1971 Ontario general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 1971 Ontario general election Ontario parliamentary no no no 1967 Ontario general election 1967 28th Legislative Assembly of Ontario 1975 Ontario general election 1975 29th Legislative Assembly of Ontario 117 seats in the 29th Legislative Assembly of Ontario 59 seats were needed for a majority October 21, 1971 160x160px ON PC nohash Bill Davis February 12, 1971 ON PC name Peel North 69 78 9 1,465,313 44.5% 2.2pp 160x160px ON Liberal nohash Robert Nixon January 6, 1967 ON Liberal name Brant 28 20 8 913,742 27.8% 3.8pp 160x160px ON NDP nohash Stephen Lewis October 4, 1970 ON NDP name Scarborough West 20 19 1 893,879 27.1% 1.2pp Premier Premier after election Bill Davis ON PC name Bill Davis ON PC name The 1971 Ontario general election was held on October 21, 1971, to elect the 117 members of the 29th Legislative Assembly of Ontario (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the Province of Ontario.1971 General Election https://results.elections.on.ca/en/data-explorer?fromYear=1867&toYear=2021&electionId=275&levelOfDetail=election Elections Ontario January 3, 2021 The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, led by Bill Davis, who had replaced John Robarts as PC leader and premier earlier in the year, won a ninth consecutive term in office, and maintained its majority in the legislature, increasing its caucus in the legislature by eight seats from its result in the previous election. The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Robert Nixon, lost seven seats, but continued in the role of official opposition. The social democratic Ontario New Democratic Party, led by Stephen Lewis, lost one seat. This election marked the first time that the provincial election was held on a Thursday. Subsequently, every provincial election has also been held on a Thursday, with the exception of the 2007 Ontario general election, which was held on a Wednesday. The electoral franchise was significantly expanded upon the reduction of the voting age from 21 to 18.The Age of Majority and Accountability Act, 1971 S.O. 1971 98 https://archive.org/details/statutesofprov1971v1onta/page/792/mode/2up Results Summary Elections to the 29th Parliament of Ontario (1967) https://results.elections.on.ca/en/data-explorer?fromYear=1867&toYear=2019&electionType=GE&electionId=275 1971 general election results Elections Ontario November 1, 2023 |- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MPPs ! colspan=4 | Votes |- ! Candidates !1967 !1971 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) ON PC row-name |style="text-align:left;"|Bill Davis | 117 || 69 || 78 || 9 || 1,465,313 || 446,558 || 44.50% || 2.40 ON Liberal row-nameincludes Liberal-Labour in 1967 totals |style="text-align:left;"|Robert Nixon | 117 || 28 || 20 || 8 || 