2014 Ontario general election

2014 Ontario general election
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107 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario; 54 seats needed for a majority
	Opinion polls
Turnout	51.3% (3.1pp)
	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; Kathleen Wynne; Liberal	Premier after election ; Kathleen Wynne; Liberal

The 2014 Ontario general election was held on June 12, 2014, to elect the members of the 41st Parliament of Ontario. The Liberal Party won a majority of seats in the legislature, allowing its leader, Kathleen Wynne, to continue as premier, moving from a minority to majority government. This was the Liberals' fourth consecutive win since 2003 and an improvement from their performance in the 2011 election.^[2] The Progressive Conservatives under Tim Hudak were returned to the official opposition; following the election loss, Hudak announced his resignation as Progressive Conservative leader.^[3] The New Democratic Party under Andrea Horwath remained in third place, albeit with an improved share of the popular vote.

The election was called on May 2, 2014, by Lieutenant Governor David Onley,^[4] upon the recommendation of Wynne following the announcement that the NDP, whose support was critical to the survival of the Liberal's minority government in the Legislative Assembly, would vote against the Liberals' proposed budget.^[5]

With the election, Wynne became the first lesbian woman to lead her party to a majority victory in an Ontario general election.^[6]

Results[]

Summary analysis[]

Number of seats held by party in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (2014).

Popular vote
party	year	votes	change
Liberal	2011	37.65%	+1.02pp
Liberal	2014	38.67%	+1.02pp
Conservative	2011	35.45%	-4.22pp
Conservative	2014	31.23%	-4.22pp
NDP	2011	22.74%	+1.01pp
NDP	2014	23.75%	+1.01pp
Green	2011	2.92%	+1.97pp
Green	2014	4.89%	+1.97pp
Libertarian	2011	0.45%	+0.33pp
Libertarian	2014	0.78%	+0.33pp
Others	2011	0.79%	-0.11pp
Others	2014	0.68%	-0.11pp

Elections to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario - seats won/lost by party, 2011-2014
Party		2011	Gain from (loss to)					2014
Party		2011	Lib		PC	NDP		2014
	Liberal	53			7	3	(5)	58
	Conservative	37		(7)			(2)	28
	New Democratic	17	5	(3)	2			21
Total		107	5	(10)	9	3	(7)	107

Pairing off the top three parties, swings were calculated to be:

PC to Liberal: 2.6%
PC to NDP: 2.6%
Liberal to NDP: insignificant

Regional analysis[]

Elections to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario - seats won by region (2014)
Party		Toronto	905 Belt	Ham/Niagara	Central	East	Midwest	Southwest	North	Total
	Liberal	20	14	4	5	7	4	1	3	58
	Conservative		2	1	6	7	6	4	2	28
	New Democratic	2	2	5			1	5	6	21
Total		22	18	10	11	14	11	10	11	107

Elections to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario - change in seats by region (2011-2014)
	Toronto	905 Belt	Ham/Niagara	Central	Midwest	Southwest	North	Total
Liberal	3		1	4	1	(3)	(1)	5
Conservative		(1)	(2)	(4)	(2)			(9)
New Democratic	(3)	1	1		1	3	1	4

Detailed analysis[]


↓
58	28	21
Liberal	PC	NDP

	Votes			Seats
Liberal	1,863,974	38.67%	1.02%	58 / 107 (54%)
Progressive Conservative	1,505,436	31.23%	4.22%	28 / 107 (26%)
New Democratic	1,144,822	23.75%	1.01%	21 / 107 (20%)
Green	235,911	4.89%	1.97%	0 / 107 (0%)
Libertarian	37,696	0.78%	0.33%	0 / 107 (0%)

Popular vote

Liberal			38.67%
PC			31.23%
New Democratic			23.75%
Green			4.89%
Others			1.46%

Seats summary

Liberal			54.21%
PC			26.17%
New Democratic			19.63%

Retention swing analysis between parties for the 2014 Ontario general election, compared to the results from the previous 2011 election.

Gallagher index for the results of the Ontario general election, 2014. There is significant distortion noted in the Liberal results.

Polling station in Toronto for the Ontario general election, 2014.

