1967 Ontario general election

1967 Ontario general election
October 17, 1967
117 seats in the 28th Legislative Assembly of Ontario
59 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader John Robarts Robert Nixon Donald C. MacDonald
Party Progressive Conservative Liberal New Democratic
Leader since October 25, 1961 January 6, 1967 November 21, 1953
Leader's seat London North Brant York South
Last election 77 24 7
Seats won 69 28 20
Seat change Decrease8 Increase4 Increase13
Percentage 42.3% 31.6% 25.9%
Swing Decrease6.6pp Decrease3.7pp Increase10.4pp
Premier before election

John Robarts
Progressive Conservative

Premier after election

John Robarts
Progressive Conservative

The 1967 Ontario general election was held on October 17, 1967, to elect the 117 members of the 28th Legislative Assembly of Ontario (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the Province of Ontario, Canada.[1]

29th Legislature

The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, led by John Robarts, won an eighth consecutive term in office, and maintained its majority in the legislature despite losing eight seats from its result in the previous election.

The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Robert Nixon, increased its caucus from 24 to 28 members, and continued in the role of official opposition. T. Patrick Reid of Rainy River was elected as a Liberal-Labour MPP. He replaced Robert Gibson, the late MPP for Kenora as the legislature's sole Liberal-Labour MPP.

The social democratic Ontario New Democratic Party, led by Donald C. MacDonald, increased its caucus in the legislature from 7 members to 20.

Expansion of the Legislative Assembly

The size of the Legislative Assembly was increased from 108 to 117 members,[2] mainly through the reorganization of ridings outside Toronto:

Abolished ridings New ridings
Drawn from parts of other ridings
Abolished ridings
Reorganization of ridings
Merger of ridings
Division of ridings
Renaming of ridings
  1. ^ from part of Algoma—Manitoulin
  2. ^ from part of Carleton
  3. ^ from part of Waterloo North
  4. ^ from part of Ontario
  5. ^ from parts of Carleton, Ottawa West and Ottawa East
  6. ^ from part of Lincoln
  7. ^ from part of Sudbury
  8. ^ from parts of Fort William and Port Arthur
  9. ^ from part of Welland
  10. ^ from part of York North

Results

Summary

Elections to the 28th Parliament of Ontario (1967)[3]
Political party Party leader MNAs Votes
Candidates 1963 1967 ± # ± % ± (pp)
Progressive Conservative John Robarts 117 77 69 8Decrease 1,018,755 33,985Decrease 42.10% 6.51Decrease
Liberal Robert Nixon 115 23 27 4Increase 762,340 8,308Increase 31.51% 3.31Decrease
Liberal–Labour 2 1 1 Steady 5,051 1,723Decrease 0.21% 0.10Decrease
New Democratic Donald C. MacDonald 117 7 20 13Increase 628,397 288,189Increase 25.97% 10.26Increase
Independent 5 – – – 2,382 377Decrease 0.10% 0.03Decrease
Social Credit Harvey Lainson 7 – – – 1,906 407Decrease 0.08% 0.03Decrease
Communist Bruce Magnuson 2 – – – 592 1,062Decrease 0.02% 0.06Decrease
Socialist Labour 1 – – – 287 184Increase 0.01% 0.01Increase
Total 366 108 117 2,419,710 100.00%
Rejected ballots 19,528 1.223Decrease
Voter turnout 2,439,238 255,160Increase 66.18 2.65Increase
Registered electors 3,685,755 247,921Increase
Seats and popular vote by party
Party Seats Votes Change (pp)
█ Progressive Conservative
69 / 117
42.10%
 -6.51
 
█ Liberal
27 / 117
31.51%
 -3.31
 
█ Liberal–Labour
1 / 117
0.21%
 -0.10
 
█ New Democratic
20 / 117
25.97%
 10.26
 
█ Independent
0 / 122
0.10%
 -0.03
 
█ Other
0 / 122
0.11%
 -0.31
 

Synopsis of results

Results by riding - 1967 Ontario general election[3]
Riding Winning party Turnout
[a 1] 		Votes
Name[a 2] 1963 Party Votes Share Margin
# 		Margin
% 		PC Lib/LL NDP Ind Oth Total
 
