2014 Ontario general election
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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.
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107 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario 54 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 51.3% (3.1pp)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
Seat changes
Party | 2011 | Gain/(loss) due to | 2014 | |||
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Resignation | Byelection hold | Byelection gain | ||||
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 | |||||
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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 |
- after being appointed chair of the Workplace Safety & Insurance Board
- also from the positions of Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Minister of Energy
- also from the positions of Minister of Finance and Minister of Government Services
- also from her position as Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
- resigning from the positions of Chair of Cabinet and Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, to run for Mayor of Brampton
Other developments
Date | Event |
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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] |
Incumbents not running for reelection
Electoral district | Incumbent at dissolution and subsequent nominee | New MPP | |||
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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 | ||