.28% 73.80% 4,843 7,018 5,846 – – 966 – – – – 18,673 Bruce PC Lib 7,171 46.81% 636 4.15% 74.45% 6,535 7,171 1,614 – – – – – – – 15,320 Carleton PC PC 9,343 61.88% 5,971 39.55% 61.12% 9,343 3,372 2,100 – – – – – 284 – 15,099 Cochrane North Lib PC 3,838 36.89% 1,253 12.04% 78.55% 3,838 2,321 2,585 – – – – – 1,659 – 10,403 Cochrane South CCF CCF 14,190 50.91% 5,999 21.52% 72.55% 8,191 4,307 14,190 – – – – – 1,186 – 27,874 Dufferin—Simcoe PC PC 7,035 54.13% 2,499 19.23% 57.91% 7,035 4,536 1,425 – – – – – – – 12,996 Durham PC PC 5,858 45.39% 1,336 10.35% 71.27% 5,858 4,522 2,525 – – – – – – – 12,905 Elgin PC PC 7,713 44.58% 592 3.42% 64.40% 7,713 7,121 2,467 – – – – – – – 17,301 Essex North LL CCF 7,497 36.49% 790 3.84% 67.38% 6,344 6,707 7,497 – – – – – – – 20,548 Essex South PC PC 8,354 55.46% 2,559 16.99% 66.29% 8,354 5,795 914 – – – – – – – 15,063 Fort William CCF Lib 6,860 35.93% 225 1.18% 73.47% 5,596 6,860 6,635 – – – – – – – 19,091 Glengarry Lib PC 5,557 55.75% 1,788 17.94% 71.63% 5,557 3,769 – – – – – – 642 – 9,968 Grenville—Dundas PC PC 6,994 59.30% 3,385 28.70% 52.91% 6,994 3,609 1,191 – – – – – – – 11,794 Grey North PC PC 6,649 39.78% 383 2.29% 76.85% 6,649 6,266 3,801 – – – – – – – 16,716 Grey South Lib Lib 7,822 61.28% 3,892 30.49% 71.91% 3,930 7,822 764 – – – – – 249 – 12,765 Haldimand—Norfolk PC PC 9,805 46.67% 1,778 8.46% 65.42% 9,805 8,027 3,175 – – – – – – – 21,007 Halton PC PC 6,377 39.45% 113 0.70% 67.96% 6,377 6,264 3,524 – – – – – – – 16,165 Hamilton East PC CCF 10,528 42.82% 153 0.62% 69.79% 10,375 3,683 10,528 – – – – – – – 24,586 Hamilton Centre PC CCF 10,561 42.15% 1,688 6.74% 66.67% 8,873 5,619 10,561 – – – – – – – 25,053 Hamilton—Wentworth PC PC 10,542 46.42% 4,108 18.09% 69.12% 10,542 5,734 6,434 – – – – – – – 22,710 Hastings East* PC PC 5,163 54.14% 2,048 21.48% 63.69% 5,163 3,115 1,258 – – – – – – – 9,536 Hastings West PC PC 8,501 50.85% 3,221 19.27% 61.88% 8,501 5,280 2,937 – – – – – – – 16,718 Huron PC PC 7,566 50.35% 106 0.71% 75.35% 7,566 7,460 – – – – – – – – 15,026 Huron—Bruce PC PC 6,678 50.97% 255 1.95% 75.50% 6,678 6,423 – – – – – – – – 13,101 Kenora CCF PC 4,292 38.82% 579 5.24% 64.20% 4,292 3,713 3,051 – – – – – – – 11,056 Kent East PC Lib 7,536 55.06% 1,385 10.12% 77.18% 6,151 7,536 – – – – – – – – 13,687 Kent West PC PC 9,825 50.75% 291 1.50% 62.38% 9,825 9,534 – – – – – – – – 19,359 Kingston* PC PC 7,367 46.42% 1,008 6.35% 67.97% 7,367 6,359 2,143 – – – – – – – 15,869 Lambton East PC PC 5,632 47.85% 511 4.34% 66.08% 5,632 5,121 1,018 – – – – – – – 11,771 Lambton West PC PC 7,765 48.90% 2,495 15.71% 66.15% 7,765 5,270 2,845 – – – – – – – 15,880 Lanark PC PC 