Ontario general election, 1985
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The Ontario general election of 1985 was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada.
The Ontario Liberal Party, led by David Peterson, with support from the New Democratic Party, led by Bob Rae, formed a minority government despite having fewer seats than the previously governing Progressive Conservative Party led by Frank Miller. This election ended 42 years of Conservative rule, during which the Tories retained power with the help of the "Big Blue Machine", a group of political professionals, and by governing in a moderate, non-confrontational way. Frank Miller came to the PC leadership with a much more right-wing image than his predecessor, William Davis. Voters were worried that Miller would take the government in a more conservative direction, and many moved their support to Peterson's more moderate Liberals. The Liberals won a marginally larger share of the popular vote than the PCs.
Results
| Party | Leader | 1981 | Elected | % change | Popular vote (%)
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row | Progressive Conservative | Frank Miller | 70 | 52 | -25.7% | 37.0% | Liberal | David Peterson | 34 | 48 | +41.2% | 37.9% | New Democratic | Bob Rae | 21 | 25 | +19.0% | 23.8% | Libertarian | Scott Bell | - | 0.4% | Green | - | 0.1% | Communist | Gordon Massie | - | 0.1% | Freedom | none (Robert Metz, President) | - | 0.1% | Others | - | 0.7% | |||||||||||||
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| Total Seats | 125 | 125 | - | 100% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Riding results
- (x)Bud Wildman (NDP) 7575
- Jim Thibert (PC) 3694
- Bryan McDougall (L) 2995
- (x)John Lane (PC) 7174
- Tom Farquhar (L) 4704
- Len Hembruf (NDP) 3309
- (x)Bruce McCaffrey (PC) 13394
- Gino Matrundola (L) 13182
- Bob Hebdon (NDP) 5429
- Simon Srdarev (Lbt) 456
- (x)Marion Bryden (NDP) 12672
- Paul Christie (PC) 7301
- Sally Kelly (L) 5065
- Steve Thistle (Lbt) 396
- (x)Ross McClellan (NDP) 8088
- Walter Bardyn (L) 6655
- Bento de Sao Jose (PC) 1964
- Ronald Rodgers 324
- Bob Callahan (L) 25656
- Jeff Rice (PC) 21239
- Terry Gorman (NDP) 8313
- Jim Bridgewood (Comm) 531
- Dave Duqette 500
- (x)Phil Gillies (PC) 13444
- Jack Tubman (NDP) 12303
- Herb German (L) 6533
- (x)Robert Nixon (L) 15317
- Ian Birnie (PC) 5817
- Irene Heltner (NDP) 3487
- Peter Partington (PC) 9741
- Bill Andres (L) 9081
- Robert Woolston (NDP) 3867
- Brian Dolby (G) 755
- Cam Jackson (PC) 16479
- Doug Redfearn (L) 11822
- Walter Mukewich (NDP) 10820
- (x)Bill Barlow (PC) 12888
- Alec Dufresne (NDP) 11985
