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1981 Ontario general election
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The 1981 Ontario general election was held on March 19, 1981, to elect members of the 32nd Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada.

Quick facts 125 seats in the 32nd Legislative Assembly of Ontario 63 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

The governing Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, led by Bill Davis, was re-elected for a twelfth consecutive term in office. The PCs finally won a majority government after winning only minorities in the 1975 and 1977 elections. The Liberal Party, led by Stuart Smith, was able to maintain its standing in the Legislature, while the New Democratic Party, led by Michael Cassidy, lost a significant number of seats, allowing the Tories to win a majority.

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Campaign

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A number of unregistered parties also fielded candidates in this election.

There were a number of Rhinoceros Party candidates in the Toronto area, and the party may have also fielded candidates elsewhere in the province. The Workers Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist) a single candidate, Judy Darcy. Ronald G. Rodgers, founder of the Détente Party of Canada, contested a Toronto constituency.

Social Credit leader Reg Gervais announced prior to the election that he planned to run in Nickel Belt, but could not follow through and resigned at a meeting of nominated candidates where John Turmel was appointed interim leader of the Ontario Social Credit Party during the campaign, though there has never been independent confirmation of this (nor is it clear if the Ottawa-area candidacies of Turmel and Raymond Turmel and Serge Girard and Dale Alkerton and Andrew Dynowski were approved by the remaining few members of the official Social Credit Party of Ontario).

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Results

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    Synopsis of results

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    1. including spoilt ballots
    2. order is as given in EO reports
    3. T. Patrick Reid was the incumbent
      = 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
      = Liberal-Labour candidate
      = other incumbents renominated
      = multiple candidates

    Analysis

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    Seats changing hands

    Eighteen seats changed allegiance in this election:

    MPPs elected by region and riding

    Party designations are as follows:

      PC
      Liberal
      NDP
      Liberal-Labour
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    Constituency results

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    Algoma:

    • (incumbent) Bud Wildman (NDP) 7096
    • Vyrn Peterson (PC) 4770
    • Dan Koob (L) 1567

    Algoma—Manitoulin:

    • (incumbent) John Lane (PC) 7160
    • Ernest Massicotte (L) 2986
    • Peter Boychuk (NDP) 2336

    Armourdale:

    • (incumbent) Bruce McCaffrey (PC) 15938
    • Tim Rutledge (L) 8997
    • Bob Hebdon (NDP) 4240

    Beaches—Woodbine:

    Bellwoods:

    • (incumbent) Ross McClellan (NDP) 5111
    • Walter Bardyn (L) 4746
    • Tina Gabriel (PC) 2186
    • Sylvie Baillargeon (Comm) 246
    • Ronald G. Rodgers (Ind [Détente Party]) 180

    Brampton:

    Brantford:

    Brant—Oxford—Haldimand:

    • (incumbent) Robert Nixon (L) 13067
    • Ian Birnie (PC) 6034
    • W.E. Jefferies (NDP) 2899

    Brock:

    • (incumbent) Bob Welch (PC) 10547
    • Bill Andres (L) 6882
    • Heather Lee Kilty (NDP) 4204

    Burlington South:

    • (incumbent) George Kerr (PC) 19037
    • Pearl Cameron (L) 8953
    • Michael C. Wright (NDP) 4942

    Cambridge:

    Carleton:

    Carleton East:

    Carleton-Grenville:

    • (incumbent) Norm Sterling (PC) 15202
    • Paul Raina (L) 5764
    • Alan White (NDP) 2391

    Chatham—Kent:

    • (incumbent) Andy Watson (PC) 9471
    • Ron Franko (NDP) 6508
    • Darcy Want (L) 6466

    Cochrane North:

    • René Piché (PC) 5910
    • Jean-Paul Bourgeault (L) 5722
    • Emil Touchette (NDP) 4426
    • Richard Coatsworth (Lbt) 274

    Cochrane South:

    • (incumbent) Alan Pope (PC) 12540
    • John Sullivan (L) 6975
    • Cliff Simpson (NDP) 2777

    Cornwall:

    • (incumbent) George Samis (NDP) 9484
    • Jim Kirkey (PC) 7817
    • Brian Lynch (L) 5333

    Don Mills:

    Dovercourt:

    • (incumbent) Tony Lupusella (NDP) 5491
    • Gil Gillespie (L) 5197
    • John Burigana (PC) 3416
    • Vince Corriero (Ind [Independent Liberal]) 258
    • Mel Doig (Comm) 162

    Downsview:

    Dufferin—Simcoe:

    • (incumbent) George McCague (PC) 18101
    • Larry MacKenzie (L) 6702
    • Ed Robinson (NDP) 4007

    Durham East:

    • (incumbent) Sam Cureatz (PC) 14900
    • Bruce McArthur (NDP) 8648
    • Jim Potticary (L) 7226
    • Jeff Hubbell 253

    Durham West:

    • (incumbent) George Ashe (PC) 17029
    • Norman Wei (L) 7446
    • Hugh Peacock (NDP) 6578
    • Bill Leslie (Lbt) 1215

    Durham—York:

    • Ross Stevenson (PC) 14404
    • Gary Adamson (L) 6330
    • Margaret Wilbur (NDP) 4314

    Eglinton:

    • (incumbent) Roy McMurtry (PC) 17386
    • Keith Polson (L) 5606
    • Eileen Elmy (NDP) 3324
    • Angelo R. Cosentini (Lbt) 466

    Elgin:

    • (incumbent) Ron McNeil (PC) 13119
    • Maurice Dillon (L) 7306
    • Gord Campbell (NDP) 3250

    Erie:

    • (incumbent) Ray Haggerty (L) 8796
    • Cam McKnight (PC) 5271
    • Barrie MacLeod (NDP) 3586

    Essex North:

    • (incumbent) Dick Ruston (L) 9187
    • Marcel Lefebvre (NDP) 5911
    • Ron Arkell (PC) 4812

    Essex South:

    • (incumbent) Remo Mancini (L) 10454
    • Wayne Patterson (PC) 5008
    • Blake Sanford (NDP) 4349

    Etobicoke:

    Fort William:

    • (incumbent) Mickey Hennessy (PC) 13038
    • Paul Lannon (NDP) 7585
    • Mike Burns (L) 3381

    Frontenac—Addington:

    • (incumbent) J. Earl McEwen (L) 10558
    • Murray Gorham (PC) 10218
    • Vincent Maloney (NDP) 2374
    • Ross Baker 409
    • Sally Hayes (Lbt) 322

    Grey:

    • (incumbent) Bob McKessock (L) 13334
    • John Young (PC) 8793
    • Joan Stone (NDP) 1629
    • Eric Biggins (Lbt) 284

    Grey—Bruce:

    • (incumbent) Eddie Sargent (L) 14006
    • Bob Rutherford (PC) 7767
    • Frank Butler (NDP) 1455

    Haldimand—Norfolk:

    • (incumbent) Gordon Miller (L) 16254
    • Clarence Abbott (PC) 8775
    • Lois Berry (NDP) 3744

    Halton—Burlington:

    • (incumbent) Julian Reed (L) 13395
    • Fran Baines (PC) 12877
    • Chris Cutler (NDP) 3500

    Hamilton Centre:

    Hamilton East:

    Hamilton Mountain:

    • (incumbent) Brian Charlton (NDP) 11008
    • Duncan Beattie (PC) 10811
    • Vince Agro (L) 8956

    Hamilton West:

    • (incumbent) Stuart Smith (L) 12106
    • Alec Murray (PC) 9788
    • Joy Warner (NDP) 4255
    • Elizabeth Rowley (Comm) 260

    Hastings—Peterborough:

    High Park—Swansea:

    • Yuri Shymko (PC) 11473
    • (incumbent) Ed Ziemba (NDP) 8793
    • Peter C. Simonelis (L) 3635
    • Bob Cumming (Lbt) 507

    Humber:

    • Morley Kells (PC) 20844
    • Jim Mills (L) 10064
    • Jacquie Chic (NDP) 3583

    Huron—Bruce:

    • Murray Elston (L) 12164
    • Gary Harron (PC) 11940
    • Tony McQuail (NDP) 1979

    Huron—Middlesex:

    • (incumbent) Jack Riddell (L) 10707
    • Jim Britnell (PC) 8618
    • Gwen Pemberton (NDP) 1170

