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The governing Ontario Progressive Conservative Party , led by William Davis , was re-elected for an eleventh consecutive term in office. The PCs finally won a Majority Government after winning only minorities in the 1975 and 1977 elections. The Liberal Party , led by Stuart Smith , was able to maintain its standing in the Legislature, while the New Democratic Party , led by Michael Cassidy , lost a significant number of seats, allowing the Tories to win a majority.


RESULTS


1 Includes T. Patrick Reid , a Liberal MPP who was re-elected in 1977 as a Liberal-Labour candidate (he had previously been elected as Liberal-Labour in 1967 but was re-elected in 1971 and 1975 as a straight Liberal). In 1981 he again runs and is re-elected as a straight Liberal.

A number of unregistered parties also fielded candidates in this election.

There were a number of Parti Rhinoc%C3%A9ros candidates in the Toronto area, and the party may have also fielded candidates elsewhere in the province. The Workers Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) a single candidate, Judy Darcy. Ronald G. Rodgers, founder of the Detente Party of Canada, contested a Toronto constituency.

Social Credit leader Reg Gervais announced prior to the election that he planned to run in Nickel Belt , but did not follow through. John Turmel claimed to be the leader of the Ontario Social Credit Party during the campaign, though there has never been independent confirmation of this (nor is it clear if the Ottawa-area candidacies of Turmel and his supporters were approved by the official Social Credit Party).


CONSTITUENCY RESULTS


Algoma :

  • (x) Bud Wildman (NDP) 7096

  • Vyrn Peterson (PC) 4770

  • Dan Koob (L) 1567


Algoma—Manitoulin :

  • (x) John Lane (PC) 7160

  • Ernest Massicotte (L) 2986

  • Peter Boychuk (NDP) 2336


Armourdale :

  • (x) Bruce McCaffrey (PC) 15938

  • Tim Rutledge (L) 8997

  • Bob Hebdon (NDP) 4240


Beaches—Woodbine :


Bellwoods :

  • (x) Ross McClellan (NDP) 5111

  • Walter Bardyn (L) 4746

  • Tina Gabriel (PC) 2186

  • Sylvie Baillargeon (Comm) 246

  • Ronald G. Rodgers (Ind Party ) 180


Brampton :


Brantford :


Brant—Oxford—Haldimand :

  • (x) Robert Nixon (L) 13067

  • Ian Birnie (PC) 6034

  • W.E. Jefferies (NDP) 2899


Brock :

  • (x) Bob Welch (PC) 10547

  • Bill Andres (L) 6882

  • Heather Lee Kilty (NDP) 4204


Burlington South :

  • (x) George Kerr (PC) 19037

  • Pearl Cameron (L) 8953

  • Michael C. Wright (NDP) 4942


Cambridge :


Carleton :


Carleton East :


Carleton—Grenville :


Chatham—Kent :

  • (x) Andy Watson (PC) 9471

  • Ron Franko (NDP) 6508

  • Darcy Want (L) 6466


Cochrane North :

  • René Piché (PC) 5910

  • Jean-Paul Bourgeault (L) 5722

  • Emil Touchette (NDP) 4426

  • Richard Coatsworth (Lbt) 274


Cochrane South :

  • (x) Alan Pope (PC) 12540

  • John Sullivan (L) 6975

  • Cliff Simpson (NDP) 2777


Cornwall :

  • (x) George Samis (NDP) 9484

  • Jim Kirkey (PC) 7817

  • Brian Lynch (L) 5333


Don Mills :


Dovercourt :


Downsview :


Dufferin—Simcoe :

  • (x) George McCague (PC) 18101

  • Larry MacKenzie (L) 6702

  • Ed Robinson (NDP) 4007


Durham East :

  • (x) Sam Cureatz (PC) 14900

  • Bruce McArthur (NDP) 8648

  • Jim Potticary (L) 7226

  • Jeff Hubbell 253


Durham West :

  • (x) George Ashe (PC) 17029

  • Norman Wei (L) 7446

  • Hugh Peacock (PC) 6578

  • Bill Leslie (Lbt) 1215


Durham—York :

