1967 Ontario general election

1967 Ontario general election

← 1963 October 17, 1967 1971 →
117 seats in the 28th Legislative Assembly of Ontario 59 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader John Robarts Robert Nixon Donald C. MacDonald Party Progressive Conservative Liberal New Democratic Leader since October 25, 1961 January 6, 1967 November 21, 1953 Leader's seat London North Brant York South Last election 77 24 7 Seats won 69 28 20 Seat change 8 4 13 Percentage 42.3% 31.6% 25.9% Swing 6.6pp 3.7pp 10.4pp
Premier before election John Robarts Progressive Conservative Premier after election John Robarts Progressive Conservative

The 1967 Ontario general election was held on October 17, 1967, to elect the 117 members of the 28th Legislative Assembly of Ontario (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the Province of Ontario, Canada.^[1]

Results[]

29th Legislature

The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, led by John Robarts, won an eighth consecutive term in office, and maintained its majority in the legislature despite losing eight seats from its result in the previous election.

The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Robert Nixon, increased its caucus from 24 to 28 members, and continued in the role of official opposition. T. Patrick Reid of Rainy River was elected as a Liberal-Labour MPP. He replaced Robert Gibson, the late MPP for Kenora as the legislature's sole Liberal-Labour MPP.

The social democratic Ontario New Democratic Party, led by Donald C. MacDonald, increased its caucus in the legislature from 7 members to 20.

See also[]

• Politics of Ontario
• List of Canadian political parties#Ontario
• Premier of Ontario
• Leader of the Opposition (Ontario)

References[]

Further reading[]

• Saywell, John, ed. (1968). Canadian Annual Review for 1967. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-1549-5.

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