Algoma New PC 3,956 40.25% 888 9.03% 66.73% 3,956 3,068 2,805 – – 9,829
Algoma—Manitoulin Lib Lib 4,424 45.12% 1,402 14.30% 67.62% 3,022 4,424 2,358 – – 9,804
Brant Lib Lib 7,859 57.21% 3,683 26.81% 67.44% 4,176 7,859 1,702 – – 13,737
Brantford Lib NDP 10,465 35.84% 497 1.70% 74.63% 9,968 8,764 10,465 – – 29,197
Carleton PC PC 10,506 50.99% 3,810 18.49% 62.08% 10,506 6,696 3,404 – – 20,606
Carleton East New PC 9,111 60.24% 4,172 27.58% 52.49% 9,111 4,939 1,075 – – 15,125
Chatham—Kent New PC 8,575 48.18% 1,396 7.84% 60.58% 8,575 7,179 2,044 – – 17,798
Cochrane North PC PC 7,536 58.63% 3,998 31.10% 67.18% 7,536 1,780 3,538 – – 12,854
Cochrane South PC NDP 8,377 43.51% 801 4.16% 71.51% 7,576 3,302 8,377 – – 19,255
Dufferin—Simcoe PC PC 7,973 57.88% 4,115 29.88% 52.77% 7,973 3,858 1,943 – – 13,774
Durham PC PC 7,650 45.27% 2,567 15.19% 72.35% 7,650 5,083 4,164 – – 16,897
Elgin PC PC 10,662 44.95% 485 2.04% 68.23% 10,662 10,177 1,535 1,348 – 23,722
Essex—Kent New Lib 5,829 47.48% 991 8.07% 66.36% 4,838 5,829 1,609 – – 12,276
Essex South Lib Lib 10,476 59.85% 5,054 28.88% 66.16% 5,422 10,476 1,605 – – 17,503
Fort William NDP PC 7,744 34.32% 208 0.92% 75.76% 7,744 7,536 7,282 – – 22,562
Frontenac—Addington PC PC 6,888 52.79% 3,013 23.09% 61.29% 6,888 3,875 2,285 – – 13,048
Glengarry PC PC 6,214 52.97% 1,441 12.28% 74.31% 6,214 4,773 745 – – 11,732
Grenville—Dundas PC PC 7,905 59.54% 3,009 22.66% 58.52% 7,905 4,896 475 – – 13,276
Grey—Bruce New Lib 10,837 46.62% 2,298 9.89% 75.72% 8,539 10,837 3,869 – – 23,245
Grey South Lib PC 8,872 59.68% 4,116 27.69% 71.02% 8,872 4,756 1,126 111 – 14,865
Haldimand—Norfolk PC PC 11,768 53.28% 4,272 19.34% 69.75% 11,768 7,496 2,603 – 221 22,088
Halton East New PC 9,867 38.05% 164 0.63% 66.87% 9,867 9,703 6,359 – – 25,929
Halton West New PC 13,709 49.10% 5,886 21.08% 66.79% 13,709 6,389 7,823 – – 27,921
Hamilton Centre PC NDP 8,922 45.47% 2,309 11.77% 61.89% 4,086 6,613 8,922 – – 19,621
Hamilton East NDP NDP 11,843 51.95% 6,084 26.69% 64.82% 5,759 5,193 11,843 – – 22,795
Hamilton Mountain New PC 12,105 44.60% 1,083 3.99% 67.98% 12,105 3,846 11,022 – 166 27,139
Hamilton West PC PC 8,625 37.73% 1,398 6.12% 64.61% 8,625 7,227 7,005 – – 22,857
Hastings New PC 8,575 68.64% 6,032 48.29% 67.98% 8,575 2,543 1,374 – – 12,492
Huron PC PC 8,353 62.20% 4,619 34.39% 72.03% 8,353 3,734 1,343 – – 13,430
Huron—Bruce Lib Lib 9,166 57.10% 3,188 19.86% 82.07% 5,978 9,166 908 – – 16,052
Kenora LL PC 8,297 58.00% 4,211 29.44% 64.83% 8,297 1,921 4,086 – – 14,304
Kent New Lib 7,668 51.02% 913 6.07% 76.94% 6,755 7,668 606 – – 15,029
Kingston and the Islands PC PC 10,246 47.12% 2,365 10.88% 66.05% 10,246 7,881 3,617 – – 21,744
Kitchener New Lib 10,350 34.29% 52 0.17% 64.69% 9,096 10,350 10,298 – 441 30,185
Lambton New PC 8,481 54.29% 2,374 15.20% 69.62% 8,481 6,107 1,035 – – 15,623
Lanark PC PC 9,505 70.14% 6,379 47.07% 59.88% 9,505 3,126 921 – – 13,552
Leeds PC PC 12,127 68.38% 7,413 41.80% 64.81% 12,127 4,714 895 – – 17,736
Lincoln PC PC 13,334 59.28% 8,597 38.22% 64.89% 13,334 4,737 4,424 – – 22,495
London North PC PC 13,087 49.14% 4,100 15.39% 56.86% 13,087 8,987 4,559 – – 26,633
London South PC PC 15,116 53.85% 6,999 24.93% 64.19% 15,116 8,117 4,836 – – 28,069
Middlesex North PC PC 5,744 52.78% 2,425 22.28% 67.01% 5,744 3,319 1,819 – – 10,882
