1963 Ontario general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 1963 Ontario general election Ontario 1957 parliamentary no no no 1959 Ontario general election 1959 26th Legislative Assembly of Ontario 1967 Ontario general election 1967 27th Legislative Assembly of Ontario 108 seats in the 27th Legislative Assembly of Ontario 55 seats were needed for a majority September 25, 1963 160x160px ON PC nohash John Robarts October 25, 1961 ON PC name London North 71 77 6 48.9% 2.6pp LIB ON Liberal nohash John Wintermeyer April 20, 1958 ON Liberal name Waterloo North (lost re-election) 22 24 2 35.3% 1.3pp x160px ON NDP nohash Donald C. MacDonald November 21, 1953 ON NDP name York South 5 7 2 15.5% 1.2pp Premier Premier after election John Robarts ON PC name John Robarts ON PC name The 1963 Ontario general election was held on September 25, 1963, to elect the 108 members of the 27th Legislative Assembly of Ontario (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the province of Ontario.1963 General Election https://results.elections.on.ca/en/data-explorer?fromYear=1867&toYear=2021&electionId=269&levelOfDetail=election Elections Ontario January 3, 2021 The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, led by John Robarts, who had replaced Leslie Frost as PC leader and premier in 1961, won a seventh consecutive term in office, and maintained its majority in the legislature, increasing its caucus from the 71 members elected in the previous election to 77 members in an enlarged legislature. The Ontario Liberal Party, led by John Wintermeyer, increased its caucus from 22 to 24 members, although Wintermeyer lost his seat of Waterloo North. He resigned as party leader but the Liberals continued in their role of official opposition. Robert Gibson of Kenora was re-elected as a Liberal-Labour MPP sitting with the Liberal caucus. The social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was formally dissolved and succeeded by the Ontario New Democratic Party in 1961. The newly conglomerated party was still led by Donald C. MacDonald, and won two additional seats, for a total of seven. The Social Credit Party of Ontario split into two factions mirroring the split in the federal party. The official Social Credit party ran candidates in three rural ridings while the more radical Social Credit Action faction ran candidates in six ridings in Toronto."Nominations split Social Crediters", Globe and Mail, August 30, 1963 Expansion of Legislative Assembly The size of the Legislative Assembly was increased from 98 to 108 members,The Representation Amendment Act, 1962-63 S.O. 1962-63 125 https://archive.org/details/statutesofprov196263onta/page/622/mode/2up through the reorganization of Toronto's suburban ridings: Abolished ridings New ridings York Centre Armourdale Downsview Yorkview York East Don Mills York East York Mills York—HumberThe Town of Weston was withdrawn from York-Humber, and transferred to York South. Humber York—Scarborough Scarborough Centre Scarborough East Scarborough North Scarborough West York South Forest Hill York South York West Etobicoke Lakeshore York West a Results Elections to the 27th Parliament of Ontario (1963) https://results.elections.on.ca/en/data-explorer?fromYear=1867&toYear=2019&electionType=GE&electionId=269 1963 general election results Elections Ontario October 29, 2023 |- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=5 | MPPs ! colspan=3 | Votes |- ! Candidates !1959 !Dissol. !1963 !