2018 Ontario general election

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2018 Ontario general election

The 2018 Ontario general election was held on June 7, 2018, to elect the 124 members of the 42nd Parliament of Ontario.[2] The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, led by Doug Ford, won 76 of the 124 seats in the legislature and formed a majority government. The Ontario New Democratic Party, led by Andrea Horwath, formed the Official Opposition. The Ontario Liberal Party, led by incumbent Premier Kathleen Wynne, lost official party status in recording both the worst result in the party's 161-year history and the worst result for any incumbent governing party in Ontario. The Green Party of Ontario won a seat for the first time in their history, while the Trillium Party of Ontario lost its single seat gained by a floor-crossing during the 41st Parliament.

Quick Facts 124 seats of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario 63 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...
2018 Ontario general election

 2014 June 7, 2018 (2018-06-07) 2022 

124 seats of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
63 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout56.67% (5.38pp)[1]
  First party Second party
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Leader Doug Ford Andrea Horwath
Party Progressive Conservative New Democratic
Leader since March 10, 2018 March 7, 2009
Leader's seat Etobicoke North Hamilton Centre
Last election 28 seats, 31.25% 21 seats, 23.75%
Seats before 27 18
Seats won 76 40
Seat change 49 22
Popular vote 2,326,632 1,929,649
Percentage 40.50% 33.59%
Swing 9.25pp 9.84pp

  Third party Fourth party
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Leader Kathleen Wynne Mike Schreiner
Party Liberal Green
Leader since January 26, 2013 May 16, 2009
Leader's seat Don Valley West Guelph
Last election 58 seats, 38.65% 0 seats, 4.84%
Seats before 55 0
Seats won 7 1
Seat change 48 1
Popular vote 1,124,218 264,487
Percentage 19.57% 4.60%
Swing 19.08pp 0.24pp

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Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead by the result in each riding. Riding names are listed at the bottom.

Premier before election

Kathleen Wynne
Liberal

Premier after election

Doug Ford
Progressive Conservative

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Background

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Redistribution of seats

The Electoral Boundaries Act, 2015[3] increased the number of electoral districts from 107 to 122, following the boundaries set out by the federal 2013 Representation Order for Ontario, while preserving the special boundaries of the 11 seats in Northern Ontario set out in the 1996 redistribution.

The Far North Electoral Boundaries Commission, appointed in 2016,[4] recommended the creation of the additional districts of Kiiwetinoong and Mushkegowuk—James Bay, carved out from the existing Kenora—Rainy River and Timmins—James Bay ridings, which accordingly raised the total number of seats to 124.[5][6] This was implemented through the Representation Statute Law Amendment Act, 2017.[7]

The new districts have been criticized as undemocratic, as they have a population of around 30,000 people compared with over 120,000 people in some southern Ontario constituencies. National Post columnist Josh Dehaas suggested that the small population sizes of the ridings might violate the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.[8]

In September 2017, a research firm analyzed the impact of redistribution if the boundaries had been in effect for the previous election.[9]

Change of fixed election date

Under legislation passed in 2005, Ontario elections were to be held on "the first Thursday in October in the fourth calendar year following polling day in the most recent general election", subject to the Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario's power to call an election earlier.[10] As the current government had a majority, the passage of a non-confidence motion was not a likely option for calling an early election, though Premier Kathleen Wynne stated in June 2015 that she would likely advise to dissolve the Legislature in spring 2018 rather than in October of that year in order to avoid any conflict with municipal elections and take advantage of better weather and longer days.[11]

To put this on a statutory footing, in October 2016 Attorney General of Ontario Yasir Naqvi introduced a bill in the Legislative Assembly which, in part, included moving the election date to "the first Thursday in June in the fourth calendar year following polling day in the most recent general election",[2] and it came into effect in December 2016.[12]

Prelude to campaign

The Ontario Liberal Party attempted to win their fifth consecutive general election, dating back to 2003. The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario won their first election since 1999, and the Ontario New Democratic Party attempted to win their second election (having previously won in 1990). Numerous other extra-parliamentary political parties also vied for votes.

The Liberals under Kathleen Wynne headed into the 2018 campaign trailing far behind the Progressive Conservatives, led by former Toronto City Councillor Doug Ford. The Liberals' standing with voters had been badly hurt when they partially privatized Hydro One in 2015, after campaigning against it in the 2014 election, as well as rising criticism over "ballooning provincial debt, high electricity prices and costly, politically expedient decisions".[13][14] In early April, the CBC published their analysis of aggregate polls showing that Ford and the Progressive Conservatives were ahead of the other parties averaging 42.1% support, compared to 27.2% for the governing Liberals, 23.4% for the NDP and 5.7% for the Greens[15] and with 11 Liberal MPPs announcing they would not be running for re-election or having already resigned their seats in the months leading up to the election.[16]

According to Wynne, voters were offered a "stark choice", between "cutting and removing supports from people" with "billions in cuts", which she alleged the Progressive Conservatives would do if they won the election, and expanding investments in social programs such as prescription drugs and childcare, which the Liberal platform promised.[17]

In March 2018, the Liberals tabled a pre-election budget in the provincial legislature which promised billions of dollars in new spending for free childcare and expanded coverage for dental care but replaced the government's previous balanced budget with a $6.7 billion deficit projected to last until 2024–2025.[18] PC leader Doug Ford called the budget a "spending spree".[19]

Mood of the voters

According to Toronto Star columnist Susan Delacourt, voters were motivated by a desire for changesuch desire being more driven by emotion than by ideologyand one researcher estimated that more than half of the electorate was undecided in who they were likely to vote for.[20] The Huffington Post reported that half of voters were basing their vote intentions on how best to block the party they oppose.[21]

In February 2018, Campaign Research conducted a gap analysis on voter intentions in Ontario, and determined the following:

More information Liberal, PC ...
Voter gap analysis by party (February 2018)[22]
LiberalPCNDPHighlights
64%
6%
6%
10%
13%
51%
7%
6%
10%
26%
61%
9%
13%
6%
11%
  • PCs had the lowest proportion of respondents (51%) not willing to vote for them at all, while the Liberals had the highest such proportion (64%)
  • At 13%, the Liberals' "hard support" was only half that for the PCs
  • For PCs, the strength of "hard support" increases with age, and older demographics tend to be more reliable voters
  • Conversely, such support for the Liberals and NDP significantly declines with age, with almost ¾ of those aged 55+ not willing to vote for them at all

  = Not voting for party; not considered
  = Not voting for party; shared consideration
  = Not voting for party; exclusive consideration
  = Will vote for party; others considered
  = Will vote for party; no others considered

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Events leading up to the election (2014–2018)