Summary of the standings of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Party		Party leader	Candidates	Seats				Popular vote^[7]^[8]
Party		Party leader	Candidates	2011	Dissol.	2014	Change	#	%	Change
	Liberal	Kathleen Wynne	107	53	48	58	+5	1,863,974	38.67%	+1.02%
	Progressive Conservative	Tim Hudak	107	37	37	28	-9	1,505,436	31.23%	-4.22%
	New Democratic	Andrea Horwath	107	17	21	21	+4	1,144,822	23.75%	+1.01%
	Green	Mike Schreiner	107	0	0	0	-	235,911	4.89%	+1.97%
	Libertarian		74	0	0	0	-	37,696	0.78%	+0.33%
	Freedom	Paul McKeever	42	0	0	0	-	12,381	0.26%	+0.05%
	Family Coalition	Eric Ames (interim)	6	0	0	0	-	4,288	0.09%	-0.13%
	None of the Above		8	*	0	0	-	4,247	0.09%	-
	Independents and no affiliation		14	0	0	0	-	3,854	0.08%	-
	Communist	Elizabeth Rowley	11	0	0	0	-	2,290	0.05%	+0.02%
	Canadians' Choice	Bahman Yazdanfar	4	0	0	0	-	1,293	0.03%	+0.027%
	Vegan Environmental	Paul Figueiras	5	0	0	0	-	907	0.02%	+0.012%
	People's Political Party	Kevin Clarke	5	0	0	0	-	894	0.02%	+0.012%
	Northern Ontario Heritage	Edward Deibel	3	0	0	0	-	892	0.02%	=
	Special Needs	Danish Ahmed	3	0	0	0	-	709	0.01%	-0.01%
	Confederation of Regions	vacant	2	0	0	0	-	551	0.01%	=
	Trillium	Bob Yaciuk	2	*	0	0	-	397	0.01%	-
	Equal Parenting	Dennis Valenta	2	*	0	0	-	366	0.01%	-
	Socialist	Michael Laxer	2	0	0	0	-	361	0.01%	=
	Ontario Moderate Party	Yuri Duboisky	2	*	0	0	-	335	0.01%	-
	Pauper	John Turmel	3	0	0	0	-	194	<0.01%	=
	Declined Vote^[9]							31,399	0.64%	+0.59%
	Vacant				1
Total			616	107	107	107		4,820,547

Principal races[]

Party candidates in 2nd place
Party in 1st place		Party in 2nd place			Total
Party in 1st place		Lib	PC	NDP	Total
	Liberal	–	43	15	58
	Progressive Conservative	22	–	6	28
	New Democratic	14	7	–	21
Total		36	50	21	107

Principal races, according to 1st and 2nd-place results
Parties		Seats
█ Liberal	█ Progressive Conservative	65
█ Liberal	█ New Democratic	29
█ Progressive Conservative	█ New Democratic	13
Total		107

Marginal seats[]

The following seats had a margin of victory of less than 5 percentage points in the election:

Marginal constituencies (Ontario general election, 2014)^[10]
Constituency	Rank of parties			Margins		Result
Constituency	1st	2nd	3rd	1st vs 2nd	1st vs 3rd	Result
Barrie	40.7%	36.1%	16.3%	4.6%	24.4%		Lib gain
Beaches—East York	40.1%	39.0%	13.9%	1.1%	26.2%		Lib gain
Durham	36.5%	34.3%	24.1%	2.2%	12.4%		Lib gain
Kitchener—Conestoga	36.4%	33.3%	21.2%	3.1%	15.2%		PC hold
Parkdale—High Park	40.8%	40.0%	12.8%	0.8%	28.0%		NDP hold
Sudbury	42.2%	39.4%	13.8%	2.8%	28.4%		NDP gain
Thornhill	44.0%	43.8%	8.1%	0.2%	35.9%		PC hold
Windsor West	41.4%	38.5%	14.4%	2.9%	27.0%		NDP gain

Maps[]

Support for Liberal Party candidates by riding
Support for Conservative Party candidates by riding
Support for New Democratic Party candidates by riding
Support for Green Party candidates by riding
Support for Libertarian Party candidates by riding

Timeline (2011–2014)[]

Seat changes[]

40th Legislative Assembly of Ontario - Movement in seats held from 2011 to 2014
Party		2011	Gain/(loss) due to			2014
Party		2011	scope="col" Resignation	scope="col" Byelection hold	scope="col" Byelection upset	2014
	Liberal	53	(8)	3		48
	Progressive Conservative	37	(2)	1	1	37
	New Democratic	17			4	21
	Vacant	–	1			1
Total		107	(9)	4	5	107

