2014 Ontario general election

2014 Ontario general election
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107 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario; 54 seats needed for a majority
	Opinion polls
Turnout	51.3% (3.1pp)
	Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. Riding names are listed at the bottom.
Premier before election; Kathleen Wynne; Liberal	Premier after election ; Kathleen Wynne; Liberal

The 2014 Ontario general election was held on June 12, 2014, to elect the members of the 41st Parliament of Ontario. The Liberal Party won a majority of seats in the legislature, allowing its leader, Kathleen Wynne, to continue as premier, moving from a minority to majority government. This was the Liberals' fourth consecutive win since 2003 and an improvement from their performance in the 2011 election.^[2] The Progressive Conservatives under Tim Hudak were returned to the official opposition; following the election loss, Hudak announced his resignation as Progressive Conservative leader.^[3] The New Democratic Party under Andrea Horwath remained in third place, albeit with an improved share of the popular vote.

Quick Facts 107 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario 54 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...

The election was called on May 2, 2014, by Lieutenant Governor David Onley,^[4] upon the recommendation of Wynne following the announcement that the NDP, whose support was critical to the survival of the Liberals' minority government in the Legislative Assembly, would vote against the Liberals' proposed budget.^[5]

With the election, Wynne became the first woman and the first openly gay person to lead a party to a majority victory in an Ontario general election.^[6]^[7]

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Party		2011	Gain/(loss) due to			2014
Party		2011	Resignation	Byelection hold	Byelection gain	2014
	Liberal	53	(8)	3		48
	Progressive Conservative	37	(2)	1	1	37
	New Democratic	17			4	21
	Vacant	–	1			1
Total		107	(9)	4	5	107

Seat	Before				Change
Seat	Date	Member	Party	Reason	Date	Member	Party
Kitchener—Waterloo	April 27, 2012	Elizabeth Witmer	█ PC	Resignation^{[a 1]}	September 6, 2012	Catherine Fife	█ New Democratic
Vaughan	August 1, 2012	Greg Sorbara	█ Liberal	Resignation^{[a 2]}	September 6, 2012	Steven Del Duca	█ Liberal
London West	February 14, 2013^[8]	Chris Bentley	█ Liberal	Resignation^{[a 3]}	August 1, 2013^[9]	Peggy Sattler	█ New Democratic
Windsor—Tecumseh	February 14, 2013	Dwight Duncan	█ Liberal	Resignation^{[a 4]}	August 1, 2013	Percy Hatfield	█ New Democratic
Ottawa South	June 12, 2013^[10]	Dalton McGuinty	█ Liberal	Resignation	August 1, 2013	John Fraser	█ Liberal
Scarborough—Guildwood	June 27, 2013^[11]	Margarett Best	█ Liberal	Resignation	August 1, 2013	Mitzie Hunter	█ Liberal
Etobicoke—Lakeshore	July 2, 2013^[12]	Laurel Broten	█ Liberal	Resignation^{[a 5]}	August 1, 2013	Doug Holyday	█ PC
Niagara Falls	September 24, 2013^[13]	Kim Craitor	█ Liberal	Resignation	February 13, 2014^[14]	Wayne Gates	█ New Democratic
Thornhill	December 31, 2013^[15]	Peter Shurman	█ PC	Resignation	February 13, 2014	Gila Martow	█ PC
Brampton—Springdale	March 25, 2014^[16]	Linda Jeffrey	█ Liberal	Resignation^{[a 6]}			█ Vacant