More information Date ...
Date
June 12, 2014The Liberal Party under Kathleen Wynne wins a majority government in the 41st Ontario general election. Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak announces his intention to step down following the selection of his successor.[23]
July 2, 2014Tim Hudak resigns as leader of the Progressive Conservatives.[24] Simcoe—Grey MPP Jim Wilson is named interim leader.[25]
July 24, 2014The Liberals pass their May 1 budget in its final reading.
May 9, 2015Patrick Brown, the Conservative federal MP for Barrie, is elected leader of the Progressive Conservative Party.[26]
September 24, 2015Ontario Provincial Police lay charges in relation to the Sudbury by-election scandal.[27]
November 1, 2016Ontario Provincial Police announce charges under the provincial act against Gerry Lougheed and Patricia Sorbara (CEO and director of the 2018 Liberal campaign) for alleged bribery during a 2015 byelection.[28] Sorbara announced that she will step down from the campaign.[29]
January 24, 2018CTV News reports that Progressive Conservative Party leader Patrick Brown is accused by two women of committing sexual misconduct. Brown denies the allegations.[30]
January 25, 2018Patrick Brown resigns as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party.[31][32]
January 26, 2018Progressive Conservative Party caucus chooses Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli as interim leader.[33]
March 10, 2018Doug Ford is elected leader of the Progressive Conservatives on the third ballot of the party's leadership election.[34] Fedeli continues as Leader of the Opposition for legislative purposes until the election due to Ford not having a seat in the Legislature.[35]
April 11, 2018First Leaders Debate hosted by the Jamaican Canadian Association. Andrea Horwath, Mike Schreiner, and Premier Kathleen Wynne were in attendance.[36]
April 16, 2018The Ontario NDP release their full election platform.[37]
May 7, 2018First televised debate hosted by CityNews: Toronto-focused debate with Ford, Horwath and Wynne[38]
May 9, 2018Electoral Writ issued.[39]
May 11, 2018Leaders' debate in Parry Sound.[40]
May 17, 2018Candidate nominations close at 2 PM local time.[41]
May 26, 2018Advance voting starts at voting locations and returning offices.[42][43]
May 27, 2018Second televised debate, moderated by Steve Paikin and Farah Nasser, held at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto and aired on CBC, CTV, Global, TVO, CPAC, CHCH and other outlets. Attended by Wynne, Ford, and Horwath.[44]
May 30, 2018Advance voting ends at advance voting locations.[42]
June 1, 2018Advance voting ends at returning offices.[42]
June 2, 2018Premier Wynne concedes that the Liberals will not win the election.[45][46]
June 6, 2018Special ballot voting at returning office or through home visit ends at 6:00 PM EST.[42]
June 7, 2018Election day. Fixed-date of the 2018 provincial election.
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Campaign period

Contests

More information Candidates nominated, Ridings ...
Candidate contests in the ridings
Candidates nominatedRidingsParty
PC NDP Lib Green Ltn NOTA Ind Tr Mod Free Comm Cons NO Oth[a 1] Totals
42222200000000008
519191919191512000001095
6434343434343558623167258
733333333333221711562429231
8151515151515983136519120
9101010101010593431001590
1011111100000000510
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Total124124124124124117423225161412101049823
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  1. Minor political parties fielding fewer than ten candidates are aggregated together.


Issues

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2018 Ontario election – issues and respective party platforms[47][48][49][50][51][52]
Issue Liberal PC NDP
Budget
  • Standing by its last budget's assertion of six consecutive deficits, with a return to balance in 2024–25
  • Conduct a value-for-money audit of the government's spending
  • Conduct an independent commission of inquiry into the previous government's spending
  • Centralize government purchasing
  • Increase the Risk Management Program limit by $50 million annually
  • Eliminate the Jobs and Prosperity fund
  • There will be five consecutive deficits of between $5 billion and $2 billion.
Child care
  • Publicly-funded child care for all Ontarians aged two-and-a-half to junior kindergarten age, regardless of income
  • Fund a sliding scale of tax rebates, providing up to $6,750 per child under 15 and giving low-income families as much as 75% of their child-care costs
  • Income-based scale for child care, providing publicly-funded child care for families earning under $40,000 annually and public funding to reduce the cost of childcare to an average of $12 per day cost for those making over $40,000
Education
  • Modernize the curriculum and assessment of schools, from kindergarten to grade 12
  • $3 billion in capital grants over 10 years to post-secondary institutions
  • Replace the present curricula for sex education
  • Return to traditional mathematics education
  • Ban cell phones in all primary and secondary school classrooms
  • Limit funding to postsecondary institutions that do not respect free speech
  • Make mathematics training mandatory in teachers’ college
  • Increase funding for children with autism by $38 million
  • $16 billion in spending over 10 years on infrastructure and repairs at Ontario's schools
  • Cap kindergarten class sizes at 26 students
  • Abolish standardized EQAO testing
  • Give OSAP-qualified students non-repayable grants instead of loans
  • Remove interest from existing student loans and apply interest that has already been paid to the loan principal
Environment
  • Hire more conservation officers
  • Create an emissions-reduction fund to subsidize new technologies that reduce emissions
  • Increase funding for cleaning up garbage
  • Divert at least 25% of cap-and-trade revenue to help northern, rural and low-income Ontarians adapt to a lower-carbon lifestyle
  • Spend $50 million on a home-efficiency retrofit program
Healthcare
  • Create 30,000 new long-term care beds by 2028
  • Create a publicly-funded universal pharmacare program for seniors
  • Hire 400 new mental health workers in schools
  • Create 30,000 new long-term care beds by 2028
  • Increase funding for mental health
  • Increase funding for autism treatment by $125 million per year
  • Create a publicly-funded universal pharmacare program for everyone that covers approximately 125 medications
  • Create 40,000 new long-term care beds by 2028
  • Create 2,000 new hospital beds
  • Hire 4,500 new nurses
Electricity
  • Standing by its 2017 plan to defer rate increases through current borrowing
  • Will proceed to sell the Province's remaining 60% interest in Hydro One
  • Cut rates by 12%, over and above the Liberals' current 25% reduction
  • Fire the CEO and Board of Hydro One
  • Cancel energy contracts that are in the pre-construction stage
Regulation
  • Increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour in 2019
  • End geographic price variations in car insurance rates
  • Increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour in 2019
  • Allow illegal immigrants to access all government services and do not enforce federal immigration laws against them
  • Impose price controls on gasoline
Taxation
  • Proceed with last budget's simplification of rate structure for personal income tax
  • Raise taxes on cigarettes by $4 per carton
  • Increase taxes on people making over $95,000 per year
  • Reduce middle-class income tax rates by 20%
  • Eliminate income tax entirely for minimum-wage earners
  • Repeal the present cap and trade program
  • Challenge the federal carbon tax in court
  • Reduce the small business income tax rate by 8.7%
  • Reduce gasoline taxes by 10¢ per litre
  • Reduce diesel taxes by 10.3¢ per litre
  • Reduce the corporate income tax rate from 11.5% to 10.5%
  • Reduce aviation fuel taxes for Northern Ontario flights
  • Exempt the Royal Canadian Legion from being charged property tax
  • Raise corporate tax rate from 11.5% to 13%
  • Raise income taxes on people earning over $220,000 by 1%
  • Raise income taxes on people earning over $300,000 by 2%
Transportation
  • Fund $79 billion for various public-transit projects over 14 years
  • Build a Toronto-to-Windsor high-speed rail line
  • Fund an expansion of light rail O-Train in Ottawa
  • $5 billion in extra funding for new subways in Toronto
  • Upload ownership and construction of subway lines from the municipal government to the provincial government
  • Build the Relief Line subway line
  • Build the Yonge Extension subway line
  • Build future crosstown expansions underground
  • Expand all-day two-way GO service Bowmanville and Kitchener
  • Finish construction of the Niagara GO Expansion
  • Restore operations of the Northlander in Northern Ontario
  • Fund an expansion of light rail O-Train in Ottawa
  • Ensure that the Scarborough Subway Extension to the Scarborough Town Centre will have three stops
  • Build the Sheppard Loop with the Scarborough Subway Extension
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Party slogans