913,742 || 146,351 || 27.75% || 3.97 ON NDP row-name |style="text-align:left;"|Stephen Lewis | 117 || 20 || 19 || 1 || 893,879 || 265,482 || 27.15% || 1.18 ON Independent row-name | || 23 || – || – || – || 16,959 || 14,577 || 0.52% || 0.42 ON Communist row-name |style="text-align:left;"|William Stewart | 5 || – || – || – || 1,620 || 558 || 0.05% || 0.03 ON Social Credit row-name | || 5 || – || – || – || 1,204 || 702 || 0.04% || 0.04 |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total |384||117 ! " colspan="2"|117 ! " colspan="2"|3,292,717 ! " colspan="2"| 100.00% |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Rejected ballots | 18,059 | 1,469 | colspan="2"| |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Voter turnout | 3,310,776 | 871,538 | 73.52 | 7.34 |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered electors | 4,503,142 | 817,387 | colspan="2"| |} a Vote and seat summaries Ternary plots - shift of electoral support (1967-1971) 350 200 yes center Electoral districts identified by colours of winning parties File:Ternary ON1967.svg 1967 Ternary plot of 1967 results File:Ternary ON1971.svg 1971 Ternary plot of 1971 results + Seats and popular vote by party Party Seats Votes Change (pp)ON PC colour&name 78 117 ON PC 175 44.50 175 darkgrey 2.40 -5 1em background:greenON Liberal colour&name 20 117 ON Liberal 175 27.75 175 darkgrey -3.97 -5 1em background:redON NDP colour&name 19 117 ON NDP 175 27.15 175 darkgrey 1.18 -5 1em background:greenON Independent colour&name 0 122 ON Independent 175 0.52 175 darkgrey 0.42 -5 1em background:greenON Other colour&name 0 122 ON Independent 175 0.08 175 darkgrey -0.03 -5 1em background:red Synopsis of results + Results by riding - 1971 Ontario general election Riding Winning party Turnoutincluding spoilt ballots VotesNameorder is as given in EO reports 1967Party Votes Share Margin#Margin% PC Lib NDP Ind Independent Comm Communist SC Social Credit Total   Algoma PC PC 5,222 42.20% 1,397 11.29% 73.88% 5,222 3,326 3,825 – – – 12,373 Algoma—Manitoulin Lib PC 5,147 40.32% 1,298 10.17% 72.06% 5,147 3,768 3,849 – – – 12,764 Brant Lib Lib 8,846 50.98% 3,699 21.32% 73.31% 5,147 8,846 3,359 – – – 17,352 Brantford NDP PC 16,632 45.04% 4,524 12.25% 80.80% 16,632 8,188 12,108 – – – 36,928 Carleton PC PC 18,538 49.95% 7,622 20.54% 73.78% 18,538 10,916 7,656 – – – 37,110 Carleton East PC PC 13,190 46.56% 4,123 14.56% 65.97% 13,190 9,067 6,069 – – – 28,326 Chatham—Kent PC PC 10,827 48.54% 2,208 9.90% 65.09% 10,827 8,619 2,859 – – – 22,305 Cochrane North PC PC 11,212 64.02% 5,454 31.14% 76.21% 11,212 543 5,758 – – – 17,513 Cochrane South NDP NDP 11,383 48.43% 655 2.79% 74.68% 10,728 1,270 11,383 122 – – 23,503 Dufferin—Simcoe PC PC 12,063 51.97% 4,454 19.19% 68.28% 12,063 7,609 3,540 – – – 23,212 Durham PC PC 10,628 48.22% 3,454 15.67% 76.47% 10,628 4,239 7,174 – – – 22,041 Elgin PC PC 14,742 45.08% 4,325 13.23% 78.98% 14,742 10,417 7,329 215 – – 32,703 Essex—Kent Lib Lib 7,087 40.30% 1,035 5.89% 75.52% 4,446 7,087 6,052 – – – 17,585 Essex South Lib Lib 12,217 51.75% 5,696 24.13% 74.77% 4,872 12,217 6,521 – – – 23,610 Fort William PC PC 13,428 49.05% 3,777 13.80% 75.91% 13,428 4,296 9,651 – – – 27,375 Frontenac—Addington PC PC 7,539 38.05% 1,706 8.61% 71.67% 7,539 5,833 2,081 4,363 – – 19,816 Glengarry PC PC 7,496 55.72% 3,211 23.87% 75.27% 7,496 4,285 1,672 – – – 13,453 Grenville—Dundas PC PC 11,635 63.06% 6,988 37.87% 70.55% 11,635 4,647 1,927 242 – – 18,451 Grey—Bruce Lib Lib 13,657 46.17% 2,638 8.92% 79.70% 11,019 13,657 4,905 – – – 29,581 Grey South PC PC 10,285 54.91% 4,870 26.00% 77.15% 10,285 5,415 3,029 – – – 18,729 Haldimand—Norfolk PC PC 16,197 57.67% 8,981 31.98% 74.48% 16,197 7,216 4,673 – – – 28,086 Halton East PC PC 21,359 55.43% 11,622 30.16% 75.07% 21,359 9,737 7,154 284 – – 38,534 Halton West PC PC 25,136 59.53% 16,353 38.73% 76.20% 25,136 8,783 8,306 – – – 42,225 Hamilton Centre NDP NDP 8,018 38.32% 1,422 6.80% 61.61% 6,596 6,310 8,018 – – – 20,924 Hamilton East NDP NDP 11,073 40.64% 2,846 10.45% 71.11% 8,227 7,947 11,073 – – – 27,247 Hamilton Mountain PC PC 17,979 50.28% 7,254 20.29% 78.13% 17,979 7,053 10,725 – – – 35,757 Hamilton West PC PC 12,807 43.51% 4,565 15.51% 73.86% 12,807 8,150 8,242 – 233 – 29,432 Hastings PC PC 9,195 59.79% 4,636 30.14% 70.12% 9,195 4,559 1,626 – – – 15,380 Huron PC PC 9,793 57.81% 6,155 36.34% 78.11% 9,793 3,638 3,414 94 – – 16,939 Huron—Bruce Lib Lib 12,374 67.60% 8,616 47.07% 79.13% 3,758 12,374 2,172 – – – 18,304 Kenora PC PC 11,226 61.44% 6,331 34.65% 73.05% 11,226 2,150 4,895 – – – 18,271 Kent Lib Lib 8,768 49.83% 1,992 11.32% 80.37% 6,776 8,768 2,051 – – – 17,595 Kingston and the Islands PC PC 12,285 43.92% 187 0.67% 68.30% 12,285 12,098 3,587 – – – 27,970 Kitchener Lib Lib 19,168 42.30% 5,633 12.43% 72.62% 13,535 19,168 12,237 379 – – 45,319 Lambton PC PC 9,983 50.70% 3,697 18.78% 75.69% 9,983 6,286 2,915 507 – – 19,691 Lanark PC PC 10,670 58.97% 5,695 31.47% 69.20% 10,670 4,975 2,450 – – – 18,095 Leeds PC PC 15,477 65.45% 10,754 45.48% 75.26% 15,477 3,447 4,723 – – – 23,647 Lincoln PC PC 19,513 62.54% 13,289 42.59% 72.38% 19,513 6,224 4,556 572 336 – 31,201 London North PC PC 17,266 41.90% 5,426 13.17% 73.09% 17,266 11,198 11,840 902 – – 41,206 London South PC PC 24,064 50.54% 11,363 23.87% 77.88% 24,064 12,701 10,845 – – – 47,610 Middlesex North PC PC 8,633 52.49% 4,155 25.26% 78.65% 8,633 3,337 4,478 – – – 16,448 Middlesex South PC PC 12,253 42.85% 3,053 10.68% 77.14% 12,253 7,140 9,200 – – – 28,593 Muskoka PC PC 7,240 50.01% 3,119 21.54% 73.68% 7,240 3,116 4,121 – – – 14,477 Niagara Falls Lib PC 12,221 42.25% 1,833 6.34% 73.46% 12,221 10,388 6,319 – – – 28,928 Nickel Belt PC NDP 9,003 49.37% 1,964 