1945 Ontario general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 1945 Ontario general election Ontario 1921 parliamentary no no no 1943 Ontario general election 1943 21st Legislative Assembly of Ontario 1948 Ontario general election 1948 22nd Legislative Assembly of Ontario 90 seats in the 22nd Legislative Assembly of Ontario 46 seats were needed for a majority June 4, 1945 150x150px GeorgeDrew.jpg ON PC nohash George Drew December 9, 1938 ON PC name High Park 38 66 28 44.3% 8.6pp Mitchell Hepburn1 crop.jpg ON Liberal nohash Mitchell Hepburn April 2, 1945 ON Liberal name Elgin (lost re-election) 15 14 1 29.8% 1.4pp Ted jolliffe 1942.jpg ON CCF nohash Ted Jolliffe April 3, 1942 ON CCF name York South (lost re-election) 34 8 26 22.4% 9.3pp LP CAN Communist nohash Leslie Morris 1945 Labor-Progressive Ran in Bracondale (Lost) 2 2 ±0 2.4% 1.5pp Premier Premier after election George Drew ON PC name George Drew ON PC name The 1945 Ontario general election was held on June 4, 1945, to elect the 90 members of the 22nd Legislative Assembly of Ontario (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the province of Ontario. Background The Legislature was dissolved on March 24, 1945, upon the government's failure to defeat a non-confidence motion. The election call was delayed in order to implement new legislation relating to the collection of votes from servicemen and women overseas,The Active Service Election Act, 1945 S.O. 1945 (1st sess.) 1 https://archive.org/details/statutesofprovin1945onta/page/n11/mode/2up but the date was later fixed for June 11. When the 1945 Canadian federal election was set for the same date, the Ontario date was accelerated by one week to June 4, April 16, 1945 Advance Ontario Election To June 4 https://www.newspapers.com/image/456530056/ Ottawa Citizen 1 in order to separate the two campaigns. The Drew government called the election in an attempt to get a majority government. By exploiting increasing Cold War tensions, the PC Party was able to defeat Jolliffe's CCF by stoking fears about communism. Jolliffe replied by giving a radio speech (written by Lister Sinclair) that accused Drew of running a political gestapo in Ontario, alleging that a secret department of the Ontario Provincial Police was acting as a political police spying on the opposition and the media. This accusation led to a backlash, and loss of support for the CCF, including the loss of Jolliffe's own seat of York South. This probably helped Drew win his majority, although in the 1970s, archival evidence was discovered proving the charge. MacDonald Donald C. Donald C. MacDonald The Happy Warrior: Political Memoirs, 2nd Ed. https://archive.org/details/happywarriorpoli00macd limited Dundurn Press 1998 Toronto 292–296 1-55002-307-1 Campaign Of the 90 ridings, only 8 had two-way races; 47 were three-way contests, and the Labor-Progressives forced 30 four way races: + Riding contests, by number of candidates (1945) CandidatesPCCCFLibLLLabLab-PrSoc-LabI-LibI-PCIndSCSoldierTotal24 3 1 8347 47 43 3 1 141430 30 27 3 3 23 1 3 12057 7 7 7 2 1 1 2 1 3561 1 1 1 1 1 671 1 1 2 1 1 7Total90 89 80 6 4 31 4 2 1 5 3 2 317 Outcome The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, led by George Drew, won a second consecutive term in office, winning a solid majority of seats in the