10,077 65.43% 5,879 38.17% 67.91% 10,077 4,198 1,127 – – – – – – – 15,402 Leeds PC PC 9,018 51.94% 2,605 15.00% 74.41% 9,018 6,413 1,932 – – – – – – – 17,363 Lincoln PC PC 13,826 41.69% 3,297 9.94% 71.26% 13,826 8,361 10,529 – – – – – 450 – 33,166 London PC Lib 12,730 40.75% 1,027 3.29% 64.23% 11,703 12,730 6,803 – – – – – – – 31,236 Middlesex North PC PC 6,601 43.35% 1,255 8.24% 63.62% 6,601 5,346 3,281 – – – – – – – 15,228 Middlesex South PC PC 6,957 50.74% 1,413 10.31% 68.06% 6,957 5,544 1,209 – – – – – – – 13,710 Muskoka—Ontario PC PC 7,197 41.42% 306 1.76% 71.15% 7,197 6,891 3,288 – – – – – – – 17,376 Niagara Falls PC Lib 8,253 40.07% 491 2.38% 67.94% 4,582 8,253 7,762 – – – – – – – 20,597 Nipissing Lib PC 6,903 40.01% 1,296 7.51% 68.61% 6,903 5,607 3,683 – – – – – 1,060 – 17,253 Northumberland PC PC 8,361 55.88% 3,047 20.36% 70.94% 8,361 5,314 1,288 – – – – – – – 14,963 Ontario PC CCF 11,758 42.23% 2,731 9.81% 73.25% 9,027 7,058 11,758 – – – – – – – 27,843 Ottawa East Lib Lib 9,407 45.83% 1,630 7.94% 55.25% 7,777 9,407 2,859 – – – – – 485 – 20,528 Ottawa South PC PC 18,955 55.13% 9,142 26.59% 56.58% 18,955 9,813 5,151 – – – – – 279 185 34,383 Oxford PC PC 9,404 45.81% 941 4.58% 61.71% 9,404 8,463 2,662 – – – – – – – 20,529 Parry Sound Lib PC 4,343 37.57% 439 3.80% 75.55% 4,343 3,904 3,314 – – – – – – – 11,561 Peel PC PC 9,070 47.25% 3,677 19.16% 65.35% 9,070 5,393 4,733 – – – – – – – 19,196 Perth PC PC 10,686 45.04% 1,077 4.54% 68.16% 10,686 9,609 3,432 – – – – – – – 23,727 Peterborough PC PC 10,257 42.89% 2,528 10.57% 73.09% 10,257 7,729 5,927 – – – – – – – 23,913 Port Arthur CCF CCF 8,734 44.93% 2,602 13.39% 62.77% 4,572 6,132 8,734 – – – – – – – 19,438 Prescott Lib PC 6,537 56.01% 2,193 18.79% 73.85% 6,537 4,344 179 – – – – – 611 – 11,671 Prince Edward—Lennox PC Lib 6,202 46.45% 55 0.41% 70.16% 6,147 6,202 – – – 1,003 – – – – 13,352 Rainy River LL LL 3,969 56.32% 891 12.64% 65.70% 3,078 3,969 – – – – – – – – 7,047 Renfrew North PC PC 5,864 44.51% 377 2.86% 72.32% 5,864 5,487 1,824 – – – – – – – 13,175 Renfrew South PC PC 6,744 54.07% 1,743 13.97% 69.49% 6,744 5,001 728 – – – – – – – 12,473 Russell Lib PC 5,292 41.89% 697 5.52% 58.29% 5,292 4,595 1,611 – – – – – 1,134 – 12,632 Sault Ste. Marie CCF CCF 6,514 41.77% 1,433 9.19% 67.36% 5,081 4,000 6,514 – – – – – – – 15,595 Simcoe Centre PC PC 5,791 41.73% 1,782 12.84% 67.22% 5,791 4,009 1,805 – – – – 1,766 506 – 13,877 Simcoe East PC PC 6,376 43.17% 1,002 6.78% 71.60% 6,376 5,374 3,018 – – – – – – – 14,768 Stormont Lib PC 6,729 39.96% 250 1.48% 72.01% 6,729 6,479 2,976 – – – – – 655 – 16,839 Sudbury CCF PC 8,892 29.01% 279 0.91% 72.57% 