2007 Ontario general election

Canadian provincial election, 2007

The 2007 Ontario general election was held on October 10, 2007, to elect members (MPPs) of the 39th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada. The Liberals under Premier Dalton McGuinty won the election with a majority government, winning 71 out of a possible 107 seats with 42.2% of the popular vote. The election set a record for the lowest voter turnout in an Ontario provincial election; only 52.8% people who were eligible voted. This broke the previous record of 54.7% in the 1923 election.[1]

2007 Ontario general election

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← 38th Legislative Assembly of Ontario

107 seats in the 39th Legislative Assembly of Ontario
54 seats were needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
LeaderDalton McGuintyJohn Tory
PartyLiberalProgressive Conservative
Leader's seatOttawa SouthDufferin—Peel—
Wellington—Grey
ran in Don Valley West (lost)
Last election7224
Seats won7126
Seat changeDecrease1Increase2
Popular vote1,867,2731,398,806
Percentage42.25%31.62%
SwingDecrease4.15ppDecrease2.98pp

 Third partyFourth party
 
LeaderHoward HamptonFrank de Jong
PartyNew DemocraticGreen
Leader's seatKenora—Rainy Riverran in Davenport (lost)
Last election70
Seats won100
Seat changeIncrease3Steady
Popular vote741,465354,897
Percentage16.76%8.02%
SwingIncrease2.06ppIncrease5.20pp

Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. Riding names are listed at the bottom.

Premier before election

Dalton McGuinty
Liberal

Premier after election

Dalton McGuinty
Liberal

Results by party

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PartyParty leaderCandidatesSeatsPopular vote
2003Dissol.2007Change#%Change
LiberalDalton McGuinty107726771+6.0%1,869,27342.25%-4.22%
Progressive ConservativeJohn Tory107242526+4.0%1,398,80631.62%-3.05%
New DemocraticHoward Hampton10771010-741,46516.77%+2.08%
GreenFrank de Jong107----354,8978.02%+5.20%
Family CoalitionGiuseppe Gori83----35,7020.81%+0.01%
LibertarianSam Apelbaum25----9,2490.21%+0.17%
FreedomPaul McKeever15----3,0030.07%-0.13%
CommunistElizabeth Rowley8----1,6030.04%-0.01%
Special NeedsDanish Ahmed2----5020.01%-
Confederation of RegionsEileen Butson2----4460.01%+0.00%
ReformBrad Harness2----3540.01%-
RepublicanTrueman Tuck2----2720.01%-
 Independents and no affiliation32----8,3260.19%-0.11%
 Vacant1 
Total1031031078,380,5514,423,898100%-
  • Two independent candidates are running for the unregistered Communist League, while two others are perennial candidates of the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist–Leninist).
  • Eileen Butson, party president, acted as the CoR's spokesperson as the party decided not to have a party leader.
Popular vote
Liberal
42.25%
PC
31.62%
New Democratic
16.77%
Green
8.02%
Others
1.34%
Seats summary
Liberal
66.36%
PC
24.30%
New Democratic
9.35%

Maps

Results

Party SeatsSecondThirdFourthFifth or less
 Liberal7134200
 Progressive Conservative26582210
 New Democrats101465180
Green0118880
Family Coalition000065
Libertarian000016
 Independents00006
Freedom00002
Communist00001

References