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Ontario general election, 1990

The Ontario general election of 1990 was held on September 6, 1990, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the province of Ontario, Canada.

The governing Ontario Liberal Party led by Premier David Peterson, was defeated by a large unexpected protest vote. Peterson was accused of opportunism in calling an election just three years into his mandate, and in a shocking upset, the New Democratic Party, led by Bob Rae, won a majority government. This marked the first time the NDP formed the government in Ontario.

Mike Harris's Progressive Conservative Party was unable to overcome voter distrust of the federal Progressive Conservative government of Brian Mulroney. His party managed to win four more seats than in the 1987 election, however.

Although Harris was from northern Ontario, the PC Party was particularly weak in that region, placing fourth, behind the Liberals, NDP and the right-wing, fringe Confederation of Regions Party (CoR) in six northern Ontario ridings (Algoma, Cochrane South, Nickel Belt, Sudbury, Sudbury East and Sault Ste. Marie). The CoR Party also placed ahead of the PC Party in the Renfrew North and Cornwall ridings in eastern Ontario.

The Green Party of Ontario placed third, ahead of the NDP, in Parry Sound riding, where former Liberal leadership candidate Richard Thomas was the party's candidate.

Results

Party Party Leader # of
candidates 		Seats Popular Vote
1987 Elected % Change # % % Change New Democratic Bob Rae 130 19 74 align=center
279%
1,509,506 37.6% +11.9% Liberal David Peterson 130 95 36 -62.1% 1,302,134 32.4% -14.9% Progressive Conservative Mike Harris 130 16 20 align=center
25%
944,564 23.5% -1.2% Family Coalition Donald Pennell 68 - - - 110,831 2.7% +1.4% Confederation of Regions Dean Wasson 33   -   75,873 1.9%   Green Katherine Mathewson 40 - - - 30,097 0.7% +0.6% Libertarian James Stock 45 - - - 24,613 0.6% +0.2% Freedom Robert Metz 10 - - - 6,015 0.2% +0.1% Communist Elizabeth Rowley 4 - - - 1,139 0.1% - Others 15 - - - 13,307 0.3% -0.1%
Total 605 130 130 - 4,018,079 100% -

Members of the Legislative Assembly 1990-1995

NDP

* In 1993, Ward died and Drainville left the Legislative Assembly. Both resulting byelections were won by the Progressive Conservatives. Rizzo left the NDP caucus in October, 1990, but sat as an Independent until the 1995 election. In 1993 North resigned and sat as an independent. Akande resigned from the Legislature in 1994; no byelection was held prior to the 1995 election.

Liberal

* Nixon and Scott retired from politics in 1992, and Mancini retired in 1993. The Liberals retained all three seats in the resulting byelections. Bruce Crozier, Ronald Eddy and Tim Murphy joined the Liberal caucus. John Sola was expelled from caucus in 1992 after making racist comments to a reporter from the fifth estate. He sat as an independent for the remainder of the assembly.

Progressive Conservative

The PC Party won two byelections in 1993, winning seats previously held by the NDP. Chris Hodgson was elected in Victoria—Haliburton, and David Johnson was elected in Don Mills.

Constituency results

Ottawa-Carleton

Carleton Sue LeBrun
10,143

Norman Sterling
17,860 Alex Munter
10,071

Norman Sterling Carleton East

Gilles Morin
19,059 Judy Corbishley
5,117 Joan Gullen
9,976

Gilles Morin Ottawa Centre Richard Patten
11,656 Alex Burney
2,723

Evelyn Gigantes
14,522 John Gay (FCP)
809
Bill Hipwell (G)
576
John Turmel (Ind.)
160

Richard Patten Ottawa East

Bernard Grandmaitre
16,363 Diana Morin
2,203 Lori Lucier
6,103 Richard Hudon (FCP)
826
Frank de Jong (G)
723

Bernard Grandmaitre Ottawa—Rideau

Yvonne O'Neill
13,454 Paul Beaudry
5,234 Larry Jones
8,845 Larry Denys (FCP)
1,049
Jim MacPhee (Ind.)
861
Marc Schindler (Lbt)
252

Yvonne O'Neill Ottawa South

Dalton McGuinty
13,845 Darrel Kent
7,399 Margaret Armstrong
7,826 Stephen Johns (G)
612
David Fitzpatrick (FCP)
503

Vacant Ottawa West

Bob Chiarelli
13,908 Brian Mackey
9,068 Allan Edwards
8,391 David Boyd (CoR)
1,044
Ian Whyte
1,011

Bob Chiarelli

Eastern Ontario

Cornwall:

Frontenac—Addington:

Hastings—Peterborough:

Kingston and the Islands:

Lanark—Renfrew:

Leeds—Grenville:

Prescott and Russell:

Prince Edward—Lennox:

Quinte:

Renfrew North:

Stormont—Dundas—Glengarry & East Grenville:

Central Ontario

Bruce:

Dufferin—Peel:

Grey—Owen Sound:

Muskoka—Georgian Bay:

Northumberland:

Peterborough:

Simcoe Centre:

Simcoe East:

Simcoe West:

Victoria—Haliburton:

Durham & York Region

Durham Centre:

Durham East:

Durham West:

Durham—York:

Markham:

Oshawa:

York Centre:

York—Mackenzie:

Scarborough

Scarborough—Agincourt:

Scarborough Centre:

Scarborough East:

Scarborough—Ellesmere:

Scarborough North:

Scarborough West:

North York & East York

Don Mills:

Downsview:

Lawrence:

Oriole:

Willowdale:

Wilson Heights:

York East:

York Mills:

Yorkview:

Toronto

Beaches—Woodbine:

Dovercourt:

Eglinton:

Fort York:

High Park—Swansea:

Parkdale:

Riverdale:

St. Andrew—St. Patrick
Party Candidate Votes %
New Democratic Party Zanana Akande 10,321 34.45 Progressive Conservative Nancy Jackman 9,241 30.85 Liberal (x)Ron Kanter 8,938 29.84 Green Jim Harris 1,112 3.71 Libertarian Douglas Quinn 344 1.15
Total valid votes 29,956 100.00
Rejected, unmarked and discarded votes 377
Turnout 30,333 66.89

St. George—St. David:

Etobicoke & York

Etobicoke—Humber:

Etobicoke—Lakeshore:

Etobicoke—Rexdale:

Etobicoke West:

Oakwood:

York South:

Brampton, Mississauga & Halton

Brampton North:

Brampton South:

Burlington South:

Halton Centre:

Halton North:

Mississauga East:

Mississauga North:

Mississauga South:

Mississauga West:

Oakville South:

Hamilton-Wentworth & Niagara

Hamilton Centre
Party Candidate Votes %
New Democratic Party David Christopherson 14,029 55.32 Liberal (x)Lily Oddie Munro 7,814 30.81 Progressive Conservative Graham Snelgrove 2,116 8.34 Green Brent Monkley 605 2.39 Libertarian Julien Frost 429 1.69 Family Coalition Party Jewell Wolgram 365 1.44
Total valid votes 25,358 100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 446
Turnout 25,804 59.78

Hamilton East:

Hamilton Mountain:

Hamilton West:

Lincoln:

Niagara Falls:

Niagara South:

St. Catharines—Brock:

Welland—Thorold:

Wentworth East:

Wentworth North:

Midwestern Ontario

Brantford:

Brant—Haldimand:

Cambridge:

Guelph:

Huron:

Kitchener:

Kitchener—Wilmot:

Norfolk:

Oxford:

Perth:

Waterloo North:

Wellington:

Middlesex & Elgin

Elgin:

London Centre:

London North:

London South:

Middlesex:

Southwestern Ontario

Chatham—Kent:

Essex—Kent:

Essex South:

Lambton:

Sarnia:

Windsor—Riverside:

Windsor—Sandwich:

Windsor—Walkerville:

Northeastern Ontario

Algoma:

Algoma—Manitoulin:

Cochrane North:

Cochrane South:

Nickel Belt:

Nipissing:

Parry Sound:

Sault Ste. Marie:

Sudbury:

Sudbury East:

Timiskaming:

Northwestern Ontario

Fort William:

Kenora:

Lake Nipigon:

Port Arthur:

Rainy River:

Post-election changes

Tony Rizzo (NDP) became an independent MPP on October 10, 1990, after questions were raised about labour practices in his bricklaying firms. He would later rejoin the NDP caucus.

Brant—Haldimand (res. Robert Nixon, July 31, 1991), March 5, 1992:

Don Mills (dec. Margery Ward, January 22, 1993), April 1, 1993:

St. George—St. David (res. Ian Scott, September 8, 1992), April 1, 1993:

Dennis Drainville (NDP) became an independent MPP on April 28, 1993, as a protest against the Rae government's plans to introduce casinos to the province.

William Ferguson (NDP) became an independent MPP on April 30, 1993, following accusations relating to the Grandview scandal.

John Sola (L) became an independent MPP on May 11, 1993, after making comments about Canadian Serbs that most regarded as racist.

Peter North (NDP) became an independent MPP on October 27, 1993, claiming he had lost confidence in the Rae government. He tried to join the Progressive Conservatives, but was rebuffed.

Essex South (res. Remo Mancini, May 10, 1993), December 2, 1993:

Victoria—Haliburton (res. Dennis Drainville, September 27, 1993), March 17, 1994:

William Ferguson (Ind) rejoined the NDP caucus on June 21, 1994, having been cleared of all charges.

St. Andrew—St. Patrick (res. Zanana Akande, August 31, 1994).

Markham (res. Don Cousens, September 30, 1994).

Kitchener (res. William Ferguson, October 8, 1994).

Bruce (res. Murray Elston, October 31, 1994).

See also

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