| Election name | 1945 Ontario general election |
|---|---|
| Country | Ontario |
| Ongoing | no |
| Party colour | no |
| Party name | no |
| Previous election | 1943 Ontario general election |
| Previous year | 1943 |
| Previous mps | 21st Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| Next election | 1948 Ontario general election |
| Next year | 1948 |
| Elected mps | 22nd Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| Seats for election | 90 seats in the 22nd Legislative Assembly of Ontario 46 seats were needed for a majority |
| Election date | June 4, 1945 |
| Leader 1 | George Drew |
| Leader since 1 | December 9, 1938 |
| Leaders seat 1 | High Park |
| Last election 1 | 38 |
| Seats 1 | 66 |
| Seat change 1 | 28 |
| Percentage 1 | 44.3% |
| Swing 1 | 8.6pp |
| Leader 2 | Mitchell Hepburn |
| Leader since 2 | April 2, 1945 |
| Leaders seat 2 | Elgin (lost re-election) |
| Last election 2 | 15 |
| Seats 2 | 14 |
| Seat change 2 | 1 |
| Percentage 2 | 29.8% |
| Swing 2 | 1.4pp |
| Leader 4 | Ted Jolliffe |
| Leader since 4 | April 3, 1942 |
| Leaders seat 4 | York South (lost re-election) |
| Last election 4 | 34 |
| Seats 4 | 8 |
| Seat change 4 | 26 |
| Percentage 4 | 22.4% |
| Swing 4 | 9.3pp |
| Leader 5 | Leslie Morris |
| Leader since 5 | 1945 |
| Party 5 | Labor-Progressive |
| Leaders seat 5 | Ran in Bracondale (Lost) |
| Last election 5 | 2 |
| Seats 5 | 2 |
| Seat change 5 | ±0 |
| Percentage 5 | 2.4% |
| Swing 5 | 1.5pp |
| Posttitle | Premier after election |
| Before election | George Drew |
| After election | George Drew |
The 1945 Ontario general election was held on June 4, 1945, to elect the 90 members of the 22nd Legislative Assembly of Ontario (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the province of Ontario.[1]
Background
The Legislature was dissolved on March 24, 1945, upon the government's failure to defeat a non-confidence motion. The election call was delayed in order to implement new legislation relating to the collection of votes from servicemen and women overseas,[2] but the date was later fixed for June 11. When the 1945 Canadian federal election was set for the same date, the Ontario date was accelerated by one week to June 4,[3] in order to separate the two campaigns.
The Drew government called the election in an attempt to get a majority government. By exploiting increasing Cold War tensions, the PC Party was able to defeat Jolliffe's CCF by stoking fears about communism. Jolliffe replied by giving a radio speech (written by Lister Sinclair) that accused Drew of running a political gestapo in Ontario, alleging that a secret department of the Ontario Provincial Police was acting as a political police spying on the opposition and the media. This accusation led to a backlash, and loss of support for the CCF, including the loss of Jolliffe's own seat of York South. This probably helped Drew win his majority, although in the 1970s, archival evidence was discovered proving the charge.[4]
Campaign
Of the 90 ridings, only 8 had two-way races; 47 were three-way contests, and the Labor-Progressives forced 30 four way races:
| Candidates | PC | CCF | Lib | LL | Lab | Lab-Pr | Soc-Lab | I-Lib | I-PC | Ind | SC | Soldier | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||
| 3 | 47 | 47 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 141 | |||||||
| 4 | 30 | 30 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 120 | ||||
| 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 35 | |||
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
| Total | 90 | 89 | 80 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 317 |
Outcome
The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, led by George Drew, won a second consecutive term in office, winning a solid majority of seats in the legislature—66, up from 38 in the previous election.
The Ontario Liberal Party, led by former premier Mitchell Hepburn, was returned to the role of official opposition with 11 seats, plus 3 Liberal-Labour seats that it won, out of 6 contested, in coalition with the Labor-Progressive Party (which was, in fact, the Communist Party), in an effort to marginalize the CCF. The three new Liberal-Labour MPPs were James Newman of Rainy River, Joseph Meinzinger of Waterloo North and Alexander Parent of Essex North.
The social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), led by Ted Jolliffe, was reduced from 34 seats to 8.
Two seats were won by the Labor-Progressive Party on its own with the re-election of A.A. MacLeod and J.B. Salsberg. The LPP contested a total of 31 ridings under the leadership of Leslie Morris who was defeated in the Toronto riding of Bracondale.