10.77% 79.34% 7,039 2,195 9,003 – – – 18,237 Nipissing Lib Lib 12,166 41.95% 28 0.10% 74.61% 12,138 12,166 4,698 – – – 29,002 Northumberland PC PC 12,277 54.43% 5,560 24.65% 75.74% 12,277 6,717 3,563 – – – 22,557 Ontario PC PC 10,970 52.26% 5,306 25.28% 76.40% 10,970 5,664 4,356 – – – 20,990 Ontario South PC PC 16,561 51.14% 5,614 17.34% 78.42% 16,561 4,876 10,947 – – – 32,384 Oshawa NDP PC 19,207 46.73% 2,726 6.63% 74.99% 19,207 5,413 16,481 – – – 41,101 Ottawa Centre Lib NDP 8,075 35.46% 182 0.80% 62.36% 7,893 6,804 8,075 – – – 22,772 Ottawa East PC Lib 10,827 52.52% 5,127 24.87% 57.10% 5,700 10,827 3,590 499 – – 20,616 Ottawa South PC PC 22,392 51.67% 11,754 27.12% 72.89% 22,392 10,307 10,638 – – – 43,337 Ottawa West PC PC 18,349 45.54% 6,712 16.66% 74.85% 18,349 10,308 11,637 – – – 40,294 Oxford Lib PC 16,322 46.01% 3,024 8.52% 77.52% 16,322 13,298 5,856 – – – 35,476 Parry Sound PC PC 6,682 37.35% 2,184 12.21% 74.58% 6,682 3,763 2,947 4,498 – – 17,890 Peel North PC PC 29,851 59.48% 18,592 37.04% 73.38% 29,851 9,080 11,259 – – – 50,190 Peel South PC PC 29,569 54.63% 17,282 31.93% 73.61% 29,569 12,287 12,266 – – – 54,122 Perth Lib Lib 16,265 54.31% 6,815 22.76% 74.35% 9,450 16,265 4,231 – – – 29,946 Peterborough NDP PC 18,632 42.69% 590 1.35% 77.67% 18,632 6,970 18,042 – – – 43,644 Port Arthur Lib NDP 11,461 45.06% 1,369 5.38% 75.47% 10,092 3,880 11,461 – – – 25,433 Prescott and Russell PC PC 10,950 51.84% 5,499 26.03% 75.01% 10,950 5,451 4,723 – – – 21,124 Prince Edward—Lennox PC PC 9,995 52.78% 3,404 17.98% 74.09% 9,995 6,591 2,350 – – – 18,936 Quinte PC PC 15,066 57.36% 7,455 28.38% 67.52% 15,066 7,611 3,588 – – – 26,265 Rainy River LL Lib 6,115 50.00% 2,206 18.04% 72.30% 2,207 6,115 3,909 – – – 12,231 Renfrew North PC PC 11,980 51.76% 3,517 15.20% 71.42% 11,980 8,463 2,516 185 – – 23,144 Renfrew South PC PC 9,370 53.87% 3,353 19.28% 79.83% 9,370 6,017 2,008 – – – 17,395 St. Catharines PC PC 16,074 43.92% 5,627 15.37% 68.01% 16,074 10,080 10,447 – – – 36,601 Sandwich—Riverside NDP NDP 17,944 50.24% 8,592 24.05% 74.86% 9,352 8,424 17,944 – – – 35,720 Sarnia Lib Lib 14,422 52.44% 6,884 25.03% 67.23% 7,538 14,422 5,544 – – – 27,504 Sault Ste. Marie PC PC 14,983 43.00% 1,035 2.97% 79.24% 14,983 5,915 13,948 – – – 34,846 Simcoe Centre PC PC 17,067 55.98% 9,192 30.15% 72.30% 17,067 7,875 5,543 – – – 30,485 Simcoe East PC PC 12,109 48.41% 5,468 21.86% 73.33% 12,109 6,264 6,641 – – – 25,014 Stormont PC PC 13,378 58.09% 7,099 30.83% 68.46% 13,378 3,372 6,279 – – – 23,029 Sudbury Lib NDP 11,905 40.92% 2,770 9.52% 70.16% 8,053 9,135 11,905 – – – 29,093 Sudbury East NDP NDP 15,522 53.62% 8,457 29.21% 71.69% 6,363 7,065 15,522 – – – 28,950 Thunder Bay NDP NDP 6,996 55.03% 3,882 30.54% 75.38% 3,114 2,602 6,996 – – – 12,712 Temiskaming NDP PC 9,695 47.22% 2,154 10.49% 74.88% 9,695 3,297 7,541 – – – 20,533 Victoria—Haliburton