Ontario general election, 1995

Ontario general election, 1995

1990 ← June 8, 1995 → 1999

130 seats in the 35th Legislative Assembly of Ontario 66 seats were meeded for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Mike Harris Lyn McLeod Bob Rae Party Ontario PC Liberal New Democrat Leader's seat Nipissing Fort William York South Last election 20 36 74 Seats won 82 30 17 Seat change +62 -6 -57 Popular vote 1,870,110 1,291,326 854,163 Percentage 44.8% 31.1% 20.6% Swing +21.3% -1.3% -17.0%

Premier before election Bob Rae New Democrat Elected Premier Mike Harris Ontario PC

Map of the 1995 election

The Ontario Legislature after the 1995 election.

The Ontario general election of 1995 was held on June 8, 1995, to elect members of the 36th Legislative Assembly of the province of Ontario, Canada. The writs for the election were dropped on April 28, 1995.

The governing New Democratic Party, led by Premier Bob Rae, was defeated by voters, who were angry at the mistakes made by the inexperienced NDP and frustrated by the recession, rising taxes, and unemployment. The NDP had lost much of their base in organized labour, due to the unpopularity of its Social Contract legislation in 1993.

Lyn McLeod's Liberals had been leading in the polls for most of the period from 1992 to 1995, and were generally favoured to benefit from the swing in support away from the NDP. However, the party hurt its credibility through a series of high-profile policy reversals in the period leading up to the election. The most notable of these occurred when McLeod withdrew Liberal support from Bill 167, a same-sex benefits package for civil unions, when it was introduced by the NDP government in 1994. Her decision was seen as cynical and opportunistic in light of the Liberals' earlier rural by-election loss in the socially conservative riding of Victoria—Haliburton. This gave the party a reputation for "flip-flopping" and inconsistency while offending its socially progressive supporters.

The televised party leaders' debate is often regarded as the turning point of the campaign. During the event, McLeod further alienated many voters with an overly aggressive performance. Harris used his time to speak directly to the camera to convey his party's Common Sense Revolution platform, virtually ignoring all questions asked of him by Rae and McLeod and avoiding getting caught up in their debate. Since Liberal support was regarded by many political insiders as soft and unsteady, many voters who were previously leaning to the Liberals shifted to the Progressive Conservatives after the debate.

The Progressive Conservative Party, led by Mike Harris, found success with its Common Sense Revolution campaign to cut personal income taxes, social assistance (welfare) rates, and government spending dramatically. Roughly half of his party's seats came from the more affluent regions of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), especially the suburban belt surrounding Metro Toronto, often called the '905' for its telephone area code.

In addition, by presenting himself as a populist, representing "ordinary Ontarians" over "special interests", Harris was able to build Tory support among working-class voters. Although there were regional variations, many working-class voters shifted directly from the NDP to the Tories during the election, enabling the latter to win formerly NDP ridings such as Cambridge and Oshawa.

Due to the above factors, voters gave the Tories a large plurality while the Liberals finished with less support than they had in the 1990 election. The NDP, despite improving their standing in some Northern Ontario ridings, were heavily defeated and reduced to third party status from which they have not yet recovered. McLeod and Rae resigned their party leadership posts not long after the campaign.

One independent candidate was elected: Peter North in the riding of Elgin. North had been elected in 1990 as a New Democrat, but left the NDP and declared his intention to run as a Progressive Conservative. The PC Party did not accept him as a candidate, however.

Results

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
				1990	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Harris	130	20	82	+310%	1,870,110	44.8%	+21.3%
	Liberal	Lyn McLeod	130	36	30	-16.7%	1,291,326	31.1%	-1.3%
	New Democratic	Bob Rae	130	74	17	-77.0%	854,163	20.6%	-17.0%
	Family Coalition	Donald Pennell	55	-	-	-	61,657	1.5%	-0.1%
	Natural Law	Ron Parker	68	-	-	-	18,326	0.4%	+0.4%
	Green	Frank de Jong	37	-	-	-	14,108	0.4%	-0.3%
	Libertarian	John Shadbolt	18	-	-	-	6,085	0.2%	-0.4%
	Freedom	Jack Plant	11	-	-	-	4,532	0.1%	-0.1%
	Confederation of Regions		6	-	-	-	3,971	0.1%	-1.8%
	Communist	Darrell Rankin	5	-	-	-	1,015	0.02%	-0.08%
	Independent		61	-	1	-	33,077	0.8%	+0.5%
Total			636	130	130	-	4,158,370	100%	-

Notes:

At least five unregistered parties fielded candidates in this election.

• The Reform Association of Ontario ran fifteen candidates. Their leader was Kimble Ainslie. A Globe and Mail article from August 19, 1995 indicates that the party won 6,400 votes.

• John Steele campaigned as a candidate of the Communist League.

• The Ontario Renewal Party ran a number of candidates under the leadership of Diane Johnston. This was the Marxist-Leninist party under a different name.

• Amani Oakley and Joe Flexer ran as "Independent Labour" candidates in Toronto with the support of dissident or former members of the Ontario New Democratic Party and with the support of OPSEU in the case of Oakley and the Canadian Auto Workers in the case of Flexer [1].

• John Turmel's Abolitionist Party ran at least two candidates.