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PartyEnglishFrenchTranslation of French (unofficial)
 Liberal "Care over cuts"[54]
 PC "For the People"[55]
 New Democratic "Change for the better"[56] "Changeons pour le mieux"[57] Let's change for the better
 Green "People Powered Change"[58]
 Libertarian "The Party of Choice"[59]
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Endorsements

Candidates

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Candidate nominations

In February 2018, the PC leadership overturned the nomination of candidates Karma Macgregor in Ottawa West—Nepean and Thenusha Parani in Scarborough Centre because of irregularities and allegations of ballot stuffing at their nomination meetings.[90] Both candidates denied these claims.[91] The nomination meetings were reorganized, and both candidates lost the nomination at those meetings. However, the PC leadership decided not to overturn the nomination meeting's result in Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas, where a similar situation took place, because of an ongoing police investigation on this situation.[92]

In March 2018, the NDP nominated Lyra Evans as their candidate in Ottawa—Vanier. Evans was the first openly transgender candidate nominated by a major party to run in an Ontario general election.[93][94]

Incumbents not running for reelection

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Results

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76 40 7 1
Progressive Conservative New Democratic Liberal G

Elections Ontario used electronic vote tabulator machines from Dominion Voting Systems for counting the ballots. Tabulators were deployed at 50 per cent of polling stations at a cost of CA$32,000,000.[109][110] This election was the first time Ontario used vote counting machines for a provincial election, although tabulators have been used in Ontario civic elections for more than 20 years, and also in a 2016 by-election in Whitby-Oshawa. The original paper ballots marked by voters will be kept for a year along with the digital scans of each ballot by the tabulator.[110]

More information Party, Votes ...
Party Votes Seats
Progressive Conservative 2,326,632
40.50%
Increase 9.25pp
76 / 124(61%)
New Democratic 1,929,649
33.59%
Increase 9.84pp
40 / 124(32%)
Liberal 1,124,218
19.57%
Decrease 19.08pp
7 / 124(6%)
Green 264,487
4.60%
Decrease 0.24pp
1 / 124(0.8%)
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More information Popular vote ...
Popular vote
PC
40.50%
New Democratic
33.59%
Liberal
19.57%
Green
4.60%
Others
1.74%
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More information Seat summary ...
Seat summary
PC
61.29%
New Democratic
32.26%
Liberal
5.65%
Green
0.81%
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Synopsis of results

More information Riding, Winning party ...
Results by riding - 2018 Ontario general election[a 1]
Riding Winning party Turnout
[a 2]
Votes[a 3]
2014 1st place Votes Share Margin
#
Margin
%
2nd place PC NDP Lib Green Ind Other Total
 