Changes in seats held (2011–2014)
Seat	Before				Change
Seat	Date	Member	Party	Reason	Date	Member	Party
Kitchener—Waterloo	April 27, 2012	Elizabeth Witmer	█ PC	Resignation^{[a 1]}	September 6, 2012	Catherine Fife	█ New Democratic
Vaughan	August 1, 2012	Greg Sorbara	█ Liberal	Resignation^{[a 2]}	September 6, 2012	Steven Del Duca	█ Liberal
London West	February 14, 2013^[11]	Chris Bentley	█ Liberal	Resignation^{[a 3]}	August 1, 2013^[12]	Peggy Sattler	█ New Democratic
Windsor—Tecumseh	February 14, 2013	Dwight Duncan	█ Liberal	Resignation^{[a 4]}	August 1, 2013	Percy Hatfield	█ New Democratic
Ottawa South	June 12, 2013^[13]	Dalton McGuinty	█ Liberal	Resignation	August 1, 2013	John Fraser	█ Liberal
Scarborough—Guildwood	June 27, 2013^[14]	Margarett Best	█ Liberal	Resignation	August 1, 2013	Mitzie Hunter	█ Liberal
Etobicoke—Lakeshore	July 2, 2013^[15]	Laurel Broten	█ Liberal	Resignation^{[a 5]}	August 1, 2013	Doug Holyday	█ PC
Niagara Falls	September 24, 2013^[16]	Kim Craitor	█ Liberal	Resignation	February 13, 2014^[17]	Wayne Gates	█ New Democratic
Thornhill	December 31, 2013^[18]	Peter Shurman	█ PC	Resignation	February 13, 2014	Gila Martow	█ PC
Brampton—Springdale	March 25, 2014^[19]	Linda Jeffrey	█ Liberal	Resignation^{[a 6]}			█ Vacant

^ after being appointed chair of the Workplace Safety & Insurance Board
^ former Chair of the Management Board of Cabinet and Minister of Finance
^ also from the positions of Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Minister of Energy
^ also from the positions of Minister of Finance and Minister of Government Services
^ also from her position as Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
^ resigning from the positions of Chair of Cabinet and Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, to run for Mayor of Brampton

Other developments[]

Date	Event
October 6, 2011	Election held for members of the Ontario Legislature in the 40th Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
November 22, 2011	The 40th Legislative Assembly of Ontario opens with a Speech from the throne.^[20]
March 28, 2012	Dwight Duncan presents the Government's first minority budget, requiring support from at least one of the other two parties to ensure passage and avoid an early election.
April 10, 2012	NDP Leader Andrea Horwath makes several demands to be met in exchange for her party to support the Liberal budget, which support is necessary for the approval of the budget following Tim Hudak's outright rejection of it.^[21]
June 15, 2012	Premier Dalton McGuinty states he will drop the writ if his budget is not passed.^[22]
June 20, 2012	The budget bill is passed, after the NDP agrees to abstain, avoiding a summer election.^[23]
October 15, 2012	Dalton McGuinty announces his resignation as Premier of Ontario and as Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party.^[24]
January 26, 2013	Kathleen Wynne is elected Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party.^[25]
February 11, 2013	Wynne is sworn in as Premier, and a new cabinet is sworn in.^[26]
February 20, 2013	Wynne resumes the 40th Legislative Assembly of Ontario with a Speech of the Throne.
May 1, 2014	Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak announces that his caucus will be voting against the Liberals' budget, proposed earlier that day.
May 2, 2014	NDP leader Andrea Horwath announces that the NDP will be voting against the Liberals' proposed budget, triggering a spring election.^[5] Following this, Premier Wynne formally asks Lieutenant Governor David Onley to dissolve the legislature and call an election for June 12, 2014.^[27]
June 12, 2014	The Liberal Party wins a majority, claiming 58 ridings in the Ontario election.^[28] Tim Hudak announced that he is stepping down from his leadership of the PC party.^[29]
June 14, 2014	A judicial recount has been requested in the riding of Thornhill.^[30]
June 24, 2014	A judge confirms results in Thornhill are in favour of the Progressive Conservatives.^[31]

Opinion polls[]

Voting intention polls released throughout the election campaign were distinctly inconsistent and contradictory,^[32]^[33]^[34]^[35] as shown in the graph and table below. During much of the campaign, different pollsters persistently disagreed, frequently by important margins, on whether the Liberals or Progressive Conservatives held the lead, though by the final days most polls showed the Liberals marginally to comfortably ahead. Still, polls completed on the last day of the campaign by Ipsos Reid and EKOS showed vastly divergent support for the NDP, at 30% and 19%, respectively. Also of note, although four different pollsters released results among "likely voters" alongside their results among all eligible voters in an effort to better predict the outcome of the election based on expected voter turnout, in all cases the former proved to be overall poorer predictors than the latter.^[36]

