The 1963 Ontario general election was held on September 25, 1963, to elect the 108 members of the 27th Legislative Assembly of Ontario (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the Province of Ontario.[1]
The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, led by John Robarts, who had replaced Leslie Frost as PC leader and premier in 1961, won a seventh consecutive term in office, and maintained its majority in the legislature, increasing its caucus from the 71 members elected in the previous election to 77 members in an enlarged legislature.
The Social Credit Party of Ontario split into two factions mirroring the split in the federal party. The official Social Credit party ran candidates in three rural ridings while the more radical Social Credit Action faction ran candidates in six ridings in Toronto.[2]
Saywell, John T., ed. (1964). Canadian Annual Review for 1963. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
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The 1963 Ontario general election was held on September 25 1963 to elect the 108 members of the 27th Legislative Assembly of Ontario Members of Provincial Parliament or MPPs of the Province of Ontario 1 1963 Ontario general election 1959 September 25 1963 1967 108 seats in the 27th Legislative Assembly of Ontario 55 seats were needed for a majority First party Second party Third party LIB Leader John Robarts John Wintermeyer Donald C MacDonald Party Progressive Conservative Liberal New Democratic Leader since October 25 1961 April 20 1958 November 21 1953 Leader s seat London North Waterloo North lost re election York South Last election 71 22 5 Seats won 77 24 7 Seat change 6 2 2 Percentage 48 9 35 3 15 5 Swing 2 6pp 1 3pp 1 2ppPremier before election John Robarts Progressive Conservative Premier after election John Robarts Progressive Conservative The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party led by John Robarts who had replaced Leslie Frost as PC leader and premier in 1961 won a seventh consecutive term in office and maintained its majority in the legislature increasing its caucus from the 71 members elected in the previous election to 77 members in an enlarged legislature The Ontario Liberal Party led by John Wintermeyer increased its caucus from 22 to 24 members although Wintermeyer lost his seat of Waterloo North He resigned as party leader but the Liberals continued in their role of official opposition Robert Gibson of Kenora was re elected as a Liberal Labour MPP sitting with the Liberal caucus The social democratic Co operative Commonwealth Federation was formally dissolved and succeeded by the Ontario New Democratic Party in 1961 The newly conglomerated party was still led by Donald C MacDonald and won two additional seats for a total of seven The Social Credit Party of Ontario split into two factions mirroring the split in the federal party The official Social Credit party ran candidates in three rural ridings while the more radical Social Credit Action faction ran candidates in six ridings in Toronto 2 Contents 1 Expansion of Legislative Assembly 2 Results 2 1 Synopsis of results 2 2 Analysis 2 3 Reorganization of ridings 2 4 Seats that changed hands 3 See also 4 References 5 Further readingExpansion of Legislative