Ajax Lib PC 19,07839.1%3,9488.1% NDP 54.6%19,07815,13012,6071,22422060148,860
Algoma—Manitoulin NDP NDP 17,10558.6%9,96234.1% PC 53.1%7,14317,1052,3651,0251,57329,211
Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill New PC 25,21456.0%15,49634.4% Lib 55.4%25,2149,7188,1161,19575544,998
Barrie—Innisfil Lib PC 22,12150.0%9,46021.4% NDP 54.3%22,12112,6615,5433,19075744,272
Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte New PC 20,44544.7%7,55416.5% NDP 57.0%20,44512,8916,2105,35433545445,689
Bay of Quinte Lib PC 24,22448.0%8,16116.2% NDP 56.5%24,22416,0637,5111,73037953550,442
Beaches—East York Lib NDP 24,06448.2%10,58421.2% Lib 61.2%9,20224,06413,4802,12816187949,914
Brampton Centre New NDP 12,89238.4%890.3% PC 50.3%12,80312,8925,8251,0531,02533,598
Brampton East NDP NDP 18,06246.9%5,16613.4% PC 51.2%12,89618,0626,39852361638,495
Brampton North Lib NDP 14,87737.5%4971.3% PC 51.7%14,38014,8778,4101,36659139,624
Brampton South New PC 15,65241.0%2,7337.2% NDP 51.6%15,65212,9197,2121,47291438,169
Brampton West Lib PC 14,95139.4%4901.3% NDP 49.9%14,95114,4617,01399953737,961
Brantford—Brant Lib PC 24,43739.4%6351.1% NDP 47.7%24,43723,8025,5532,7411,65558,188
Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound PC PC 26,87454.7%15,03730.6% NDP 57.2%26,87411,8376,0412,9271,44949,129
Burlington Lib PC 25,50440.4%7,45111.8% NDP 58.4%25,50418,05315,5152,8281,15563,055
Cambridge Lib PC 17,79337.0%2,1544.5% NDP 63.4%17,79315,63911,1913,01849048,131
Carleton New PC 25,79851.3%14,49028.8% NDP 55.2%25,79811,3089,7681,985911,30850,258
Chatham-Kent—Leamington PC PC 24,07851.9%7,52016.2% NDP 62.0%24,07816,5583,7361,64335846,373
Davenport Lib NDP 27,61360.3%19,05541.6% Lib 56.8%7,37027,6138,5581,6246958545,819
Don Valley East Lib Lib 13,01235.9%1,0282.8% PC 55.2%11,9849,93713,01291736736,217
Don Valley North New PC 18,04644.4%5,48913.5% Lib 53.8%18,0468,47612,5571,03948940,607
Don Valley West Lib Lib 17,80238.9%1810.4% PC 61.3%17,6218,62017,8021,26846645,777
Dufferin—Caledon PC PC 29,70453.1%18,32332.7% NDP 56.6%29,70411,3816,9727,01188855,956
Durham Lib PC 28,57547.0%9,32215.3% NDP 59.9%28,57519,25310,2372,36038260,807
Eglinton—Lawrence Lib PC 19,99940.4%9571.9% Lib 60.1%19,9998,98519,0421,19031149,527
Elgin—Middlesex—London PC PC 29,26455.5%12,34123.4% NDP 59.4%29,26416,9233,8572,02969452,767
Essex NDP NDP 26,13447.9%2,7115.0% PC 56.1%23,42326,1343,0261,92054,503
Etobicoke Centre Lib PC 24,43243.0%4,7248.3% Lib 61.9%24,43210,31119,7081,32916288356,825
Etobicoke—Lakeshore Lib PC 22,62638.3%3,2255.5% NDP 58.6%22,62619,40114,3052,13852358,993
Etobicoke North Lib PC 19,05552.5%9,84527.1% NDP 50.6%19,0559,2106,6011,02641436,306
Flamborough—Glanbrook New PC 22,45443.5%4,8249.4% NDP 60.6%22,45417,6307,9672,3071,23051,588
Glengarry—Prescott—Russell Lib PC 19,95241.0%4,5439.3% Lib 55.4%19,95210,61015,4091,4271,29248,690
Guelph Lib Grn 29,08245.0%14,99823.4% PC 61.1%14,08413,9296,53729,08294564,577
Haldimand—Norfolk PC PC 28,88957.1%15,28030.2% NDP 59.2%28,88913,6094,6562,0951,34450,593
Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock PC PC 32,40656.7%17,26430.2% NDP 59.7%32,40615,1425,6552,5511,38957,143
Hamilton Centre NDP NDP 23,86665.2%18,13649.6% PC 48.9%5,73023,8663,9822,10215673936,575
Hamilton East—Stoney Creek NDP NDP 22,51851.1%9,83422.3% PC 53.1%12,68422,5185,3201,8841,61444,020
Hamilton Mountain NDP NDP 24,40654.6%11,51525.8% PC 56.2%12,89124,4064,1342,30098644,717
Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas Lib NDP 23,92143.2%6,73212.2% PC 62.3%17,18923,92110,9602,30224777155,390
Hastings—Lennox and Addington New PC 22,37450.2%7,93317.8% NDP 59.1%22,37414,4415,1801,92460244,521
Humber River—Black Creek Lib NDP 11,57337.4%2,2067.1% PC 47.3%9,36711,5738,64248586230,929
Huron—Bruce PC PC 27,64652.4%12,32023.3% NDP 63.5%27,64615,3267,3561,80467052,802
Kanata—Carleton PC PC 23,08943.2%7,49714.0% NDP 62.3%23,08915,5929,0902,8272,85553,453
Kenora—Rainy River NDP PC 9,74848.6%2,25511.2% NDP 54.1%9,7487,4932,12370720,071
King—Vaughan New PC 29,13656.6%17,12433.3% Lib 55.5%29,1367,92112,0121,75463851,461
Kingston and the Islands Lib NDP 21,78839.2%6,47611.6% Lib 57.3%14,51221,78815,3123,57445855,644
Kitchener Centre Lib NDP 20,51243.4%7,43215.7% PC 58.3%13,08020,5129,4993,23495547,280
Kitchener—Conestoga PC PC 17,00539.6%6861.6% NDP 59.9%17,00516,3196,0352,85376242,974
Kitchener South—Hespeler New PC 16,51138.9%7701.8% NDP 55.8%16,51115,7416,3353,19827542342,483
Lambton—Kent—Middlesex PC PC 27,90658.3%11,10822.0% NDP 60.8%27,90616,8003,1431,66091550,424
Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston PC PC 26,19452.0%10,85521.6% NDP 62.0%26,19415,3395,3592,41044060150,343
Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes PC PC 30,00261.3%20,31441.5% NDP 60.2%30,0029,6886,5432,34738948,969
London—Fanshawe NDP NDP 25,27255.7%11,75325.9% PC 49.6%13,51925,2723,7972,05075345,391
London North Centre Lib NDP 25,75747.6%9,05616.7% PC 54.9%16,70125,7578,5012,49366154,113
London West NDP NDP 32,64455.3%15,51126.3% PC 60.6%17,13332,6445,8472,2111,16158,996
Markham—Stouffville Lib PC 25,91248.1%11,90522.1% Lib 58.6%25,91210,99714,0072,15377753,846
Markham—Thornhill New PC 18,94350.4%9,78326.0% Lib 52.2%18,9438,0109,16085957637,548
Markham—Unionville Lib PC 29,30562.4%20,84944.4% Lib 54.7%29,3057,7788,45699640546,940
Milton New PC 18,24941.7%5,18511.8% Lib 56.1%18,2499,74013,0642,20053643,789
Mississauga Centre New PC 17,86040.9%5,81413.3% NDP 49.8%17,86012,04611,1021,1491,55343,710
Mississauga East—Cooksville Lib PC 17,86241.1%4,73910.9% Lib 51.5%17,8629,87113,1231,4981,05143,405
Mississauga—Erin Mills Lib PC 19,63141.6%6,61014.0% NDP 55.1%19,63113,02111,9651,2961,26547,178
Mississauga—Lakeshore Lib PC 22,52042.3%3,88414.0% Lib 59.3%22,5209,73518,6361,57273653,199
Mississauga—Malton Lib PC 14,71239.1%2,3616.3% NDP 48.4%14,71212,3517,8136741,18787437,611
Mississauga—Streetsville Lib PC 20,87943.5%8,48617.7% NDP 55.5%20,87912,39312,3441,34999947,964
Nepean PC PC 23,89945.1%8,78916.6% NDP 58.7%23,89915,11010,3832,73982652,957
Newmarket—Aurora Lib PC 24,81347.7%12,40823.9% NDP 59.0%24,81312,40511,8401,85944764952,013
Niagara Centre NDP NDP 21,61844.2%3,2856.7% PC 56.1%18,33321,6185,7791,8032171,12448,874
Niagara Falls NDP NDP 30,16150.8%9,03515.2% PC 54.6%21,12630,1615,5542,05748359,381
Niagara West PC PC 24,39452.8%10,62523.0% NDP 63.3%24,39413,7694,8592,59057846,190
Nickel Belt NDP NDP 23,15763.5%15,13941.5% PC 55.4%8,01823,1573,1821,13797336,467
Nipissing PC PC 17,59849.9%4,60413.1% NDP 58.2%17,59812,9942,79499786035,243
Northumberland—Peterborough South Lib PC 27,38645.3%12,58220.8% NDP 64.6%27,38614,80414,6032,74089060,423
Oakville Lib PC 24,83743.7%4,5107.9% Lib 62.5%24,8379,42420,3271,98629756,871
Oakville North—Burlington Lib PC 25,69146.4%12,19522.0% NDP 60.2%25,69113,49613,4872,05262555,351
Orléans Lib Lib 24,97239.0%2,4633.8% PC 62.8%22,50914,03324,9721,60343539863,950
Oshawa NDP NDP 24,30144.9%1,7073.2% PC 54.6%22,59424,3014,2781,9571,01354,143
Ottawa Centre Lib NDP 29,67546.1%8,56413.3% Lib 61.2%10,32729,67521,1112,2661,02464,403
Ottawa South Lib Lib 20,77339.6%5,45410.4% PC 56.9%15,31914,25020,7731,61845652,416
Ottawa—Vanier Lib Lib 20,55542.9%6,32313.2% NDP 51.5%10,25214,23220,5551,95596447,958
Ottawa West—Nepean Lib PC 16,59032.8%1750.3% NDP 57.0%16,59016,41514,8101,93779350,545
Oxford PC PC 29,15255.7%13,23525.3% NDP 59.2%29,15215,9173,6202,2543351,03352,311
Parkdale—High Park NDP NDP 32,40759.4%22,58641.4% PC 62.4%9,82132,4079,2712,54450654,549
Parry Sound—Muskoka PC PC 22,66248.1%12,27726.0% NDP 59.2%22,66210,3854,0719,43821936847,143
Perth—Wellington PC PC 23,73650.7%9,35120.0% NDP 60.3%23,73614,3855,0622,74691446,843
Peterborough—Kawartha PC PC 22,90437.7%2,3863.9% NDP 62.7%22,90420,51814,9462,02439860,790
Pickering—Uxbridge Lib PC 22,44742.2%5,41410.2% NDP 58.9%22,44717,03310,8512,10537338453,193
Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke PC PC 33,35069.2%25,28452.5% NDP 59.7%33,3508,0664,7011,43664648,199
Richmond Hill Lib PC 22,22451.2%10,11623.3% Lib 52.2%22,2247,49012,1081,24830143,371
St. Catharines Lib NDP 18,91136.6%1,5583.0% PC 58.1%17,35318,91112,6711,92379251,650
Sarnia—Lambton PC PC 26,81152.7%7,81615.4% NDP 60.9%26,81118,9952,2461,8567185150,830
Sault Ste. Marie Lib PC 13,49842.0%4141.3% NDP 54.5%13,49813,0843,1991,0441,29232,117
Scarborough—Agincourt Lib PC 18,58250.4%8,15322.1% Lib 51.3%18,5826,43410,42963518960236,871
Scarborough Centre Lib PC 15,26638.4%2,0195.1% NDP 53.2%15,26613,2478,7919191,48139,704
Scarborough—Guildwood Lib Lib 11,97233.3%740.2% PC 52.9%11,8989,91711,972878661,17435,905
Scarborough North Lib PC 17,41351.0%9,09326.7% NDP 50.8%17,4138,3207,51954331834,113
Scarborough—Rouge Park New PC 16,22438.6%9632.3% NDP 55.5%16,22415,2618,7851,01473142,015
Scarborough Southwest Lib NDP 19,83545.7%6,27014.4% PC 56.0%13,56519,8358,2281,17464143,443
Simcoe—Grey PC PC 34,09455.9%20,65033.9% NDP 57.1%34,09413,4448,7804,19245360,963
Simcoe North PC PC 25,23646.9%10,15818.9% NDP 58.9%25,23615,0789,5233,63232053,789
Spadina—Fort York Lib NDP 24,67749.6%12,90726.0% Lib 53.4%10,83424,67711,7701,81563549,731
Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry PC PC 26,78061.5%17,36439.9% NDP 54.1%26,7809,4165,3861,59636043,538
Sudbury NDP NDP 17,38648.1%8,98124.8% PC 54.2%8,40517,3868,1081,5048268236,167
Thornhill PC PC 28,88961.1%19,75541.8% NDP 56.2%28,8899,1346,9851,0431,20847,259
Thunder Bay—Atikokan Lib NDP 11,79336.3%810.3% Lib 54.7%7,55511,79311,71288058532,525
Thunder Bay—Superior North Lib Lib 11,97339.9%8132.7% NDP 53.8%5,39511,16011,97383866930,035
Timiskaming—Cochrane NDP NDP 16,80661.2%10,64638.8% PC 53.1%6,16016,8062,4767231,29627,461
Timmins NDP NDP 8,97857.4%4,34427.8% PC 48.1%4,6348,9781,37827337015,633
Toronto Centre Lib NDP 23,68853.7%11,70226.5% Lib 54.3%6,23423,68811,9861,37786344,148
Toronto—Danforth NDP NDP 32,93864.2%24,80748.4% PC 61.6%8,13132,9387,2162,24822850851,269
Toronto—St. Paul's Lib NDP 18,84336.0%1,3452.6% Lib 60.7%13,78018,84317,4981,69059152,402
University—Rosedale New NDP 24,53749.7%13,63927.6% Lib 56.6%10,43124,53710,8982,65222067449,412
Vaughan—Woodbridge Lib PC 21,68750.5%7,94518.5% Lib 56.0%21,6876,25413,74297229142,946
Waterloo NDP NDP 27,31550.5%10,34219.1% PC 61.8%16,97327,3156,5772,61356654,044
Wellington—Halton Hills PC PC 31,65954.0%17,57230.0% NDP 61.1%31,65914,0877,4925,06632058,624
Whitby PC PC 26,47145.8%5,3139.2% NDP 60.3%26,47121,1587,4411,95876857,796
Willowdale Lib PC 17,73243.6%6,91717.0% Lib 50.5%17,73210,48110,81593223345340,646
Windsor—Tecumseh NDP NDP 25,22158.4%13,54431.4% PC 47.8%11,67725,2213,5131,90986343,183
Windsor West NDP NDP 20,27652.1%9,20323.7% PC 43.3%11,07320,2765,7221,39343538,899
York Centre Lib PC 18,43450.1%9,81726.7% NDP 52.9%18,4348,6177,8658431,00236,761
York—Simcoe PC PC 26,05057.3%15,39533.8% NDP 54.9%26,05010,6556,1822,19540945,491
York South—Weston Lib NDP 13,45536.1%1,1653.1% PC 49.2%12,29013,45510,37994622837,298
Kiiwetinoong New NDP 3,23249.9%1,46722.7% PC 45.8%1,7653,232983406916,477
Mushkegowuk—James Bay New NDP 4,82751.8%2,03221.8% PC 54.0%2,7954,8271,3321672039,324
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  1. "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate: 2018 General Election". elections.on.ca. Archived from the original on December 3, 2019. Retrieved December 3, 2019.; "Statistical Summary by Electoral District: 2018 General Election". elections.on.ca. Archived from the original on December 3, 2019. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  2. including spoilt ballots
  3. minor political parties receiving less than 1% of the popular vote are aggregated under "Other"; independent candidates are aggregated separately