General opinion polls[]

Evolution of voting intentions during the 2014 Ontario general election campaign. Dots represent results of individual polls. Lines connect successive polls by the same polling firm. Dashes on June 12 represent election results.

showPolling firm	Last date of polling	Link	Liberal	PC	NDP	Green	Other	Type of poll	Sample size	Margin of Error
Election 2014	June 12, 2014	HTML	38.65	31.25	23.75	4.84	1.51	Ballot	4,851,333
Forum Research	June 11, 2014	PDF	41	35	20	3	1	IVR	1,054	±3%	19 20
EKOS^[2]	June 11, 2014	PDF	37.3	31.3	19.2	8.2	3.9	IVR	1,311	±2.7%	19 20
Abacus Data^[2]	June 11, 2014	PDF	35	32	26	6	1	Online	1,882	±2.3%	19 20
Ipsos Reid^[2]	June 11, 2014	HTML	33	31	30		5	Online	1,991	±2.4%
EKOS^[2]	June 10, 2014	PDF	36.6	30.2	21.5	6.6	5.0	IVR	1,332	±2.7%	19 20
Angus Reid^[2]	June 10, 2014	PDF	36	32	26	5	1	Online	1,866	±2.3%	19 20
Forum Research	June 9, 2014	PDF	42	35	19	3	1	IVR	739	±4%	19 20
Léger Marketing	June 9, 2014	PDF	37	37	20	5	1	Online	1,050	±3.2%	19 20
EKOS^[2]	June 9, 2014	PDF	34.7	34.5	19.8	6.7	4.3	IVR	1,417	±2.6%	19 20
EKOS^[2]	June 8, 2014	PDF	35.9	35.9	17.6	7.7	2.8	IVR	1,331	±2.7%	19 20
Oraclepoll Research	June 8, 2014	PDF	35	36	24	5		Telephone	1,000	±3.1%	19 20
Abacus Data^[2]	June 7, 2014	PDF	34	31	28	5	1	Online	1,000	±3.1%	19 20
EKOS^[2]	June 6, 2014	PDF	34.2	35.5	20.5	7.4	2.4	IVR	1,767	±2.3%	19 20
Ipsos Reid^[2]	June 6, 2014	HTML	35	35	26		4	Online	2,140	±2.4%
Forum Research	June 5, 2014	PDF	39	37	17	6	1	IVR	1,022	±3%	19 20
EKOS^[2]	June 5, 2014	PDF	33.9	34.9	20.5	8.4	2.3	IVR	1,690	±2.4%	19 20
EKOS^[2]	June 4, 2014	PDF	35.7	30.9	19.8	9.6	4.0	IVR	1,303	±2.7%	19 20
EKOS	June 3, 2014	PDF	36.4	31.0	19.3	8.4	4.9	IVR	997	±3.1%	19 20
EKOS	June 2, 2014	PDF	38.8	30.5	17.8	8.4	4.5	IVR	934	±3.2%	19 20
EKOS	June 1, 2014	PDF	38.5	33.7	16.9	7.8	3.0	IVR	927	±3.2%	19 20
Abacus Data^[2]	May 31, 2014	PDF	37	30	24	7	2	Online	1,000	±3.1%	19 20
Ipsos Reid^[2]	May 29, 2014	HTML	34	36	23		7	Online	868	±3.8%
Forum Research	May 27, 2014	PDF	36	36	20	7	1	IVR	882	±3%	19 20
Oraclepoll Research	May 27, 2014	PDF	32	36	25	7		Telephone	1,000	±3.1%	19 20
Nanos Research	May 26, 2014	PDF	37.7	31.2	23.7	5.3		Telephone	500	±4.4%	19 20
Abacus Data^[2]	May 24, 2014	PDF	34	32	25	6	2	Online	1,000	±3.1%	19 20
EKOS	May 23, 2014	PDF	35.8	30.0	20.4	11.9	1.9	IVR	1,215	±2.8%	19 20
Ipsos Reid^[2]	May 21, 2014	HTML	31	35	28		6	Online	800	±3.9%
Forum Research	May 20, 2014	PDF	41	34	20	4	1	IVR	1,136	±3%	19 20
Abacus Data^[2]	May 16, 2014	PDF	33	33	26	6	2	Online	2,000	±2.2%	19 20
EKOS	May 15, 2014	PDF	37.1	30.3	20.9	7.3	4.5	IVR	1,111	±2.9%	19 20
Ipsos Reid^[2]	May 14, 2014	HTML	30	39	24		7	Online	801	±3.9%
Forum Research	May 12, 2014	PDF	38	35	21	5	1	IVR	996	±3%	19 20
Ipsos Reid^[2]	May 9, 2014	HTML	31	37	28		4	Online	821	±3.9%
	May 6, 2014	PDF	38.8	32.8	19.9	6.5	2.0	Online	1,000	N/A^[1]
	May 6, 2014	PDF	38.7	32.8	23.7	4.3	0.5	Telephone	500	±4.4%	19 20
Oraclepoll Research	May 5, 2014	PDF^{[permanent dead link]} HTML	31	42	25	3		Telephone	1,000	±3.2%	19 20
Forum Research	May 3, 2014	PDF	33	38	22	6	1	IVR	1,845	±2%	19 20
EKOS	May 1, 2014	PDF	34.7	31.6	22.2	9.4	2.0	IVR	1,576	±2.5%	19 20
Election 2011	October 6, 2011	PDF	37.65	35.45	22.74	2.92	1.24	Ballot	4,316,382