Results
[1][5][6] |- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=5 | MPPs ! colspan=3 | Votes |- ! Candidates !1943 !Dissol. !1945 !± !# !% ! ± (pp)
|style="text-align:left;"|George Drew | 90 || 38 || 38 || 66 || 28 || 781,345 || 44.25 || 8.50
|style="text-align:left;"|Mitchell Hepburn | 80 || 15 || 15 || 11 || rowspan="2"|1 || 479,253 || 27.14 || rowspan="2"|2.50
|style="text-align:left;"| | 6 || – || – || 3 || 34,879 || 1.98
|style="text-align:left;"|Ted Jolliffe | 89 || 34 || 34 || 8 || 26 || 395,708 || 22.41 || 9.21 [a 1] |style="text-align:left;"|Leslie Morris | 31 || 2 || 2 || 2 || || 46,418 || 2.63 || 1.73 [a 2] |style="text-align:left;"| | 2 || 1 || 1 || – || 1 || 6,359 || 0.36 || 0.41 [a 3] |style="text-align:left;"| | 4 || – || – || – || – || 10,805 || 0.61 || 0.44
|style="text-align:left;"| | 5 || – || – || – || – || 6,995 || 0.40 || 0.21 [a 4] |style="text-align:left;"| || 2 || – || – || – || – || 1,875 || 0.11 || 0.07
|style="text-align:left;"| | 4 || – || – || – || – || 976 || 0.06 || –
|style="text-align:left;"| | 3 || – || – || – || – || 852 || 0.05 || Returned
|style="text-align:left;"| | 1 || – || – || – || – || 328 || 0.02 || 0.02 |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Total|| 317 || 90 || 90 || 90 || || 1,765,793 || 100.00% || |- |colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"|Blank and invalid ballots |align="right"|17,597 |style="background:#E9E9E9;" colspan="2"| |-style="background:#E9E9E9;" |colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"|Registered voters / turnout |2,469,960 |72.20% |13.84 |}
- ^ A. A. MacLeod (Bellwoods) and J. B. Salsberg (St. Andrew) were the only candidates nominated and elected under the Labour ticket in 1943, but switched to the new Labor-Progressive Party on its formation shortly after the election.
- ^ Mitchell Hepburn (Elgin) opted not to run as a Liberal candidate in 1943, and returned to the Liberals to once again become their leader.
- ^ compared with Independent Labour 1943 results
- ^ George Barker (York East) was an Independent-Soldier candidate, and John Beauchamp (Ottawa East) ran under the Veterans' Reform ticket.
- ^ including spoilt ballots
- ^ order is as given in EO reports
- ^ Mitchell Hepburn (Elgin) campaigned as a Liberal and lost.
Vote and seat summaries
| Party | Seats | Votes | Change (pp) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| /Liberal-Labour | |||||
Synopsis of results
| Riding | Winning party | Turnout [a 5] | Votes | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name[a 6] | 1943 | Party | Votes | Share | Margin # | Margin % | PC | Lib | LL | CCF | Lab-Pr | Lab | I-Lib | I-Oth | Other | Total | |||
| Addington | PC | PC | 6,992 | 54.15% | 2,113 | 16.36% | 80.65% | 6,992 | 4,879 | – | 1,042 | – | – | – | – | – | 12,913 | ||
| Algoma—Manitoulin | Lib | PC | 4,336 | 37.42% | 168 | 1.45% | 77.98% | 4,336 | 4,168 | – | 3,083 | – | – | – | – | – | 11,587 | ||
| Brant | Lib | Lib | 7,151 | 47.68% | 1,191 | 7.94% | 70.12% | 5,960 | 7,151 | – | 1,886 | – | – | – | – | – | 14,997 | ||
| Brantford | CCF | PC | 6,581 | 36.91% | 26 | 0.15% | 74.69% | 6,581 | 6,555 | – | 4,266 | 426 | – | – | – | – | 17,828 | ||