Middlesex South PC PC 8,423 44.47% 2,558 13.50% 63.19% 8,423 5,865 4,654 – – 18,942
Muskoka PC PC 6,458 61.99% 4,457 42.78% 67.13% 6,458 2,001 1,959 – – 10,418
Niagara Falls Lib Lib 10,451 51.16% 3,763 18.42% 60.29% 6,688 10,451 3,291 – – 20,430
Nickel Belt PC PC 6,210 47.63% 1,234 9.47% 75.43% 6,210 1,851 4,976 – – 13,037
Nipissing Lib Lib 9,471 42.98% 321 1.46% 70.95% 9,150 9,471 3,417 – – 22,038
Northumberland PC PC 10,411 57.62% 3,819 21.14% 73.01% 10,411 6,592 1,066 – – 18,069
Ontario PC PC 7,513 55.15% 3,931 28.86% 65.14% 7,513 3,582 2,528 – – 13,623
Ontario South New PC 9,190 39.57% 1,296 5.58% 71.74% 9,190 5,975 7,894 – 166 23,225
Oshawa PC NDP 13,182 43.79% 2,080 6.91% 70.02% 11,102 5,821 13,182 – – 30,105
Ottawa Centre New Lib 7,688 43.07% 715 4.01% 52.83% 6,973 7,688 3,190 – – 17,851
Ottawa East Lib PC 8,155 46.44% 12 0.07% 50.70% 8,155 8,143 1,263 – – 17,561
Ottawa South PC PC 13,472 47.51% 1,121 3.95% 61.78% 13,472 12,351 2,531 – – 28,354
Ottawa West PC PC 12,707 49.41% 5,964 23.19% 60.81% 12,707 6,743 6,266 – – 25,716
Oxford PC Lib 12,323 44.35% 1,368 4.92% 72.59% 10,955 12,323 4,507 – – 27,785
Parry Sound PC PC 7,813 56.15% 2,794 20.08% 67.60% 7,813 5,019 1,083 – – 13,915
Peel North New PC 15,651 52.30% 8,236 27.52% 65.27% 15,651 6,861 7,415 – – 29,927
Peel South New PC 13,377 42.13% 3,618 11.39% 67.94% 13,377 9,759 8,616 – – 31,752
Perth PC Lib 9,971 43.45% 187 0.81% 65.70% 9,784 9,971 3,191 – – 22,946
Peterborough PC NDP 15,432 45.34% 2,759 8.11% 74.64% 12,673 5,930 15,432 – – 34,035
Port Arthur PC Lib 7,636 37.56% 810 3.98% 71.21% 6,826 7,636 5,866 – – 20,328
Prescott and Russell New PC 8,406 58.48% 3,274 22.78% 66.46% 8,406 5,132 835 – – 14,373
Prince Edward—Lennox PC PC 7,471 57.76% 3,371 26.06% 60.54% 7,471 4,100 1,363 – – 12,934
Quinte New PC 11,410 52.23% 4,091 18.73% 74.41% 11,410 7,319 3,117 – – 21,846
Rainy River PC LL 3,130 34.29% 41 0.45% 63.93% 3,089 3,130 2,908 – – 9,127
Renfrew North PC PC 10,401 62.15% 4,916 29.37% 66.33% 10,401 5,485 850 – – 16,736
Renfrew South PC PC 7,776 52.77% 1,389 9.43% 75.85% 7,776 6,387 572 – – 14,735
St. Catharines New PC 12,235 45.90% 3,948 14.81% 60.99% 12,235 8,287 6,134 – – 26,656
Sandwich—Riverside New NDP 8,312 35.65% 799 3.43% 65.50% 7,492 7,513 8,312 – – 23,317
Sarnia New Lib 9,590 44.20% 1,092 5.03% 60.68% 8,498 9,590 3,611 – – 21,699
Sault Ste. Marie PC PC 11,807 42.21% 2,010 7.18% 77.85% 11,807 6,371 9,797 – – 27,975
Simcoe Centre PC PC 10,814 52.03% 2,530 12.17% 66.22% 10,814 8,284 1,686 – – 20,784
Simcoe East PC PC 9,057 54.54% 4,717 28.41% 61.19% 9,057 4,340 3,208 – – 16,605
Stormont PC PC 10,942 57.63% 5,268 27.75% 66.36% 10,942 5,674 2,371 – – 18,987
Sudbury Lib Lib 9,945 40.13% 2,540 10.25% 69.05% 7,405 9,945 7,266 – 167 24,783
Sudbury East New NDP 7,454 37.06% 1,200 5.97% 72.90% 6,254 6,088 7,454 – 319 20,115
Thunder Bay New NDP 4,064 37.57% 310 2.87% 68.40% 3,000 3,754 4,064 – – 10,818
Temiskaming PC NDP 7,328 41.89% 293 1.67% 72.75% 7,035 3,131 7,328 – – 17,494
Victoria—Haliburton PC PC 7,683 45.42% 1,836 10.85% 71.44% 7,683 5,847 3,384 – – 16,914
Waterloo North PC Lib 8,336 36.79% 1,272 5.61% 59.37% 7,064 8,336 6,890 – 370 22,660
Waterloo South PC PC 10,044 44.68% 721 3.21% 70.49% 10,044 3,112 9,323 – – 22,479
Welland PC PC 9,970 42.15% 260 1.10% 73.42% 9,970 3,971 9,710 – – 23,651
Welland South New Lib 7,322 38.47% 107 0.56% 68.80% 7,215 7,322 4,497 – – 19,034
