1951 Ontario general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 1951 Ontario general election Ontario 1921 parliamentary no no no 1948 Ontario general election 1948 23rd Legislative Assembly of Ontario 1955 Ontario general election 1955 24th Legislative Assembly of Ontario 90 seats in the 24th Legislative Assembly of Ontario 46 seats were needed for a majority November 22, 1951 150x150px Leslie Frost Premier of Ontario.jpg ON PC nohash Leslie Frost April 27, 1949 ON PC name Victoria 53 79 26 48.5% 7.0pp Walter Cunningham Thomson Infobox.jpg ON Liberal nohash Walter Thomson November 10, 1950 ON Liberal name Ran in Ontario (Lost) 14 8 6 31.5% 1.7pp Ted jolliffe 1942.jpg ON CCF nohash Ted Jolliffe April 3, 1942 ON CCF name York South (lost re-election) 21 2 19 19.1% 3.3pp File:Stewartsmith.jpg CAN Communist nohash Stewart Smith 1951 Labor-Progressive 2 1 1 0.7% 0.3pp Premier Premier after election Leslie Frost ON PC name Leslie Frost ON PC name 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. Background Because of Canada's participation in the Korean War, and because previous legislation governing the participation of active service voters stationed overseas had lapsed,The Active Service Election Act, 1945 S.O. 1945 (1st sess.) 1 https://archive.org/details/statutesofprovin1945onta/page/n11/mode/2up new provision was made to enable the collection of votes of Ontario residents who had returned to active service because of the present conflict.The Active Service Election Act, 1951 S.O. 1951 1 https://archive.org/details/statutesofprovin1951onta/page/0/mode/2up Legislation governing the functioning of electionsThe Election Act, 1951 S.O. 1951 21 https://archive.org/details/statutesofprovin1951onta/page/70/mode/2up and the preparation of voters' listsThe Voters' Lists Act, 1951 S.O. 1951 93 https://archive.org/details/statutesofprovin1951onta/page/400/mode/2up was also revised. Opinion Polls + Evolution of voting intentions at provincial level Polling firmLast day of survey Source PCO OLP OCCF Other Undecided ME Margin of Error SampleElection 1953November 22, 195148.531.519.10.9GallupOctober 1951444014322GallupAugust 1951474011130GallupJune 1951Survey indicates CCF slipping in Ontario June 8, 1951 The Calgary Herald 54541131GallupFebruary 1951434214123GallupJuly 1950Canadian conservatives gaining in popularity October 27, 1951 The Calgary Herald 11443914321Election 1948June 7, 194841.2826.5229.782.42 Campaign The majority of races were three-way contests between the major parties: + Riding contests, by number of candidates (1951) CandidatesPCLibL-LCCFLab-PrI-PCI-LabIndS-LTotal213 13 26364 62 2 64 192412 12 12 5 2 1 3 1 4851 1 1 1 1 5Total90 88 2 77 6 2 1 4 1 271 Outcome 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. Results Elections to the 24th Parliament of Ontario (1951) https://results.elections.on.ca/en/data-explorer?fromYear=1867&toYear=2019&electionType=GE&electionId=253 1951 Ontario general election Elections Ontario September 4, 2023Significant EO data transcription errors corrected, using November 23, 1951 Results By Constituencies In Ontario Provincial Elections https://www.newspapers.com/image/456568224/ Ottawa Citizen 3 |- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=5 | MPPs ! colspan=3 | Votes |- ! Candidates !1948 !Dissol. !1951 !± !# !% ! ± (pp) ON PC row-name |style="text-align:left;"|Leslie Frost | 90 || 53 || 53 || 79 || 26 || 860,939 || 48.46 || 7.18 |- ON Liberal row-name |style="text-align:left;"|Walter Thomson | 88 || 13 || 13 || 7 || rowspan="2"|6 || 551,753 || 31.06 || rowspan="2"|1.72 ON Liberal-Labour row-name |style="text-align:left;"| | 2 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 7,939 || 0.45 ON CCF row-name |style="text-align:left;"|Ted Jolliffe | 77 || 21 || 21 || 2 || 19 || 339,362 || 19.10 || 7.42 ON Labor-Progressive row-name |style="text-align:left;"|Stewart Smith | 6 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 