Comparative analysis for ridings (2018 vs 2014)

More information Riding and winning party, Turnout ...
Summary of riding results by turnout and vote share for winning candidate (vs 2014)[a 1]
Riding and winning party Turnout Vote share
 % Change (pp)  % Change (pp)
 
Ajax  PC Gain 54.634.454.45
 
39.059.889.88
 
Algoma—Manitoulin  NDP Hold 53.083.703.7
 
58.565.155.15
 
Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill  PC New 55.43New56.03New
Barrie—Innisfil  PC Gain 54.275.095.09
 
49.9713.8713.87
 
Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte  PC New 57.05New44.75New
Bay of Quinte  PC Gain 56.464.854.85
 
48.026.316.31
 
Beaches—East York  NDP Gain 61.165.025.02
 
48.219.249.24
 
Brampton Centre  NDP New 50.35New38.37New
Brampton East  NDP Hold 51.676.646.64
 
46.922.612.61
 
Brampton North  NDP Gain 51.586.246.24
 
37.555.565.56
 
Brampton South  PC New 49.95New41.01New
Brampton West  PC Gain 47.675.175.17
 
39.3915.0515.05
 
Brantford—Brant  PC Gain 57.174.664.66
 
42.0012.0312.03
 
Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound  PC Hold 58.394.454.45
 
54.707.157.15
 
Burlington  PC Gain 63.455.725.72
 
40.453.463.46
 
Cambridge  PC Gain 55.176.226.22
 
36.974.414.41
 
Carleton  PC New 62.00New51.33New
Chatham-Kent—Leamington  PC Hold 56.795.465.46
 
51.9214.0914.09
 
Davenport  NDP Gain 55.826.266.26
 
60.2720.1220.12
 
Don Valley East  Lib Hold 55.227.387.38
 
35.93-19.79
 
Don Valley North  PC New 53.81New44.44New
Don Valley West  Lib Hold 61.277.377.37
 
38.89-18.13
 
Dufferin—Caledon  PC Hold 56.575.095.09
 
53.0813.2313.23
 
Durham  PC Gain 59.944.234.23
 
46.9912.7112.71
 
Eglinton—Lawrence  PC Gain 60.116.126.12
 
40.386.626.62
 
Elgin—Middlesex—London  PC Hold 59.455.475.47
 
55.469.109.1
 
Essex  NDP Hold 56.125.925.92
 
47.95-12.39
 
Etobicoke Centre  PC Gain 61.915.435.43
 
43.0010.2710.27
 
Etobicoke—Lakeshore  PC Gain 58.614.884.88
 
38.354.004
 
Etobicoke North  PC Gain 50.587.877.87
 
52.4829.7429.74
 
Flamborough—Glanbrook  PC New 60.58New43.53New
Glengarry—Prescott—Russell  PC Gain 55.422.062.06
 