legislature—66, up from 38 in the previous election. The Ontario Liberal Party, led by former premier Mitchell Hepburn, was returned to the role of official opposition with 11 seats, plus 3 Liberal-Labour seats that it won, out of 6 contested, in coalition with the Labor-Progressive Party (which was, in fact, the Communist Party), in an effort to marginalize the CCF. The three new Liberal-Labour MPPs were James Newman of Rainy River, Joseph Meinzinger of Waterloo North and Alexander Parent of Essex North. The social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), led by Ted Jolliffe, was reduced from 34 seats to 8. Two seats were won by the Labor-Progressive Party on its own with the re-election of A.A. MacLeod and J.B. Salsberg. The LPP contested a total of 31 ridings under the leadership of Leslie Morris who was defeated in the Toronto riding of Bracondale. Results Elections to the 22nd Parliament of Ontario (1945) https://results.elections.on.ca/en/data-explorer?fromYear=1867&toYear=2019&electionType=GE&electionId=247 1945 General Election Elections Ontario August 29, 2023 June 5, 1945 Returns by Ridings https://www.newspapers.com/image/48546958/ Ottawa Journal 11 Party affiliation for Robert Shantz (Waterloo South) corrected - he was a Liberal candidate: South Waterloo Liberals Name Candidate For Federal Election https://news.ourontario.ca/3546060/page/3741503 Waterloo Chronicle 1 1946 Sessional Papers: Vol. LXXVIII - Part IV Sessional Paper No. 40 - Return from the records of the General Election to the Legislative Assembly in 1945 https://archive.org/details/n04ontariosession78ontauoft/page/n859/mode/2up Toronto King's Printer |- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=5 | MPPs ! colspan=3 | Votes |- ! Candidates !1943 !Dissol. !1945 !± !# !% ! ± (pp) ON PC row-name |style="text-align:left;"|George Drew | 90 || 38 || 38 || 66 || 28 || 781,345 || 44.25 || 8.50 ON Liberal row-name |style="text-align:left;"|Mitchell Hepburn | 80 || 15 || 15 || 11 || rowspan="2"|1 || 479,253 || 27.14 || rowspan="2"|2.50 ON Liberal-Labour row-name |style="text-align:left;"| | 6 || – || – || 3 || 34,879 || 1.98 ON CCF row-name |style="text-align:left;"|Ted Jolliffe | 89 || 34 || 34 || 8 || 26 || 395,708 || 22.41 || 9.21 ON Labor-Progressive row-nameA. A. MacLeod (Bellwoods) and J. B. Salsberg (St. Andrew) were the only candidates nominated and elected under the Labour ticket in 1943, but switched to the new Labor-Progressive Party on its formation shortly after the election. |style="text-align:left;"|Leslie Morris | 31 || 2 || 2 || 2 || || 46,418 || 2.63 || 1.73 ON Independent Liberal row-nameMitchell Hepburn (Elgin) opted not to run as a Liberal candidate in 1943, and returned to the Liberals to once again become their leader. |style="text-align:left;"| | 2 || 1 || 1 || – || 1 || 6,359 || 0.36 || 0.41 ON Labour row-namecompared with Independent Labour 1943 results |style="text-align:left;"| | 4 || – || – || – || – || 10,805 || 0.61 || 0.44 ON Independent row-name |style="text-align:left;"| | 5 || – || – || – || – || 6,995 || 0.40 || 0.21 ON Soldier row-nameGeorge Barker (York East) was an Independent-Soldier candidate, and John Beauchamp (Ottawa East) ran under the Veterans' Reform ticket. |style="text-align:left;"| || 2 || – || – || – || – || 1,875 || 0.11 || 0.07 ON