- Bob Jeffrey (L) 7083
- (x)Bob Mitchell (PC) 17732
- Hans Daigeler (L) 15093
- Bea Murray (NDP) 7165
- Gilles Morin (L) 23221
- (x)Bob MacQuarrie (PC) 16188
- Joan Gullen (NDP) 8829
- (x)Norman Sterling (PC) 15524
- Dan Maxwell (L) 8019
- Alan White (NDP) 3468
- Maurice Bossy (L) 10340
- (x)Andy Watson (PC) 9206
- Ron Franko (NDP) 5535
- René Fontaine (L) 8793
- René Piche (PC) 6883
- Andre Philippe (NDP) 2878
- (x)Alan Pope (PC) 13935
- Roger Loiselle (NDP) 5662
- Jim Martin (L) 4002
- Luc Guindon (PC) 9430
- Claude Poirier (L) 6384
- Steve Corrie (NDP) 5828
- (x)Dennis Timbrell (PC) 15481
- John Atkin (L) 7504
- Michael Wyatt (NDP) 6153
- Gary Watson 1382
- (x)Tony Lupusella (NDP) 6677
- Gil Gillespie (L) 6600
- Joe Palozzi (PC) 3564
- Gordon Massie (Comm) 298
- Joseph Cordiano (L) 11234
- (x)Odoardo Di Santo (NDP) 11013
- Vincent Stabile (PC) 3329
- (x)George McCague (PC) 16198
- Gary Johnson (L) 11822
- Jeff Koechlin (NDP) 4316
- (x)Sam Cureatz (PC) 15193
- Doug Smith (NDP) 9832
- Steve Ryan (L) 7584
- (x)George Ashe (PC) 18684
- Brian Evans (L) 14348
- Don Stewart (NDP) 8495
- Eugene Gmitrowicz (Lbt) 911
- (x)Ross Stevenson (PC) 14343
- Don Hadden (L) 9760
- Margaret Wilbur (NDP) 5440
- David McFadden (PC) 13503
- Dianne Poole (L) 12589
- John Goodfellow (NDP) 4880
- (x)Ron NcNeil (PC) 1816
- Peter Charlton (L) 8619
- Gord Campbell (NDP) 5315
Erie:
- (x)Ray Haggerty (L) 10926
- Stan Pettit (PC) 5904
- Shirley Summers (NDP) 3191
- Pat Hayes (NDP) 7901
- Jack Morris (L) 6615
- Jack Menard (PC) 6105
- Ray Boggs 2925
- (x)Remo Mancini (L) 11382
- Paul Setterington (PC) 5098
- Jeff Totten 4947
- Paul Hertel (NDP) 267
- (x)Ed Philip (NDP) 16792
- John Smith (PC) 7573
- John Genser (L) 6544
- (x)Mickey Hennessy (PC) 14452
- Don Smith (NDP) 7071
- Norris Badanai (L) 4629
- John MacLennan (Comm) 289
- Larry South (L) 11684
- (x)J. Earl McEwen (PC) 9297
- Lars Thompson (NDP) 3723
- Ross Baker 941
Grey:
- (x)Bob McKessock (L) 16061
- Case Vanderham (PC) 5875
- Rhonda Green (NDP) 2402
- Eric Biggins (Lbt) 306
- (x)Eddie Sargent (L) 14883
- Arlene Wright (PC) 7595
- Joanne Shaw (NDP) 2340
- (x)Gordon Miller (L) 17456
- Barbara Martindale (PC) 9863
- Wayne Pierce (NDP) 3821
- Don Knight (L) 14991
- Peter Pomeroy (PC) 14777
- Doug Hamilton (NDP) 4871
- Neil Sivertson 665
- Lily Oddie Munro (L) 9184
- (x)Mike Davison (NDP) 8800
- John Ankers (PC) 2883
- (x)Robert MacKenzie (NDP) 13774
- Shirley Collins (L) 12174
- Fred Lombardo (PC) 5268
- Kerry Wilson (Comm) 234
- (x)Brian Charlton (NDP) 13871
- Steve Oneschuk (PC) 9729
- Dominic Agostino (L) 7757
- (x)Richard Allen (NDP) 10182
- Paul Hanover (L) 9732
- Anne Jones (PC) 6705