| Bruce | Lib | PC | 7,229 | 46.16% | 449 | 2.87% | 76.77% | 7,229 | 6,780 | – | 1,651 | – | – | – | – | – | 15,660 | ||
| Carleton | PC | PC | 9,495 | 59.80% | 5,253 | 33.08% | 72.09% | 9,495 | 4,242 | – | 2,141 | – | – | – | – | – | 15,878 | ||
| Cochrane North | CCF | Lib | 3,573 | 39.07% | 313 | 3.42% | 80.91% | 1,918 | 3,573 | – | 3,260 | 395 | – | – | – | – | 9,146 | ||
| Cochrane South | CCF | CCF | 10,521 | 40.29% | 2,822 | 10.81% | 79.48% | 6,126 | 7,699 | – | 10,521 | 1,764 | – | – | – | – | 26,110 | ||
| Dufferin—Simcoe | PC | PC | 9,216 | 74.30% | 6,028 | 48.60% | 62.38% | 9,216 | – | – | 3,188 | – | – | – | – | – | 12,404 | ||
| Durham | PC | PC | 7,027 | 53.36% | 2,585 | 19.63% | 77.00% | 7,027 | 4,442 | – | 1,700 | – | – | – | – | – | 13,169 | ||
| Elgin | Ind-Lib | PC | 10,278 | 52.29% | 2,402 | 12.22% | 76.50% | 10,278 | 7,876 | – | 1,500 | – | – | – | – | – | 19,654 | ||
| Essex North | CCF | LL | 6,801 | 36.41% | 685 | 3.67% | 69.28% | 6,116 | – | 6,801 | 5,762 | – | – | – | – | – | 18,679 | ||
| Essex South | PC | PC | 7,688 | 51.99% | 1,825 | 12.34% | 74.42% | 7,688 | 5,863 | – | 1,237 | – | – | – | – | – | 14,788 | ||
| Fort William | CCF | CCF | 8,197 | 41.88% | 2,590 | 13.23% | 74.29% | 5,607 | 4,598 | – | 8,197 | 1,171 | – | – | – | – | 19,573 | ||
| Glengarry | Lib | Lib | 5,594 | 54.90% | 1,613 | 15.83% | 74.30% | 3,981 | 5,594 | – | 615 | – | – | – | – | – | 10,190 | ||
| Grenville—Dundas | PC | PC | 8,843 | 62.17% | 4,593 | 32.29% | 65.50% | 8,843 | 4,250 | – | 1,130 | – | – | – | – | – | 14,223 | ||
| Grey North | Lib | PC | 7,275 | 45.63% | 592 | 3.71% | 74.17% | 7,275 | 6,683 | – | 1,987 | – | – | – | – | – | 15,945 | ||
| Grey South | Lib | Lib | 6,584 | 52.66% | 1,541 | 12.33% | 72.17% | 5,043 | 6,584 | – | 876 | – | – | – | – | – | 12,503 | ||
| Haldimand—Norfolk | PC | PC | 11,943 | 53.64% | 4,622 | 20.76% | 71.55% | 11,943 | 7,321 | – | 3,003 | – | – | – | – | – | 22,267 | ||
| Halton | PC | PC | 6,914 | 44.77% | 1,189 | 7.70% | 74.31% | 6,914 | 5,725 | – | 2,806 | – | – | – | – | – | 15,445 | ||
| Hamilton East | CCF | PC | 10,561 | 41.70% | 2,739 | 10.81% | 73.12% | 10,561 | 4,445 | – | 7,822 | 2,291 | – | – | – | 207 | 25,326 | ||
| Hamilton Centre | CCF | PC | 9,091 | 36.23% | 640 | 2.55% | 74.18% | 9,091 | 5,633 | – | 8,451 | 1,919 | – | – | – | – | 25,094 | ||
| Hamilton—Wentworth | CCF | PC | 10,102 | 44.00% | 3,850 | 16.77% | 78.49% | 10,102 | 6,252 | – | 6,047 | 556 | – | – | – | – | 22,957 | ||
| Hastings East* | PC | PC | 5,928 | 56.90% | 2,489 | 23.89% | 72.02% | 5,928 | 3,439 | – | 1,052 | – | – | – | – | – | 10,419 | ||
| Hastings West | PC | PC | 9,351 | 50.83% | 2,910 | 15.82% | 69.35% | 9,351 | 6,441 | – | 2,604 | – | – | – | – | – | 18,396 | ||
| Huron | PC | PC | 7,081 | 52.67% | 1,929 | 14.35% | 74.90% | 7,081 | 5,152 | – | 1,211 | – | – | – | – | – | 13,444 | ||
| Huron—Bruce | PC | PC | 7,188 | 52.57% | 2,169 | 15.86% | 76.53% | 7,188 | 5,019 | – | 1,465 | – | – | – | – | – | 13,672 | ||
| Kenora | CCF | CCF | 3,461 | 33.92% | 190 | 1.86% | 73.80% | 3,271 | – | 2,998 | 3,461 | 474 | – | – | – | – | 10,204 | ||