Assembly editThe size of the Legislative Assembly was increased from 98 to 108 members 3 through the reorganization of Toronto s suburban ridings Abolished ridings New ridings York Centre Armourdale Downsview Yorkview York East Don Mills York East York Mills York Humber a 1 Humber York Scarborough Scarborough Centre Scarborough East Scarborough North Scarborough West York South Forest Hill York South a 1 York West Etobicoke Lakeshore York West a b The Town of Weston was withdrawn from York Humber and transferred to York South Results editElections to the 27th Parliament of Ontario 1963 4 Political party Party leader MPPs Votes Candidates 1959 Dissol 1963 pp Progressive Conservative John Robarts 108 71 77 6 nbsp 1 052 740 48 61 2 46 nbsp Liberal John Wintermeyer 107 21 23 2 nbsp 754 032 34 82 1 44 nbsp New Democratic a 1 Donald C MacDonald 97 5 7 2 nbsp 340 208 15 71 0 96 nbsp Liberal Labour 1 1 1 nbsp 6 774 0 31 0 04 nbsp Independent PC 1 5 190 0 24 0 13 nbsp Independent 7 2 759 0 13 0 09 nbsp Social Credit 9 2 313 0 11 0 02 nbsp Communist a 2 6 1 654 0 08 0 15 nbsp Socialist Labour 1 103 New Labour CCF did not campaign White Canada did not campaign Vacant Total 337 98 98 108 2 165 773 100 00 Blank and invalid ballots 18 028 Registered voters turnout 3 435 745 59 72 3 84 nbsp Successor to the CCF Successor to Labor Progressive Seats and popular vote by party Party Seats Votes Change pp Progressive Conservative 77 108 48 61 2 46 2 46 Liberal 23 108 34 82 1 44 New Democratic 7 108 15 71 0 96 Other 1 108 0 86 0 06 Synopsis of results edit Results by riding 1963 Ontario general election 4 Riding Winning party Turnout a 1 Votes Name a 2 1959 Party Votes Share Margin Margin PC Lib LL NDP Ind PC Ind Oth Total Algoma Manitoulin PC Lib 7 951 49 89 1 522 9 55 66 25 6 429 7 951 1 557 15 937 Brant Lib Lib 10 771 55 31 3 792 19 47 60 75 6 979 10 771 1 725 19 475 Brantford Lib Lib 7 572 43 55 23 0 13 71 17 7 549 7 572 2 136 131 17 388 Bruce Lib Lib 7 997 53 61 1 076 7 21 76 56 6 921 7 997 14 918 Carleton PC PC 12 999 57 13 4 496 19 76 60 96 12 999 8 503 1 251 22 753 Cochrane North PC PC 6 443 50 28 2 556 19 95 64 37 6 443 3 887 1 975 509 12 814 Cochrane South PC PC 12 983 51 40 4 874 19 29 62 93 12 983 4 169 8 109 25 261 Dufferin Simcoe PC PC 8 875 66 29 5 260 39 29 55 36 8 875 3 615 898 13 388 Durham PC PC 7 914 51 18 1 501 9 71 70 75 7 914 6 413 1 135 15 462 Elgin PC PC 11 382 62 81 4 643 25 62 62 89 11 382 6 739 18 121 Essex North Lib Lib 14 453 45 73 3 806 12 04 68 26 10 647 14 453 6 505 31 605 Essex South PC Lib 9 572 49 85 715 3 72 73 30 8 857 9 572 773 19 202 Fort William Lib NDP 8 427 37 45 1 172 5 21 71 10 7 255 6 820 8 427 22 502 Frontenac Addington PC PC 6 746 55 11 2 019 16 49 61 20 6 746 4 727 769 12 242 Glengarry PC PC 5 361 56 25 1 363 14 30 74 96 5 361 3 998 172 9 531 Grenville Dundas PC PC 9 518 68 30 5 100 36 60 64 88 9 518 4 418 13 936 Grey North PC Lib 6 862 44 75 31 0 20 73 20 6 831 6 862 1 642 15 335 Grey South Lib Lib 5 459 52 06 885 8 44 67 21 4 574 5 459 452 10 485 Haldimand Norfolk PC PC 14 307 57 17 4 425 17 68 70 39 14 307 9 882 640 195 25 024 Halton PC PC 19 947 51 53 6 372 16 46 65 06 19 947 13 575 5 188 38 710 Hamilton Centre PC PC 7 533 36 29 578 2 78 55 55 7 533 5 890 6 955 382 20 760 Hamilton East CCF NDP 8 