Candidates from the aforementioned parties appeared on the ballot as independents. It is possible that some candidates listed below as independents actually belonged to these or other parties.

Riding results

Algoma:

• (x)Bud Wildman (NDP) 6190
• Phil Sabine (PC) 4602
• Paul Dunning (L) 3128

Algoma—Manitoulin:

• (x)Mike Brown (L) 7238
• Joyce Foster (PC) 5184
• Lois Miller (NDP) 2991

Beaches—Woodbine:

• (x)Frances Lankin (NDP) 10862
• Lynda Buffet (PC) 7923
• Stephen Lautens (L) 6158
• Brad Allen (Ind) 319
• Miguel Figueroa (Comm) 169
• Donalda Fredeen (NLP) 162

Brampton North:

• Joe Spina (PC) 20148
• (x)Carman McClelland (L) 14800
• John Devries (NDP) 5288
• Lester Newby (NLP) 494

Brampton South:

• Tony Clement (PC) 21859
• (x)Bob Callahan (L) 15237
• Paul Ledgister (NDP) 5676
• Bernie Cissek (FCP) 1011
• Maxim Newby (NLP) 229

1995 Ontario provincial election : Brantford edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Ron Johnson	13,745	41.01	+32.55	$36,072
	Liberal	Dave Neumann	10,418	31.08	-6.33	$25,897
	New Democratic Party	(x)Brad Ward	8,165	24.36	-24.27	$41,119
	Family Coalition	Paul Vandervet	762	2.27	-1.60	$776
	Green	William Darfler	430	1.28	+0.08	$622
Total valid votes			33,520	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			288
Turnout			33,808	59.90	-6.81
Electors on the lists			56,445

Brant—Haldimand:

• Peter Preston (PC) 14184
• (x)Ron Eddy (L) 10589
• Willem Hanrath (NDP) 3030
• Steve Elgersma (FCP) 1340
• Terry Childs (G) 527

Bruce:

• Barb Fisher (PC) 13680
• Bruce Lauckner (L) 11004
• Robert Emerson (NDP) 4269
• John Clark (FCP) 2787
• Catherine Young (G) 296

Burlington South:

• (x)Cam Jackson (PC) 24831
• Ray Rivers (L) 5415
• David Miles (NDP) 3507
• Emidio Corvaro (FCP) 470

Cambridge:

• Gerry Martiniuk (PC) 17269
• (x)Mike Farnan (NDP) 11797
• Ben Tucci (L) 5606
• Al Smith (FCP) 1690
• Reg Gervais (Ind) 433

Carleton:

• (x)Norman Sterling (PC) 28349
• Sam Spataro (L) 9743
• Cathy Hallessey (NDP) 4046
• Janne Jardine-Campbell (FCP) 942
• Barbara Rowe (Lbt) 293
• Richard Beecroft (NLP) 265

Carleton East:

• (x)Gilles Morin (L) 17780
• Jeff Slater (PC) 13571
• Fiona Faucher (NDP) 4783
• Ian Campbell (NLP) 758

Chatham—Kent:

• Jack Carroll (PC) 10461
• Mike Ferguson (L) 9915
• (x)Randy Hope (NDP) 7444
• David Edwards (FCP) 1008

Cochrane North:

• (x)Len Wood (NDP) 6935
• Gilles Gagnon (L) 4952
• Louis Veilleux (PC) 3316

Cochrane South:

• (x)Gilles Bisson (NDP) 12114
• Gord Miller (PC) 6587
• Jim Brown (L) 4958
• Joel Vien (Ind) 339

Cornwall:

• (x)John Cleary (L) 14507
• Keith Clingen (PC) 7838
• Syd Gardiner (NDP) 1719
• Bernise Featherstone (NLP) 236

Don Mills:

• (x)David Johnson (PC) 14897
• Richard Gosling (L) 7607
• Janaki Bala-Krishnan (NDP) 4569
• David Pengelly (F) 253
• Mario Riberio (Ind) 243
• Lawrence Corp (NLP) 231
• Lee Wildgen (Ind) 119

Dovercourt:

• (x)Tony Silipo (NDP) 9049
• Maria Dasilva-Skultety (L) 5561
• Malcolm Mansfield (PC) 3560
• Shelly Lipsey (G) 390
• Amani Oakley (Ind [Independent Labour]) 261
• Erica Kindl (NLP) 179
• Douglas Quinn (Lbt) 161

1995 Ontario provincial election : Downsview edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Annamarie Castrilli	9,142	39.48	$36,676.53
	New Democratic Party	(x)Anthony Perruzza	8,782	37.92	$36,600.54
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Ellis	4,444	19.19	$8,755.28
	Independent	Donato De Dominicis	572	2.47	$3,816.31
	Green	Tiina Leivo	217	0.94	$1,046.57
Total valid votes			23,157	100.00
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			439
Turnout			23,596	63.90
Electors on the lists			36,926

Dufferin—Peel:

• (x)David Tilson (PC) 23239
• Mavis Wilson (L) 8501
• Sandra Crane (NDP) 3470

Durham Centre:

• Jim Flaherty (PC) 25107
• Allan Furlong (L) 9808
• (x)Drummond White (NDP) 8120

Durham East:

• John O'Toole (PC) 24303
• (x)Gord Mills (NDP) 8519
• Mary Novak (L) 6512

Durham West:

• Janet Ecker (PC) 29232
• Joe Dickson (L) 13974
• (x)Jim Wiseman (NDP) 9444
• Neil Fonseka (Ind) 904

Durham—York:

• Julia Munro (PC) 25018
• (x)Larry O'Connor (NDP) 8048
• David Marquis (L) 7512
• Vincent Artymko (FCP) 845

Eglinton:

• Bill Saunderson (PC) 17496
• (x)Dianne Poole (L) 12904
• Adam Di Carlo (NDP) 4597
• Dan King (G) 395
• Linda Martin (NLP) 325
• Fernand Deschamps (Ind [Renewal]) 123

Elgin:

• (x)Peter North (Ind) 12436
• Jim Williams (PC) 10660
• Barry Fitzgerald (L) 5801
• Hugh MacGinnis (NDP) 3445
• Ray Monteith (F) 565

Essex—Kent:

• Pat Hoy (L) 10130
• George Kennedy (PC) 8384
• (x)Pat Hayes (NDP) 7837
• Steve Posthumus (FCP) 1022

Essex South:

• (x)Bruce Crozier (L) 14513
• Dave Wylupek (PC) 5730
• Dave Maris (NDP) 4348
• Joyce Cherry (FCP) 1550
• David Mitchell (NLP) 498

Etobicoke—Humber:

• Doug Ford (PC) 18128
• (x)Jim Henderson (L) 13634
• Osman Ali (NDP) 3100
• Omar Mohamed (Ind) 257
• Lawrence Staranchuk (NLP) 196
• Mohamoud Sheik-Nor (Ind) 51

Etobicoke—Lakeshore:

• Morley Kells (PC) 14879
• Bruce Davis (L) 9074
• (x)Ruth Grier (NDP) 8279
• Daniel Hunt (Lbt) 270
• Geraldine Jackson (NLP) 209
• Julie Northrup (Ind [Renewal]) 186

Etobicoke—Rexdale:

• John Hastings (PC) 9521
• (x)Ed Philip (NDP) 8668
• Lorraine Nowina (L) 7173
• Diane Johnston (Ind [Renewal]) 488
• Miki Staranchuk (NLP) 188

Etobicoke West:

• (x)Chris Stockwell (PC) 18349
• Michael Brown (L) 9826
• Judy Jones (NDP) 4608
• Laureen Amos (NLP) 399

Fort William:

• (x)Lyn McLeod (L) 15681
• Evelyn Dodds (PC) 7116
• Greg Laws (NDP) 4561

Fort York:

• (x)Rosario Marchese (NDP) 10762
• Bob Wong (L) 8482
• Jacob Joel (PC) 6025
• Kevin Ells (G) 300
• Paul Barker (Lbt) 266
• Matthew Shepherd (Ind) 140
• Maurice Seguin (NLP) 133
• John Steele (Ind [Communist League]) 129

Frontenac—Addington:

• Bill Vankoughnet (PC) 12211
• Peter Walker (L) 10249
• (x)Fred Wilson (NDP) 7302
• Laurie Greenidge (FCP) 1404
• Ross Baker (Ind) 416
• William Overall (NLP) 121

Grey—Owen Sound:

• (x)Bill Murdoch (PC) 25138
• Everett Hall (L) 8262
• Greg Cooper (NDP) 3413
• David Black (FCP) 2082
• Michael Schmidt (Ind) 703
• Ian Roberts (NLP) 170

Guelph:

• Brenda Elliott (PC) 17204
• Rick Ferraro (L) 11459
• (x)Derek Fletcher (NDP) 10278
• John Gots (FCP) 1035
• Thomas Bradburn (Lbt) 265
• Anna Di Carlo (Ind [Renewal]) 187

Halton Centre:

• Terence Young (PC) 30621
• (x)Barbara Sullivan (L) 13977
• Richard Banigan (NDP) 5268

Halton North:

• Ted Chudleigh (PC) 19247
• Walt Elliot (L) 6568
• (x)Noel Duignan (NDP) 4362
• Alex McKee (FCP) 1239
• John Shadbolt (Lbt) 187

1995 Ontario provincial election : Hamilton Centre edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic Party	(x)David Christopherson	8,012	36.81	$40,543.33
	Liberal	Filomena Tassi	7,322	33.64	$34,483.85
	Progressive Conservative	Angie Tomasic	5,723	26.30	$18,222.88
	Family Coalition	Tom Wigglesworth	376	1.73	$1,548.28
	Natural Law	Monique Poudrette	331	1.52	$0.00
Total valid votes			21,764	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			372
Turnout			22,136	54.71
Electors on the lists			40,459

Hamilton East:

• Dominic Agostino (L) 11088
• Andrew MacKenzie (NDP) 7042
• Don Sheppard (PC) 6263
• Angela Corvaro (FCP) 681
• Bob Mann (Comm) 389

Hamilton Mountain:

• Trevor Pettit (PC) 13852
• Marie Bountrogianni (L) 12824
• (x)Brian Charlton (NDP) 9817
• Michael O'Grady (FCP) 1329

Hamilton West:

• Lillian Ross (PC) 13301
• (x)Richard Allen (NDP) 9267
• Helen Wilson (L) 8911
• Lynne Scime (FCP) 880
• Rita Rassenberg (NLP) 284
• Hans Wienhold (Lbt) 169