¹ Innovative Research states, for Province Wide Online Survey, "Margin of error not applicable, online samples not random."
² Data shown above for campaign-period polls are top-line results, typically among all eligible voters. However, certain pollsters additionally report results among "likely voters" in an effort to better predict the actual outcome of the election. When available, these alternative results are shown in the following table:

Likely voters[]

showPolling firm	Last date of polling	Link	Liberal	PC	NDP	Green	Other
EKOS	June 11, 2014	PDF	42.2	35.9	16.9	2.9	2.1
Abacus Data	June 11, 2014	PDF	36	36	23	5	1
Ipsos Reid	June 11, 2014	HTML	30	36	30		4
EKOS	June 10, 2014	PDF	41.1	33.2	17.1	5.6	2.9
Angus Reid	June 10, 2014	PDF	34	36	24	5	1
EKOS	June 9, 2014	PDF	38.1	36.3	16.9	5.7	3.1
EKOS	June 8, 2014	PDF	42.2	35.4	13.9	6.4	2.0
Abacus Data	June 7, 2014	PDF	34	34	26	5	1
EKOS	June 6, 2014	PDF	40.7	35.7	16.3	5.6	1.8
Ipsos Reid	June 6, 2014	HTML	32	40	24		3
EKOS	June 5, 2014	PDF	39.5	35.6	16.7	6.6	2
EKOS	June 4, 2014	PDF	41.4	32.0	17.8	6.2	3
Abacus Data	May 31, 2014	PDF	37	35	22	5	2
Ipsos Reid	May 29, 2014	HTML	29	41	25		4
Abacus Data	May 24, 2014	PDF	36	33	24	6	1
Ipsos Reid	May 21, 2014	HTML	30	41	26		3
Abacus Data	May 16, 2014	PDF	33	36	25	5	1
Ipsos Reid	May 14, 2014	HTML	31	43	22		4
Ipsos Reid	May 9, 2014	HTML	28	42	27		2

Pre-campaign period[]

Evolution of voting intentions since the 40th Ontario general election on October 6, 2011. Points represent results of individual polls. Trend lines represent three-poll moving averages.