  • Ross Stevenson (PC) 14404

  • Gary Adamson (L) 6330

  • Margaret Wilbur (NDP) 4314


Eglinton :

  • (x) Roy McMurtry (PC) 17386

  • Keith Polson (L) 5606

  • Eileen Elmy (NDP) 3324

  • Angelo R. Cosentini (Lbt) 466


Elgin :

  • (x) Ron McNeil (PC) 13119

  • Maurice Dillon (L) 7306

  • Gord Campbell (NDP) 3250


Erie :

  • (x) Ray Haggerty (L) 8796

  • Cam McKnight (PC) 5271

  • Barrie MacLeod (NDP) 3586


Essex North :

  • (x) Richard Ruston (L) 9187

  • Marcel Lefebvre (NDP) 5911

  • Ron Arkell (PC) 4812


Essex South :

  • (x) Remo Mancini (L) 10454

  • Wayne Patterson (PC) 5008

  • Blake Sanford (NDP) 4349


Etobicoke :


Fort William :

  • (x) Mickey Hennessy (PC) 13038

  • Paul Lannon (NDP) 7585

  • Mike Burns (L) 3381


Frontenac—Addington :

  • (x) J. Earl McEwen (L) 10558

  • Murray Gorham (PC) 10218

  • Vincent Maloney (NDP) 2374

  • Ross Baker 409

  • Sally Hayes (Lbt) 322


Grey :

  • (x) Bob McKessock (L) 13334

  • John Young (PC) 8793

  • Joan Stone (NDP) 1629

  • Eric Biggins (Lbt) 284


Grey—Bruce :

  • (x) Eddie Sargent (L) 14006

  • Bob Rutherford (PC) 7767

  • Frank Butler (NDP) 1455


Haldimand—Norfolk :

  • (x) Gordon Miller (L) 16254

  • Clarence Abbott (PC) 8775

  • Lois Berry (NDP) 3744


Halton—Burlington :

  • (x) Julian Reed (L) 13395

  • Fran Baines (PC) 12877

  • Chris Cutler (NDP) 3500


Hamilton Centre :


Hamilton East :


Hamilton Mountain :

  • (x) Brian Charlton (NDP) 11008

  • Duncan Beattie (PC) 10811

  • Vince Agro (L) 8956


Hamilton West :

  • (x) Stuart Smith (L) 12106

  • Alec Murray (PC) 9788

  • Joy Warner (NDP) 4255

  • Elizabeth Rowley (Comm) 260


Hastings—Peterborough :


High Park—Swansea :


Humber :

  • Morley Kells (PC) 20844

  • Jim Mills (L) 10064

  • Jacquie Chic (NDP) 3583


Huron—Bruce :


Huron—Middlesex :

  • (x) Jack Riddell (L) 10707

  • Jim Britnell (PC) 8618

  • Gwen Pemberton (NDP) 1170


Kenora :

  • (x) Leo Bernier (PC) 10418

  • Colin Wasacase (NDP) 4170

  • Jeff Holmes (L) 2536


Kent—Elgin :

  • (x) Jim McGuigan (L) 10115

  • Wes Thompson (PC) 9778

  • Ed Cutler (NDP) 1591


Kingston And The Islands :

  • (x) Keith Norton (PC) 12488

  • Carl Ross (L) 8465

  • Ron Murray (NDP) 3897


Kitchener :

  • (x) Jim Breithaupt (L) 12592

  • Morley Rosenberg (PC) 7982

  • Ian MacFarlane (NDP) 4126


Kitchener—Wilmot :

  • (x) John Sweeney (L) 11515

  • Alan Barron (PC) 8513

  • Hemi Mitic (NDP) 3686


Lake Nipigon :


Lambton :

  • (x) Lorne Henderson (PC) 13467

  • Leigh Crozier (L) 6435

  • Ralph Wensley (NDP) 1276


Lanark—Renfrew :

  • (x) Douglas Wiseman (PC) 10502

  • Ray Matthey (L) 3864

  • Cliff Bennett (NDP) 2659


Lakeshore :

  • Al Kolyn (PC) 10607

  • Don Sullivan (NDP) 9375

  • Bill Whelton (L) 5738

  • Gordon Flowers (Comm) 376


Leeds :