8,892 6,949 5,821 – 8,613 – – – 378 – 30,653 Temiskaming CCF CCF 4,851 41.40% 561 4.79% 79.83% 4,290 2,576 4,851 – – – – – – – 11,717 Victoria PC PC 8,830 59.92% 4,173 28.32% 68.21% 8,830 4,657 1,249 – – – – – – – 14,736 Waterloo North LL Lib 10,200 37.44% 1,250 4.59% 62.20% 6,726 10,200 8,950 – – 1,371 – – – – 27,247 Waterloo South PC CCF 7,210 35.68% 705 3.49% 69.85% 6,505 6,495 7,210 – – – – – – – 20,210 Welland PC Lib 8,961 36.33% 11 0.04% 72.48% 6,756 8,961 8,950 – – – – – – – 24,667 Wellington North Lib Lib 7,764 53.05% 893 6.10% 71.06% 6,871 7,764 – – – – – – – – 14,635 Wellington South PC PC 6,913 36.97% 666 3.56% 78.82% 6,913 6,247 5,541 – – – – – – – 18,701 Wentworth CCF CCF 13,190 46.35% 2,327 8.18% 67.98% 10,863 4,405 13,190 – – – – – – – 28,458 Windsor—Walkerville PC PC 7,730 41.51% 1,422 7.64% 53.63% 7,730 4,585 6,308 – – – – – – – 18,623 Windsor—Sandwich PC PC 10,781 53.46% 5,213 25.85% 70.32% 10,781 3,624 5,568 – – – – – – 192 20,165 York East PC CCF 21,628 42.81% 881 1.74% 63.76% 20,747 7,772 21,628 – – – – – 370 – 50,517 York North PC PC 10,444 39.21% 1,902 7.14% 66.63% 10,444 7,653 8,542 – – – – – – – 26,639 York South PC CCF 19,320 49.52% 4,465 11.44% 67.97% 14,855 4,838 19,320 – – – – – – – 39,013 York West PC CCF 18,627 43.41% 2,383 5.55% 69.42% 16,244 8,041 18,627 – – – – – – – 42,912 Beaches PC CCF 9,910 44.03% 440 1.96% 71.98% 9,470 3,126 9,910 – – – – – – – 22,506 Bellwoods Lab-Pr Lab-Pr 7,764 37.17% 1,286 6.16% 69.55% 6,478 2,292 4,353 7,764 – – – – – – 20,887 Bracondale PC CCF 7,956 45.00% 1,184 6.70% 63.97% 6,772 2,952 7,956 – – – – – – – 17,680 Dovercourt PC CCF 12,262 48.16% 3,039 11.93% 64.28% 9,223 3,978 12,262 – – – – – – – 25,463 Eglinton PC PC 18,767 51.62% 9,543 26.25% 69.16% 18,767 9,224 8,366 – – – – – – – 36,357 High Park PC CCF 11,562 42.24% 1,017 3.72% 74.88% 10,545 5,262 11,562 – – – – – – – 27,369 Parkdale PC CCF 11,778 39.52% 650 2.18% 68.34% 11,128 6,900 11,778 – – – – – – – 29,806 Riverdale PC CCF 12,429 47.55% 2,159 8.26% 65.32% 10,270 3,195 12,429 – – – – – – 245 26,139 St. Andrew Lab-Pr Lab-Pr 9,890 49.40% 4,926 24.61% 71.22% 4,964 1,757 3,408 9,890 – – – – – – 20,019 St. David PC CCF 8,539 41.39% 676 3.28% 66.08% 7,863 3,908 8,539 – – – 253 – – 69 20,632 St. George PC PC 10,161 45.23% 2,711 12.07% 61.19% 10,161 4,853 7,450 – – – – – – – 22,464 St. Patrick PC PC 6,946 44.06% 1,597 10.13% 66.48% 6,946 3,469 5,349 – – – – – – – 15,764 Woodbine PC CCF 12,986 47.36% 2,292 8.36% 68.97% 10,694 3,516 12,986 – – – – – – 222 27,418 a #B9E5B9 silver = open seat #F5F5DC silver = turnout is above provincial average #DCDCDC silver = winning candidate was in previous