showPre-campaign period polling (October 2011 – April 2014)
Polling firm	Last date of polling	Link	Liberal	PC	NDP	Green	Type of poll	Sample size
Ipsos Reid	April 17, 2014	HTML	32	37	27	5	Online	813
	April 14, 2014	PDF	39	30	23	7	Online	800
Nanos Research	April 11, 2014	PDF	36.3	36.0	21.6	5.7	Telephone	503
Forum Research	April 7, 2014	PDF	31	38	23	7	IVR	928
Oraclepoll Research	April 7, 2014	PDF	35	34	24	8	Telephone	1,000
EKOS	April 3, 2014	PDF	32.3	27.4	29.0	8.3	IVR	1,234
	March 26, 2014	PDF	38	33	25	4	Online	1,017
Forum Research	March 24, 2014	PDF	35	32	25	7	IVR	908
Nanos Research	March 3, 2014	PDF	35.7	32.9	24.5	6.8	Telephone	500
Forum Research	February 25, 2014	HTML	32	35	26	6	IVR	1,014
Ipsos Reid	February 7, 2014	HTML	31	34	31	4	Online	828
Forum Research	January 25, 2014	HTML	33	36	26	4	IVR	1,222
Nanos Research	January 20, 2014	PDF	35.5	28.1	27.4	8.1	Telephone	500
Forum Research	December 18, 2013	HTML	31	38	24	5	IVR	1,044
Forum Research	November 26, 2013	PDF	32	38	23	6	IVR	1,126
Ipsos Reid	November 6, 2013	HTML	34	31	31	5	Online	832
Forum Research	October 25, 2013	HTML	31	34	27	7	IVR	1,049
Forum Research	October 1, 2013	HTML	33	36	23	7	IVR	1,093
Nanos Research	September 29, 2013	PDF	36.0	31.3	26.1	6.3	Telephone	500
	September 19, 2013	PDF	36	32	22	8	IVR	1,414
Abacus Data	September 4, 2013	PDF	30	33	30	5	Online	1,000
Forum Research	August 28, 2013	PDF	32	35	26	6	IVR	1,063
	August 27, 2013	HTML	37	30	22	10	Telephone	600
Forum Research	July 22, 2013	PDF	31	36	27	5	IVR	914
Nanos Research	July 14, 2013	PDF	37.2	30.6	27.0	4.9	Telephone	500
EKOS	July 9, 2013	PDF	31.9	28.9	25.9	9.4	IVR	830
Forum Research	June 26, 2013	PDF	33	35	24	8	IVR	1,037
Forum Research	May 28, 2013	PDF	38	34	21	6	IVR	918
EKOS	May 26, 2013	HTML	34.9	29.6	22.6	9.4	IVR	1,152
Ipsos Reid	May 21, 2013	HTML	34	34	26	5	Online	1,772
Abacus Data	May 9, 2013	PDF	34	34	25	6	Online	1,185
	May 9, 2013	PDF	37	30	25	6	Telephone	610
Forum Research	May 3, 2013	PDF	35	35	25	4	IVR	869
Forum Research	April 26, 2013	PDF	36	36	24	4	IVR	1,133
Ipsos Reid	April 17, 2013	HTML	28	37	29	6	Online	1,360
EKOS	April 10, 2013	PDF	30.8	31.7	25.5	9.7	IVR	1,084
Forum Research	March 27, 2013	PDF	33	35	26	5	IVR	1,156
Forum Research	March 1, 2013	PDF	32	32	29	5	IVR	2,773
Forum Research	February 20, 2013	PDF	29	36	28	5	IVR	1,053
Nanos Research	February 13, 2013	PDF	33.6	33.7	26.5	5.4	Telephone	500
EKOS	February 10, 2013	PDF	32.5	28.5	25.6	10.1	IVR	1,797
Abacus Data	February 6, 2013	PDF	30	33	31	5	Online	1,020
	January 29, 2013	PDF	31	30	27	9	Telephone	446
Forum Research	January 24, 2013	PDF	27	32	35	5	IVR	1,108
Forum Research	December 17, 2012	PDF	27	33	31	8	IVR	990
Abacus Data	December 8, 2012	PDF	28	35	31	5	Online	821
Forum Research	November 28, 2012	PDF	29	35	27	8	IVR	1,127
Oraclepoll Research	November 24, 2012	PDF	26	37	31	6	Telephone
Forum Research	October 31, 2012	PDF	22	37	32	7	IVR	1,102
	October 22, 2012	PDF	28	32	31	9	Telephone	600
Angus Reid	October 17, 2012	PDF	26	36	32	5	Online	802
Forum Research	September 25, 2012	PDF	20	37	35	7	IVR	851
Nanos Research	August 16, 2012	PDF	34.0	34.7	22.1	6.8	Telephone	1,000
Forum Research	August 15, 2012	PDF	27	38	28	6	IVR	1,021
Forum Research	June 15, 2012	PDF	26	38	30	5	IVR	1,098
Forum Research	June 4, 2012	PDF	28	36	30	4	IVR	1,038
Environics	May 25, 2012	PDF	25	37	28	10	Telephone	500
Forum Research	May 14, 2012	PDF	27	34	32	5	IVR	1,072
Nanos Research	May 13, 2012	PDF	31.0	33.6	28.5	5.6	Telephone	500
Forum Research	April 17, 2012	PDF	28	34	31	5	IVR	1,084
Nanos Research	April 15, 2012	PDF	35.4	32.1	26.5	6.0	Telephone	501
Environics	April 13, 2012	HTML	27	37	30	6	Telephone	500
Forum Research	March 28, 2012	PDF	30	34	30	5	IVR	1,131
Forum Research	March 13, 2012	PDF	28	40	23	8	IVR	1,065
Nanos Research	March 5, 2012	PDF	39.9	30.0	24.7	4.3	Telephone	500
Forum Research	February 15, 2012	PDF	32	36	26	5	IVR	1,218
Forum Research	January 18, 2012	PDF	33	41	20	4	IVR	1,041
Nanos Research	November 13, 2011	PDF	39.1	34.5	21.6	3.5	Telephone	500
	November 2, 2011	PDF	39	34	23	4	Online	545
Election 2011	October 6, 2011	PDF	37.65	35.45	22.74	2.92	Ballot	4,316,382