± !# !% ! ± (pp) ON PC row-name |style="text-align:left;"|John Robarts |108 |71 | |77 |6 |1,052,740 |48.61% |2.46 ON Liberal row-name |style="text-align:left;"|John Wintermeyer |107 |21 | |23 |2 |754,032 |34.82% |1.44 ON NDP row-nameSuccessor to the CCF |style="text-align:left;"|Donald C. MacDonald |97 |5 | |7 |2 |340,208 |15.71% |0.96 ON Liberal-Labour row-name |style="text-align:left;"| |1 |1 | |1 | |6,774 |0.31% |0.04 ON Independent PC row-name |style="text-align:left;"| |1 |– |– |– | |5,190 |0.24% |0.13 ON Independent row-name |style="text-align:left;"| |7 |– |– |– | |2,759 |0.13% |0.09 ON Social Credit row-name |style="text-align:left;"| |9 |– |– |– | |2,313 |0.11% |0.02 ON Communist row-nameSuccessor to Labor-Progressive |style="text-align:left;"|Bruce Magnuson |6 |– |– |– | |1,654 |0.08% |0.15 ON Socialist Labour row-name |style="text-align:left;"| |1 |– |– |– | |103 |– |New ON Labour-CCF row-name |style="text-align:left;"| | |– |– |– | |colspan="3"|did not campaign ON White Canada row-name |style="text-align:left;"| | |– |– |– | |colspan="3"|did not campaign ON Vacant row-name |colspan="3"| | |colspan="5"| |-style="background:#E9E9E9;" |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Total |337 |98 |98 |108 | |2,165,773 |100.00% | |- |colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"|Blank and invalid ballots |align="right"|18,028 |style="background:#E9E9E9;" colspan="2"| |-style="background:#E9E9E9;" |colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"|Registered voters / turnout |3,435,745 |59.72% |3.84 |} a Vote and seat summaries Ternary plots - shift of electoral support (1959-1963) 350 200 yes center Electoral districts identified by colours of winning parties File:Ternary ON1959.svg 1959 Ternary plot of 1959 results File:Ternary ON1963.svg 1963 Ternary plot of 1963 results + Seats and popular vote by party Party Seats Votes Change (pp) ON PC colour&name 77 108 ON PC 175 48.61 175 darkgrey 2.46 -5 1em background:green ON Liberal colour&name 23 108 ON Liberal 175 34.82 175 darkgrey -1.44 -5 1em background:red ON NDP colour&name 7 108 ON NDP 175 15.71 175 darkgrey -0.96 -5 1em background:red ON Other colour&name 1 108 ON Independent 175 0.86 175 darkgrey -0.06 -5 1em background:red Synopsis of results + Results by riding - 1963 Ontario general election Riding Winning party Turnoutincluding spoilt ballots VotesNameorder is as given in EO reports 1959Party Votes Share Margin#Margin% PC Lib/LL Liberal-Labour NDP Ind-PC Ind Independent Oth Other Total   Algoma—Manitoulin PC Lib 7,951 49.89% 1,522 9.55% 66.25% 6,429 7,951 1,557 – – – 15,937 Brant Lib