The 1959 Ontario general election was held on June 11, 1959, to elect the 98 members of the 26th Legislative Assembly of Ontario (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the Province of

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. The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, led by

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, won a sixth consecutive term in office, and maintained its majority in the legislature, although it lost 12 of the 83 seats it had won in the previous election. The

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, led by

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, increased its caucus from 11 to 22 members, and continued in the role of official opposition. Liberal-Labour MPP Albert Wren was re-elected and continued to sit with the Liberal caucus. Wren died in 1961 and was succeeded in a by-election by Robert Gibson. The social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), led by Donald C. MacDonald, won two additional seats, for a total of five.

Results

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, 98 , 83 , , 71 , 12 , 868,815 , 46.15% , 1.91 , style="text-align:left;",

, 97 , 10 , , 21 , 11 , 682,589 , 36.26% , 3.46 , style="text-align:left;", Donald C. MacDonald , 80 , 3 , , 5 , 2 , 313,834 , 16.67% , 0.13 , style="text-align:left;", , 1 , 1 , , 1 , , 6,559 , 0.35% , 0.06 , style="text-align:left;", , 2 , 1 , , – , 1 , 2,119 , 0.11% , 0.29 , style="text-align:left;",

Bruce Magnuson Bruce Adolf H. Magnuson (February 21, 1909 – June 24, 1995) was a Canadian trade unionist and Communist leader. Magnuson was born in the Swedish province of Värmland and grew up on his parents' farm. He immigrated to Canada in the spring of 1 ...

, 9 , – , – , – , , 4,304 , 0.23% , 0.96 , style="text-align:left;", , 5 , – , – , – , , 1,740 , 0.09% , , style="text-align:left;", , 1 , – , – , – , , 1,512 , 0.08% , , style="text-align:left;", , 2 , – , – , – , , 832 , 0.04% , 0.48 , style="text-align:left;", , 1 , – , – , – , , 268 , 0.01% , , style="text-align:left;", , , – , – , – , , colspan="3", ''Did not campaign'' , style="text-align:left;", , , – , – , – , , colspan="3", ''Did not campaign'' , style="text-align:left;", Socialist-Labour , style="text-align:left;", , , – , – , – , , colspan="3", ''Did not campaign'' , colspan="3", , , colspan="5", , -style="background:#E9E9E9;" , colspan="3" style="text-align:left;", Total , 296 , 98 , 98 , 98 , , 1,882,572 , 100.00% , , - , colspan="8" style="text-align:left;", Blank and invalid ballots , align="right", 21,272 , style="background:#E9E9E9;" colspan="2", , -style="background:#E9E9E9;" , colspan="8" style="text-align:left;", Registered voters / turnout , 3,187,801 , 59.72% , 1.68

Seats that changed hands

There were 14 seats that changed allegiance in the election. ; PC to Liberal *

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* Fort William *

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* Nipissing * Parkdale * Sudbury *

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; PC to CCF * Hamilton East * Woodbine ; Independent-PC to PC *

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References

1959 elections in Canada

1959 Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...

1959 in Ontario June 1959 events in Canada {{Canada-election-stub

Results

Seats that changed hands

See also

References