11,914 || 0.67 || 0.33 ON Independent row-name |style="text-align:left;"| | 4 || || || || || 1,869 || 0.11 || 0.01 ON Independent Labour row-name |style="text-align:left;"| | 1 || || || || || 1,375 || 0.08 || 0.07 ON Independent PC row-name |style="text-align:left;"| | 2 || || || || || 1,094 || 0.06 || 0.13 ON Socialist Labour row-name |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 |} Vote and seat summaries Ternary plots - shift of electoral support (1948-1951) 350 200 yes center Electoral districts identified by colours of winning parties File:Ternary ON1948.svg 1948 Ternary plot of 1948 results File:Ternary ON1951.svg 1951 Ternary plot of 1951 results + Seats and popular vote by party Party Seats Votes Change (pp) ON PC colour&name 79 90 ON PC 175 48.46 175 darkgrey 7.18 -5 1em background:green ON Liberal colour&name/Liberal-Labour 8 90 ON Liberal 175 31.51 175 darkgrey 1.72 -5 1em background:green ON CCF colour&name 2 90 ON CCF 175 19.10 175 darkgrey -7.42 -5 1em background:red ON Other colour&name 1 90 ON Independent 175 0.93 175 darkgrey -1.48 -5 1em background:red Synopsis of results + Results by riding - 1951 Ontario general election Riding Winning party Turnoutincluding spoilt ballots VotesNameorder is as given in EO reports 1948Party Votes Share Margin#Margin% PC Lib/LL Liberal-Labour CCF Lab-Pr I-PC Independent PC I-Lab Independent Labour Ind Independent S-Lab Socialist Labour 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 – – 1,375Bruce Magnuson, who later became the Labor-Progressive leader in Ontario in 1956 – – 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 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 Analysis + Party candidates in 2nd place Party in 1st place Party in 2nd place TotalPC Lib LL CCFON PC row-name 57 1 21 79ON Liberal row-name 6 1 7ON Liberal-Labour row-name 1 1ON CCF row-name 2 2ON Labor-Progressive row-name 1 1 Total10 57 1 22 90 + Candidates ranked 1st to 5th place, by party Parties 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th TotalON PC colour&name79 10 1 90ON Liberal colour&name7 57 24 88ON CCF colour&name2 22 50 3 77ON Liberal-Labour colour&name1 1 2ON Labor-Progressive colour&name1 1 4 6ON Independent PC colour&name 1 1 2ON Independent colour&name 3 1 4ON Independent Labour colour&name 1 1ON Socialist Labour colour&name 1 1 + Resulting composition of the 24th Legislative Assembly of Ontario Source PartyPCLibL-LCCFLab-PrTotalSeats retained Incumbents returned 44 5 2 1 Open seats held7 Seats changing hands Incumbents defeated26 2 Open seats gained2 1 Total79 7 1 2 1 90 Seats that changed hands + Elections to the 24th Parliament of Ontario – seats won/lost by party, 1948–1951Party1948Gain from (loss to)1951PCLibCCFLbr-PL-LON PC row-name 53 8 (1) 18 1 79ON Liberal row-name 13 1 (8) 1 7ON CCF row-name 21 (18) (1) 2ON Labor-Progressive row-name 2 (1) 1ON Liberal-Labour row-name 1 1 (1) 1Total 90 2 (28) 8 (2) 19 – 1 – – – 90 There were 29 seats that changed allegiance in the election. CCF to PC Beaches Bracondale Dovercourt Hamilton Centre Hamilton East High Park Parkdale Port Arthur Riverdale Sault Ste. Marie St. David Timiskaming Waterloo South Wentworth Woodbine York East York South York West CCF to Liberal Essex North PC to Liberal Stormont PC to Liberal-Labour Kenora Liberal to PC Bruce Fort William Kent East London Prince Edward—Lennox Waterloo North Welland Wellington North Labor-Progressive to PC Bellwoods Liberal-Labour to PC Rainy River See also Politics of Ontario List of Ontario political parties Premier of Ontario Leader of the Opposition (Ontario) References Further reading Ontario. Chief Election Officer Return from the Records of the By-Elections and General Election held on the 8th and 22nd of November, 1951 1951 Queen's Printer Toronto https://archive.org/details/31761115472656 Category:1951 elections in Canada 1951 Election Category:November 1951 in Canada