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
Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...
.
The
Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, led by
John Robarts
John Parmenter Robarts (January 11, 1917 – October 18, 1982) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 17th premier of Ontario from 1961 to 1971. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.
Early life
Roba ...
, who had replaced
Leslie Frost
Leslie Miscampbell Frost (September 20, 1895 – May 4, 1973) was a politician in Ontario, Canada, who served as the province's 16th premier from May 4, 1949, to November 8, 1961. Due to his lengthy tenure, he gained the nickname "Old Man O ...
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
The Ontario Liberal Party (OLP; french: Parti libéral de l'Ontario, PLO) is a political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. The party has been led by interim leader John Fraser since August 2022.
The party espouses the principles of li ...
, led by
John Wintermeyer
John Joseph Wintermeyer (December 4, 1916 – December 20, 1993) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1955 to 1963 who represented the riding of Waterloo North. From 1958 t ...
, 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
The Ontario New Democratic Party (french: link=no, Nouveau Parti démocratique de l'Ontario; abbr. ONDP or NDP) is a social-democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. The party currently forms the Official Opposition in Ontario following th ...
in 1961. The newly conglomerated party was still led by
Donald C. MacDonald, and won two additional seats, for a total of seven.
Expansion of Legislative Assembly
The size of the Legislative Assembly was increased from 98 to 108 members,
through the reorganization of Toronto's suburban ridings:
Results
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John Robarts
John Parmenter Robarts (January 11, 1917 – October 18, 1982) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 17th premier of Ontario from 1961 to 1971. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.
Early life
Roba ...
, 108
, 71
,
, 77
, 6
, 1,052,740
, 48.61%
, 2.46
, style="text-align:left;",
John Wintermeyer
John Joseph Wintermeyer (December 4, 1916 – December 20, 1993) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1955 to 1963 who represented the riding of Waterloo North. From 1958 t ...
, 107
, 21
,
, 23
, 2
, 754,032
, 34.82%
, 1.44
[Successor to the CCF]
, style="text-align:left;",
Donald C. MacDonald
, 97
, 5
,
, 7
, 2
, 340,208
, 15.71%
, 0.96
, style="text-align:left;",
, 1
, 1
,
, 1
,
, 6,774
, 0.31%
, 0.04
, style="text-align:left;",
, 1
, –
, –
, –
,
, 5,190
, 0.24%
, 0.13
, style="text-align:left;",
, 7
, –
, –
, –
,
, 2,759
, 0.13%
, 0.09
, style="text-align:left;",
, 9
, –
, –
, –
,
, 2,313
, 0.11%
, 0.02
[Successor to Labor-Progressive]
, style="text-align:left;",
, 6
, –
, –
, –
,
, 1,654
, 0.08%
, 0.15
, style="text-align:left;", Socialist-Labour
, style="text-align:left;",
, 1
, –
, –
, –
,
, 103
, –
,
, style="text-align:left;",
,
, –
, –
, –
,
, colspan="3", ''Did not campaign''
, style="text-align:left;",
,
, –
, –
, –
,
, colspan="3", ''Did not campaign''
, colspan="3",
,
, colspan="5",
, -style="background:#E9E9E9;"
, colspan="3" style="text-align:left;", Total
, 337
, 98
, 98
, 108
,
, 2,165,773
, 100.00%
,
, -
, colspan="8" style="text-align:left;", Blank and invalid ballots
, align="right", 18,028
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, -style="background:#E9E9E9;"
, colspan="8" style="text-align:left;", Registered voters / turnout
, 3,435,745
, 59.72%
, 3.84
Reorganization of ridings
The reorganized ridings returned the following MPPs:
Seats that changed hands
There were 12 seats that changed allegiance in the election.
; PC to Liberal
*
Algoma—Manitoulin
*
Essex South ''For the defunct provincial electoral district, see Essex South (provincial electoral district).''
Essex South was a federal and provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1882 to ...
*
Grey North
Grey North was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867, which divided the County of Grey in ...
*
Huron—Bruce
Huron—Bruce (formerly known as Huron and Huron—Middlesex) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1953.
History
The riding was created in 1952 from parts of Hur ...
*
Ottawa East
*
Timiskaming
; Liberal to PC
*
Oxford
Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ...
*
Stormont
*
Waterloo North
Waterloo North was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which entitled each of north an ...
*
Wentworth Wentworth may refer to:
People
* Wentworth (surname)
* Judith Blunt-Lytton, 16th Baroness Wentworth (1873–1957), Lady Wentworth, notable Arabian horse breeder
* S. Wentworth Horton (1885–1960), New York state senator
* Wentworth Miller (born 1 ...
; Liberal to NDP
*
Fort William
; NDP to PC
*
Oshawa
See also
*
Politics of Ontario
The Province of Ontario is governed by a unicameral legislature, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, which operates in the Westminster system of government. The political party that wins the largest number of seats in the legislature normally ...
*
List of Ontario political parties
*
Premier of Ontario
The premier of Ontario (french: premier ministre de l'Ontario) is the head of government of Ontario. Under the Westminster system, the premier governs with the Confidence and supply, confidence of a majority the elected Legislative Assembly of On ...
*
Leader of the Opposition (Ontario)
The Leader of the Official Opposition (french: Chef de l'opposition officielle) in Ontario, officially Leader of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition (french: Chef de la loyale opposition de Sa Majesté), is the leader of the largest party in the Legis ...
References
Further reading
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