40.988.418.41
 
Guelph  Green Gain 61.125.655.65
 
45.0325.7425.74
 
Haldimand—Norfolk  PC Hold 59.205.235.23
 
57.104.884.88
 
Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock  PC Hold 59.663.683.68
 
56.7115.7515.75
 
Hamilton Centre  NDP Hold 48.914.154.15
 
65.2513.2413.24
 
Hamilton East—Stoney Creek  NDP Hold 53.064.224.22
 
51.154.344.34
 
Hamilton Mountain  NDP Hold 56.163.323.32
 
54.587.687.68
 
Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas  NDP Gain 62.263.233.23
 
43.1927.5927.59
 
Hastings—Lennox and Addington  PC New 59.10New50.25New
Humber River—Black Creek  NDP Gain 47.265.015.01
 
37.42-1.80
 
Huron—Bruce  PC Hold 63.513.553.55
 
52.3613.3513.35
 
Kanata—Carleton  PC Hold 62.326.236.23
 
43.19-4.29
 
Kenora—Rainy River  PC Gain 54.127.407.4
 
48.5723.0723.07
 
King—Vaughan  PC New 55.52New56.62New
Kingston and the Islands  NDP Gain 57.295.155.15
 
39.169.609.6
 
Kitchener Centre  NDP Gain 58.275.995.99
 
43.3820.5820.58
 
Kitchener—Conestoga  PC Hold 59.939.609.6
 
39.573.213.21
 
Kitchener South—Hespeler  PC New 55.82New38.86New
Lambton—Kent—Middlesex  PC Hold 60.773.843.84
 
55.3410.1710.17
 
Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston  PC Hold 62.038.088.08
 
52.038.518.51
 
Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes  PC Hold 60.227.367.36
 
61.275.205.2
 
London—Fanshawe  NDP Hold 49.653.233.23
 
55.685.265.26
 
London North Centre  NDP Gain 54.954.734.73
 
47.6017.1617.16
 
London West  NDP Hold 60.564.524.52
 
55.3314.9714.97
 
Markham—Stouffville  PC Gain 58.8512.6412.64
 
48.1210.6610.66
 
Markham—Thornhill  PC New 52.21New50.45New
Markham—Unionville  PC Gain 54.7410.2010.2
 
62.4328.4628.46
 
Milton  PC New 56.11New41.67New
Mississauga Centre  PC New 49.79New40.86New
Mississauga East—Cooksville  PC Gain 51.487.587.58
 
41.1514.9614.96
 
Mississauga—Erin Mills  PC Gain 55.138.238.23
 
41.6111.7211.72
 
Mississauga—Lakeshore  PC Gain 59.335.785.78
 
42.339.139.13
 
Mississauga—Malton  PC Gain 48.376.906.9
 
39.1211.8911.89
 
Mississauga—Streetsville  PC Gain 55.538.778.77
 
43.5315.4615.46
 
Nepean  PC Hold 58.733.343.34
 
45.13-1.64
 
Newmarket—Aurora  PC Gain 58.975.575.57
 
47.7110.2810.28
 
Niagara Centre  NDP Hold 56.132.922.92
 
44.23-2.48
 
Niagara Falls  NDP Hold 54.563.353.35
 
50.793.413.41
 
Niagara West  PC Hold 63.284.684.68
 
52.8110.9910.99
 
Nickel Belt  NDP Hold 55.425.425.42
 
63.500.890.89
 
Nipissing  PC Hold 58.245.765.76
 
49.938.128.12
 
Northumberland—Peterborough South  PC Gain 64.648.838.83
 
45.329.399.39
 
Oakville  PC Gain 62.466.346.34
 
43.675.865.86
 
Oakville North—Burlington  PC Gain 60.209.309.3
 
46.419.319.31
 
Orléans  Lib Hold 62.773.433.43
 
39.05-14.45
 
Oshawa  NDP Hold 54.584.394.39
 
44.88-1.82
 
Ottawa Centre  NDP Gain 61.204.364.36
 
46.0825.6125.61
 
Ottawa South  Lib Hold 56.923.213.21
 
39.63-10.33
 
Ottawa—Vanier  Lib Hold 51.472.612.61
 
42.86-12.69
 
Ottawa West—Nepean  PC Gain 57.041.101.1
 
32.82-1.06
 
Oxford  PC Hold 59.257.327.32
 
55.739.499.49
 
Parkdale—High Park  NDP Hold 62.435.555.55
 
59.4118.6418.64
 
Parry Sound—Muskoka  PC Hold 59.227.107.1
 
48.077.347.34
 
Perth—Wellington  PC Hold 60.354.694.69
 
50.6711.7111.71
 
Peterborough—Kawartha  PC Hold 62.745.455.45
 
37.687.857.85
 
Pickering—Uxbridge  PC Gain 58.904.124.12
 
42.2013.9013.9
 
Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke  PC Hold 59.745.425.42
 
69.198.138.13
 
Richmond Hill  PC Gain 52.186.496.49
 
51.2414.7014.7
 
St. Catharines  NDP Gain 58.063.253.25
 
36.6112.2112.21
 
Sarnia—Lambton  PC Hold 60.893.543.54
 
52.7511.7311.73
 
Sault Ste. Marie  PC Gain 54.493.723.72
 
42.0329.6329.63
 
Scarborough—Agincourt  PC Gain 51.355.315.31
 
50.4015.7715.77
 
Scarborough Centre  PC Gain 53.195.105.1
 
38.4516.8716.87
 
Scarborough—Guildwood  Lib Hold 52.933.693.69
 
33.34-16.55
 
Scarborough North  PC Gain 50.763.283.28
 
51.0523.8923.89
 
Scarborough—Rouge Park  PC New 55.54New38.61New
Scarborough Southwest  NDP Gain 56.046.126.12
 
45.6622.0122.01
 
Simcoe—Grey  PC Hold 57.085.085.08
 
55.938.818.81
 
Simcoe North  PC Hold 58.885.555.55
 
46.922.962.96
 
Spadina—Fort York  NDP Gain 53.564.234.23
 
49.6219.2519.25
 
Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry  PC Hold 54.102.082.08
 
61.519.799.79
 
Sudbury  NDP Hold 54.222.302.3
 
48.075.835.83
 
Thornhill  PC Hold 56.168.338.33
 
61.1317.1417.14
 
Thunder Bay—Atikokan  NDP Gain 54.745.725.72
 
36.268.158.15
 
Thunder Bay—Superior North  Lib Hold 53.843.433.43
 
39.86-16.11
 
Timiskaming—Cochrane  NDP Hold 53.082.412.41
 
61.205.725.72
 
Timmins  NDP Hold 48.122.962.96
 
57.436.256.25
 
Toronto Centre  NDP Gain 54.303.453.45
 
53.6637.7637.76
 
Toronto—Danforth  NDP Hold 61.586.286.28
 
64.2519.6419.64
 
Toronto—St. Paul's  NDP Gain 60.713.603.6
 
35.9625.9025.9
 
University—Rosedale  NDP New 56.63New49.66New
Vaughan—Woodbridge  PC Gain 55.9611.2711.27
 