Incumbent MPPs not running for re-election[]

Liberals

Rick Bartolucci, Sudbury^[37]
Donna Cansfield, Etobicoke Centre^[38]
John Gerretsen, Kingston and the Islands^[39]
Phil McNeely, Ottawa—Orléans^[40]
John Milloy, Kitchener Centre^[41]

Progressive Conservative

Frank Klees, Newmarket—Aurora^[42]^[43]
John O'Toole, Durham^[44]

Candidates by region[]

East[]

Ottawa[]

Electoral district							Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal	PC	NDP	Green	Libertarian	Other	Incumbent
Carleton—Mississippi Mills	Rosalyn Stevens	Jack MacLaren	John Hansen	Andrew West			Jack MacLaren
Nepean—Carleton	Jack Uppal	Lisa MacLeod	Ric Dagenais	Gordon Kubanek	Coreen Corcoran		Lisa MacLeod
Ottawa Centre	Yasir Naqvi	Rob Dekker	Jennifer McKenzie	Kevin O'Donnell	Bruce Faulkner	Larry Wasslen (Communist)	Yasir Naqvi
Ottawa—Orléans	Marie-France Lalonde	Andrew Lister	Prosper M'Bemba-Meka	Bob Bell	Gerald Bourdeau		Phil McNeely†
Ottawa South	John Fraser	Matt Young	Bronwyn Funiciello	Matt Lakatos-Hayward	Jean-Serge Brisson	Espoir Manirambona (Communist) John Redins (Special Needs)	John Fraser
Ottawa—Vanier	Madeleine Meilleur	Martin Forget	Hervé Ngamby	David Bagler	Phillip Richard		Madeleine Meilleur
Ottawa West—Nepean	Bob Chiarelli	Randall Denley	Alex Cullen	Alex Hill	Matthew Brooks		Bob Chiarelli

Eastern Ontario[]

Electoral district							Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal	PC	NDP	Green	Libertarian	Other	Incumbent
Glengarry— Prescott—Russell	Grant Crack	Roxane Villeneuve Robertson	Isabelle Sabourin	Raymond St. Martin	Darcy Donnelly	Marc-Antoine Gagnier (Independent), Carl Leduc (Freedom)	Grant Crack
Kingston and the Islands	Sophie Kiwala	Mark Bain	Mary Rita Holland	Robert Kiley		Jonathan Reid (Freedom)	John Gerretsen†
Lanark—Frontenac— Lennox and Addington	Bill MacDonald	Randy Hillier	Dave Parkhill	Cam Mather			Randy Hillier
Leeds—Grenville	Christine Milks	Steve Clark	David Lundy	Steve Bowering	Harold Gabriel		Steve Clark
Prince Edward—Hastings	Georgina Thompson	Todd Smith	Merrill Stewart	Anita Payne	Lindsay Forbes		Todd Smith
Renfrew—Nipissing— Pembroke	Rod Boileau	John Yakabuski	Brian Dougherty	Benjamin Wright		Chad Beckwith-Smith (Independent), Murray Reid (Conf of Regions)	John Yakabuski
Stormont—Dundas— South Glengarry	John Earle	Jim McDonell	Elaine MacDonald	Sharron Norman	Shawn McRae		Jim McDonell

Central Ontario[]