| Kent East | PC | PC | 7,000 | 53.20% | 841 | 6.39% | 78.53% | 7,000 | 6,159 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13,159 | ||
| Kent West | Lib | PC | 10,691 | 51.68% | 2,555 | 12.35% | 71.20% | 10,691 | 8,136 | – | 1,861 | – | – | – | – | – | 20,688 | ||
| Kingston* | PC | PC | 9,275 | 52.71% | 2,907 | 16.52% | 73.63% | 9,275 | 6,368 | – | 1,631 | 322 | – | – | – | – | 17,596 | ||
| Lambton East | Lib | PC | 5,693 | 45.96% | 86 | 0.69% | 71.90% | 5,693 | 5,607 | – | 1,087 | – | – | – | – | – | 12,387 | ||
| Lambton West | CCF | PC | 7,255 | 42.61% | 975 | 5.73% | 77.16% | 7,255 | 6,280 | – | 3,490 | – | – | – | – | – | 17,025 | ||
| Lanark | PC | PC | 12,483 | 87.26% | 10,660 | 74.51% | 63.59% | 12,483 | – | – | 1,823 | – | – | – | – | – | 14,306 | ||
| Leeds | PC | PC | 10,192 | 58.05% | 4,229 | 24.09% | 75.89% | 10,192 | 5,963 | – | 1,403 | – | – | – | – | – | 17,558 | ||
| Lincoln | PC | PC | 16,344 | 49.91% | 8,293 | 25.32% | 76.03% | 16,344 | 8,051 | – | 6,791 | – | 1,563 | – | – | – | 32,749 | ||
| London | PC | PC | 16,649 | 46.03% | 5,390 | 14.90% | 77.55% | 16,649 | 11,259 | – | 7,863 | 402 | – | – | – | – | 36,173 | ||
| Middlesex North | PC | PC | 7,123 | 45.85% | 1,764 | 11.35% | 71.76% | 7,123 | 5,359 | – | 3,055 | – | – | – | – | – | 15,537 | ||
| Middlesex South | PC | PC | 6,251 | 44.57% | 135 | 0.96% | 71.08% | 6,251 | 6,116 | – | 1,659 | – | – | – | – | – | 14,026 | ||
| Muskoka—Ontario | Lib | PC | 8,073 | 47.71% | 1,902 | 11.24% | 73.95% | 8,073 | 6,171 | – | 2,676 | – | – | – | – | – | 16,920 | ||
| Niagara Falls | CCF | PC | 7,014 | 33.39% | 192 | 0.91% | 70.22% | 7,014 | 6,822 | – | 6,560 | 611 | – | – | – | – | 21,007 | ||
| Nipissing | CCF | Lib | 5,988 | 35.45% | 1,123 | 6.65% | 74.59% | 4,512 | 5,988 | – | 4,865 | – | – | – | 1,525 | – | 16,890 | ||
| Northumberland | PC | PC | 8,674 | 55.70% | 2,911 | 18.69% | 76.85% | 8,674 | 5,763 | – | 1,135 | – | – | – | – | – | 15,572 | ||
| Ontario | CCF | PC | 9,130 | 35.49% | 1,079 | 4.19% | 74.38% | 9,130 | 8,051 | – | 7,693 | – | 852 | – | – | – | 25,726 | ||
| Ottawa East | Lib | Lib | 10,725 | 42.36% | 4,708 | 18.60% | 66.34% | 5,287 | 10,725 | – | 2,234 | – | – | 6,359 | – | 711 | 25,316 | ||
| Ottawa South | PC | PC | 23,616 | 53.50% | 9,167 | 20.77% | 69.93% | 23,616 | 14,449 | – | 5,571 | – | – | – | – | 503 | 44,139 | ||
| Oxford | PC | PC | 11,402 | 50.05% | 3,408 | 14.96% | 72.53% | 11,402 | 7,994 | – | 3,386 | – | – | – | – | – | 22,782 | ||
| Parry Sound | CCF | Lib | 4,289 | 36.81% | 124 | 1.06% | 73.35% | 4,165 | 4,289 | – | 3,199 | – | – | – | – | – | 11,653 | ||
| Peel | PC | PC | 9,923 | 56.19% | 5,511 | 31.21% | 69.10% | 9,923 | – | 4,412 | 3,325 | – | – | – | – | – | 17,660 | ||
| Perth | Lib | PC | 12,302 | 48.24% | 1,935 | 7.59% | 72.34% | 12,302 | 10,367 | – | 2,835 | – | – | – | – | – | 25,504 | ||
| Peterborough | PC | PC | 12,398 | 50.94% | 4,684 | 19.25% | 81.29% | 12,398 | 7,714 | – | 4,225 | – | – | – | – | – | 24,337 | ||
| Port Arthur | CCF | CCF | 6,403 | 34.90% | 2,028 | 11.05% | 73.01% | 3,254 | 4,375 | – | 6,403 | 1,486 | – | – | 2,828 | – | 18,346 | ||