Lib 10,771 55.31% 3,792 19.47% 60.75% 6,979 10,771 1,725 – – – 19,475 Brantford Lib Lib 7,572 43.55% 23 0.13% 71.17% 7,549 7,572 2,136 – 131 – 17,388 Bruce Lib Lib 7,997 53.61% 1,076 7.21% 76.56% 6,921 7,997 – – – – 14,918 Carleton PC PC 12,999 57.13% 4,496 19.76% 60.96% 12,999 8,503 1,251 – – – 22,753 Cochrane North PC PC 6,443 50.28% 2,556 19.95% 64.37% 6,443 3,887 1,975 – 509 – 12,814 Cochrane South PC PC 12,983 51.40% 4,874 19.29% 62.93% 12,983 4,169 8,109 – – – 25,261 Dufferin—Simcoe PC PC 8,875 66.29% 5,260 39.29% 55.36% 8,875 3,615 898 – – – 13,388 Durham PC PC 7,914 51.18% 1,501 9.71% 70.75% 7,914 6,413 1,135 – – – 15,462 Elgin PC PC 11,382 62.81% 4,643 25.62% 62.89% 11,382 6,739 – – – – 18,121 Essex North Lib Lib 14,453 45.73% 3,806 12.04% 68.26% 10,647 14,453 6,505 – – – 31,605 Essex South PC Lib 9,572 49.85% 715 3.72% 73.30% 8,857 9,572 773 – – – 19,202 Fort William Lib NDP 8,427 37.45% 1,172 5.21% 71.10% 7,255 6,820 8,427 – – – 22,502 Frontenac—Addington PC PC 6,746 55.11% 2,019 16.49% 61.20% 6,746 4,727 769 – – – 12,242 Glengarry PC PC 5,361 56.25% 1,363 14.30% 74.96% 5,361 3,998 172 – – – 9,531 Grenville—Dundas PC PC 9,518 68.30% 5,100 36.60% 64.88% 9,518 4,418 – – – – 13,936 Grey North PC Lib 6,862 44.75% 31 0.20% 73.20% 6,831 6,862 1,642 – – – 15,335 Grey South Lib Lib 5,459 52.06% 885 8.44% 67.21% 4,574 5,459 – – – 452 10,485 Haldimand—Norfolk PC PC 14,307 57.17% 4,425 17.68% 70.39% 14,307 9,882 640 – – 195 25,024 Halton PC PC 19,947 51.53% 6,372 16.46% 65.06% 19,947 13,575 5,188 – – – 38,710 Hamilton Centre PC PC 7,533 36.29% 578 2.78% 55.55% 7,533 5,890 6,955 – – 382 20,760 Hamilton East CCF NDP 8,097 36.71% 952 4.32% 65.26% 6,812 7,145 8,097 – – – 22,054 Hamilton—Wentworth PC PC 13,642 63.20% 9,211 42.68% 61.37% 13,642 4,431 3,511 – – – 21,584 Hastings East PC PC 7,815 64.37% 3,909 32.20% 70.93% 7,815 3,906 419 – – – 12,140 Hastings West PC PC 11,146 53.85% 2,298 11.10% 67.36% 11,146 8,848 704 – – – 20,698 Huron PC PC 8,931 67.72% 4,674 35.44% 69.43% 8,931 4,257 – – – – 13,188 Huron—Bruce PC Lib 6,359 50.11% 28 0.22% 81.69% 6,331 6,359 – – – – 12,690 Kenora LL LL 6,774 45.48% 840 5.64% 63.66% 5,934 6,774Robert Wayne Gibson was elected in a 1962 byelection, succeeding Albert Wren 2,187 – – – 14,895 Kent East Lib Lib 7,365 55.49% 1,458 10.99% 75.51% 5,907 7,365 – – – – 13,272 Kent West PC PC 12,205 53.69% 1,676 7.37% 64.99% 12,205 10,529 – – – – 22,734 Kingston PC PC 10,092 49.11% 1,024 4.98% 68.40% 10,092 9,068 1,389 – – – 20,549 Lambton East PC PC 7,131 52.24% 864 6.33% 75.93% 7,131 6,267 252 – – – 13,650 Lambton West PC PC 10,813 44.69% 638 2.64% 63.23% 10,813 10,175 3,207 – – – 24,195 Lanark PC PC 8,757 72.15% 6,255 51.53% 54.19% 8,757 2,502 879 – – – 12,138 Leeds PC PC 12,711 75.68% 9,280 55.25% 63.03% 12,711 3,431 654 – – – 16,796 Lincoln PC PC 23,229 53.99% 8,422 19.58% 61.19% 23,229 14,807 4,235 – – 753 43,024 London North PC PC 12,531 68.61% 8,279 45.33% 57.57% 12,531 4,252 1,480 – – – 18,263 London South PC PC 13,982 62.54% 7,970 35.65% 55.47% 13,982 6,012 2,364 – – – 22,358 