PC PC 10,368 48.88% 2,119 9.99% 74.78% 10,368 8,249 2,595 – – – 21,212 Waterloo North Lib Lib 15,035 39.41% 2,438 6.39% 72.90% 12,597 15,035 10,162 359 – – 38,153 Waterloo South PC PC 15,165 50.40% 4,543 15.10% 76.08% 15,165 4,302 10,622 – – – 30,089 Welland PC PC 15,044 50.19% 5,157 17.20% 79.87% 15,044 5,046 9,887 – – – 29,977 Welland South Lib Lib 8,845 36.35% 438 1.80% 74.09% 8,407 8,845 7,082 – – – 24,334 Wellington—Dufferin PC PC 8,250 51.11% 3,383 20.96% 71.41% 8,250 4,867 2,559 467 – – 16,143 Wellington South Lib Lib 16,606 45.94% 6,856 18.97% 74.54% 9,750 16,606 9,161 630 – – 36,147 Wentworth NDP NDP 14,128 43.82% 3,937 12.21% 70.84% 10,191 7,920 14,128 – – – 32,239 Wentworth North PC PC 12,489 45.35% 4,279 15.54% 80.74% 12,489 8,210 6,842 – – – 27,541 Windsor—Walkerville Lib Lib 12,986 44.83% 976 3.37% 74.84% 3,974 12,986 12,010 – – – 28,970 Windsor West NDP NDP 13,119 42.98% 3,444 11.28% 72.33% 9,675 7,731 13,119 – – – 30,525 York Centre Lib Lib 14,885 42.28% 212 0.60% 73.79% 14,673 14,885 5,645 – – – 35,203 York North PC PC 15,557 52.39% 7,514 25.30% 73.16% 15,557 6,094 8,043 – – – 29,694 Armourdale PC PC 16,055 49.99% 7,511 23.39% 74.05% 16,055 8,544 7,519 – – – 32,118 Beaches—Woodbine NDP PC 13,768 49.25% 2,630 9.41% 73.73% 13,768 2,819 11,138 88 – 145 27,958 Bellwoods PC PC 7,443 51.71% 3,839 26.67% 69.73% 7,443 3,347 3,604 – – – 14,394 Don Mills PC PC 16,102 50.80% 5,986 18.88% 74.18% 16,102 5,481 10,116 – – – 31,699 Dovercourt Lib PC 6,183 34.60% 39 0.22% 66.65% 6,183 5,116 6,144 – 429 – 17,872 Downsview Lib Lib 17,140 52.25% 6,219 18.96% 68.42% 4,740 17,140 10,921 – – – 32,801 Eglinton PC PC 20,242 57.06% 10,005 28.20% 78.82% 20,242 10,237 4,819 180 – – 35,478 Etobicoke Lib Lib 16,676 39.79% 943 2.25% 75.56% 15,733 16,676 9,072 432 – – 41,913 High Park NDP NDP 16,509 54.58% 7,282 24.07% 74.39% 9,227 4,284 16,509 – – 229 30,249 Humber Lib PC 11,235 41.48% 3,055 11.28% 72.61% 11,235 7,673 8,180 – – – 27,088 Lakeshore NDP NDP 10,867 42.36% 735 2.87% 75.42% 10,132 4,653 10,867 – – – 25,652 Parkdale Lib NDP 5,994 36.37% 436 2.65% 66.60% 4,930 5,558 5,994 – – – 16,482 Riverdale NDP NDP 11,132 49.27% 2,518 11.14% 65.04% 8,614 2,503 11,132 – – 346 22,595 St. Andrew—St. Patrick PC PC 9,588 46.61% 1,137 5.53% 68.33% 9,588 1,860 8,451 275 231 164 20,569 St. David PC PC 13,320 50.07% 5,291 19.89% 70.46% 13,320 4,934 8,029 – – 320 26,603 St. George PC PC 16,916 55.44% 9,492 31.11% 67.58% 16,916 7,424 5,801 374 – – 30,515 Scarborough Centre NDP PC 15,781 48.36% 4,873 14.93% 73.04% 15,781 4,962 10,908 984 – – 32,635 Scarborough East Lib PC 13,206 40.94% 670 2.08% 73.51% 13,206 12,536 6,514 – – – 32,256 Scarborough North PC PC 24,982 56.16% 12,023 27.03% 80.39% 24,982 6,235 12,959 308 – – 44,484 Scarborough West NDP NDP 13,092 38.96% 170 0.51% 73.50% 12,922 7,594 13,092 – – – 33,608 York East