    Kenora:

    • (incumbent) Leo Bernier (PC) 10418
    • Colin Wasacase (NDP) 4170
    • Jeff Holmes (Liberal-Labour) 2536

    Kent—Elgin:

    • (incumbent) Jim McGuigan (L) 10115
    • Wes Thompson (PC) 9778
    • Ed Cutler (NDP) 1591

    Kingston and the Islands:

    • (incumbent) Keith Norton (PC) 12488
    • Carl Ross (L) 8465
    • Ron Murray (NDP) 3897

    Kitchener:

    • (incumbent) Jim Breithaupt (L) 12592
    • Morley Rosenberg (PC) 7982
    • Ian MacFarlane (NDP) 4126

    Kitchener—Wilmot:

    • (incumbent) John Sweeney (L) 11515
    • Alan Barron (PC) 8513
    • Hemi Mitic (NDP) 3686

    Lake Nipigon:

    • (incumbent) Jack Stokes (NDP) 7846
    • John Paziuk (PC) 1828
    • John Lentowicz (L) 1714

    Lambton:

    • (incumbent) Lorne Henderson (PC) 13467
    • Leigh Crozier (L) 6435
    • Ralph Wensley (NDP) 1276

    Lanark—Renfrew:

    • (incumbent) Douglas Wiseman (PC) 10502
    • Ray Matthey (L) 3864
    • Cliff Bennett (NDP) 2659

    Lakeshore:

    • Al Kolyn (PC) 10607
    • Don Sullivan (NDP) 9375
    • Bill Whelton (L) 5738
    • Gordon Flowers (Comm) 376

    Leeds:

    • Bob Runciman (PC) 13725
    • John Fournell (L) 4643
    • Bob Smith (NDP) 2940

    Lincoln:

    London Centre:

    • (incumbent) David Peterson (L) 12315
    • Russ Monteith (PC) 8329
    • Diane Risler (NDP) 3189

    London North:

    • (incumbent) Ron Van Horne (L) 15444
    • Ted Browne (PC) 11825
    • Sam Saumur (NDP) 3864

    London South:

    • (incumbent) Gordon Walker (PC) 19714
    • Frank Green (L) 11116
    • Dale Green (NDP) 5187

    Middlesex:

    • (incumbent) Robert G. Eaton (PC) 11672
    • Bob Coulthard (L) 8264
    • Larry Green (NDP) 2155

    Mississauga East:

    • (incumbent) Bud Gregory (PC) 15759
    • Murray Schelter (L) 7716
    • Doug Bennett (NDP) 4829

    Mississauga North:

    • (incumbent) Terry Jones (PC) 20331
    • John Brooks (L) 9130
    • Sylvia Weylie (NDP) 6667

    Mississauga South:

    • (incumbent) Douglas Kennedy (PC) 14165
    • Basil Gerol (L) 7172
    • Neil Davis (NDP) 4126

    Muskoka:

    • (incumbent) Frank Miller (PC) 9029
    • Ken McClellan (L) 4148
    • Jim Maguire (NDP) 3214

    Niagara Falls:

    Nickel Belt:

    Nipissing:

    Northumberland:

    Oakville:

    Oakwood:

    • (incumbent) Tony Grande (NDP) 8862
    • Harriet Wolman (PC) 5961
    • Jean Gammage (L) 4171
    • Nan McDonald (Comm) 624

    Oriole:

    Oshawa:

    • (incumbent) Michael Breaugh (NDP) 10307
    • Bob Boychyn (PC) 7836
    • Ivan Wallace (L) 3311

    Ottawa Centre:

    Ottawa East:

    • (incumbent) Albert J. Roy (L) 14207
    • Omer Deslauriers (PC) 4235
    • Danielle Page (NDP) 1905
    • Serge Girard (Ind [SCO]) 177

    Ottawa South:

    • (incumbent) Claude Bennett (PC) 15218
    • Robert Dyck (L) 8832
    • Chris Chilton (NDP) 6146
    • Ray Turmel (Ind [SCO]) 259

    Ottawa West:

    • (incumbent) Reuben Baetz (PC) 17418
    • George Anderson (L) 9112
    • Lofty MacMillan (NDP) 2348
    • Dale E. Alkerton (Ind [SCO]) 494