| Prescott | Lib | Lib | 6,037 | 51.31% | 2,255 | 19.17% | 75.06% | 1,946 | 6,037 | – | 3,782 | – | – | – | – | – | 11,765 | ||
| Prince Edward—Lennox | PC | PC | 7,583 | 57.46% | 2,878 | 21.81% | 71.84% | 7,583 | 4,705 | – | 909 | – | – | – | – | – | 13,197 | ||
| Rainy River | CCF | LL | 2,583 | 34.59% | 251 | 3.36% | 78.63% | 2,332 | – | 2,583 | 2,186 | 366 | – | – | – | – | 7,467 | ||
| Renfrew North | PC | PC | 6,118 | 45.97% | 1,570 | 11.80% | 80.89% | 6,118 | 4,548 | – | 2,643 | – | – | – | – | – | 13,309 | ||
| Renfrew South | Lib | PC | 5,864 | 48.39% | 774 | 6.39% | 75.09% | 5,864 | 5,090 | – | 1,164 | – | – | – | – | – | 12,118 | ||
| Russell | Lib | Lib | 5,925 | 49.94% | 1,511 | 12.74% | 65.82% | 4,414 | 5,925 | – | 997 | – | – | – | 528 | – | 11,864 | ||
| Sault Ste. Marie | CCF | CCF | 5,623 | 34.69% | 176 | 1.09% | 81.51% | 5,447 | 5,138 | – | 5,623 | – | – | – | – | – | 16,208 | ||
| Simcoe Centre | PC | PC | 6,229 | 45.22% | 1,613 | 11.71% | 77.39% | 6,229 | 4,616 | – | 1,754 | – | – | – | 1,176 | – | 13,775 | ||
| Simcoe East | PC | PC | 7,433 | 50.05% | 3,265 | 21.99% | 60.10% | 7,433 | 4,168 | – | 3,249 | – | – | – | – | – | 14,850 | ||
| Stormont | PC | Lib | 8,701 | 49.43% | 2,057 | 11.69% | 59.26% | 6,644 | 8,701 | – | 1,664 | 594 | – | – | – | – | 17,603 | ||
| Sudbury | CCF | CCF | 13,627 | 47.33% | 6,075 | 21.10% | 74.80% | 5,920 | 7,552 | – | 13,627 | 1,692 | – | – | – | – | 28,791 | ||
| Temiskaming | CCF | CCF | 4,327 | 39.66% | 1,176 | 10.78% | 78.17% | 3,151 | 3,150 | – | 4,327 | 282 | – | – | – | – | 10,910 | ||
| Victoria | PC | PC | 9,732 | 61.39% | 5,098 | 32.16% | 75.66% | 9,732 | 4,634 | – | 1,487 | – | – | – | – | – | 15,853 | ||
| Waterloo North | CCF | LL | 11,104 | 41.24% | 1,165 | 4.33% | 69.96% | 9,939 | – | 11,104 | 5,135 | 745 | – | – | – | – | 26,923 | ||
| Waterloo South | CCF | PC | 8,289 | 42.32% | 2,035 | 10.39% | 72.64% | 8,289 | 5,043 | – | 6,254 | – | – | – | – | – | 19,586 | ||
| Welland | CCF | PC | 8,161 | 34.55% | 244 | 1.03% | 78.35% | 8,161 | 7,917 | – | 5,440 | – | 2,106 | – | – | – | 23,624 | ||
| Wellington North | Lib | Lib | 6,821 | 46.89% | 24 | 0.16% | 72.58% | 6,797 | 6,821 | – | 928 | – | – | – | – | – | 14,546 | ||
| Wellington South | CCF | PC | 7,608 | 43.40% | 1,598 | 9.12% | 74.29% | 7,608 | 6,010 | – | 3,910 | – | – | – | – | – | 17,528 | ||
| Wentworth | CCF | CCF | 9,612 | 39.08% | 591 | 2.40% | 70.03% | 9,021 | 4,254 | – | 9,612 | 1,325 | – | – | – | 385 | 24,597 | ||
| Windsor—Walkerville | CCF | PC | 7,880 | 40.27% | 1,596 | 8.16% | 69.21% | 7,880 | – | – | 5,402 | – | 6,284 | – | – | – | 19,566 | ||
| Windsor—Sandwich | CCF | PC | 8,487 | 40.59% | 1,506 | 7.20% | 67.54% | 8,487 | – | 6,981 | 5,439 | – | – | – | – | – | 20,907 | ||
| York East | CCF | PC | 20,741 | 46.95% | 5,628 | 12.74% | 68.66% | 20,741 | 6,163 | – | 15,113 | 753 | – | – | – | 1,411 | 44,181 | ||
| York North | CCF | PC | 10,348 | 42.16% | 3,042 | 12.39% | 72.23% | 10,348 | 7,306 | – | 6,889 | – | – | – | – | – | 24,543 | ||
| York South | CCF | PC | 14,893 | 40.53% | 768 | 2.09% | 68.39% | 14,893 | 6,486 | – | 14,125 | 1,024 | – | – | – | 220 | 36,748 | ||