Wellington—Dufferin PC PC 7,068 60.76% 3,809 32.74% 61.41% 7,068 3,259 1,306 – – 11,633
Wellington South Lib Lib 12,553 46.91% 4,427 16.54% 73.97% 8,126 12,553 6,082 – – 26,761
Wentworth PC NDP 9,183 43.83% 1,984 9.47% 66.69% 7,199 4,571 9,183 – – 20,953
Wentworth North New PC 10,002 48.80% 3,660 17.86% 73.73% 10,002 4,152 6,342 – – 20,496
Windsor—Walkerville Lib Lib 10,001 44.07% 1,799 7.93% 62.21% 4,490 10,001 8,202 – – 22,693
Windsor West New NDP 8,618 37.66% 986 4.31% 59.73% 6,633 7,632 8,618 – – 22,883
York Centre New Lib 10,025 40.77% 1,068 4.34% 68.17% 8,957 10,025 5,605 – – 24,587
York North PC PC 8,394 42.46% 2,127 10.76% 63.52% 8,394 6,267 5,109 – – 19,770
Armourdale PC PC 10,721 44.32% 3,855 15.94% 66.38% 10,721 6,866 6,602 – – 24,189
Beaches—Woodbine New NDP 10,522 43.58% 545 2.26% 66.78% 9,977 3,646 10,522 – – 24,145
Bellwoods PC PC 6,647 47.34% 2,429 17.30% 64.74% 6,647 4,218 2,684 491 – 14,040
Don Mills PC PC 9,646 41.45% 899 3.86% 66.43% 9,646 4,656 8,747 – 222 23,271
Dovercourt Lib Lib 6,053 37.93% 1,169 7.33% 57.38% 4,884 6,053 4,594 – 426 15,957
Downsview Lib Lib 8,876 36.56% 21 0.09% 58.90% 6,290 8,876 8,855 260 – 24,281
Eglinton PC PC 15,220 54.24% 6,827 24.33% 77.88% 15,220 8,393 4,449 – – 28,062
Etobicoke Lib Lib 13,120 42.79% 3,982 12.99% 69.64% 8,402 13,120 9,138 – – 30,660
High Park PC NDP 12,892 49.61% 6,275 24.15% 70.63% 6,477 6,617 12,892 – – 25,986
Humber PC Lib 8,038 34.50% 149 0.64% 64.79% 7,370 8,038 7,889 – – 23,297
Lakeshore PC NDP 10,029 48.45% 2,993 14.46% 64.39% 7,036 3,633 10,029 – – 20,698
Parkdale Lib Lib 5,588 38.63% 810 5.60% 61.40% 4,099 5,588 4,778 – – 14,465
Riverdale PC NDP 10,716 53.96% 4,549 22.91% 60.11% 6,167 2,690 10,716 – 287 19,860
St. Andrew—St. Patrick New PC 6,142 40.97% 1,172 7.82% 58.45% 6,142 4,970 3,707 172 – 14,991
St. David PC PC 7,581 36.62% 815 3.94% 64.28% 7,581 6,766 6,354 – – 20,701
St. George PC PC 9,708 44.17% 2,482 11.29% 58.82% 9,708 7,226 5,046 – – 21,980
Scarborough Centre PC NDP 12,892 49.61% 6,275 24.15% 71.26% 6,477 6,617 12,892 – – 25,986
Scarborough East PC Lib 6,538 34.20% 220 1.15% 67.67% 6,318 6,538 6,260 – – 19,116
Scarborough North PC PC 11,729 42.03% 1,527 5.47% 70.66% 11,729 5,977 10,202 – – 27,908
Scarborough West NDP NDP 13,225 48.12% 4,821 17.54% 69.11% 8,404 5,856 13,225 – – 27,485
York East PC PC 12,691 44.80% 4,456 15.73% 64.92% 12,691 8,235 7,402 – – 28,328
York-Forest Hill PC PC 12,087 43.86% 3,644 13.22% 62.19% 12,087 7,030 8,443 – – 27,560
York Mills PC PC 22,192 50.08% 6,490 14.65% 64.60% 22,192 15,702 6,418 – – 44,312
York South NDP NDP 13,073 62.59% 7,990 38.25% 59.78% 5,083 2,732 13,073 – – 20,888
York West PC PC 14,780 47.53% 2,351 7.56% 65.77% 14,780 12,429 3,885 – – 31,094
Yorkview NDP NDP 13,437 46.00% 3,073 10.52% 62.27% 5,413 10,364 13,437 – – 29,214
  1. ^ including spoilt ballots
  2. ^ order is as given in EO reports
  = open seat
  = turnout is above provincial average
  = winning candidate was in previous Legislature
  = not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature
  = incumbent had switched allegiance
  = incumbency arose from byelection gain
  = previously incumbent in another riding
  = other incumbents renominated
  = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada
  = Liberal-Labour candidate
  = multiple candidates

