Ontario general election, 1987

Ontario general election, 1987
Ontario
September 10, 1987
130 seats in the 34th Legislative Assembly of Ontario
66 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  PC
Leader David Peterson Bob Rae Larry Grossman
Party Liberal New Democratic Progressive Conservative
Leader since February 21, 1982 February 7, 1982 November 16, 1985
Leader's seat London Centre York South St. Andrew—St. Patrick (lost re-election)
Last election 48 25 52
Seats won 95 19 16
Seat change +47 -6 -36
Popular vote 1,788,214 970,813 931,476
Percentage 47.3% 25.7% 24.7%
Swing +9.4pp +1.9pp -12.3pp

Map of the 1987 election, showing the ridings and their popular vote
Premier before election

David Peterson
Liberal

 Premier-designate

David Peterson
Liberal

The Ontario general election of 1987 was held on September 10, 1987, to elect members of the 34th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada.

The governing Ontario Liberal Party, led by David Peterson, was returned to power with their first majority government in half a century, and the second-largest majority government in the province's history. Peterson had successfully managed to govern with a minority in the Legislature by obtaining the co-operation of the Ontario New Democratic Party, led by Bob Rae. It was through the NDP's support that Peterson was able to form a government, even though the Progressive Conservative Party had won a slightly larger number of seats in the previous election.

The PC Party, led by Larry Grossman, campaigned on a platform of tax cuts to stimulate the economy. Its support continued to slide, however, as voters opted for the change that the Liberal-NDP arrangement provided, with even Grossman losing his own seat. The NDP was unable to convince voters that it should be given credit for the success of the Liberal government that it had supported. Despite losing six seats, the party became the Official Opposition for the second time in the party's history. The PCs fell to 16 seats and third place in the legislature, their worst showing in an election in half a century.

Results

Party Party Leader # of
candidates		 Seats Popular Vote
1985 Elected % Change # % % Change
     Liberal David Peterson   48 95 +97.9% 1,788,214 47.3% +9.4%
     New Democratic Bob Rae   25 19 -24.0% 970,813 25.7% +1.9%
     Progressive Conservative Larry Grossman   52 16 -69.2% 931,476 24.7% -12.3%
Family Coalition Donald Pennell 36 - - - 48,110 1.3% +1.3%
Libertarian Kaye Sargent   - - - 13,514 0.4% -
Freedom Robert Metz - - - - 4,735 0.1% -
Communist Gordon Massie - - - - 3,422 0.1% -
Green   - - - - 3,398 0.1% -
     Independent - - - - 13,632 0.4% -0.3%
Total   125 130 4.0% 3,777,311 100% -

Riding results

Algoma

Ontario general election, 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New DemocraticBud Wildman 8,562 60.90
LiberalBryan McDougall 4,295 30.55
Progressive ConservativeDenise Chenier 1,202 8.55

Algoma—Manitoulin

Ontario general election, 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalMike Brown 7,157 46.05
New DemocraticRon Boucher 4,385 28.22
Progressive ConservativeBen Wilson 3,999 25.73

Beaches—Woodbine

Brampton North

Ontario general election, 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalCarman McClelland 14,298 50.82
Progressive ConservativeJo-Anne Robertson 7,170 25.48
New DemocraticJohn Deamer 6,667 23.70

Brampton South

Brantford

Ontario general election, 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalDave Neumann 14,919 41.17
New DemocraticJack Tubman 12,212 33.70
Progressive ConservativePhil Gillies 9,104 25.13

Brant—Haldimand

Bruce

Burlington South

Cambridge

Carleton

Ontario general election, 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive ConservativeNorm Sterling 14,057
LiberalRoly Armitage 13,590
New DemocraticElaine Gibson 4,590

Carleton East

Chatham—Kent

Cochrane North

Ontario general election, 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalRené Fontaine 9,436
New DemocraticLen Wood 5,675
Progressive ConservativeDenis Latulippe 1,203

Cochrane South

Ontario general election, 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive ConservativeAlan Pope 9,735
LiberalConrad Carrière 7,479
New DemocraticGilles Renaud 6,010

Cornwall

Ontario general election, 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalJohn Cleary 10,653
Progressive ConservativeLuc Guindon 9,067
New DemocraticBob Roth 6,756

Don Mills

Dovercourt

Downsview

Ontario general election, 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalLaureano Leone 11,832
New DemocraticMaria Augimeri 11,658
Progressive ConservativeDrew McCreadie 1,788