    Oxford:

    Parkdale:

    • Tony Ruprecht (L) 6941
    • (incumbent) Jan Dukszta (NDP) 6020
    • Verrol Whitmore (PC) 2914
    • Bill McGinnis (Ind) 289
    • Anna Larsen (Comm) 259

    Parry Sound:

    • Ernie Eves (PC) 8955
    • Richard Thomas (L) 8949
    • Arthur Davis (NDP) 1448

    Perth:

    • (incumbent) Hugh Edighoffer (L) 16283
    • Colleen Misener (PC) 7883
    • Scott Wilson (NDP) 1881

    Peterborough:

    Port Arthur:

    • (incumbent) Jim Foulds (NDP) 12258
    • Allan Laakkonen (PC) 10844
    • Kenneth R. Tilson (L) 3247
    • Dennis Deveau (Ind) 140
    • Paul Pugh (Comm) 103

    Prescott and Russell:

    Prince Edward—Lennox:

    • (incumbent) James Taylor (PC) 11135
    • Dan Brady (L) 6797
    • Bob King (NDP) 1423

    Quinte:

    • (incumbent) Hugh O’Neil (L) 14861
    • George Mills (PC) 9517
    • Reg Pearson (NDP) 1795

    Rainy River:

    Renfrew North:

    • (incumbent) Sean Conway (L) 9113
    • Bryan D. Hocking (PC) 7137
    • Phil Chester (NDP) 1086

    Renfrew South:

    • (incumbent) Paul Yakabuski (PC) 14552
    • Dick Trainor (L) 10420
    • Lynne Pattinson (NDP) 1174

    Riverdale:

    • (incumbent) Jim Renwick (NDP) 6770
    • Peter Hesky (PC) 4088
    • Ed Schofield (L) 3237
    • Thelma R. Forsyth (Ind) 233
    • Anna Sideris (Comm) 158

    St. Andrew—St. Patrick:

    • (incumbent) Larry Grossman (PC) 10674
    • Anne Johnston (L) 6839
    • Stanley E. Kutz (NDP) 3709
    • Judy Darcy (Ind [Workers Communist Party]) 262
    • Jeanne McGuire (Comm) 148
    • Sophia M. Firth (Ind) 106

    St. Catharines:

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    St. George:

    Sarnia:

    Sault Ste. Marie:

    • (incumbent) Russ Ramsay (PC) 14712
    • Albert Ferranti (L) 7555
    • Susan Brothers (NDP) 7162

    Scarborough Centre:

    • (incumbent) Frank Drea (PC) 12793
    • Paul Rook (NDP) 4898
    • Kurt Christensen (L) 4657
    • D’Arcy Cain (Lbt) 531

    Scarborough East:

    • (incumbent) Margaret Birch (PC) 16386
    • Charles Beer (L) 7301
    • Gordon Wilson (NDP) 4826
    • Jim McIntosh (Lbt) 562
    • Jeff Nelles (Ind [Rhinoceros]) 171

    Scarborough—Ellesmere:

    Scarborough North:

    Scarborough West:

    • (incumbent) Richard Johnston (NDP) 10019
    • John Adams (PC) 9644
    • Barbara Fava (L) 3914
    • Kevin James (Ind [Rhinoceros]) 369

    Simcoe Centre:

    Simcoe East:

    • Al McLean (PC) 12487
    • Fayne Bullen (NDP) 9085
    • Jack Harber (L) 7320
    • Ted Wolda (Ind) 749

    Stormont—Dundas and Glengarry:

    • (incumbent) Osie Villeneuve (PC) 12487
    • Gerry Rosenquist (L) 7846
    • Joe O’Neil (NDP) 1836

    Sudbury:

    • Jim Gordon (PC) 12043
    • (incumbent) Bud Germa (NDP) 8052
    • Jim Marchbank (L) 5998
    • Richard Orlandini (Comm) 115

    Sudbury East:

    • (incumbent) Elie Martel (NDP) 13883
    • George McDonald (PC) 9420
    • Esther Davidson (L) 4909

    Timiskaming:

    • (incumbent) Ed Havrot (PC) 8377
    • Bob Bain (NDP) 6768
    • Leo St. Cyr (L) 3593