Hastings—Peterborough:

• Harry Danford (PC) 16187
• (x)Elmer Buchanan (NDP) 8328
• Barb Jinkerson (L) 4056
• John Westen (FCP) 1002
• David Hetherington (NLP) 308

High Park—Swansea:

• Derwyn Shea (PC) 10559
• (x)Elaine Ziemba (NDP) 8899
• Ted Lojko (L) 7121
• David Burman (G) 368
• Greg Roberts (NLP) 286

Huron:

• Helen Johns (PC) 13343
• John Jewitt (L) 7009
• (x)Paul Klopp (NDP) 6927
• Phil Cornish (FCP) 1418
• Kimble Ainslie (Ind [Independent Reform]) 207

Kenora:

• (x)Frank Miclash (L) 9152
• Gord Griffiths (PC) 5097
• Mike Clancy (NDP) 2788

Kingston and the Islands:

• John Gerretsen (L) 10314
• Sally Barnes (PC) 8571
• (x)Gary Wilson (NDP) 8052
• John Pacheco (FCP) 858
• Ronald Dunphy (NLP) 155

Kitchener:

• Wayne Wettlaufer (PC) 13374
• Bryan Stortz (L) 9992
• Sandi Ellis (NDP) 6998
• Lou Reitzel (FCP) 2111
• Bob Oberholtzer (Ind) 612
• Frank Kerek (Ind) 223

Kitchener—Wilmot:

• Gary Leadston (PC) 17392
• Shelly Schlueter (L) 10106
• (x)Mike Cooper (NDP) 8146
• Ted Kryn (FCP) 2415

Lake Nipigon:

• (x)Gilles Pouliot (NDP) 5079
• Ian MacQuarrie (L) 3463
• Vic Fournel (PC) 3273

Lambton:

• Marcel Beaubien (PC) 12034
• Larry O'Neill (L) 7925
• Dona Stewardson (NDP) 5055
• Jim Hopper (FCP) 2184
• Wayne Forbes (F) 417

Lanark—Renfrew:

• (x)Leo Jordan (PC) 19959
• June Timmons (L) 9956
• Don Page (NDP) 3455
• Murray Reid (CoR) 867
• Kilian O'Donovan (FCP)745
• Mike Dubroy (Ind) 557
• Rick Alexander (NLP) 237

Lawrence:

• (x)Joseph Cordiano (L) 11784
• Emilia Valentini (PC) 7955
• Donato Santeramo (NDP) 5000
• Roy Anderson (NLP) 698
• Eric Saumur (G) 246

Leeds—Grenville:

• (x)Bob Runciman (PC) 21763
• Peter McKenna (L) 8955
• Charles Stewart (NDP) 2316
• Peter Bevan-Baker (G) 927
• Phillip Blancher (Ind) 438

1995 Ontario provincial election : Lincoln edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Sheehan	18,709	50.68		$44,992.99
	Liberal	Harry Pelissero	10,876	29.46		$36,631.91
	New Democratic Party	(x)Ron Hansen	5,800	15.71		$19,168.08
	Family Coalition	Tristan Emmanuel	1,241	3.36		$3,872.39
	Natural Law	Mary Glasser	288	0.78		$0
Total valid votes			36,914	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			317
Turnout			37,231	68.09
Electors on the lists			54,677

London Centre:

• (x)Marion Boyd (NDP) 11096
• Patrick McGuinness (PC) 9364
• Ron Postian (L) 7559
• Mike Dwyer (FCP) 1041
• Jeff Culbert (G) 533
• Lloyd Walker (F) 452
• Liz Overall (NLP) 134

London North:

• (x)Dianne Cunningham (PC) 23195
• Larry Crossan (L) 11112
• Carolyn Davies (NDP) 8167
• Graeme Benedetti (FCP) 777
• John Beverley (G) 365
• Jack Plant (F) 334
• Rita Varrin (NLP) 101

London South:

• Bob Wood (PC) 18161
• (x)David Winninger (NDP) 10729
• Joan Smith (L) 10693
• Rudy Polci (FCP) 387
• Maureen Battaglia (F) 340
• Mark Simpson (Ind [Independent Reform]) 323
• Sven Biggs (G) 202
• James Hea (NLP) 111

Markham:

• David Tsubouchi (PC) 37314
• Khalid Usman (L) 10770
• Mike Tang (NDP) 7779
• Pat Redmond (FCP) 1088
• Stephen Porter (NLP) 626

Middlesex:

• Bruce Smith (PC) 15684
• Doug Reycraft (L) 10448
• (x)Irene Mathyssen (NDP) 8799
• Jamie Harris (FCP) 3481
• Barry Malcolm (F) 458

Mississauga East:

• Carl DeFaria (PC) 16468
• Konstantine Katsoulis (L) 10039
• Zenia Wadhwani (NDP) 5120

Mississauga North:

• John Snobelen (PC) 22095
• (x)Steve Offer (L) 17681
• Dan Shekhar (NDP) 5283
• John Boddy (G) 1206

Mississauga South:

• (x)Margaret Marland (PC) 23116
• Ieva Martin (L) 5551
• David Messenger (NDP) 3282
• Scott Kay (NLP) 334
• Adrian Crewson (Ind) 309
• Wolfgang Mueller (Ind) 287
• Matthew Wood (G) 256