Socialist Labour row-name |style="text-align:left;"| | 4 || – || – || – || – || 976 || 0.06 || – ON Social Credit row-name |style="text-align:left;"| | 3 || – || – || – || – || 852 || 0.05 || Returned ON Independent PC row-name |style="text-align:left;"| | 1 || – || – || – || – || 328 || 0.02 || 0.02 |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Total|| 317 || 90 || 90 || 90 || || 1,765,793 || 100.00% || |- |colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"|Blank and invalid ballots |align="right"|17,597 |style="background:#E9E9E9;" colspan="2"| |-style="background:#E9E9E9;" |colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"|Registered voters / turnout |2,469,960 |72.20% |13.84 |} a Vote and seat summaries Ternary plots - shift of electoral support (1943-1945) 350 200 yes center Electoral districts identified by colours of winning parties File:Ternary ON1943.svg 1943 Ternary plot of 1943 results File:Ternary ON1945.svg 1945 Ternary plot of 1945 results + Seats and popular vote by party Party Seats Votes Change (pp) ON PC colour&name 66 90 ON PC 175 44.25 175 darkgrey 8.50 -5 1em background:green ON Liberal colour&name/Liberal-Labour 14 90 ON Liberal 175 29.12 175 darkgrey -2.50 -5 1em background:red ON CCF colour&name 8 90 ON CCF 175 22.41 175 darkgrey -9.21 -5 1em background:red ON Labor-Progressive colour&name 2 90 ON Liberal 175 2.63 175 darkgrey 1.73 -5 1em background:green ON Other colour&name 0 90 ON Independent 175 1.59 175 darkgrey 1.48 -5 1em background:green Synopsis of results + Results by riding - 1945 Ontario general election Riding Winning party Turnoutincluding spoilt ballots VotesNameorder is as given in EO reports 1943Party Votes Share Margin#Margin% PC Lib LL Liberal-Labour CCF Lab-Pr Lab I-Lib Independent Liberal I-Oth Independent with or without other affiliation Other Other minor affiliations Total   Addington PC PC 6,992 54.15% 2,113 16.36% 80.65% 6,992 4,879 – 1,042 – – – – – 12,913 Algoma—Manitoulin Lib PC 4,336 37.42% 168 1.45% 77.98% 4,336 4,168 – 3,083 – – – – – 11,587 Brant Lib Lib 7,151 47.68% 1,191 7.94% 70.12% 5,960 7,151 – 1,886 – – – – – 14,997 Brantford CCF PC 6,581 36.91% 26 0.15% 74.69% 6,581 6,555 – 4,266 426 – – – – 17,828 Bruce Lib PC 7,229 46.16% 449 2.87% 76.77% 7,229 6,780 – 1,651 – – – – – 15,660 Carleton PC PC 9,495 59.80% 5,253 33.08% 72.09% 9,495 4,242 – 2,141 – – – – – 15,878 Cochrane North CCF Lib 3,573 39.07% 313 3.42% 80.91% 1,918 3,573 – 3,260 395 – – – – 9,146 Cochrane South CCF CCF 10,521 40.29% 2,822 10.81% 79.48% 6,126 7,699 – 10,521 1,764 – – – – 26,110 Dufferin—Simcoe PC PC 9,216 74.30% 6,028 48.60% 62.38% 9,216 – – 3,188 – – – – – 12,404 Durham PC PC 7,027 53.36% 2,585 19.63% 77.00% 7,027 4,442 – 1,700 – – – – – 13,169 Elgin Ind-Lib PC 10,278 52.29% 2,402 12.22% 76.50% 10,278 7,876 – 1,500 – – – – – 19,654 Essex North CCF LL 6,801 36.41% 685 3.67% 69.28% 6,116 – 6,801 5,762 – – – – – 18,679 Essex South PC PC 7,688 51.99% 1,825 12.34% 74.42% 7,688 5,863 – 1,237 – – – – – 14,788 Fort William CCF CCF 8,197 41.88% 2,590 13.23% 74.29% 5,607 4,598 – 8,197 1,171 – – – – 19,573 Glengarry Lib Lib 5,594 54.90% 1,613 15.83% 74.30% 3,981 5,594 – 615 – – – – – 10,190 Grenville—Dundas PC PC 8,843 62.17% 4,593 32.29% 65.50% 8,843 4,250 – 1,130 – – – – – 14,223 Grey North Lib PC 7,275 45.63% 592 3.71% 