Date	Event
October 6, 2011	Election held for members of the Ontario Legislature in the 40th Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
November 22, 2011	The 40th Legislative Assembly of Ontario opens with a Speech from the throne.^[17]
March 28, 2012	Dwight Duncan presents the Government's first minority budget, requiring support from at least one of the other two parties to ensure passage and avoid an early election.
April 10, 2012	NDP Leader Andrea Horwath makes several demands to be met in exchange for her party to support the Liberal budget, which support is necessary for the approval of the budget following Tim Hudak's outright rejection of it.^[18]
June 15, 2012	Premier Dalton McGuinty states he will drop the writ if his budget is not passed.^[19]
June 20, 2012	The budget bill is passed, after the NDP agrees to abstain, avoiding a summer election.^[20]
October 15, 2012	Dalton McGuinty announces his resignation as Premier of Ontario and as Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party.^[21]
January 26, 2013	Kathleen Wynne is elected Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party.^[22]
February 11, 2013	Wynne is sworn in as Premier, and a new cabinet is sworn in.^[23]
February 20, 2013	Wynne resumes the 40th Legislative Assembly of Ontario with a Speech of the Throne.
May 1, 2014	Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak announces that his caucus will be voting against the Liberals' budget, proposed earlier that day.
May 2, 2014	NDP leader Andrea Horwath announces that the NDP will be voting against the Liberals' proposed budget, triggering a spring election.^[5] Following this, Premier Wynne formally asks Lieutenant Governor David Onley to dissolve the legislature and call an election for June 12, 2014.^[24]
June 12, 2014	The Liberal Party wins a majority, claiming 58 ridings in the Ontario election.^[25] Tim Hudak announced that he is stepping down from his leadership of the PC party.^[26]
June 14, 2014	A judicial recount has been requested in the riding of Thornhill.^[27]
June 24, 2014	A judge confirms results in Thornhill are in favour of the Progressive Conservatives.^[28]

Candidates nominated	Ridings	Party
Candidates nominated	Ridings	Lib	PC	NDP	Green	Ltn	Free	Ind	Comm	Oth^{[a 1]}	Totals
4	14	14	14	14	14						56
5	37	37	37	37	37	24	7	1	1	4	185
6	33	33	33	33	33	28	18	7	3	10	198
7	14	14	14	14	14	13	8	3	3	15	98
8	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	2	1	10	48
9	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9
10	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	3	10
11	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	4	11
Total	107	107	107	107	107	73	42	14	11	47	615

Electoral district
Durham	John O'Toole^[29]	Mike Patrick	Granville Anderson
Etobicoke Centre	Donna Cansfield^[30]	Yvan Baker	Yvan Baker
Kingston and the Islands	John Gerretsen^[31]	Sophie Kiwala	Sophie Kiwala
Kitchener Centre	John Milloy^[32]	Daiene Vernile	Daiene Vernile
Newmarket—Aurora	Frank Klees^[33]^[34]	Jane Twinney	Chris Ballard
Ottawa—Orléans	Phil McNeely^[35]	Marie-France Lalonde	Marie-France Lalonde
Sudbury	Rick Bartolucci^[36]	Andrew Olivier	Joe Cimino

2014 Ontario general election

Timeline (2011–2014)

Seat changes

Other developments

Campaign

Contests

Incumbents not running for reelection

Results

Synopsis of results

Comparative analysis for ridings (2014 vs 2011)