| York West | CCF | PC | 16,408 | 43.95% | 4,422 | 11.85% | 68.84% | 16,408 | 8,016 | – | 11,986 | 922 | – | – | – | – | 37,332 | ||
| Beaches | PC | PC | 11,676 | 52.38% | 4,854 | 21.77% | 70.60% | 11,676 | 3,794 | – | 6,822 | – | – | – | – | – | 22,292 | ||
| Bellwoods | Lab | Lab-Pr | 6,799 | 33.62% | 816 | 4.03% | 70.28% | 5,983 | 3,301 | – | 4,142 | 6,799 | – | – | – | – | 20,225 | ||
| Bracondale | CCF | PC | 6,600 | 35.61% | 1,622 | 8.75% | 70.77% | 6,600 | 4,019 | – | 4,978 | 2,607 | – | – | 328 | – | 18,532 | ||
| Dovercourt | PC | PC | 12,236 | 45.67% | 4,704 | 17.56% | 68.84% | 12,236 | 5,788 | – | 7,532 | 1,237 | – | – | – | – | 26,793 | ||
| Eglinton | PC | PC | 26,115 | 63.72% | 18,830 | 45.95% | 78.93% | 26,115 | 6,450 | – | 7,285 | 1,132 | – | – | – | – | 40,982 | ||
| High Park | PC | PC | 15,238 | 57.19% | 3,830 | 14.37% | 72.87% | 15,238 | – | – | 11,408 | – | – | – | – | – | 26,646 | ||
| Parkdale | PC | PC | 13,875 | 46.71% | 6,159 | 20.73% | 71.44% | 13,875 | 7,716 | – | 6,812 | 1,304 | – | – | – | – | 29,707 | ||
| Riverdale | CCF | PC | 12,620 | 47.53% | 3,871 | 14.58% | 67.06% | 12,620 | 4,302 | – | 8,749 | 683 | – | – | – | 197 | 26,551 | ||
| St. Andrew | Lab | Lab-Pr | 10,010 | 51.80% | 5,985 | 30.97% | 68.22% | 4,025 | 2,505 | – | 2,786 | 10,010 | – | – | – | – | 19,326 | ||
| St. David | CCF | PC | 8,535 | 42.24% | 2,973 | 14.71% | 66.38% | 8,535 | 4,924 | – | 5,562 | 1,183 | – | – | – | – | 20,204 | ||
| St. George | PC | PC | 13,153 | 55.34% | 6,982 | 29.38% | 65.87% | 13,153 | 4,442 | – | 6,171 | – | – | – | – | – | 23,766 | ||
| St. Patrick | PC | PC | 7,974 | 50.21% | 4,713 | 29.68% | 68.02% | 7,974 | 3,163 | – | 3,261 | 1,484 | – | – | – | – | 15,882 | ||
| Woodbine | CCF | PC | 12,083 | 43.83% | 2,262 | 8.20% | 67.78% | 12,083 | 4,199 | – | 9,821 | 459 | – | – | 938 | 69 | 27,569 | ||
- = open seat
- = turnout is above provincial average
- = winning candidate was in previous Legislature
- = incumbent had switched allegiance
- = incumbency arose from byelection gain
- = previously incumbent in another riding
- = other incumbents renominated
- = not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature
- = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada
- = multiple candidates
Analysis
| Party in 1st place | Party in 2nd place | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC | Lib | LL | CCF | Lab | I-Lib | |||
| 45 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 66 | ||||
| 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 | |||||
| 3 | 3 | |||||||
| 5 | 3 | 8 | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Total | 17 | 48 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 90 | |
| Parties | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 17 | 7 | 90 | |||
| 11 | 48 | 19 | 2 | 80 | ||
| 8 | 21 | 59 | 1 | 89 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||
| 2 | 26 | 3 | 31 | |||
| 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | |||||
| 5 | 5 | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 2 | 2 | |||||
| 1 | 1 |