- Ron Crawford 496
- Val Hache 97
- (x)Jim Pollock (PC) 12272
- Paul Ockenden (L) 5586
- Elmer Buchanan (NDP) 4492
- (x)Yuri Shymko (PC) 9960
- Elaine Ziemba (NDP) 9630
- John Rudnicki (L) 5578
- Bob Cumming (Lbt) 498
- Robert Seajkowski 244
- Andrew Scorer (G) 209
- Jim Henderson (L) 18057
- (x)Morley Kells (PC) 16106
- Peter Sutherland (NDP) 5160
- (x)Murray Elston (L) 17159
- Mike Snobelen (PC) 8550
- Norma Peterson (NDP) 1992
- (x)Jack Riddell (L) 13820
- Bryan Smith (PC) 7381
- Paul Klopp (NDP) 1148
- Carmen Dawson 229
- (x)Leo Bernier (PC) 12574
- Colin Wasacase (NDP) 4025
- Mark Ducharme (L) 2254
- (x)Jim McGuigan (L) 11616
- Shirley McHardy (PC) 7838
- Donald Alexander (NDP) 1916
- Ken Keyes (L) 11924
- (x)Keith Norton (PC) 9637
- Pamela Cross (NDP) 3892
- Don Irvine (G) 285
- David Cooke (L) 14066
- Don Travers (PC) 9684
- Tim Little (NDP) 5654
- Ed Halbach (Ind [Humanist]) 453
- Albert Norris 157
- (x)John Sweeney (L) 15987
- Jim Ziegler (PC) 8737
- Mike Cooper (NDP) 4673
- Gilles Pouliot (NDP) 5708
- Jim Files (PC) 4532
- Michael Power (L) 3448
- David Smith (L) 10816
- Bob Boyd (PC) 9956
- Grant Reynolds (NDP) 1987
- (x)Douglas Wiseman (PC) 10916
- John Carley (L) 5146
- Don Page (NDP) 3297
- Ruth Grier (NDP) 11539
- Frank Sgarlata (L) 9502
- (x)Al Kolyn (PC) 7886
- (x)Robert Runciman (PC) 11809
- Dolores Wing (L) 6748
- Bob Smith (NDP) 3583
- Mackie Morrison 741
- (x)Philip Andrews (PC) 12226
- Gladys Huffman (L) 9004
- Barbara Mersereau (NDP) 2264
- Ken Lee 1036
- (x)David Peterson (L) 13890
- Bill Rudd (PC) 6714
- Peter Cassidy (NDP) 4340
- Michelle McColm (F) 403
- (x)Ron Van Horne (L) 20536
- George Auold (PC) 11433
- Marion Boyd (NDP) 5191
- Robert Smink (F) 566
- Joan Smith (L) 24522
- (x)Gord Walker (PC) 17839
- David Winninger (NDP) 5080
- Robert Metz (F) 614
- Doug Reycraft (L) 11292
- (x)Bob Eaton (PC) 10482
- Larry Green (NDP) 2169
- (x)Bud Gregory (PC) 14900
- Victor Maida (L) 12334
- Larry Taylor (NDP) 12015
- Steve Offer (L) 21369
- (x)Terry Jones (PC) 19945
- Sylvia Weylie (NDP) 9943
- Margaret Marland (PC) 13186
- Carolynne Siller (L) 11623
- Barry Stevens (NDP) 4770
- (x)Frank Miller (PC) 12723
- Kenneth McClellan (L) 3036
- Bob Maguire (NDP) 2836
- (x)Vince Kerrio (L) 14658
- Ted Salci (PC) 8616
- Deloris Skilton (NDP) 6778
- (x)Floyd Laughren (NDP) 8912
- Evelyn Dutrisac (PC) 5849
- Trudy Bolduc (L) 2255
- (x)Mike Harris (PC) 14900
- Mike Gauthier (L) 11002
- Lynne Bennett (NDP) 3984
- (x)Howard Sheppard (PC) 14296
- Joan Fawcett (L) 12446
- Judi Armstrong (NDP) 3247
- Terry O’Connor (PC) 14265
- Doug Carrothers (L) 13578
- Kevin Flynn (NDP) 4390
- Chris Kowalchuk (G) 2008