097 36 71 952 4 32 65 26 6 812 7 145 8 097 22 054 Hamilton Wentworth PC PC 13 642 63 20 9 211 42 68 61 37 13 642 4 431 3 511 21 584 Hastings East PC PC 7 815 64 37 3 909 32 20 70 93 7 815 3 906 419 12 140 Hastings West PC PC 11 146 53 85 2 298 11 10 67 36 11 146 8 848 704 20 698 Huron PC PC 8 931 67 72 4 674 35 44 69 43 8 931 4 257 13 188 Huron Bruce PC Lib 6 359 50 11 28 0 22 81 69 6 331 6 359 12 690 Kenora LL LL 6 774 45 48 840 5 64 63 66 5 934 6 774 a 3 2 187 14 895 Kent East Lib Lib 7 365 55 49 1 458 10 99 75 51 5 907 7 365 13 272 Kent West PC PC 12 205 53 69 1 676 7 37 64 99 12 205 10 529 22 734 Kingston PC PC 10 092 49 11 1 024 4 98 68 40 10 092 9 068 1 389 20 549 Lambton East PC PC 7 131 52 24 864 6 33 75 93 7 131 6 267 252 13 650 Lambton West PC PC 10 813 44 69 638 2 64 63 23 10 813 10 175 3 207 24 195 Lanark PC PC 8 757 72 15 6 255 51 53 54 19 8 757 2 502 879 12 138 Leeds PC PC 12 711 75 68 9 280 55 25 63 03 12 711 3 431 654 16 796 Lincoln PC PC 23 229 53 99 8 422 19 58 61 19 23 229 14 807 4 235 753 43 024 London North PC PC 12 531 68 61 8 279 45 33 57 57 12 531 4 252 1 480 18 263 London South PC PC 13 982 62 54 7 970 35 65 55 47 13 982 6 012 2 364 22 358 Middlesex North PC PC 9 960 71 79 6 772 48 81 68 58 9 960 3 188 726 13 874 Middlesex South PC PC 12 532 60 72 5 909 28 63 62 57 12 532 6 623 1 483 20 638 Muskoka PC PC 6 639 63 13 3 776 35 90 68 44 6 639 2 863 1 015 10 517 Niagara Falls Lib Lib 13 864 52 80 4 040 15 39 62 39 9 824 13 864 2 568 26 256 Nickel Belt PC PC 9 155 36 49 956 3 81 67 48 9 155 8 199 6 898 835 25 087 Nipissing Lib Lib 11 424 47 52 929 3 86 67 40 10 495 11 424 2 119 24 038 Northumberland PC PC 10 219 55 12 1 897 10 23 76 36 10 219 8 322 18 541 Ontario PC PC 9 903 60 29 5 605 34 12 62 17 9 903 4 298 2 224 16 425 Oshawa CCF PC 12 077 41 45 682 2 34 59 07 12 077 5 662 11 395 29 134 Ottawa East PC Lib 8 814 51 45 1 353 7 90 58 02 7 461 8 814 857 17 132 Ottawa South PC PC 12 671 54 50 3 333 14 34 56 68 12 671 9 338 1 241 23 250 Ottawa West PC PC 11 048 55 76 3 049 15 39 63 32 11 048 7 999 768 19 815 Oxford Lib PC 12 972 50 65 1 493 5 83 69 88 12 972 11 479 1 161 25 612 Parry Sound PC PC 6 414 53 81 1 696 14 23 73 06 6 414 4 718 787 11 919 Peel PC PC 24 969 61 58 14 569 35 93 61 62 24 969 10 400 5 177 40 546 Perth PC PC 13 324 61 79 5 084 23 58 63 44 13 324 8 240 21 564 Peterborough PC PC 16 972 58 05 9 195 31 45 67 85 16 972 7 777 4 490 29 239 Port Arthur PC PC 13 580 50 56 6 849 25 50 66 68 13 580 6 143 6 731 407 26 861 Prescott PC PC 6 700 55 46 1 320 10 93 71 93 6 700 5 380 12 080 Prince Edward Lennox PC PC 7 645 61 96 3 883 31 47 59 64 7 645 3 762 931 12 338 Rainy River PC PC 4 568 54 06 1 955 23 14 67 05 4 568 2 613 1 269 8 450 Renfrew North PC PC 10 664 57 80 3 740 20 27 70 53 10 664 6 924 861 18 449 Renfrew South PC PC 7 736 51 78 889 5 95 79 52 7 736 6 847 358 14 941 Russell PC PC 13 661 40 42 344 1 02 55 67 13 661 13 317 1 632 5 190 33 800 Sault Ste Marie PC PC 11 559 42 24 2 200 8 04 69 12 11 559 9 359 6 446 27 364 Simcoe Centre PC PC 10 825 62 70 5 655 32 75 59 62 10 825 5 170 1 271 17 266 Simcoe East PC PC 9 646 57 65 3 494 20 88 64 84 9 646 6 152 935 16 733 Stormont Lib PC 11 101 52 74 1 827 8 68 69 27 11 101 9 274 675 21 050 Sudbury Lib Lib 10 176 41 60 914 3 74 65 96 9 262 10 176 5 022 