    Victoria—Haliburton:

    • (incumbent) John Eakins (L) 12807
    • Dave Murray (PC) 10509
    • Art Field (NDP) 2449

    Waterloo North:

    • (incumbent) Herbert Epp (L) 12843
    • Bob Labbett (PC) 9606
    • Bob Needham (NDP) 3672

    Welland—Thorold:

    • (incumbent) Mel Swart (NDP) 13379
    • Al Lacavera (L) 7916
    • Ivy Riddell (PC) 5564

    Wellington—Dufferin—Peel:

    • (incumbent) Jack Johnson (PC) 16644
    • Elbert van Donkersgoed (L) 8136
    • Marion Chambers (NDP) 4650

    Wellington South:

    • (incumbent) Harry Worton (L) 16237
    • Peter Mercer (PC) 7917
    • Terry Crowley (NDP) 5934
    • Lynne Hulley (Comm) 224

    Wentworth:

    Wentworth North:

    Wilson Heights:

    Windsor—Riverside:

    • (incumbent) Dave Cooke (NDP) 13626
    • Gerry Levesque (L) 9102
    • Sandy Thomson (PC) 4418
    • John H. Snyder (Ind) 333

    Windsor—Sandwich:

    Windsor—Walkerville:

    • (incumbent) Bernard Newman (L) 10553
    • Ray Simpson (NDP) 4988
    • Tom Porter (PC) 3428
    • Gerard O’Neil (Comm) 238

    York Centre:

    York East:

    • (incumbent) Robert Elgie (PC) 14562
    • Lois Cox (NDP) 4935
    • Don McNeill (L) 4811
    • Ed McDonald (Comm) 628
    • E. Scott Hughes (Unparty) 460

    York Mills:

    • (incumbent) Bette Stephenson (PC) 20613
    • Isadore Weinberg (L) 5667
    • Dave Crisp (NDP) 3858
    • Scott Bell (Lbt) 1287

    York North:

    • (incumbent) Bill Hodgson (PC) 18405
    • Jim Wilson (L) 10216
    • Keith Munro (NDP) 4614

    York South:

    • (incumbent) Donald C. MacDonald (NDP) 9518
    • Les Green (L) 8099
    • Barbara Jafelice (PC) 7628
    • Mike Phillips (Comm) 472

    Yorkview:

    York West:

    • (incumbent) Nick Leluk (PC) 18501
    • Michael Eagen (L) 10228
    • Pauline Durning (NDP) 2865
    • Don Douloff (Ind [Rhinoceros]) 538
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    Post-election changes

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    Hamilton West: Stuart Smith resigned his legislative seat on January 25, 1982, and a by-election was called for June 17, 1982.

    York South: Donald C. MacDonald resigned his legislative seat in 1982, and a by-election was called for November 4, 1982.

    Stormont—Dundas and Glengarry: Osie Villeneuve died in 1983, and a by-election has called on December 15, 1983:

    Frontenac—Addington: Liberal MPP J. Earl McEwen crossed the floor to join the Progressive Conservatives in 1984.

    Hamilton Centre: Sheila Copps resigned her legislative seat in 1984, and a by-election was held on December 13, 1984:

    Ottawa Centre: Michael Cassidy resigned his legislative seat in 1984, and a by-election was held on December 13, 1984.

    Ottawa East: Albert J. Roy resigned his legislative seat in 1984, and a by-election was held on December 13, 1984:

    Prescott and Russell: Don Boudria resigned his legislative seat in 1984, and a by-election was held on December 13, 1984:

    • Jean Poirier (L) 10182
    • Gaston Patenaude (PC) 8347
    • Rheo Lalonde (NDP) 1791

    Wentworth North: Eric Cunningham resigned his legislative seat in 1984, and a by-election was held on December 13, 1984:

    Riverdale: Jim Renwick died in 1984.

    Kitchener: Jim Breithaupt resigned in 1984.

    Rainy River: T. Patrick Reid resigned in 1984.

    Eglinton: Roy McMurtry resigned his seat in 1985 to take a government position in the United Kingdom.

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    See also

    Further reading

    • Byers, R. B., ed. (1984). Canadian annual review of politics and public affairs. 1981. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-1-4426-7195-9.

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