- (x)Tony Grande (NDP) 10407
- Joe Ricciati (L) 9631
- Harriet Wolman (PC) 4636
- Mike Sterling (Comm) 327
- Elinor Caplan (L) 17641
- (x)John Williams (PC) 13557
- Lorne Strachan (NDP) 3660
- George Graham (Lbt) 1106
- (x)Mike Breaugh (NDP) 12686
- Bob Boychyn (PC) 7528
- Joe Neal (L) 5034
- (x)Evelyn Gigantes (NDP) 11890
- Graham Bird (PC) 8005
- Pat Legris (L) 7103
- John C. Turmel 364
- (x)Bernard Grandmaitre (L) 14601
- Kathryn Barnard (NDP) 3971
- Paul St. Georges (PC) 2257
- Serge Girard 518
- (x)Claude Bennett (PC) 12971
- Andrew Caddell (L) 11634
- John Smart (NDP) 8311
- (x)Reuben Baetz (PC) 15089
- Alex Cullen (L) 12141
- Greg Ross (NDP) 4427
- Gregory Vezina (G) 701
- (x)Dick Treleaven (PC) 15507
- Charlotte Sutherland (L) 10656
- Wayne Colburn (NDP) 5660
- Kaye Sargent (Lbt) 729
- Rick Spurgeon 577
- (x)Tony Ruprecht (L) 12065
- Richard Gilbert (NDP) 5176
- Tessie Jew (PC) 2052
- (x)Ernie Eves (PC) 10904
- Richard Thomas (L) 9544
- Leo Gagne (NDP) 1130
- (x)Hugh Edighoffer (L) 20040
- Glynn Coghlin (PC) 6076
- Warren Ham (NDP) 2796
- (x)John Turner (PC) 16878
- Linda Slavin (NDP) 11941
- Bill Ayote (L) 9734
- John Conlin (Lbt) 461
- George Kerr (G) 212
- (x)Jim Foulds (NDP) 13084
- Swede Johnson (PC) 9826
- John Ranta (L) 6169
- (x)Jean Poirier (L) 18833
- Guy Genier (PC) 11038
- Maurice Landry (NDP) 2625
- (x)James Taylor (PC) 10170
- Gordon Mylks (L) 6918
- Harry Plummer (NDP) 2307
- (x)Hugh O’Neil (L) 18988
- Neil Robertson (PC) 9287
- Gene Morosan (NDP) 1817
- Jack Pierce (PC) 5053
- Howard Hampton (NDP) 4775
- Ron King (L) 2944
- (x)Sean Conway (L) 12849
- Brian Hocking (PC) 5748
- Robert Cottingham (NDP) 740
- (x)Paul Yakabuski (PC) 14182
- Dermott Calver (L) 9687
- Ish Theilheimer (NDP) 3420
- David Reville (NDP) 9869
- Bret Snider (PC) 4590
- Doug DeMille (L) 3949
- Maggie Bizzell (Comm) 322
- Michael Tegtmeyer (G) 192
- (x)Larry Grossman (PC) 10332
- Meg Griffiths (NDP) 8373
- Jim DaCosta (L) 6330
- Cathy Laurier (Comm) 264
- Judy Hannon (G) 232
- (x)Jim Bradley (L) 20605
- Elaine Herzog (PC) 9029
- Michael Cormier (NDP) 5624
- Eric Blair (Comm) 305
- Ian Scott (L) 13120
- Julian Porter (PC) 9702
- Barbara Hall (NDP) 4878
- Earl Epstein (Lbt) 227
- (x)Susan Fish (PC) 11378
- Diana Hunt (NDP) 10543
- Joseph Mifsud (L) 9361
- Michael Beech (Lbt) 1007
- Karol Siroky (Ind [New Tories]) 186
- (x)Andy Brandt (PC) 18651
- Michael Robb (L) 7438
- Duncan Longwell (NDP) 3572
- Margaret Coe (Lbt) 792
- Karl Morin-Strom (NDP) 16362
- Russ Ramsay (PC) 15293
- Roy Youngson (L) 4830
- William C. Davis (PC) 8890
- Gerald Lennon (L) 8531
- Barry Christensen (NDP) 7577
- Ed Fulton (L) 15855