Dufferin—Peel

Ontario general election, 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalMavis Wilson 14,231 53.06
Progressive ConservativeCharlie Byran 8,393 31.29
New DemocraticSandra Crane 4,195 15.64
Total valid votes 26,819 100.00–

Durham Centre

Durham East

Ontario general election, 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive ConservativeSam Cureatz 11,301
LiberalDiane Hamre 9,866
New DemocraticMarg Wilbur 6,805

Durham West

Durham—York

Eglinton

Elgin

Essex—Kent

Essex South

Ontario general election, 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalRemo Mancini 15,292
New DemocraticMarv Ewing 7,312
Progressive ConservativeScott Cowan 3,339

Etobicoke—Humber

Etobicoke—Lakeshore

Etobicoke—Rexdale

Ontario general election, 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New DemocraticEd Philip 13,892
LiberalJean Bickley 9,677
Progressive ConservativeAileen Anderson 3,127

Etobicoke West

Fort William

Fort York

Frontenac—Addington

Grey—Owen Sound

Guelph

Halton Centre

Ontario general election, 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalBarbara Sullivan 15,833
Progressive ConservativeBarry Quinn 9,539
New DemocraticRichard Banigan 4,487

Halton North

Hamilton Centre

Hamilton East

Hamilton Mountain

Hamilton West

Hastings—Peterborough

High Park—Swansea

Huron

Kenora

Kingston and the Islands

Kitchener

Kitchener—Wilmot

Lake Nipigon

Lambton

Lanark—Renfrew

Lawrence

Leeds—Grenville

Lincoln

London Centre

London North

London South

Markham

Middlesex

Mississauga East

Mississauga North

Mississauga South

Mississauga West

Muskoka—Georgian Bay

Ontario general election, 1987: Muskoka–Georgian Bay
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalKen Black 12,645 43.45
     Progressive Conservative George Beatty 9,396 32.39
New DemocraticDan Waters 7,059 24.26
Total valid votes 29,100 100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 320
Turnout 29,420 65.17
Electors on the lists 45,146

Nepean

Niagara Falls

Niagara South

Nickel Belt

Nipissing

Norfolk

Northumberland

Oakville South

Oakwood

Oriole

Oshawa

Ottawa Centre

Ottawa East

Ottawa—Rideau

Ottawa South

Ottawa West

Ontario general election, 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalBob Chiarelli 16,343
Progressive ConservativeDerek Insley 9,951
New DemocraticPaul Weinzweig 4,403
Family CoalitionLynn McPherson 1,689

Oxford

Parkdale

Parry Sound

Perth

Peterborough

Port Arthur

Prescott and Russell

Prince Edward—Lennox

Quinte

Rainy River

Renfrew North

Riverdale

St. Andrew—St. Patrick

St. Catharines

Party Candidate Votes %
     Liberal (x)Jim Bradley 17,584 63.30
     New Democratic Party Rob West 5,566 20.04
     Progressive Conservative Chuck Bradley 4,258 15.33
CommunistEric Blair 369 1.33
Total valid votes 27,777 100.00

St. Catharines—Brock

St. George—St. David

Sarnia

Sault Ste. Marie

Scarborough—Agincourt

Scarborough Centre

Scarborough East

Scarborough—Ellesmere

Scarborough North

Scarborough West

Simcoe Centre

Simcoe East

Simcoe West

Stormont—Dundas—Glengarry & East Grenville

Sudbury

Sudbury East

Timiskaming

Victoria—Haliburton

Waterloo North

Welland—Thorold

Wellington

Wentworth East

Wentworth North

Willowdale

Wilson Heights

Windsor—Riverside

Windsor—Sandwich

Windsor—Walkerville

York Centre

York East

York Mills

York—Mackenzie

York South

Yorkview

Byelections after 1987

Dianne Cunningham (PC) 13858
Elaine Pensa (L) 10356
Diane Whiteside (NDP) 6799
Brenda Rowe (FCP) 1419
Barry Malcolm (F) 548
John Turmel 115
Peter Kormos (NDP) 13933
Mike Lottridge (L) 9819
Brian O'Brine (PC) 4574
Barry Fitzgerald (F) 260
John Turmel 187

Dalton McGuinty, Sr., MPP for Ottawa South, died on March 16, 1990. No byelection was held; the seat was vacant until the 1990 election in September.

See also

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