50.5022.3322.33
 
Waterloo  NDP Hold 61.806.856.85
 
50.5413.1113.11
 
Wellington—Halton Hills  PC Hold 61.115.505.5
 
54.007.397.39
 
Whitby  PC Hold 60.325.975.97
 
45.805.155.15
 
Willowdale  PC Gain 50.523.643.64
 
43.6310.1610.16
 
Windsor—Tecumseh  NDP Hold 47.835.065.06
 
58.40-3.75
 
Windsor West  NDP Hold 43.300.600.6
 
52.1210.7210.72
 
York Centre  PC Gain 52.926.186.18
 
50.1518.6818.68
 
York—Simcoe  PC Hold 54.927.397.39
 
57.2616.8616.86
 
York South—Weston  NDP Gain 49.173.033.03
 
36.07-1.18
 
Kiiwetinoong  NDP New 45.80New49.90New
Mushkegowuk—James Bay  NDP New 54.05New51.77New
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Detailed results and analysis

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More information Political party, Party leader ...
Elections to the 42nd Parliament of Ontario (2018)
Political party Party leader MPPs Votes
Candidates 2014 Dissol. 2018 ± # % ± (pp)
Progressive Conservative Doug Ford 124 28 27 76 48Increase 2,326,523 40.19% 9.08Increase
New Democratic Andrea Horwath 124 21 18 40 19Increase 1,929,966 33.34% 9.68Increase
Liberal Kathleen Wynne 124 58 55 7 51Decrease 1,124,346 19.42% 19.10Decrease
Green Mike Schreiner 124 1 1Increase 264,519 4.57% 0.31Decrease
Libertarian Allen Small 117 42,822 0.74% 0.04Decrease
None of the Above Greg Vezina 42 16,146 0.28% 0.20Increase
  Independents and no affiliation 32 2 8,226 0.14% 0.06Increase
Trillium Bob Yaciuk 26 1 8,091 0.14% 0.13Increase
Northern Ontario Trevor Holliday 10 5,912 0.10% 0.08Increase
Consensus Ontario Brad Harness 10 2,682 0.05% New
Freedom Paul McKeever 14 2,565 0.04% 0.20Decrease
Ontario Party Jason Tysick 5 2,316 0.04% New
Moderate Yuri Duboisky 16 2,199 0.04% 0.03Increase
Communist Dave McKee 12 1,471 0.03% 0.01Decrease
Canadians' Choice Party Bahman Yazdanfar 5 1,239 0.02% 0.01Decrease
Stop the New Sex-Ed Agenda Queenie Yu 3 1,078 0.02% New
Ontario Alliance Joshua E. Eriksen 3 802 0.01% New
New People's Choice Party Daryl Christoff 3 634 0.01% New
Special Needs Hilton Milan 5 631 0.01% Steady
People's Political Party Kevin Clarke 6 628 0.01% 0.01Decrease
Confederation of Regions vacant 2 386 0.01% Steady
Stop Climate Change Ken Ranney 2 340 0.01% New
Canadian Economic Party Patrick Knight 2 321 0.01% New
Go Vegan Paul Figueiras 2 256 0.02Decrease
Cultural Action Party Arthur Smitherman 3 215 New
Multicultural Party of Ontario Wasyl Luczkiw 2 191 New
Party of Objective Truth Derrick Matthews 2 176 New
Pauper John Turmel 2 112 Steady
Social Reform Party Abu Alam 2 67 New
  Vacant 4
Declined ballots 22,684
Blank and invalid ballots 38,742
Total 825 107 107 124 5,806,286 100.00%
Registered voters / turnout 10,246,066 56.67% 5.38Increase
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Incumbents MPPs who lost their seats [114]

38 incumbent Liberal MPPs lost their re-election races, as well as a one Trillium party MPP.

  • ‡ means that the Incumbent was originally from a different riding
  • "b.e." is a short term for "By-election"
More information Constituency, Party ...
Constituency Party Name Year first elected Seat held by party since Defeated by Party
Ottawa Centre  Liberal Yasir Naqvi 2007 1995 Joel Harden  New Democratic
Ottawa West-Nepean  Liberal Bob Chiarelli 2010 b.e.

(previously served from 1987-1997)

2003 Jeremy Roberts  Progressive Conservative
Kingston and the Islands  Liberal Sophie Kiwala 2014 1995 Ian Arthur  New Democratic
Barrie-Innisfil  Liberal Ann Hogarth 2014 (new riding) Andrea Khanjin  Progressive Conservative
Northumberland—Peterborough South  Liberal Lou Rinaldi 2014

(previously served from 2003-2011)

(new riding) David Piccini  Progressive Conservative
Peterborough—Kawartha  Liberal Jeff Leal 2003 2003 Dave Smith  Progressive Conservative
Ajax  Liberal Joe Dickson 2007 (new riding) Rod Phillips  Progressive Conservative
Durham  Liberal Granville Anderson 2014 2014 Lindsey Park  Progressive Conservative
Brampton North  Liberal Harinder Malhi 2014 (new riding) Kevin Yarde  New Democratic
Brampton West  Liberal Vic Dhillon 2003 2007 (riding created) Amarjot Sandhu  Progressive Conservative
Mississauga East—Cooksville  Liberal Dipika Damerla 2011 2007 (riding created) Kaleed Rasheed  Progressive Conservative
Mississauga—Lakeshore  Liberal Charles Sousa 2007 2007 Rudy Cuzetto  Progressive Conservative
Mississauga—Malton  Liberal Amrit Mangat 2007 (new riding) Deepak Anand  Progressive Conservative
Mississauga—Streetsville  Liberal Bob Delaney 2003 2007 (riding created) Nina Tangri  Progressive Conservative
Markham—Stouffville  Liberal Helena Jaczek 2007 (new riding) Paul Calandra  Progressive Conservative
Newmarket—Aurora  Liberal Chris Ballard 2014 2014 Christine Elliott  Progressive Conservative
Richmond Hill  Liberal Reza Moridi 2007 2007 (riding created) Daisy Wai  Progressive Conservative
Vaughan—Woodbridge  Liberal Steven Del Duca 2012 b.e. (new riding) Michael Tibollo  Progressive Conservative
Scarborough—Agincourt  Liberal Soo Wong 2011 1987 (riding created) Aris Babikian  Progressive Conservative
Scarborough Southwest  Liberal Lorenzo Berardinetti 2003 2003 Doly Begum  New Democratic
Eglinton—Lawrence  Liberal Michael Colle 1995 1999 (riding created) Robin Martin  Progressive Conservative
Willowdale  Liberal David Zimmer 2003 2003 Stan Cho  Progressive Conservative
Beaches—East York  Liberal Arthur Potts 2014 2014 Rima Berns-McGown  New Democratic
Davenport  Liberal Cristina Martins 2014 2014 Marit Stiles  New Democratic
Spadina—Fort York  Liberal Han Dong 2014 (new riding) Chris Glover  New Democratic
Etobicoke Centre  Liberal Yvan Baker 2014 2003 Kinga Surma  Progressive Conservative
Etobicoke—Lakeshore  Liberal Peter Milczyn 2014 2014 Christine Hogarth  Progressive Conservative
Etobicoke North  Liberal Shafiq Qaadri 2003 2003 Doug Ford  Progressive Conservative
York South—Weston  Liberal Laura Albanese 2007 2007 Faisal Hassan  New Democratic
Burlington  Liberal Eleanor McMahon 2014 2014 Jane McKenna  Progressive Conservative
Milton  Liberal Indira Naidoo-Harris 2014 (new riding) Parm Gill  Progressive Conservative
Oakville  Liberal Kevin Flynn 2003 2003 Stephen Crawford  Progressive Conservative
Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas  Liberal Ted McMeekin 2000 b.e. (new riding) Sandy Shaw  New Democratic
St. Catharines  Liberal Jim Bradley 1977 1977 Jennie Stevens  New Democratic
Cambridge  Liberal Kathryn McGarry 2014 2014 Belinda Karahalios  Progressive Conservative
Kitchener Centre  Liberal Daiene Vernile 2014 2003 Laura Mae Lindo  New Democratic
Sudbury  Liberal Glenn Thibeault 2015 b.e. 2015 b.e. Jamie West  New Democratic
Thunder Bay—Atikokan  Liberal Bill Mauro 2003 1999 (riding created) Judith Monteith-Farrell  New Democratic
Kanata—Carleton  Trillium Jack MacLaren 2011 (as a PC) 2017 (floor crossing) Merrilee Fullerton  Progressive Conservative
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Principal races, according to 1st and 2nd-place results[115]
PartiesSeats
 Progressive Conservative  New Democratic 90
 Progressive Conservative  Liberal 22
 Progressive Conservative  Green 1
 New Democratic  Liberal 11
Total 124
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Candidates ranked 1st to 5th place, by party[115]
Parties1st2nd3rd4th5thTotal
 Progressive Conservative 763711124
 New Democratic 406123124
 Liberal 726883124
 Green 121174124
 Libertarian 17778
 None of the Above 2020
 Northern Ontario 21012
 Independent 11011
 Trillium 88
 Ontario Party 55
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Regional analysis