Analysis

Party candidates in 2nd place[3]
Party in 1st place Party in 2nd place Total
PC Lib NDP
Progressive Conservative 55 14 69
Liberal 21 6 27
Liberal–Labour 1 1
New Democratic 13 7 20
Total 35 62 20 117
Candidates ranked 1st to 4th place, by party[3]
Parties 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
█ Progressive Conservative 69 35 13
█ Liberal 27 62 26
█ New Democratic 20 20 77
█ Liberal–Labour 1 1
█ Social Credit 7
█ Independent 5
█ Communist 2
█ Socialist Labour 1
Resulting composition of the 28th Legislative Assembly[3]
Source Party
PC Lib Lib-Lab NDP Total
Seats retained Incumbents returned 45 12 3 60
Open seats held 4 1 1 6
Seats changing hands Incumbents defeated 2 5 6 13
Open seats gained 1 1 1 4 7
Byelection gains held 1 1 2
New ridings New MPPs 9 6 5 20
Won by previous incumbent from another riding 7 2 9
Total 69 27 1 20 117

Incumbents standing in other ridings

Eleven MPPs lost their seats in the current redistribution and sought reelection elsewhere. A further four chose to campaign in another riding.

Member From To
Original riding abolished
Bert Lawrence Russell Carleton East
Darcy McKeough Kent West Chatham—Kent
Eddie Sargent Grey North Grey—Bruce
George Kerr Halton Halton West
Reg Gisborn Wentworth East Hamilton East[a 1]
Jack Spence Kent East Kent
Lorne Henderson Lambton East Lambton
Bill Davis Peel Peel North
Allan Grossman St. Andrew St. Andrew—St. Patrick
Moved over to other riding
Norman Davison Hamilton East Hamilton Centre
Ada Pritchard Hamilton Centre Hamilton West
Ray Connell Hamilton—Wentworth[a 2] Wentworth North[a 3]
Failed to secure reelection
Keith Butler Waterloo North Kitchener[a 4]
Ivan Thrasher Windsor—Sandwich[a 5] Windsor West[a 6]
Jack Harris Beaches[a 5] Beaches—Woodbine[a 7]
  1. ^ not a new riding
  2. ^ name changed to Hamilton West
  3. ^ new riding
  4. ^ defeated by Jim Breithaupt (Liberal)
  5. ^ a b abolished riding
  6. ^ defeated by Hugh Peacock (NDP)
  7. ^ defeated by John L. Brown (NDP)

See also

References

  1. ^ "1967 General Election". Elections Ontario. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  2. ^ The Representation Act, 1966, S.O. 1966, c. 137
  3. ^ a b c d e "1967 general election results". Elections Ontario. Retrieved November 1, 2023.

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