24 460 Temiskaming PC Lib 4 124 40 41 270 2 65 69 45 3 854 4 124 2 227 10 205 Victoria PC PC 9 091 56 90 2 976 18 63 70 00 9 091 6 115 771 15 977 Waterloo North Lib PC 18 760 47 30 2 813 7 09 73 99 18 760 15 947 4 951 39 658 Waterloo South PC PC 10 436 43 88 3 700 15 56 68 39 10 436 6 736 6 610 23 782 Welland PC PC 16 142 52 15 3 437 11 10 66 20 16 142 12 705 2 108 30 955 Wellington Dufferin PC PC 7 666 66 33 4 445 38 46 63 22 7 666 3 221 671 11 558 Wellington South Lib Lib 10 829 47 36 2 146 9 39 70 87 8 683 10 829 3 351 22 863 Wentworth Lib PC 12 089 37 61 943 2 93 60 10 12 089 11 146 8 909 32 144 Wentworth East CCF NDP 8 634 41 71 1 970 9 52 56 76 6 664 5 400 8 634 20 698 Windsor Sandwich Lib Lib 10 739 42 29 1 121 4 41 61 52 9 618 10 739 5 035 25 392 Windsor Walkerville Lib Lib 7 781 49 74 2 393 15 30 65 96 5 388 7 781 2 473 15 642 York North PC PC 18 233 49 22 6 233 16 83 57 35 18 233 12 000 5 959 850 37 042 Armourdale New PC 10 218 50 09 4 176 20 47 63 90 10 218 6 042 4 140 20 400 Beaches PC PC 7 277 40 67 820 4 58 68 00 7 277 4 158 6 457 17 892 Bellwoods PC PC 6 039 50 98 2 026 17 10 61 98 6 039 4 013 1 793 11 845 Bracondale Lib Lib 4 271 38 31 69 0 62 61 33 4 202 4 271 2 675 11 148 Don Mills New PC 9 708 51 64 4 456 23 70 60 12 9 708 3 841 5 252 18 801 Dovercourt Lib Lib 6 938 45 72 2 120 13 97 58 53 4 818 6 938 3 418 15 174 Downsview New Lib 7 335 38 13 528 2 74 51 02 5 097 7 335 6 807 19 239 Eglinton PC PC 18 371 55 22 6 389 19 20 67 53 18 371 11 982 2 916 33 269 Etobicoke New Lib 8 193 42 73 446 2 33 62 61 7 747 8 193 3 232 19 172 Forest Hill New PC 10 001 40 87 2 253 9 21 59 01 10 001 6 509 7 748 210 24 468 High Park PC PC 7 676 42 66 891 4 95 64 53 7 676 6 785 3 420 114 17 995 Humber a 4 PC PC 10 144 45 76 3 288 14 83 60 32 10 144 6 856 5 170 22 170 Lakeshore New PC 8 598 43 32 2 735 13 78 62 15 8 598 5 863 5 024 364 19 849 Parkdale Lib Lib 9 100 44 95 2 259 11 16 58 51 6 841 9 100 4 304 20 245 Riverdale PC PC 8 047 49 45 3 736 22 96 56 26 8 047 4 311 3 676 137 103 16 274 St Andrew PC PC 4 310 43 86 833 8 48 58 04 4 310 3 477 1 640 297 102 9 826 St David PC PC 6 051 42 98 518 3 68 58 91 6 051 5 533 2 139 355 14 078 St George PC PC 9 134 53 86 3 547 20 91 57 56 9 134 5 587 1 941 298 16 960 St Patrick PC PC 4 821 47 75 777 7 70 60 58 4 821 4 044 1 025 207 10 097 Scarborough Centre New PC 7 264 37 37 404 2 08 60 00 7 264 5 314 6 860 19 438 Scarborough East New PC 5 623 44 35 1 704 13 44 57 14 5 623 3 919 3 137 12 679 Scarborough North New PC 9 918 50 73 5 069 25 93 57 45 9 918 4 849 4 785 19 552 Scarborough West New NDP 10 641 43 47 2 471 10 10 63 21 8 170 5 538 10 641 128 24 477 Woodbine CCF NDP 9 020 45 89 1 281 6 52 48 85 7 739 2 898 9 020 19 657 York East PC PC 12 930 52 35 5 926 23 99 61 70 12 930 7 004 4 765 24 699 York Mills New PC 16 391 57 41 8 351 29 25 63 43 16 391 4 122 8 040 28 553 York South CCF NDP 10 538 47 58 3 575 16 14 60 25 6 963 4 646 10 538 22 147 Yorkview New NDP 7 607 38 38 703 3 55 56 03 5 310 6 904 7 607 19 821 York West PC PC 15 107 64 35 8 802 37 49 60 66 15 107 6 305 2 064 23 476 including spoilt ballots order is as given in EO reports Robert Wayne Gibson was elected in a 1962 byelection succeeding Albert Wren formerly known as York Humber open seat turnout is above provincial average