Lincoln :


London Centre :

  • (x) David Peterson (L) 12315

  • Russ Monteith (PC) 8329

  • Diane Risler (NDP) 3189


London North :

  • (x) Ron Van Horne (L) 15444

  • Ted Browne (PC) 11825

  • Sam Maumur (NDP) 3864


London South :

  • (x) Gordon Walker (PC) 19714

  • Frank Green (L) 11116

  • Dale Green (NDP) 5187


Middlesex :

  • (x) Robert G. Eaton (PC) 11672

  • Bob Coulthard (L) 8264

  • Larry Green (NDP) 2155


Mississauga East :

  • (x) Bud Gregory (PC) 15759

  • Murray Schelter (L) 7716

  • Doug Bennett (NDP) 4829


Mississauga North :

  • (x) Terry Jones (PC) 20331

  • John Brooks (L) 9130

  • Sylvia Weylie (NDP) 6667


Mississauga South :

  • (x) Douglas Kennedy (PC) 14165

  • Basil Gerol (L) 7172

  • Neil Davis (NDP) 4126


Muskoka :

  • (x) Frank Miller (PC) 9029

  • Ken McClellan (L) 4148

  • Jim Maguire (NDP) 3214


Niagara Falls :


Nickel Belt :


Nipissing :


Northumberland :

  • Howard Sheppard (PC) 14727

  • William A. Wyatt (L) 11113

  • Ben Burd (NDP) 2711


Oakville :


Oakwood :

  • (x) Tony Grande (NDP) 8862

  • Harriet Wolman (PC) 5961

  • Jean Gammage (L) 4171

  • Nan McDonald (Comm) 624


Oriole :


Oshawa :

  • (x) Michael Breaugh (NDP) 10307

  • Bob Boychyn (PC) 7836

  • Ivan Wallace (L) 3311


Ottawa Centre :


Ottawa East :


Ottawa South :


Ottawa West :

  • (x) Reuben Baetz (PC) 17418

  • George Anderson (L) 9112

  • Lofty MacMillan (NDP) 2348

  • Dale E. Alkerton (Ind) 494


Oxford :


Parkdale :

  • Tony Ruprecht (L) 6941

  • (x) Jan Dukszta (NDP) 6020

  • Verrol Whitmore (PC) 2914

  • Bill McGinnis (Ind) 289

  • Anna Larsen (Comm) 259


Parry Sound :

  • Ernie Eves (PC) 8955

  • Richard Thomas (L) 8949

  • Arthur Davis (NDP) 1448


Perth :


Peterborough :


Port Arthur :

  • (x) Jim Foulds (NDP) 12258

  • Allan Laakkonen (PC) 10844

  • Kenneth R. Tilson (L) 3247

  • Dennis Deveau (Ind) 140

  • Paul Pugh (Comm) 103


Prescott And Russell :


Prince Edward—Lennox :

  • (x) James Taylor (PC) 11135

  • Dan Brady (L) 6797

  • Bob King (NDP) 1423


Quinte :

  • (x) Hugh O’Neil (L) 14861

  • George Mills (PC) 9517

  • Reg Pearson (NDP) 1795


Rainy River :


Renfrew North :

  • (x) Sean Conway (L) 9113

  • Bryan D. Hocking (PC) 7137

  • Phil Chester (NDP) 1086


Renfrew South :

  • (x) Paul Yakabuski (PC) 14552

  • Dick Trainor (L) 10420

  • Lynne Pattinson (NDP) 1174


Riverdale :

  • (x) James Renwick (NDP) 6770

  • Peter Hesky (PC) 4088

  • Ed Schofield (L) 3237

  • Thelma R. Forsyth (Ind) 233

  • Anna Sideris (Comm) 158


St. Andrew—St. Patrick :

  • (x) Larry Grossman (PC) 10674

  • Anne Johnston (L) 6839

  • Stanley E. Kutz (NDP) 3709

  • Judy Darcy (Ind Communist Party ) 262

  • Jeanne McGuire (Comm) 148

  • Sophia M. Firth (Ind) 106


St. Catharines :

St. David :


St. George :


Sarnia :