Mississauga West:

• Rob Sampson (PC) 26614
• (x)Steve Mahoney (L) 23275
• Paul Daniel (NDP) 6758
• George Meekins (CoR) 952

1995 Ontario provincial election : Muskoka–Georgian Bay edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Grimmett	17,864	51.79	+19.99	$40,807
	Liberal	Ken Black	8,095	23.47	-4.10	$41,201
	New Democratic Party	(x)Dan Waters	7,742	22.45	-18.18	$26,533
	Green	Michael Fenton	411	1.19		$330
	Independent	Bill Ogilvie	381	1.10		$295
Total valid votes			34,493	100.00
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			340
Turnout			34,833	65.50	-2.15
Electors on the lists			53,179

1995 Ontario provincial election : Nepean edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	John Baird	17,510	49.66		$40,800.37
	Liberal	(x)Hans Daigeler	13,575	38.50		$45,021.83
	New Democratic Party	John Sullivan	3,274	9.29		$15,380.57
	Green	Frank de Jong	390	1.11		$0.00
	Natural Law Party	Brian E. Jackson	259	0.73		$0.00
	Freedom	Cathy Frampton	252	0.71		$2,307.70
Total valid votes			35,260	100.00
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			363
Turnout			35,623	64.97
Electors on the lists			54,832

1995 Ontario provincial election : Niagara Falls edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Bart Maves	12,132	43.33		$37,908.69
	Liberal	Marg Germano	8,289	29.60		$40,823.66
	New Democratic Party	(x)Margaret Harrington	7,034	25.12		$15,733.37
	Natural Law	Bill Amos	355	1.27		$0.00
	Independent	Melania Gural	189	0.68		not listed
Total valid votes			27,999	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			388	1.37
Turnout			28,387	59.48
Electors on the lists			47,729

Niagara South:

• Tim Hudak (PC) 8815
• Aubrey Foley (L) 7634
• (x)Shirley Coppen (NDP) 5376
• Morton Sider (Ind) 688
• Al Kiers (FCP) 536

Nickel Belt:

• (x)Floyd Laughren (NDP) 8007
• Betty Rheaume (L) 5549
• Frank Deburger (PC) 3305
• Michel Chartrand (Ind) 225
• Grace Tancock (NLP) 119

Nipissing:

• (x)Mike Harris (PC) 18722
• Bert Brandon (L) 7885
• Doug Bennett (NDP) 4350

Norfolk:

• Toby Barrett (PC) 17335
• Rudy Stickl (L) 9413
• (x)Norm Jamison (NDP) 7893
• Andre De Decker (FCP) 972

Northumberland:

• Doug Galt (PC) 19359
• (x)Joan Fawcett (L) 13233
• Murray Weppler (NDP) 4539

Oakville South:

• (x)Gary Carr (PC) 21689
• Lou Rocca (L) 8479
• Willie Lambert (NDP) 2973
• Mike Rooney (FCP) 1103

Oakwood:

• Mike Colle (L) 8599
• (x)Tony Rizzo (NDP) 7624
• Courtney Doldron (PC) 3298
• Joseph Flexer (Ind [Independent Labour]) 301
• Constantine Kritsonis (G) 269
• Doug Storey (NLP) 135
• Nunzio Venuto (Lbt) 100

Oriole:

• (x)Elinor Caplan (L) 11164
• Paul Sutherland (PC) 10130
• David Cox (NDP) 3665
• Bernadette Michael (Ind) 243
• Donna Anderson (NLP) 227
• Don Roebuck (G) 115

Oshawa:

• Jerry Ouellette (PC) 16793
• (x)Allan Pilkey (NDP) 8450
• Linda Porritt (L) 5666

Ottawa Centre:

• Richard Patten (L) 11150
• (x)Evelyn Gigantes (NDP) 9438
• Chris Thomson (PC) 6715
• Ron Parker (NLP) 365
• Andrew Van Iterson (G) 349
• Malek Khouri (Comm) 210
• John Turmel (Ind [Abolitionist]) 173

1995 Ontario provincial election : Ottawa East edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-	Expenditures
	Liberal	(x)Bernard Grandmaître	14,436	56.94		$19,825
	Progressive Conservative	Cynthia Bled	5,368	21.17		$28,483
	New Democratic Party	David Dyment	4,818	19.00		$17,425
	Green	Larry Tyldsley	335	1.32		$525
	Natural Law	Robert Mayer	261	1.03		$0
	Ind. (Abolitionist)	Steven E. White	136	0.54		$0
Total valid votes			25,354	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			331
Turnout			25,685	53.21
Electors on the lists			48,272

Ottawa—Rideau:

• Garry Guzzo (PC) 14796
• (x)Yvonne O'Neill (L) 13273
• Dan McIntyre (NDP) 4138
• Lenora Burke (G) 412
• Richard Wolfson (NLP) 178

Ottawa South:

• (x)Dalton McGuinty (L) 15418
• Linda Thom (PC) 8618
• Margaret Armstrong (NDP) 4235
• Karen Fyson (G) 383
• Wayne Foster (NLP) 245

Ottawa West:

• (x)Bob Chiarelli (L) 14516
• Greg Joy (PC) 12898
• Karim Ismaili (NDP) 3718
• Stephen Johns (G) 448
• Andy Sammon (Ind) 241
• Stan Lamothe (NLP) 96

Oxford:

• Ernie Hardeman (PC) 17568
• (x)Kimble Sutherland (NDP) 9501
• Bruce Sibbick (L) 6564
• Case Van Blyderveen (FCP) 1061
• Kaye Sargent (Lbt) 386
• Jim Morris (NLP) 275
• Jim Montag (F) 148

Parkdale:

• (x)Tony Ruprecht (L) 8435
• Martin Silva (NDP) 5795
• Fred Blucher (PC) 2887
• Miriam Hawkins (G) 363
• Wilfred Szczesny (Comm) 142

Parry Sound:

• (x)Ernie Eves (PC) 15523
• Mark Fisher (L) 4821
• Dan Reed (NDP) 3367

Perth:

• Bert Johnson (PC) 13735
• (x)Karen Haslam (NDP) 8445
• Gerry Teahen (L) 7722
• Robert Smink (F) 427
• Patrick Van Galen (Ind) 326

1995 Ontario provincial election : Peterborough edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Gary Stewart	22,735	52.66		$45,102
	Liberal	Sylvia Sutherland	10,326	23.92		$42,101
	New Democratic Party	(x)Jenny Carter	7,581	17.56		$26,275
	Family Coalition	Paul Morgan	2,064	4.78		$12,225
	Libertarian	Vic Watts	251	0.58		$1,047
	Natural Law	Peter Leggat	213	0.49		$0
Total valid votes			43,170	100.00
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			329
Turnout			43,499	66.23
Electors on the lists			65,678

Port Arthur:

• Michael Gravelle (L) 14281
• (x)Shelley Wark-Martyn (NDP) 7490
• Jim Doherty (PC) 6554
• Anita Harris (FCP) 683
• Paul Weber (Ind) 182

Prescott and Russell:

• Jean-Marc Lalonde (L) 24808
• Pierre Leduc (PC) 13637
• Yves Deschamps (NDP) 4472
• Jean-Serge Brisson (Lbt) 626
• John MacKinnon (Ind) 564
• Pierrette Blondin (NLP) 446

Prince Edward—Lennox:

• Gary Fox (PC) 14144
• Robert Gentile (L) 7798
• (x)Paul Johnson (NDP) 5996
• Kenn Hineman (CoR) 571

Quinte:

• Doug Rollins (PC) 13961
• George Zegouras (L) 11826
• Barb Dolan (NDP) 3743

Rainy River:

• (x)Howard Hampton (NDP) 4912
• Lynn Beyak (PC) 4707
• Darren Brown (L) 2683

Renfrew North:

• (x)Sean Conway (L) 16044
• Dan Callaghan (PC) 9681
• Ish Theilheimer (NDP) 2483
• Stan Callaghan (FCP) 1695
• Andre Giardano (NLP) 187

Riverdale:

• (x)Marilyn Churley (NDP) 10948
• John Gamble (PC) 6348
• Frank Lowery (L) 5443
• Pat Marquis (Ind) 273
• Marianna Tzabiras (G) 217
• Loucas Café (NLP) 124

Sarnia:

• David Boushy (PC) 9260
• Joan Link (L) 8626
• (x)Bob Huget (NDP) 7487
• Ron Raes (FCP) 1642
• Anthony Barbato (Ind) 217
• Andrew Falby (Ind) 159

Sault Ste. Marie:

• (x)Tony Martin (NDP) 15392
• Carmen Provenzano (L) 11672
• Lou Turco (PC) 7699
• Paul Thompson (G) 757

Scarborough—Agincourt:

• (x)Gerry Phillips (L) 13472
• Keith MacNab (PC) 11337
• Christine Fei (NDP) 4112
• Daphne Quance (NLP) 313

Scarborough Centre:

• Dan Newman (PC) 12717
• Mary Ellen Pimblett (L) 7163
• (x)Steve Owens (NDP) 6841
• John Brereton (Ind) 649
• Eleanor Hyodo (NLP) 349

Scarborough East:

• Steve Gilchrist (PC) 19166
• (x)Bob Frankford (NDP) 7212
• Bhagat Taggar (L) 7197
• Sam Apelbaum (Lbt) 319
• Neville Berry (Ind) 270
• Jim Hill (NLP) 234

Scarborough—Ellesmere:

• Marilyn Mushinski (PC) 13282
• (x)David Warner (NDP) 7906
• Kris Parthiban (L) 5602
• James MacLeod (CoR) 745
• Daniele Belair (NLP) 202

Scarborough North:

• (x)Alvin Curling (L) 15507
• Mike Thomas (PC) 10508
• Tarek Fatah (NDP) 6431
• Paul Blair (F) 601
• Rina Morra (FCP) 369
• Fred Fredeen (NLP) 239

Scarborough West:

• Jim Brown (PC) 11773
• (x)Anne Swarbrick (NDP) 9216
• John Marchildon (L) 5326
• Cynthia Marchand (NLP) 387
• Frank Meyers (Ind [Independent Reform]) 254
• George Dance (Lbt) 214
• Eric Stark (G) 129

Simcoe Centre:

• Joe Tascona (PC) 29790
• Bruce Owen (L) 12061
• (x)Paul Wessenger (NDP) 7655
• Susane MacPhee-Manning (FCP) 769
• Richard Warman (G) 580
• Les Barnett (Ind) 284

Simcoe East:

• (x)Al McLean (PC) 23489
• Ralph Cipolla (L) 9044
• Marg Ducie (NDP) 4849
• Allan MacDonald (Ind) 876
• Siggy Lamothe (NLP) 266

Simcoe West:

• (x)Jim Wilson (PC) 24346
• Jamie Shortt (L) 5499
• Kathy Simpson (NDP) 4937
• James Gault (FCP) 894

St. Andrew—St. Patrick:

• Isabel Bassett (PC) 13092
• Carolyn Bennett (L) 9413
• David Jacobs (NDP) 9231
• Hamish Wilson (G) 271
• Bruce Hislop (NLP) 237
• Mark Scott (Lbt) 141

St. Catharines
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	(x)Jim Bradley	13,761	46.53		$33,835.95
	Progressive Conservative	Archie Heide	11,486	38.84		$36,875.32
	New Democratic Party	Jeff Burch	3,929	13.29		$12,043.92
	Family Coalition Party	Jon Siemens	245	0.83		$0.00
	Natural Law Party	Marcy Sheremetta	153	0.52		$0.00
Total valid votes			29,574	100.00
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			227
Turnout			29,801	64.58

St. Catharines—Brock:

• Tom Froese (PC) 11976
• Gail Richardson (L) 7373
• (x)Christel Haeck (NDP) 5521
• Bert Pynenburg (FCP) 598

1995 Ontario provincial election : St. George—St. David edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Al Leach	10,662	33.87		$43,605
	Liberal	(x)Tim Murphy	10,325	32.80		$43,691
	New Democratic Party	Brent Hawkes	9,672	30.73		$40,414
	Independent	Linda Gibbons	326	1.04		$5,794
	Green	Chris Lea	241	0.77		$1,047
	Natural Law	Ron Robins	151	0.48		$0
	Independent	Alexander C. Nosal	98	0.31		$437
Total valid votes			31,475	100.00
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			422
Turnout			31,897	70.61
Electors on the lists			45,174

Stormont—Dundas—Glengarry & East Grenville:

• (x)Noble Villeneuve (PC) 18884
• Denis Sabourin (L) 7594
• Michael Cowley-Owen (NDP) 2285
• Andrew Featherstone (NLP) 428

1995 Ontario provincial election : Sudbury edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-	Expenditures
	Liberal	Rick Bartolucci	12,349	40.66		$38,419.00
	New Democratic Party	(x)Sharon Murdock	8,698	28.64		$45,265.43
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Zanibbi	8,093	26.64		$43,588.00
	Ind. (Ontario Options)	Don Scott	506	1.67		$459.00
	Natural Law	David Gordon	315	1.04		$0.00
	Green	Lewis Poulin	290	0.95		$69.68
	Independent	Ed Pokonzie	123	0.40		$0.00
Total valid votes			30,374	100.00
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			405
Turnout			30,779	62.10
Electors on the lists			49,562

Sudbury East:

• (x)Shelley Martel (NDP) 11236
• Paul Menard (L) 9594
• Don Mark (PC) 8680
• Guy Martin (Ind) 473
• William Morrison (NLP) 310

Timiskaming:

• (x)David Ramsay (L) 8643
• Ian MacPherson (PC) 6185
• Ambrose Raftis (NDP) 2962
• Ralph Schaffner (CoR) 685

Victoria—Haliburton:

• (x)Chris Hodgson (PC) 25267
• Sharon McCrae (L) 6280
• Carthy Vainio (NDP) 4210
• Brad Bradamore (Ind) 643
• James Medd (FCP) 378
• Charles Olito (CoR) 151

Waterloo North:

• (x)Elizabeth Witmer (PC) 25757
• Bob Byron (L) 8729
• Hugh Miller (NDP) 6869
• Sandra Kryn (FCP) 1714
• Blaine Watson (NLP) 275

Welland—Thorold:

• (x)Peter Kormos (NDP) 12848
• Bob Muir (L) 8630
• Greg Reid (PC) 8089
• Barry Fitzgerald (F) 285
• Helene Ann Darisse (NLP) 232

Wellington:

• (x)Ted Arnott (PC) 21573
• Don Ross (L) 5706
• Elaine Rogala (NDP) 4104
• John Meenan (FCP) 782
• Dianne Sanderson (Lbt) 269

Wentworth East:

• Ed Doyle (PC) 15888
• Shirley Collins (L) 12282
• (x)Mark Morrow (NDP) 6667
• Mark Davies (Ind) 863

Wentworth North:

• Toni Skarica (PC) 21165
• Chris Ward (L) 10393
• (x)Don Abel (NDP) 6474

Willowdale:

• (x)Charles Harnick (PC) 18834
• Les Scheininger (L) 9870
• Julie McCrea (NDP) 4825
• Frank Zeppieri (Ind) 715
• Laura Weinberg (G) 386
• Michael Beifuss (NLP) 253

Wilson Heights:

• (x)Monte Kwinter (L) 12468
• Sam Pasternack (PC) 9772
• Claudia White (NDP) 4612
• Mike Dubinsky (NLP) 438
• Tom Salsberg (G) 303
• Dan Largy (FCP) 231
• David Yates (Ind [Independent Reform]) 109