Maps

Summary analysis

Regional analysis

Principal races

Significant results among independent and minor party candidates

Seats changing hands

Marginal seats

Opinion polls

General opinion polls

Likely voters

Pre-campaign period

Issues

Economy

Transit

Endorsements

Media endorsements

Public figure endorsements

Notes

References

External links

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Summary of the standings of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Party		Party leader	Candidates	Seats				Popular vote^[37]^[38]
Party		Party leader	Candidates	2011	Dissol.	2014	Change	#	%	Change
	Liberal	Kathleen Wynne	107	53	48	58	5	1,863,974	38.67%	1.02%
	Progressive Conservative	Tim Hudak	107	37	37	28	9	1,505,436	31.23%	4.22%
	New Democratic	Andrea Horwath	107	17	21	21	4	1,144,822	23.75%	1.01%
	Green	Mike Schreiner	107	–	–	–	–	235,911	4.89%	1.97%
	Libertarian	Allen Small	74	–	–	–	–	37,696	0.78%	0.33%
	Freedom	Paul McKeever	42	–	–	–	–	12,381	0.26%	0.05%
	Family Coalition	Eric Ames (interim)	6	–	–	–	–	4,288	0.09%	0.13%
	None of the Above	Greg Vezina	8	–	–	–	–	4,247	0.09%	–
	Independent		14	–	–	–	–	3,854	0.08%	–
	Communist	Elizabeth Rowley	11	–	–	–	–	2,290	0.05%	0.02%
	Canadians' Choice	Bahman Yazdanfar	4	–	–	–	–	1,293	0.03%	0.03%
	Vegan Environmental	Paul Figueiras	5	–	–	–	–	907	0.02%	0.01%
	People's Political Party	Kevin Clarke	5	–	–	–	–	894	0.02%	0.01%
	Northern Ontario Heritage	Edward Deibel	3	–	–	–	–	892	0.02%	–
	Special Needs	Danish Ahmed	3	–	–	–	–	709	0.01%	0.01%
	Confederation of Regions	vacant	2	–	–	–	–	551	0.01%	–
	Trillium	Bob Yaciuk	2	–	–	–	–	397	0.01%	–
	Equal Parenting	Dennis Valenta	2	–	–	–	–	366	0.01%	–
	Socialist	Michael Laxer	2	–	–	–	–	361	0.01%	–
	Moderate	Yuri Duboisky	2	–	–	–	–	335	0.01%	–
	Pauper	John Turmel	3	–	–	–	–	194	–	–
	Declined Vote^[39]							31,399	0.64%	+0.59%
	Vacant				1
Total			616	107	107	107		4,820,547

	Votes			Seats
Liberal	1,863,974	38.67%	1.02%	58 / 107 (54%)
Progressive Conservative	1,505,436	31.23%	4.22%	28 / 107 (26%)
New Democratic	1,144,822	23.75%	1.01%	21 / 107 (20%)
Green	235,911	4.89%	1.97%	0 / 107 (0%)
Libertarian	37,696	0.78%	0.33%	0 / 107 (0%)

Results by riding - 2014 Ontario general election^{[a 1]}
Riding		Winning party						Turnout ^{[a 2]}	Votes^{[a 3]}
		Party		Votes	Share	Margin #	Margin %		Lib	PC	NDP	Green	Ind	Other	Total
		Party		Votes	Share	Margin #	Margin %								Total