winning candidate was in previous Legislature incumbent had switched allegiance incumbency arose from byelection gain previously incumbent in another riding other incumbents renominated Liberal Labour candidate multiple candidates Analysis edit Party candidates in 2nd place 4 Party in 1st place Party in 2nd place Total PC Lib NDP Progressive Conservative 68 9 77 Liberal 22 1 23 Liberal Labour 1 1 New Democratic 5 2 7 Total 28 70 10 108 Candidates ranked 1st to 5th place by party 4 Parties 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Progressive Conservative 77 28 3 Liberal 23 70 14 New Democratic 7 10 79 1 Liberal Labour 1 Social Credit 1 5 3 Independent PC 1 Communist 6 Independent 6 Socialist Labour 1 Resulting composition of the 27th Legislative Assembly 4 Source Party PC Lib Lib Lab NDP Total Seats retained Incumbents returned 48 15 1 4 68 Open seats held 14 14 Byelection loss reversed 1 1 Ouster of incumbent changing allegiance 1 1 Seats changing hands Incumbents defeated 4 4 1 10 Incumbent defeated by previous incumbent from another riding 1 1 Open seats gained 1 1 Byelection gains held 1 1 New ridings New MPPs 8 1 2 11 Won by previous incumbent from another riding 1 1 Total 77 23 1 7 108 Reorganization of ridings edit The reorganized ridings returned the following MPPs 1959 1963 Riding Party Riding Party York Centre Liberal Armourdale Progressive Conservative Downsview Liberal Yorkview New Democratic York East Progressive Conservative Don Mills Progressive Conservative York East Progressive Conservative York Mills Progressive Conservative York Humber Progressive Conservative Humber Progressive Conservative York Scarborough Progressive Conservative Scarborough Centre Progressive Conservative Scarborough East Progressive Conservative Scarborough North Progressive Conservative Scarborough West New Democratic York South Co operative Commonwealth Forest Hill Progressive Conservative York South New Democratic York West Progressive Conservative Etobicoke Liberal Lakeshore Progressive Conservative York West Progressive Conservative Seats that changed hands edit Elections to the 27th Parliament of Ontario unaltered seats won lost by party 1959 1963 Party 1959 Gain from loss to 1963 PC Lib NDP L L Progressive Conservative 67 4 6 1 66 Liberal 20 6 4 1 21 New Democratic 4 1 1 4 Liberal Labour 1 1 Total 92 6 5 5 6 1 1 92 There were 12 seats that changed allegiance in the election PC to Liberal Algoma Manitoulin Essex South Grey North Huron Bruce Ottawa East Timiskaming Liberal to PC Oxford Stormont Waterloo North Wentworth Liberal to NDP Fort William NDP to PC OshawaSee also editPolitics of Ontario List of Ontario political parties Premier of Ontario Leader of the Opposition Ontario References edit 1963 General Election Elections Ontario Retrieved January 3 2021 Nominations split Social Crediters Globe and Mail August 30 1963 The Representation Amendment Act 1962 63 S O 1962 63 c 125 a b c d e 1963 general election results Elections Ontario Retrieved October 29 2023 Further reading editSaywell John T ed 1964 Canadian Annual Review for 1963 Toronto University of Toronto Press Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1963 Ontario general election amp oldid 1218411825, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