| Source | Party | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC | Lib | L-L | CCF | Lab-Pr | Total | ||
| Seats retained | Incumbents returned | 35 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 51 | |
| Open seats held | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Seats changing hands | Incumbents defeated | 25 | 2 | 2 | 29 | ||
| Open seats gained | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Return of members previously elected | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 66 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 90 | |
Seats that changed hands
| Party | 1943 | Gain from (loss to) | 1945 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC | Lib | CCF | L-L | Lbr-P | I-Lib | ||||||||||
| 38 | 8 | (1) | 20 | 1 | 66 | ||||||||||
| 15 | 1 | (8) | 3 | 11 | |||||||||||
| 34 | (20) | (3) | (3) | 8 | |||||||||||
| – | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| [a 7] | 1 | (1) | – | ||||||||||||
| Total | 90 | 1 | (29) | 8 | (4) | 26 | – | – | (3) | – | – | 1 | – | 90 | |
There were 36 seats that changed allegiance in the election.
PC to Liberal
Liberal to PC
CCF to PC
- Bracondale
- Brantford
- Hamilton Centre
- Hamilton East
- Hamilton—Wentworth
- Lambton West
- Niagara Falls
- Ontario
- Riverdale
- St. David
- Waterloo South
- Welland
- Wellington South
- Windsor—Sandwich
- Windsor—Walkerville
- Woodbine
- York East
- York North
- York South
- York West
CCF to Liberal
CCF to Liberal-Labour
Independent-Liberal to PC
Notable group of candidates
Ten candidates who were not incumbents had served as MPPs prior to 1943:
| Riding | Candidate | Votes | Placed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cochrane North | Joseph-Anaclet Habel | 3,573 | 1st | |
| Hamilton Centre | John Newlands | 5,633 | 3rd | |
| Hamilton—Wentworth | Thomas Baker McQuesten | 6,252 | 2nd | |
| Lambton West | William Guthrie | 6,280 | 2nd | |
| Niagara Falls | William Houck | 6,822 | 2nd | |
| Parry Sound | Milton Taylor Armstrong | 4,289 | 1st | |
| Temiskaming | William Glennie Nixon | 3,150 | 3rd | |
| Welland | Edward James Anderson | 7,917 | 2nd | |
| Bracondale | Lionel Pretoria Conacher | 4,019 | 3rd | |
| Woodbine | Goldwin Corlett Elgie | 12,083 | 1st | |
See also
- Politics of Ontario
- List of Ontario political parties
- Premier of Ontario
- Leader of the Opposition (Ontario)
References
- ^ "1945 General Election". Elections Ontario. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
- ^ "1". 1945 (1st sess.)
- ^ "Advance Ontario Election To June 4". Ottawa Citizen. April 16, 1945. p. 1.
- ^ MacDonald, Donald C. (1998). The Happy Warrior: Political Memoirs, 2nd Ed.. Toronto: Dundurn Press. pp. 292–296. ISBN 1-55002-307-1.
- ^ "Returns by Ridings". Ottawa Journal. June 5, 1945. p. 11. Party affiliation for Robert Shantz (Waterloo South) corrected - he was a Liberal candidate: "South Waterloo Liberals Name Candidate For Federal Election". Waterloo Chronicle. p. 1.
- ^ "Sessional Paper No. 40 - Return from the records of the General Election to the Legislative Assembly in 1945". Sessional Papers: Vol. LXXVIII - Part IV. Toronto: King's Printer. 1946.