Ajax—Pickering	Lib		Lib	26,257	51.06%	11,258	21.89%	50.18%	26,257	14,999	8,274	1,589	–	301	51,420
Algoma—Manitoulin	NDP		NDP	14,171	53.41%	7,667	28.90%	49.38%	6,504	4,589	14,171	828	–	441	26,533
Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale	Lib		Lib	24,042	44.56%	5,790	10.73%	59.02%	24,042	18,252	8,415	2,639	–	611	53,959
Barrie	PC		Lib	19,916	40.69%	2,249	4.60%	49.18%	19,916	17,667	7,975	3,018	–	366	48,942
Beaches—East York	NDP		Lib	17,218	40.09%	481	1.12%	56.14%	17,218	5,982	16,737	2,329	–	682	42,948
Bramalea—Gore—Malton	NDP		NDP	23,519	44.32%	5,646	10.64%	45.03%	17,873	9,403	23,519	2,277	–	–	53,072
Brampton—Springdale	Lib		Lib	16,927	40.06%	3,414	8.08%	45.34%	16,927	10,117	13,513	1,311	–	382	42,250
Brampton West	Lib		Lib	24,832	45.23%	11,469	20.89%	42.50%	24,832	13,363	12,985	1,504	–	2,418	54,902
Brant	Lib		Lib	19,396	37.63%	3,949	7.66%	52.51%	19,396	15,447	13,992	2,095	–	614	51,544
Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound	PC		PC	20,359	47.55%	8,773	20.49%	53.93%	11,586	20,359	6,787	3,696	–	388	42,816
Burlington	PC		Lib	23,573	43.41%	3,487	6.42%	57.73%	23,573	20,086	7,792	2,250	–	608	54,309
Cambridge	PC		Lib	18,763	38.93%	3,069	6.37%	48.95%	18,763	15,694	10,413	2,726	–	605	48,201
Carleton—Mississippi Mills	PC		PC	30,590	47.49%	10,118	15.71%	56.08%	20,472	30,590	8,744	4,614	–	–	64,420
Chatham-Kent—Essex	PC		PC	14,183	37.83%	2,519	6.72%	51.33%	9,158	14,183	11,664	1,971	–	514	37,490
Davenport	NDP		Lib	16,272	45.61%	1,950	5.47%	49.56%	16,272	2,665	14,322	1,784	–	631	35,674
Don Valley East	Lib		Lib	19,248	55.71%	9,991	28.92%	47.85%	19,248	9,257	4,500	1,256	–	287	34,548
Don Valley West	Lib		Lib	26,215	57.01%	12,133	26.39%	53.90%	26,215	14,082	3,569	1,286	138	690	45,980
Dufferin—Caledon	PC		PC	18,017	39.86%	4,156	9.19%	51.48%	13,861	18,017	5,269	7,518	–	538	45,203
Durham	PC		Lib	19,816	36.45%	1,176	2.16%	55.71%	19,816	18,640	13,094	2,382	–	434	54,366
Eglinton—Lawrence	Lib		Lib	22,855	54.80%	8.776	21.04%	53.99%	22,855	14,079	3,060	1,305	143	264	41,706
Elgin—Middlesex—London	PC		PC	20,946	46.36%	8,912	19.72%	53.98%	9,183	20,946	12,034	2,236	–	784	45,183
Essex	NDP		NDP	28,118	60.34%	17,949	38.52%	50.20%	6,628	10,169	28,118	1,685	–	–	46,600
Etobicoke Centre	Lib		Lib	23,848	50.28%	8,328	17.56%	56.47%	23,848	15,520	5,758	1,254	–	1,052	47,432
Etobicoke—Lakeshore	Lib		Lib	24,311	47.49%	6,724	13.13%	53.73%	24,311	17,587	6,362	2,064	–	869	51,193
Etobicoke North	Lib		Lib	12,168	44.90%	5,065	18.69%	42.71%	12,168	6,163	7,103	677	–	987	27,098
Glengarry—Prescott—Russell	Lib		Lib	23,565	49.74%	8,136	17.17%	53.36%	23,565	15,429	5,902	1,528	296	655	47,375
Guelph	Lib		Lib	22,014	41.52%	10,966	20.68%	55.47%	22,014	11,048	9,385	10,230	–	348	53,025
Haldimand—Norfolk	PC		PC	22,066	52.22%	12,280	29.06%	53.97%	8,331	22,066	9,786	2,071	–	–	42,254
Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock	PC		PC	21,641	40.96%	3,129	5.92%	55.98%	18,512	21,641	10,431	2,255	–	–	52,839
Halton	PC		Lib	33,724	44.79%	5,787	7.69%	50.90%	33,724	27,937	9,758	2,618	–	1,262	75,299
Hamilton Centre	NDP		NDP	18,697	52.01%	10,247	28.50%	44.76%	8,450	5,173	18,697	3,067	–	563	35,950
Hamilton East—Stoney Creek	NDP		NDP	19,958	46.81%	7,525	17.65%	48.84%	12,433	7,574	19,958	1,742	–	930	42,637
Hamilton Mountain	NDP		NDP	23,006	46.90%	8,498	17.32%	52.85%	14,508	8,795	23,006	2,047	–	699	49,055
Huron—Bruce	PC		PC	18,512	39.01%	3,865	8.14%	59.96%	14,647	18,512	10,843	1,651	–	1,804	47,457
Kenora—Rainy River	NDP		NDP	12,889	55.66%	6,984	30.16%	46.72%	3,652	5,905	12,889	711	–	–	23,157
Kingston and the Islands	Lib		Lib	20,838	41.59%	6,027	12.03%	52.14%	20,838	10,652	14,811	3,566	–	242	50,109
Kitchener Centre	Lib		Lib	18,472	43.14%	6,922	16.17%	52.28%	18,472	11,550	9,765	2,472	–	557	42,816