- Verla Fiveash (PC) 11245
- Alawi Mohideen (NDP) 4381
- Jim McIntosh (Lbt) 1402
- David Warner (NDP) 10119
- (x)Alan Robinson (PC) 9900
- Carole Lidgold (L) 6674
- George Dance (Lbt) 348
- Alvin Curling (L) 30504
- Carole Noble (PC) 22644
- Jerry Daca (NDP) 9072
- R.J. Austin 1972
- (x)Richard Johnston (NDP) 12889
- Kurt Christensen (PC) 5994
- Anthony Judd (L) 4806
- John MacMillan 544
- Earl W. Rowe (PC) 15379
- Ross Whiteside (L) 14845
- Paul Wessenger (NDP) 9639
- Steve Kaasgaard 566
- (x)Al McLean (PC) 13371
- Fayne Bullen (NDP) 11002
- George MacDonald (L) 7566
Stormont—Dundas—Glengarry & East Grenville:
- (x)Noble Villeneuve (PC) 13119
- Bill Dillabough (L) 7036
- Rudi Derstroff (NDP) 1700
- (x)James K. Gordon (PC) 12591
- Ernie St-Jean (NDP) 7010
- Chris Nash (L) 6302
- (x)Elie Martel (NDP) 17241
- George McDonald (PC) 9576
- Edelgard Mahant (L) 4726
- David Ramsay (NDP) 10765
- (x)Ed Havrot (PC) 7941
- Dale Woods (L) 2026
- George Yeates 464
- (x)John Eakins (L) 15340
- Murray Fearrey (PC) 11570
- Art Field (NDP) 3209
- (x)Herbert Epp (L) 16458
- Lynne Woolstencroft (PC) 9149
- Richard Gerson (NDP) 4534
- (x)Mel Swart (NDP) 17065
- Roy Smith (L) 6027
- Ed Minchin (PC) 5618
- (x)Jack Johnson (PC) 14845
- Bruce Whiteside (L) 10401
- Sandy Young (NDP) 6395
- Rick Ferraro (L) 17995
- Marilyn Robinson (PC) 12989
- Derek Fletcher (NDP) 6641
- (x)Gordon Dean (PC) 12322
- June Peace (L) 10337
- Sharon Lehnert (NDP) 8571
- Albert Papazian 947
- Chris Ward (L) 18328
- (x)Ann Sloat (PC) 13160
- Lynn Spencer (NDP) 6158
- George Grinnell (G) 751
- Monte Kwinter (L) 12363
- (x)David Rotenberg (PC) 10175
- Howard Moscoe (NDP) 7793
- (x)Dave Cooke (NDP) 17883
- Ron Burgoyne (PC) 6719
- Fergie Jenkins (L) 4418
- (x)Bill Wrye (L) 10730
- Paul Forder (NDP) 7583
- Ron Arkell (PC) 3681
- Mike Longmoore (Comm) 197
- (x)Bernard Newman (L) 9130
- Jane Boyd (PC) 6980
- Gay Parent (NDP) 6698
- (x)Don Cousens (PC) 25022
- Ron Maheu (L) 19776
- Diane Meaghan (NDP) 7171
- Stewart Cole 2644
- (x)Robert Elgie (PC) 11459
- Gord Crann (NDP) 9183
- Omar Chaudhery (L) 6629
- Ed McDonald (Comm) 929
- Kathy Sorensen (Lbt) 410
- (x)Bette Stephenson (PC) 17943
- Gunnar Tannis (L) 10078
- Gord Doctorow (NDP) 6872
- Scott Bell (Lbt) 2339
- Greg Sorbara (L) 21291
- (x)William Hodgson (PC) 17196
- Keith Munro (NDP) 7026
- (x)Bob Rae (NDP) 16373
- Horacle Hale (L) 6807
- Toomas Dunapuu (PC) 5321
- Paul Schulze 1063
- Lucille Boikoff 402
- Dusan Kubias (Lbt) 343
- (x)Nick Leluk (PC) 14595
- Leonard Braithwaite (L) 13880
- Phil Jones (NDP) 6980
- Bob Dunk (Lbt) 1099
- Claude Polsinelli (L) 15986
- Mike Foster (NDP) 12658
- Leslie Soobrian (PC) 3431