74.17% 7,275 6,683 – 1,987 – – – – – 15,945 Grey South Lib Lib 6,584 52.66% 1,541 12.33% 72.17% 5,043 6,584 – 876 – – – – – 12,503 Haldimand—Norfolk PC PC 11,943 53.64% 4,622 20.76% 71.55% 11,943 7,321 – 3,003 – – – – – 22,267 Halton PC PC 6,914 44.77% 1,189 7.70% 74.31% 6,914 5,725 – 2,806 – – – – – 15,445 Hamilton East CCF PC 10,561 41.70% 2,739 10.81% 73.12% 10,561 4,445 – 7,822 2,291 – – – 207 25,326 Hamilton Centre CCF PC 9,091 36.23% 640 2.55% 74.18% 9,091 5,633 – 8,451 1,919 – – – – 25,094 Hamilton—Wentworth CCF PC 10,102 44.00% 3,850 16.77% 78.49% 10,102 6,252 – 6,047 556 – – – – 22,957 Hastings East* PC PC 5,928 56.90% 2,489 23.89% 72.02% 5,928 3,439 – 1,052 – – – – – 10,419 Hastings West PC PC 9,351 50.83% 2,910 15.82% 69.35% 9,351 6,441 – 2,604 – – – – – 18,396 Huron PC PC 7,081 52.67% 1,929 14.35% 74.90% 7,081 5,152 – 1,211 – – – – – 13,444 Huron—Bruce PC PC 7,188 52.57% 2,169 15.86% 76.53% 7,188 5,019 – 1,465 – – – – – 13,672 Kenora CCF CCF 3,461 33.92% 190 1.86% 73.80% 3,271 – 2,998 3,461 474 – – – – 10,204 Kent East PC PC 7,000 53.20% 841 6.39% 78.53% 7,000 6,159 – – – – – – – 13,159 Kent West Lib PC 10,691 51.68% 2,555 12.35% 71.20% 10,691 8,136 – 1,861 – – – – – 20,688 Kingston* PC PC 9,275 52.71% 2,907 16.52% 73.63% 9,275 6,368 – 1,631 322 – – – – 17,596 Lambton East Lib PC 5,693 45.96% 86 0.69% 71.90% 5,693 5,607 – 1,087 – – – – – 12,387 Lambton West CCF PC 7,255 42.61% 975 5.73% 77.16% 7,255 6,280 – 3,490 – – – – – 17,025 Lanark PC PC 12,483 87.26% 10,660 74.51% 63.59% 12,483 – – 1,823 – – – – – 14,306 Leeds PC PC 10,192 58.05% 4,229 24.09% 75.89% 10,192 5,963 – 1,403 – – – – – 17,558 Lincoln PC PC 16,344 49.91% 8,293 25.32% 76.03% 16,344 8,051 – 6,791 – 1,563 – – – 32,749 London PC PC 16,649 46.03% 5,390 14.90% 77.55% 16,649 11,259 – 7,863 402 – – – – 36,173 Middlesex North PC PC 7,123 45.85% 1,764 11.35% 71.76% 7,123 5,359 – 3,055 – – – – – 15,537 Middlesex South PC PC 6,251 44.57% 135 0.96% 71.08% 6,251 6,116 – 1,659 – – – – – 14,026 Muskoka—Ontario Lib PC 8,073 47.71% 1,902 11.24% 73.95% 8,073 6,171 – 2,676 – – – – – 16,920 Niagara Falls CCF PC 7,014 33.39% 192 0.91% 70.22% 7,014 6,822 – 6,560 611 – – – – 21,007 Nipissing CCF Lib 5,988 35.45% 1,123 6.65% 74.59% 4,512 5,988 – 4,865 – – – 1,525 – 16,890 Northumberland PC PC 8,674 55.70% 2,911 18.69% 76.85% 8,674 5,763 – 1,135 – – – – – 15,572 Ontario CCF PC 9,130 35.49% 1,079 4.19% 74.38% 9,130 8,051 – 7,693 – 852 – – – 25,726 Ottawa East Lib Lib 10,725 42.36% 4,708 18.60% 66.34% 5,287 10,725 – 2,234 – – 6,359 – 711 25,316 Ottawa South PC PC 23,616 53.50% 9,167 20.77% 69.93% 23,616 14,449 – 5,571 – – – – 503 44,139 Oxford PC PC 11,402 50.05% 3,408 14.96% 72.53% 11,402 7,994 – 3,386 – – – – – 22,782 Parry Sound CCF Lib 4,289 36.81% 124 1.06% 73.35% 4,165 4,289 – 3,199 – – – – – 11,653 Peel PC PC 9,923 56.19% 5,511 31.21% 69.10% 9,923 – 4,412 3,325 – – – – – 17,660 Perth Lib PC 12,302 48.24% 1,935 7.59% 72.34% 12,302 10,367 – 2,835 – – – – – 25,504 Peterborough PC PC 12,398 50.94% 4,684 19.25% 81.29% 12,398 7,714 – 4,225 – – – – – 24,337 Port Arthur CCF CCF 6,403 34.90% 2,028 11.05% 73.01% 3,254 4,375 – 6,403 1,486 – – 2,828 – 18,346 Prescott Lib Lib 6,037 51.31% 2,255 19.17% 75.06% 1,946 6,037 – 3,782 – – – – – 11,765 Prince Edward—Lennox PC PC 7,583 57.46% 2,878 21.81% 71.84% 7,583 4,705 – 909 – – – – – 