Summary of riding results by turnout and vote share for winning candidate (comparison vs 2011)^[40]
Riding and winning party			Turnout			Vote share
Riding and winning party			%	Change (pp)		%	Change (pp)

Ajax—Pickering	Lib	Hold	50.18	5.34	5.34	51.06	3.73	3.73
Algoma—Manitoulin	NDP	Hold	49.38	-0.05		53.41	8.89	8.89
Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale	Lib	Hold	59.02	2.57	2.57	44.56	0.86	0.86
Barrie	Lib	Gain	49.18	3.18	3.18	40.69	5.88	5.88
Beaches—East York	Lib	Gain	56.14	4.50	4.5	40.09	4.01	4.01
Bramalea—Gore—Malton	NDP	Hold	45.03	4.32	4.32	44.32	6.16	6.16
Brampton—Springdale	Lib	Hold	45.34	4.80	4.8	40.06	-4.36
Brampton West	Lib	Hold	42.50	4.21	4.21	45.23	1.47	1.47
Brant	Lib	Hold	52.51	4.29	4.29	37.63	0.55	0.55
Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound	PC	Hold	53.93	-0.77		47.55	0.18	0.18
Burlington	Lib	Gain	57.73	2.90	2.9	43.41	7.33	7.33
Cambridge	Lib	Gain	48.95	2.91	2.91	38.93	5.85	5.85
Carleton—Mississippi Mills	PC	Hold	56.08	2.59	2.59	47.49	-2.80
Chatham-Kent—Essex	PC	Hold	51.33	1.92	1.92	37.83	-3.95
Davenport	Lib	Gain	49.56	3.97	3.97	45.61	4.20	4.2
Don Valley East	Lib	Hold	47.85	1.77	1.77	55.71	4.64	4.64
Don Valley West	Lib	Hold	53.90	2.96	2.96	57.01	-1.30
Dufferin—Caledon	PC	Hold	51.48	3.74	3.74	39.86	-7.09
Durham	Lib	Gain	55.71	5.97	5.97	36.45	7.10	7.1
Eglinton—Lawrence	Lib	Hold	53.99	2.18	2.18	54.80	0.65	0.65
Elgin—Middlesex—London	PC	Hold	53.98	2.70	2.7	46.36	-1.50
Essex	NDP	Hold	50.20	-1.18		60.34	22.35	22.35
Etobicoke Centre	Lib	Hold	56.47	3.85	3.85	50.28	-1.21
Etobicoke—Lakeshore	Lib	Hold	53.73	3.72	3.72	47.49	-3.54
Etobicoke North	Lib	Hold	42.71	2.56	2.56	44.90	-3.55
Glengarry—Prescott—Russell	Lib	Hold	53.36	5.55	5.55	49.74	6.56	6.56
Guelph	Lib	Hold	55.47	5.21	5.21	41.52	-0.92
Haldimand—Norfolk	PC	Hold	53.97	0.67	0.67	52.22	-8.58
Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock	PC	Hold	55.98	1.00	1	40.96	-4.48
Halton	Lib	Gain	50.90	4.91	4.91	44.79	5.66	5.66
Hamilton Centre	NDP	Hold	44.76	2.32	2.32	52.01	-9.32
Hamilton East—Stoney Creek	NDP	Hold	48.84	2.58	2.58	46.81	-4.91
Hamilton Mountain	NDP	Hold	52.85	2.40	2.4	46.90	1.73	1.73
Huron—Bruce	PC	Hold	59.96	0.73	0.73	39.01	-3.75
Kenora—Rainy River	NDP	Hold	46.72	0.97	0.97	55.66	6.04	6.04
Kingston and the Islands	Lib	Hold	52.14	7.11	7.11	41.59	-7.26
Kitchener Centre	Lib	Hold	52.28	3.12	3.12	43.14	3.92	3.92
Kitchener—Conestoga	PC	Hold	50.33	3.71	3.71	36.36	-7.82