Middlesex North PC PC 9,960 71.79% 6,772 48.81% 68.58% 9,960 3,188 726 – – – 13,874 Middlesex South PC PC 12,532 60.72% 5,909 28.63% 62.57% 12,532 6,623 1,483 – – – 20,638 Muskoka PC PC 6,639 63.13% 3,776 35.90% 68.44% 6,639 2,863 1,015 – – – 10,517 Niagara Falls Lib Lib 13,864 52.80% 4,040 15.39% 62.39% 9,824 13,864 2,568 – – – 26,256 Nickel Belt PC PC 9,155 36.49% 956 3.81% 67.48% 9,155 8,199 6,898 – 835 – 25,087 Nipissing Lib Lib 11,424 47.52% 929 3.86% 67.40% 10,495 11,424 2,119 – – – 24,038 Northumberland PC PC 10,219 55.12% 1,897 10.23% 76.36% 10,219 8,322 – – – – 18,541 Ontario PC PC 9,903 60.29% 5,605 34.12% 62.17% 9,903 4,298 2,224 – – – 16,425 Oshawa CCF PC 12,077 41.45% 682 2.34% 59.07% 12,077 5,662 11,395 – – – 29,134 Ottawa East PC Lib 8,814 51.45% 1,353 7.90% 58.02% 7,461 8,814 857 – – – 17,132 Ottawa South PC PC 12,671 54.50% 3,333 14.34% 56.68% 12,671 9,338 1,241 – – – 23,250 Ottawa West PC PC 11,048 55.76% 3,049 15.39% 63.32% 11,048 7,999 768 – – – 19,815 Oxford Lib PC 12,972 50.65% 1,493 5.83% 69.88% 12,972 11,479 1,161 – – – 25,612 Parry Sound PC PC 6,414 53.81% 1,696 14.23% 73.06% 6,414 4,718 787 – – – 11,919 Peel PC PC 24,969 61.58% 14,569 35.93% 61.62% 24,969 10,400 5,177 – – – 40,546 Perth PC PC 13,324 61.79% 5,084 23.58% 63.44% 13,324 8,240 – – – – 21,564 Peterborough PC PC 16,972 58.05% 9,195 31.45% 67.85% 16,972 7,777 4,490 – – – 29,239 Port Arthur PC PC 13,580 50.56% 6,849 25.50% 66.68% 13,580 6,143 6,731 – – 407 26,861 Prescott PC PC 6,700 55.46% 1,320 10.93% 71.93% 6,700 5,380 – – – – 12,080 Prince Edward—Lennox PC PC 7,645 61.96% 3,883 31.47% 59.64% 7,645 3,762 931 – – – 12,338 Rainy River PC PC 4,568 54.06% 1,955 23.14% 67.05% 4,568 2,613 1,269 – – – 8,450 Renfrew North PC PC 10,664 57.80% 3,740 20.27% 70.53% 10,664 6,924 861 – – – 18,449 Renfrew South PC PC 7,736 51.78% 889 5.95% 79.52% 7,736 6,847 358 – – – 14,941 Russell PC PC 13,661 40.42% 344 1.02% 55.67% 13,661 13,317 1,632 5,190 – – 33,800 Sault Ste. Marie PC PC 11,559 42.24% 2,200 8.04% 69.12% 11,559 9,359 6,446 – – – 27,364 Simcoe Centre PC PC 10,825 62.70% 5,655 32.75% 59.62% 10,825 5,170 1,271 – – – 17,266 Simcoe East PC PC 9,646 57.65% 3,494 20.88% 64.84% 9,646 6,152 935 – – – 16,733 Stormont Lib PC 11,101 52.74% 1,827 8.68% 69.27% 11,101 9,274 675 – – – 21,050 Sudbury Lib Lib 10,176 41.60% 914 3.74% 65.96% 9,262 10,176 5,022 – – – 24,460 Temiskaming PC Lib 4,124 40.41% 270 2.65% 69.45% 3,854 4,124 2,227 – – – 10,205 Victoria PC PC 9,091 56.90% 2,976 18.63% 70.00% 9,091 6,115 771 – – – 15,977 Waterloo North Lib PC 18,760 47.30% 2,813 7.09% 73.99% 18,760 15,947 4,951 – – – 39,658 Waterloo South PC PC 10,436 43.88% 3,700 15.56% 68.39% 10,436 6,736 6,610 – – – 23,782 Welland PC PC 16,142 52.15% 3,437 11.10% 66.20% 16,142 12,705 2,108 – – – 30,955 Wellington—Dufferin PC PC 7,666 66.33% 4,445 38.46% 63.22% 7,666 3,221 671 – – – 11,558 Wellington South Lib Lib 10,829 47.36% 2,146 9.39% 70.87% 8,683 10,829 3,351 – – – 22,863 Wentworth Lib PC 12,089 37.61% 943 2.93% 60.10% 12,089 11,146 8,909 – – – 32,144 Wentworth