13,197 Rainy River CCF LL 2,583 34.59% 251 3.36% 78.63% 2,332 – 2,583 2,186 366 – – – – 7,467 Renfrew North PC PC 6,118 45.97% 1,570 11.80% 80.89% 6,118 4,548 – 2,643 – – – – – 13,309 Renfrew South Lib PC 5,864 48.39% 774 6.39% 75.09% 5,864 5,090 – 1,164 – – – – – 12,118 Russell Lib Lib 5,925 49.94% 1,511 12.74% 65.82% 4,414 5,925 – 997 – – – 528 – 11,864 Sault Ste. Marie CCF CCF 5,623 34.69% 176 1.09% 81.51% 5,447 5,138 – 5,623 – – – – – 16,208 Simcoe Centre PC PC 6,229 45.22% 1,613 11.71% 77.39% 6,229 4,616 – 1,754 – – – 1,176 – 13,775 Simcoe East PC PC 7,433 50.05% 3,265 21.99% 60.10% 7,433 4,168 – 3,249 – – – – – 14,850 Stormont PC Lib 8,701 49.43% 2,057 11.69% 59.26% 6,644 8,701 – 1,664 594 – – – – 17,603 Sudbury CCF CCF 13,627 47.33% 6,075 21.10% 74.80% 5,920 7,552 – 13,627 1,692 – – – – 28,791 Temiskaming CCF CCF 4,327 39.66% 1,176 10.78% 78.17% 3,151 3,150 – 4,327 282 – – – – 10,910 Victoria PC PC 9,732 61.39% 5,098 32.16% 75.66% 9,732 4,634 – 1,487 – – – – – 15,853 Waterloo North CCF LL 11,104 41.24% 1,165 4.33% 69.96% 9,939 – 11,104 5,135 745 – – – – 26,923 Waterloo South CCF PC 8,289 42.32% 2,035 10.39% 72.64% 8,289 5,043 – 6,254 – – – – – 19,586 Welland CCF PC 8,161 34.55% 244 1.03% 78.35% 8,161 7,917 – 5,440 – 2,106 – – – 23,624 Wellington North Lib Lib 6,821 46.89% 24 0.16% 72.58% 6,797 6,821 – 928 – – – – – 14,546 Wellington South CCF PC 7,608 43.40% 1,598 9.12% 74.29% 7,608 6,010 – 3,910 – – – – – 17,528 Wentworth CCF CCF 9,612 39.08% 591 2.40% 70.03% 9,021 4,254 – 9,612 1,325 – – – 385 24,597 Windsor—Walkerville CCF PC 7,880 40.27% 1,596 8.16% 69.21% 7,880 – – 5,402 – 6,284 – – – 19,566 Windsor—Sandwich CCF PC 8,487 40.59% 1,506 7.20% 67.54% 8,487 – 6,981 5,439 – – – – – 20,907 York East CCF PC 20,741 46.95% 5,628 12.74% 68.66% 20,741 6,163 – 15,113 753 – – – 1,411 44,181 York North CCF PC 10,348 42.16% 3,042 12.39% 72.23% 10,348 7,306 – 6,889 – – – – – 24,543 York South CCF PC 14,893 40.53% 768 2.09% 68.39% 14,893 6,486 – 14,125 1,024 – – – 220 36,748 York West CCF PC 16,408 43.95% 4,422 11.85% 68.84% 16,408 8,016 – 11,986 922 – – – – 37,332 Beaches PC PC 11,676 52.38% 4,854 21.77% 70.60% 11,676 3,794 – 6,822 – – – – – 22,292 Bellwoods Lab Lab-Pr 6,799 33.62% 816 4.03% 70.28% 5,983 3,301 – 4,142 6,799 – – – – 20,225 Bracondale CCF PC 6,600 35.61% 1,622 8.75% 70.77% 6,600 4,019 – 4,978 2,607 – – 328 – 18,532 Dovercourt PC PC 12,236 45.67% 4,704 17.56% 68.84% 12,236 5,788 – 7,532 1,237 – – – – 26,793 Eglinton PC PC 26,115 63.72% 18,830 45.95% 78.93% 26,115 6,450 – 7,285 1,132 – – – – 40,982 High Park PC PC 15,238 57.19% 3,830 14.37% 72.87% 15,238 – – 11,408 – – – – – 26,646 Parkdale PC PC 13,875 46.71% 6,159 20.73% 71.44% 13,875 7,716 – 6,812 1,304 – – – – 29,707 Riverdale CCF PC 12,620 47.53% 3,871 14.58% 67.06% 12,620 4,302 – 8,749 683 – – – 197 26,551 St. Andrew Lab Lab-Pr 10,010 51.80% 5,985 30.97% 68.22% 4,025 2,505 – 2,786 10,010 – – – – 19,326 St. David CCF PC 8,535 42.24% 2,973 14.71% 66.38% 8,535 4,924 – 5,562 1,183 – – – – 20,204 St. George PC PC 13,153 55.34% 6,982 29.38% 65.87% 13,153 4,442 – 6,171 – – – – – 23,766 St. Patrick PC PC 7,974 50.21% 4,713 29.68% 68.02% 7,974 3,163 – 3,261 1,484 – – – – 15,882 Woodbine CCF PC 12,083 43.83% 2,262 8.20% 67.78% 12,083 4,199 – 9,821 459 – – 938 69 27,569 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 = not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature #FFA07A silver = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada #F0E68C silver = multiple candidates Analysis + Party candidates in 2nd place Party in 1st place Party in 2nd place TotalPC Lib LL CCF Lab I-Lib ON PC row-name 45 2 18 1 66ON Liberal row-name 7 3 1 11ON Liberal-Labour row-name 3 3ON CCF row-name 5 3 8ON Labor-Progressive row-name 2 2 Total17 48 2 21 1 1 90 + Candidates ranked 1st to 5th place, by party Parties 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th TotalON PC colour&name66 17 7 90ON Liberal colour&name11 48 19 2 80ON CCF colour&name8 21 59 1 89ON Liberal-Labour colour&name3 2 1 6ON Labor-Progressive colour&name2 26 3 31ON Labour colour&name 1 3 4ON Independent Liberal colour&name 1 1ON Independent colour&name 5 5ON Socialist Labour colour&name 1 2 3ON Soldier colour&name 1 1 2ON Social Credit colour&name 2 2ON Independent PC colour&name 1 1 + Resulting composition of the 22nd Legislative Assembly of Ontario Source PartyPCLibL-LCCFLab-PrTotalSeats retained Incumbents returned 35 6 8 2 51Open seats held2 1 3Seats changing hands Incumbents defeated25 2 2 29Open seats gained3 1 4Return of members previously elected1 2 3Total66 11 3 8 2 90 Seats that changed hands + Elections to the 22nd Parliament of Ontario – seats won/lost by party, 1943–1945Party1943Gain from (loss to)1945PCLibCCFL-LLbr-PI-LibON PC row-name 38 8 (1) 20 1 66ON Liberal row-name 15 1 (8) 3 11ON CCF row-name 34 (20) (3) (3) 8ON Liberal-Labour row-name – 3 3ON Labor-Progressive row-name 2 2ON Independent-Liberal row-nameMitchell Hepburn (Elgin) campaigned as a Liberal and lost. 1 (1) –Total 90 1 (29) 8 (4) 26 – – (3) – – 1 – 90 a There were 36 seats that changed allegiance in the election. PC to Liberal Stormont Liberal to PC Algoma—Manitoulin Bruce Grey North Kent West Lambton East Muskoka—Ontario Perth Renfrew South CCF to PC Bracondale Brantford Hamilton Centre Hamilton East Hamilton—Wentworth Lambton West Niagara Falls Ontario Riverdale St. David Waterloo South Welland Wellington South Windsor—Sandwich Windsor—Walkerville Woodbine York East York North York South York West CCF to Liberal Cochrane North Nipissing Parry Sound CCF to Liberal-Labour Essex North Rainy River Waterloo North Independent-Liberal to PC Elgin Notable group of candidates Ten candidates who were not incumbents had served as MPPs prior to 1943: Riding Candidate Votes PlacedCochrane North ON Liberal colour&name Joseph-Anaclet Habel 3,573 1stHamilton Centre ON Liberal colour&name John Newlands 5,633 3rdHamilton—Wentworth ON Liberal colour&name Thomas Baker McQuesten 6,252 2ndLambton West ON Liberal colour&name William Guthrie 6,280 2ndNiagara Falls ON Liberal colour&name William Houck 6,822 2ndParry Sound ON Liberal colour&name Milton Taylor Armstrong 4,289 1stTemiskaming ON Liberal colour&name William Glennie Nixon 3,150 3rdWelland ON Liberal colour&name Edward James Anderson 7,917 2ndBracondale ON Liberal colour&name Lionel Pretoria Conacher 4,019 3rdWoodbine ON PC colour&name Goldwin Corlett Elgie 12,083 1st See also Politics of Ontario List of Ontario political parties Premier of Ontario Leader of the Opposition (Ontario) References Category:1945 elections in Canada 1945 Category:1945 in Ontario Category:June 1945 in Canada