More information Party, Toronto ...
Elections to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario – seats won by region (2018)
PartyToronto905 BeltHam/NiagaraCentralEastMidwestSouthwestNorthTotal
Progressive Conservative 11 21 6 10 11 9 4 4 76
New Democratic 11 4 7   2 2 6 8 40
Liberal 3       3     1 7
Green           1     1
Total 25 25 13 10 16 12 10 13 124
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Most marginal 2-way and 3-way contests

More information Riding, 1st ...
Top 10 marginal 2-way contests (2018)[115]
Riding1st2nd1st vs 2nd
Scarborough—Guildwood 33.3% 33.1% 0.2%
Thunder Bay—Atikokan 36.2% 36.0% 0.2%
Brampton Centre 38.4% 38.1% 0.3%
Ottawa West—Nepean 32.8% 32.5% 0.3%
Don Valley West 38.9% 38.5% 0.4%
Brantford—Brant 42.0% 40.9% 1.1%
Brampton North 37.5% 36.3% 1.2%
Sault Ste. Marie 42.0% 40.7% 1.3%
Brampton West 39.4% 38.1% 1.3%
Kitchener—Conestoga 39.6% 38.0% 1.6%
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Top 10 marginal 3-way contests (2018)[115]
Riding1st2nd3rd1st vs 3rd
Ottawa West—Nepean 32.8% 32.5% 29.3% 3.5%
Scarborough—Guildwood 33.3% 33.1% 27.6% 5.7%
York South—Weston 36.1% 33.0% 27.8% 8.3%
Don Valley East 35.9% 33.1% 27.4% 8.5%
Humber River—Black Creek 37.4% 30.3% 27.9% 9.5%
Toronto—St. Paul's 36.0% 33.4% 26.3% 9.7%
St. Catharines 36.6% 33.6% 24.5% 12.1%
Ottawa South 39.6% 29.2% 27.2% 12.4%
Thunder Bay—Atikokan 36.2% 36.0% 23.2% 13.0%
Kingston and the Islands 39.2% 27.5% 26.1% 13.1%
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Significant results among independent and minor party candidates

Those candidates not belonging to a major party, receiving more than 1,000 votes in the election, are listed below:

More information Riding, Party ...
RidingPartyCandidatesVotesPlaced
Algoma—Manitoulin N.Ont. HeritageTommy Lee1,3664th
Kanata—Carleton TrilliumJack MacLaren1,9475th
Mississauga—Malton IndependentCaroline Roach1,1874th
Scarborough Centre LibertarianMatthew Dougherty1,0404th
Timiskaming—Cochrane N.Ont. HeritageShawn Poirier1,1054th
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Opinion polls

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Campaign period

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Evolution of voting intentions during the 2018 Ontario provincial election campaign. Plot generated in R from data in the table below. Trendlines are local regressions, with polls weighted by proximity in time and sample size. 95% confidence ribbons represent uncertainty about the regressions, not the likelihood that actual election results would fall within the intervals.
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*Includes support for the Green Party

Best Premier and Party Leader Approval Ratings

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Date Firm Best Premier ratings Approval ratings
Ford Horwath Wynne
Ford Horwath Wynne Approve Disapprove Approve Disapprove Approve Disapprove
June 6, 2018 Research Co.   36% 55% 54% 34% 29% 64%
June 2, 2018 Forum Research 27% 31% 17% 27% 55% 41% 34% 23% 65%
June 2, 2018 Abacus Data   25% 48% 42% 20% 21% 56%
May 31, 2018 Research Co. 23% 28% 15% 33% 56% 52% 34% 27% 64%
May 29, 2018 Forum Research 29% 30% 16% 30% 53% 40% 32% 23% 65%
May 29, 2018 Angus Reid 25% 34% 15%  
May 29, 2018 Innovative Research 23% 30% 14% 30% 54% 48% 23% 25% 59%
May 26, 2018 Abacus Data   27% 45% 44% 15% 19% 60%
May 23, 2018 Forum Research 30% 33% 15% 32% 51% 43% 26% 19% 69%
May 23, 2018 Innovative Research 24% 26% 19% 27% 57% 46% 20% 24% 61%
May 22, 2018 Leger 23% 28% 12%  
May 18, 2018 Abacus Data   26% 46% 42% 13% 17% 60%
May 12, 2018 Innovative Research 24% 26% 16% 31% 52% 44% 17% 21% 62%
May 9, 2018 Forum Research   34% 49% 42% 25% 20% 71%
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Major Regional Polls – Toronto

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Polling firm Last date
of polling
Link Lib PC NDP Gre Oth Margin
of error
Sample
size
Polling method Lead
Campaign ResearchMay 16, 2018HTML Archived May 21, 2018, at the Wayback Machine27353252±2.3 pp1,871Online3
Leaders' debate in Parry Sound (May 11, 2018)
Mainstreet ResearchMay 7, 2018PDF31.136.623.15.93.4±2.19 pp2,000IVR5.5
CityTV Toronto leaders' debate (May 7, 2018)[117]
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Pre-campaign period

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Ten-poll average of Ontario opinion polls from June 12, 2014, to the last possible date of the next election on June 6, 2018. Each line corresponds to a political party.
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Notes

  1. Summarized from "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. Archived from the original on March 30, 2022. Retrieved December 15, 2022.

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