Sault Ste. Marie :

  • (x) Russ Ramsay (PC) 14712

  • Albert Ferranti (L) 7555

  • Susan Brothers (NDP) 7162


Scarborough Centre :

  • (x) Frank Drea (PC) 12793

  • Paul Rook (NDP) 4898

  • Kurt Christensen (L) 4657

  • D’Arcy Cain (Lbt) 531


Scarborough East :


Scarborough—Ellesmere :


Scarborough North :


Scarborough West :


Simcoe Centre :


Simcoe East :

  • Al McLean (PC) 12487

  • Fayne Bullen (NDP) 9085

  • Jack Harber (L) 7320

  • Ted Wolda (Ind) 749


Stormont—Dundas And Glengarry :

  • (x) Osie Villeneuve (PC) 12487

  • Gerry Rosenquist (L) 7846

  • Joe O’Neil (NDP) 1836


Sudbury :


Sudbury East :

  • (x) Elie Martel (NDP) 13883

  • George McDonald (PC) 9420

  • Esther Davidson (L) 4909


Timiskaming :

  • (x) Ed Havrot (PC) 8377

  • Bob Bain (NDP) 6768

  • Leo St. Cyr (L) 3593


Victoria—Haliburton :

  • (x) John Eakins (L) 12807

  • Dave Murray (PC) 10509

  • Art Field (NDP) 2449


Waterloo North :

  • (x) Herbert Epp (L) 12843

  • Bob Labbett (PC) 9606

  • Bob Needham (NDP) 3672


Welland—Thorold :

  • (x) Mel Swart (NDP) 13379

  • Al Lacavera (L) 7916

  • Ivy Riddell (PC) 5564


Wellington—Dufferin—Peel :

  • (x) Jack Johnson (PC) 16644

  • Elbert van Donkersgoed (L) 8136

  • Marion Chambers (NDP) 4650


Wellington South :


Wentworth :


Wentworth North :


Wilson Heights :


Windsor—Riverside :

  • (x) Dave Cooke (NDP) 13626

  • Gerry Levesque (L) 9102

  • Sandy Thomson (PC) 4418

  • John H. Snyder (Ind) 333


Windsor—Sandwich :


Windsor—Walkerville :

  • (x) Bernard Newman (L) 10553

  • Ray Simpson (NDP) 4988

  • Tom Porter (PC) 3428

  • Gerard O’Neil (Comm) 238


York Centre :


York East :

  • (x) Robert Elgie (PC) 14562

  • Lois Cox (NDP) 4935

  • Don McNeill (L) 4811

  • Ed McDonald (Comm) 628

  • E. Scott Hughes (Unparty) 460


York Mills :


York North :

  • (x) Bill Hodgson (PC) 18405

  • Jim Wilson (L) 10216

  • Keith Munro (NDP) 4614


York South :

  • (x) Donald C. MacDonald (NDP) 9518

  • Les Green (L) 8099

  • Barbara Jafelice (PC) 7628

  • Mike Phillips (Comm) 472


York West :


Yorkview :

  • Michael Spensieri (L) 10160

  • Mike Morrone (NDP) 8973

  • Biran Yandell (PC) 5329

  • Frank Esposito (Ind) 798

  • Jack Sweet (Comm) 503

  • Richard A. Brandenburg (Ind) 352

  • Victor Heyn (Ind) 193



POST-ELECTION CHANGES


resigned his legislative seat in January 25 , 1982 , and a by-election was called for June 17 , 1982 .


resigned his legislative seat in 1982, and a by-election was called for November 4 , 1982 .




Crossed The Floor to join the Progressive Conservatives in 1984 .

resigned her legislative seat in 1984, and a by-election was held on December 13 , 1984 :


resigned his legislative seat in 1984, and a by-election was held on December 13 , 1984 .


resigned his legislative seat in 1984, and a by-election was held on December 13 , 1984 :


resigned his legislative seat in 1984, and a by-election was held on December 13 , 1984 :


resigned his legislative seat in 1984, and a by-election was held on December 13 , 1984 :


died in 1984.

resigned in 1984.

resigned in 1984.

resigned his seat in 1985 to take a government position in the United Kingdom .

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