Legislature #EABB94 silver = incumbent had switched allegiance #DCD0FF silver = other incumbents renominated #EEBBBB silver = campaigned as a Liberal-Labour candidate #90EE90 silver = campaigned as a Social Credit candidate Analysis + Party candidates in 2nd place Party in 1st place Party in 2nd place TotalPC Lib LL CCF Ind-CCFON PC row-name 43 1 8 1 53ON Liberal row-name 8 5 13ON Liberal-Labour row-name 1 1ON CCF row-name 19 2 21ON Labor-Progressive row-name 2 2 Total30 45 1 13 1 90 + Candidates ranked 1st to 5th place, by party Parties 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th TotalON PC colour&name53 30 7 90ON CCF colour&name21 13 45 2 81ON Liberal colour&name13 45 28 2 88ON Labor-Progressive colour&name2 2ON Liberal-Labour colour&name1 1 2ON Independent-CCF colour&name 1 1ON Union of Electors colour&name 2 9 2 13ON Independent PC colour&name 1 2 3ON Socialist Labour colour&name 3 2 5ON Social Credit colour&name 2 2ON Independent Labour colour&name 1 1ON Independent colour&name 1 1 + Resulting composition of the 23rd Legislative Assembly of Ontario Source PartyPCCCFLibL-LLab-PrTotalSeats retained Incumbents returned 40 4 4 1 2 51Open seats held4 1 5Seats changing hands Incumbents defeated8 12 7 27Open seats gained1 4 2 7Total53 21 13 1 2 90 Seats that changed hands + Elections to the 23rd Parliament of Ontario – seats won/lost by party, 1945–1948Party1943Gain from (loss to)1945PCCCFLibLbr-PL-LON PC row-name 66 2 (15) 7 (7) 53ON CCF row-name 8 15 (2) (1) 1 21ON Liberal row-name 11 7 (7) 1 1 13ON Labor-Progressive row-name 2 2ON Liberal-Labour row-name 3 (1) (1) 1Total 90 22 (9) 3 (16) 7 (9) – – 2 – 90 There were 34 seats that changed allegiance in the election. PC to CCF Beaches Bracondale Dovercourt Hamilton Centre Hamilton East High Park Ontario Parkdale Riverdale St. David Waterloo South Woodbine York East York South York West PC to Liberal Brantford Bruce Kent East London Niagara Falls Prince Edward—Lennox Welland CCF to PC Kenora Sudbury CCF to Liberal Fort William Liberal to PC Cochrane North Glengarry Nipissing Parry Sound Prescott Russell Stormont Liberal-Labour to CCF Essex North Liberal-Labour to Liberal Waterloo North See also Politics of Ontario List of Ontario political parties Premier of Ontario Leader of the Opposition (Ontario) Notes References Further reading Ontario. Chief Election Officer Return from the Records of the By-Elections and General Election held on the 31st of May and 7th of June, 1948 1948 Queen's Printer Toronto https://archive.org/details/31761115472649 Category:1948 elections in Canada 1948 General election Category:June 1948 in North America