PC PC 17,830 50.69% 7,890 22.43% 74.83% 17,830 9,940 7,402 – – – 35,172 York-Forest Hill PC Lib 13,870 41.52% 1,300 3.89% 72.89% 12,570 13,870 6,963 – – – 33,403 York Mills PC PC 41,629 59.12% 23,007 32.68% 73.87% 41,629 18,622 10,159 – – – 70,410 York South NDP NDP 12,915 48.01% 2,877 10.69% 69.53% 10,038 3,949 12,915 – – – 26,902 York West PC PC 26,034 59.41% 13,582 30.99% 77.66% 26,034 12,452 5,335 – – – 43,821 Yorkview NDP NDP 20,660 43.38% 6,630 13.92% 71.37% 12,550 14,030 20,660 – 391 – 47,631 a #B9E5B9 silver = open seat #F5F5DC silver = turnout is above provincial average #DCDCDC silver = winning candidate was in previous Legislature #ADD8E6 silver = not incumbent; was previously elected to the 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 Analysis thumb|29th Legislature + Party candidates in 2nd place Party in 1st place Party in 2nd place TotalPC Lib NDP IndON PC row-name 40 37 1 78ON Liberal row-name 15 5 20ON NDP row-name 15 4 19 Total30 44 42 1 117 + Candidates ranked 1st to 5th place, by party Parties 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5thON PC colour&name78 30 9 ON Liberal colour&name20 44 53 ON NDP colour&name19 42 54 2 ON Independent colour&name 1 1 20 1ON Social Credit colour&name 4 ON Communist colour&name 3 2 + Resulting composition of the 28th Legislative Assembly Source PartyPCLibNDPTotalSeats retained Incumbents returned 50 17 13 80Open seats held15 1 16Byelection loss reversed1 1Seats changing hands Incumbents defeated10 1 2 13Open seats gained2 1 3 6Incumbent changed allegiance 1 1Total78 20 19 117 Seats changing hands Of the 117 seats, 22 were open because of MPPs who chose not to stand for reelection, and voters in only 19 seats changed allegiance from the previous election in 2018. Tom Reid (Rainy River) had previously campaigned on the Liberal-Labour ticket, but sat with the Liberal caucus. In 1971, he opted to stand as a Liberal instead. + Elections to the 29th Legislative Assembly of Ontario – seats won/lost by party, 1967-1971Party1967Gain from (loss to)1971PCLibNDP ON PC row-name69 6 (1) 6 (2) 78 ON Liberal row-name28 2 (6) (4) 20 ON NDP row-name20 1 (6) 4 19Total 117 3 (12) 10 (1) 6 (6) 117 There were 19 seats that changed allegiance in the election: PC to Liberal Ottawa East York-Forest Hill PC to NDP Nickel Belt Liberal to PC Algoma—Manitoulin Niagara Falls Oxford Dovercourt Humber Scarborough East Liberal to NDP Ottawa Centre Port Arthur Sudbury Parkdale NDP to PC Brantford Oshawa Peterborough Temiskaming Beaches—Woodbine Scarborough Centre 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 1969 By-Elections / 1971 General Election: Ontario Elections Return from the Records 1971 Elections Ontario https://archive.org/details/31761115472706 0847-3927 Category:1971 elections in Canada 1971 Category:1971 in Ontario Category:October 1971 in Canada