East CCF NDP 8,634 41.71% 1,970 9.52% 56.76% 6,664 5,400 8,634 – – – 20,698 Windsor—Sandwich Lib Lib 10,739 42.29% 1,121 4.41% 61.52% 9,618 10,739 5,035 – – – 25,392 Windsor—Walkerville Lib Lib 7,781 49.74% 2,393 15.30% 65.96% 5,388 7,781 2,473 – – – 15,642 York North PC PC 18,233 49.22% 6,233 16.83% 57.35% 18,233 12,000 5,959 – 850 – 37,042 Armourdale New PC 10,218 50.09% 4,176 20.47% 63.90% 10,218 6,042 4,140 – – – 20,400 Beaches PC PC 7,277 40.67% 820 4.58% 68.00% 7,277 4,158 6,457 – – – 17,892 Bellwoods PC PC 6,039 50.98% 2,026 17.10% 61.98% 6,039 4,013 1,793 – – – 11,845 Bracondale Lib Lib 4,271 38.31% 69 0.62% 61.33% 4,202 4,271 2,675 – – – 11,148 Don Mills New PC 9,708 51.64% 4,456 23.70% 60.12% 9,708 3,841 5,252 – – – 18,801 Dovercourt Lib Lib 6,938 45.72% 2,120 13.97% 58.53% 4,818 6,938 3,418 – – – 15,174 Downsview New Lib 7,335 38.13% 528 2.74% 51.02% 5,097 7,335 6,807 – – – 19,239 Eglinton PC PC 18,371 55.22% 6,389 19.20% 67.53% 18,371 11,982 2,916 – – – 33,269 Etobicoke New Lib 8,193 42.73% 446 2.33% 62.61% 7,747 8,193 3,232 – – – 19,172 Forest Hill New PC 10,001 40.87% 2,253 9.21% 59.01% 10,001 6,509 7,748 – – 210 24,468 High Park PC PC 7,676 42.66% 891 4.95% 64.53% 7,676 6,785 3,420 – – 114 17,995 Humberformerly known as York—Humber PC PC 10,144 45.76% 3,288 14.83% 60.32% 10,144 6,856 5,170 – – – 22,170 Lakeshore New PC 8,598 43.32% 2,735 13.78% 62.15% 8,598 5,863 5,024 – – 364 19,849 Parkdale Lib Lib 9,100 44.95% 2,259 11.16% 58.51% 6,841 9,100 4,304 – – – 20,245 Riverdale PC PC 8,047 49.45% 3,736 22.96% 56.26% 8,047 4,311 3,676 – 137 103 16,274 St. Andrew PC PC 4,310 43.86% 833 8.48% 58.04% 4,310 3,477 1,640 – 297 102 9,826 St. David PC PC 6,051 42.98% 518 3.68% 58.91% 6,051 5,533 2,139 – – 355 14,078 St. George PC PC 9,134 53.86% 3,547 20.91% 57.56% 9,134 5,587 1,941 – – 298 16,960 St. Patrick PC PC 4,821 47.75% 777 7.70% 60.58% 4,821 4,044 1,025 – – 207 10,097 Scarborough Centre New PC 7,264 37.37% 404 2.08% 60.00% 7,264 5,314 6,860 – – – 19,438 Scarborough East New PC 5,623 44.35% 1,704 13.44% 57.14% 5,623 3,919 3,137 – – – 12,679 Scarborough North New PC 9,918 50.73% 5,069 25.93% 57.45% 9,918 4,849 4,785 – – – 19,552 Scarborough West New NDP 10,641 43.47% 2,471 10.10% 63.21% 8,170 5,538 10,641 – – 128 24,477 Woodbine CCF NDP 9,020 45.89% 1,281 6.52% 48.85% 7,739 2,898 9,020 – – – 19,657 York East PC PC 12,930 52.35% 5,926 23.99% 61.70% 12,930 7,004 4,765 – – – 24,699 York Mills New PC 16,391 57.41% 8,351 29.25% 63.43% 16,391 4,122 8,040 – – – 28,553 York South CCF NDP 10,538 47.58% 3,575 16.14% 60.25% 6,963 4,646 10,538 – – – 22,147 Yorkview New NDP 7,607 38.38% 703 3.55% 56.03% 5,310 6,904 7,607 – – – 19,821 York West PC PC 15,107 64.35% 8,802 37.49% 60.66% 15,107 6,305 2,064 – – – 23,476 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 #87CEFA silver = incumbency arose from byelection gain #FFFF00 silver = previously incumbent in another riding #DCD0FF silver = other incumbents renominated #EEBBBB silver = Liberal-Labour candidate #F0E68C silver = multiple candidates Analysis + Party candidates in 2nd place Party in 1st place Party in 2nd place TotalPC Lib NDPON PC row-name 68 9 77ON Liberal row-name 22 1 23ON Liberal-Labour row-name 1 1ON NDP row-name 5 2 7 Total28 70 10 108 + Candidates ranked 1st to 5th place, by party Parties 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5thON PC colour&name77 28 3 ON Liberal colour&name23 70 14 ON NDP colour&name7 10 79 1 ON Liberal-Labour colour&name1 ON Social Credit colour&name 1 5 3ON Independent PC colour&name 1 ON Communist colour&name 6 ON Independent colour&name 6 ON Socialist Labour colour&name 1 + Resulting composition of the 27th Legislative Assembly Source PartyPCLibLib-LabNDPTotalSeats retained Incumbents returned 48 15 1 4 68Open seats held14 14Byelection loss reversed1 1Ouster of incumbent changing allegiance1 1Seats changing hands Incumbents defeated4 4 1 10Incumbent defeated by previous incumbent from another riding1 1Open seats gained 1 1Byelection gains held 1 1New ridings New MPPs8 1 2 11Won by previous incumbent from another riding 1 1Total77 23 1 7 108 Reorganization of ridings The reorganized ridings returned the following MPPs: 19591963 Riding Party Riding PartyYork CentreON Liberal colour&name Armourdale ON PC colour&name Downsview ON Liberal colour&name Yorkview ON NDP colour&nameYork EastON PC colour&name Don Mills ON PC colour&name York East ON PC colour&name York Mills ON PC colour&name York—Humber ON PC colour&name Humber ON PC colour&nameYork—ScarboroughON PC colour&name Scarborough Centre ON PC colour&name Scarborough East ON PC colour&name Scarborough North ON PC colour&name Scarborough West ON NDP colour&nameYork SouthON CCF colour&name Forest Hill ON PC colour&name York South ON NDP colour&nameYork WestON PC colour&name Etobicoke ON Liberal colour&name Lakeshore ON PC colour&name York West ON PC colour&name Seats that changed hands + Elections to the 27th Parliament of Ontario – unaltered seats won/lost by party, 1959–1963Party1959Gain from (loss to)1963PCLibNDPL-LON PC row-name 67 4 (6) 1 66ON Liberal row-name 20 6 (4) (1) 21ON NDP row-name 4 (1) 1 4ON Liberal-Labour row-name 1 1Total 92 6 (5) 5 (6) 1 1 – – 92 There were 12 seats that changed allegiance in the election. PC to Liberal Algoma—Manitoulin Essex South Grey North Huron—Bruce Ottawa East Timiskaming Liberal to PC Oxford Stormont Waterloo North Wentworth Liberal to NDP Fort William NDP to PC Oshawa See also Politics of Ontario List of Ontario political parties Premier of Ontario Leader of the Opposition (Ontario) References Further reading Saywell John T. John Saywell Canadian Annual Review for 1963 1964 University of Toronto Press Toronto https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_b0o5 registration Ontario. Chief Election Officer Return from the Records of the By-Elections and General Election held on the 11th and 25th of September, 1963 1963 Queen's Printer Toronto https://archive.org/details/31761115472680 0847-3927 Category:1963 elections in Canada 1963 Category:1963 in Ontario Category:September 1963 in Canada