Windsor—Riverside:

• (x)Dave Cooke (NDP) 12347
• Gary McNamara (L) 9412
• Blaine Tyndall (PC) 4440
• Michel Ozorak (FCP) 459
• Sherry Lanier (NLP) 362

1995 Ontario provincial election : Windsor—Sandwich edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Sandra Pupatello	11,940	47.12	$36,803.00
	New Democratic Party	Arlene Rousseau	6,414	25.31	$10,442.27
	Progressive Conservative	Joe Durocher	5,704	22.51	$27,112.47
	Family Coalition Party	Earl Amyotte	610	2.41	$3,426.21
	Independent	Christine Wilson	410	1.62	$73.28
	Natural Law Party	Ronald F. Bessette	263	1.04	$0.00
Total valid votes			25,341	100.00
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			428
Turnout			25,769	50.11
Electors on the lists			51,421

1995 Ontario provincial election : Windsor—Walkerville edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Dwight Duncan	10,281	41.28	$45,522.32
	New Democratic Party	(x)Wayne Lessard	9,901	39.76	$45,615.07
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Rohrer	3,610	14.50	$17,463.00
	Family Coalition Party	Donna Halliday	957	3.84	$1,806.70
	Natural Law Party	Vivek Narula	156	0.63	$0.00
Total valid votes			24,905	100.00
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			387
Turnout			25,292	52.54
Turnout			48,141

York Centre:

• Al Palladini (PC) 37897
• Mario Ferri (L) 29150
• Joseph Thevarkunnel (NDP) 6698
• Giuseppe Gori (FCP) 1891
• Robert Ede (Lbt) 1792

York East:

• John Parker (PC) 12789
• (x)Gary Malkowski (NDP) 9526
• Steve Mastoras (L) 7398
• Steve Kotsopoulos (Ind) 497
• John Richardson (Ind) 251
• Marilyn Pepper (NLP) 243

York Mills:

• (x)David Turnbull (PC) 18852
• David MacNaughton (L) 7318
• Lesley Durham (NDP) 2930
• Mark Meschino (Lbt) 223
• Debbie Weberg (NLP) 173
• Marion Wyse (G) 157

York—Mackenzie:

• Frank Klees (PC) 25904
• (x)Charles Beer (L) 13973
• Susan Wakeling (NDP) 3611
• Stefan Slovak (FCP) 498
• Christopher Ball (G) 425

1995 Ontario provincial election : York South edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic Party	(x)Bob Rae	10,442	41.24	$39,100.07
	Progressive Conservative	Larry Edwards	7,726	30.51	$28,482.21
	Liberal	Hagood Hardy	6,025	23.79	$42,578.22
	Family Coalition	Don Pennell	305	1.20	$4,210.68
	Green	David James Cooper	219	0.86	$1,046.57
	Natural Law	Bob Hyman	176	0.70	$0.00
	Independent	Kevin Clarke	170	0.67	$1,164.66
	Libertarian	Roma Kelembet	153	0.60	$819.58
	Communist	Darrell Rankin	105	0.41	$59.00
Total valid votes			25,321	100.00
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			388
Turnout			25,709	69.13
Electors on the lists			37,192

Yorkview:

• Mario Sergio (L) 9245
• (x)George Mammoliti (NDP) 6447
• Danny Varaich (PC) 3989

post-election changes:

Bob Rae (NDP) resigned his seat on February 29, 1996. A by-election was called for May 23, 1996.

Ontario provincial by-election, May 23, 1996 : York South edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Gerard Kennedy	7,774	39.22
	New Democratic Party	David Miller	6,656	33.58
	Progressive Conservative	Rob Davis	5,093	25.69
	Independent	David Milne	151	0.76
	Libertarian	George Dance	77	0.39
	Independent	Kevin Clarke	70	0.35
Total valid votes			19,821	100.00
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			264
Turnout			20,085	51.38
Electors on the lists			39,092

Oriole (res. Elinor Caplan, May 5, 1997), September 4, 1997:

• David Caplan (L) 9954
• Barbara Greene (PC) 5163
• Jim Kafieh (NDP) 1700
• Bernadette Michael (Ind) 132
• Shelly Lipsey (G) 96

Ottawa West (res. Bob Chiarelli, May 5, 1997), September 4, 1997:

• Alex Cullen (L) 11438
• Chris Thompson (PC) 7217
• Katrina Prystupa (NDP) 2573
• John C. Turmel (Ind) 201
• Gene Villeneuve (G) 96

(Alex Cullen left the Liberal Party on November 15, 1998, and joined the NDP on November 23, 1998.)

Windsor—Riverside (res. Dave Cooke, May 5, 1997), September 4, 1997:

• Wayne Lessard (NDP) 9308
• Gary McNamara (L) 8494
• Fran Funero (PC) 3028
• Steve Harvey (G) 329

Nickel Belt (res. Floyd Laughren, February 28, 1998), October 1, 1998:

• Blain Morin (NDP) 5537
• Gerry Courtemanche (PC) 4173
• Frank Madigan (L) 3836

See also

• Politics of Ontario
• List of Ontario political parties
• Premier of Ontario
• Leader of the Opposition (Ontario)