Electoral district							Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal	PC	NDP	Green	Libertarian	Other	Incumbent
Barrie	Ann Hoggarth	Rod Jackson	David Bradbury	Bonnie North	Darren Roskam		Rod Jackson
Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound	Ellen Anderson	Bill Walker	Karen Gventer	Jenny Parsons	Caleb Voskamp	Jamie Spence (Freedom)	Bill Walker
Dufferin—Caledon	Bobbie Daid	Sylvia Jones	Rehya Rebecca Yazbek	Karren Wallace	Daniel Kowalewski		Sylvia Jones
Durham	Granville Anderson	Mike Patrick	Derek Spence	Halyna Zalucky	Conner Toye		John O'Toole†
Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock	Rick Johnson	Laurie Scott	Don Abel	Arsalan Ahmad			Laurie Scott
Newmarket—Aurora	Chris Ballard	Jane Twinney	Angus Duff	Andrew Roblin	Jason Jenkins	Dorian Baxter (Cdns' Choice), Bob Yaciuk (Trillium)	Frank Klees†
Northumberland— Quinte West	Lou Rinaldi	Rob Milligan	Kira Mees	Gudrun Ludorf-Weaver			Rob Milligan
Peterborough	Jeff Leal	Scott Stewart	Sheila Wood	Gary Beamish		Andrea Gar Quiano (Socialist), Wayne Matheson (Freedom), Gerard Faux (Pauper), Brian Martindale (Independent)	Jeff Leal
Simcoe—Grey	Lorne Kenney	Jim Wilson	David Matthews	Jesseca Dudun			Jim Wilson
Simcoe North	Fred Larsen	Garfield Dunlop	Doris Middleton	Peter Stubbins			Garfield Dunlop
York—Simcoe	Loralea Carruthers	Julia Munro	Laura Bowman	Peter Elgie	Craig Wallace		Julia Munro

905 Belt[]

Durham & York[]

Electoral district							Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal	PC	NDP	Green	Libertarian	Other	Incumbent
Ajax—Pickering	Joe Dickson	Todd McCarthy	Jermaine King	Adam Narraway	Kyle Stewart		Joe Dickson
Markham—Unionville	Michael Chan	Shan Thayaparan	Nadine Kormos Hawkins	Myles O'Brien	Allen Small		Michael Chan
Oak Ridges—Markham	Helena Jaczek	Farid Wassef	Miles Krauter	Emilia Melara	Karl Boelling	Gennady Vilensky (Trillium)	Helena Jaczek
Oshawa	Esrick Quintyn	Jerry Ouellette	Jennifer French	Becky Smit			Jerry Ouellette
Pickering— Scarborough East	Tracy MacCharles	Kevin Gaudet	Eileen Higdon	Anthony Navarro	Scott Hoefig	Matt Oliver (Freedom)	Tracy MacCharles
Richmond Hill	Reza Moridi	Vic Gupta	Adam DeVita	Rachael Lave	Igor Bily	Yuri Duboisky (Moderate)	Reza Moridi
Thornhill	Sandra Yeung Racco	Gila Martow	Cindy Hackelberg	David Bergart	Gene Balfour	Erin Goodwin (Freedom)	Gila Martow
Vaughan	Steven Del Duca	Peter Meffe	Marco Coletta	Matthew Pankhurst	Paolo Fabrizio		Steven Del Duca
Whitby—Oshawa	Ajay Krishnan	Christine Elliott	Ryan Kelly	Stacey Leadbetter		Douglas Thom (Freedom)	Christine Elliott

Brampton, Mississauga & Oakville[]

Electoral district							Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal	PC	NDP	Green	Libertarian	Other	Incumbent
Bramalea—Gore— Malton	Kuldip Kular	Harjit Jaswal	Jagmeet Singh	Pauline Thornham			Jagmeet Singh
Brampton—Springdale	Harinder Malhi	Pam Hundal	Gurpreet Dhillon	Laila Zarrabi Yan		Elizabeth Hill (Communist)	Vacant
Brampton West	Vic Dhillon	Randeep Sandhu	Panaich	Sayyeda Ebrahim	Luis Chacin	Ted Harlson (Freedom), Dan Sullivan (FamilyCoalition)	Vic Dhillon
Mississauga— Brampton South	Amrit Mangat	Amarjeet Gill	Kevin Troake	Kathy Acheson	Richard Levesque	Robert Alilovic (Independent), Kathleen Vezina (NOTA)	Amrit Mangat
Mississauga East— Cooksville	Dipika Damerla	Zoran Churchin	Fayaz Karim	Linh Nguyen	Levko Iwanusiw	Dolly Catena (EPP)	Dipika Damerla
Mississauga—Erindale	Harinder Takhar	Jeff White	Michelle Bilek	Vivek Gupta	Chris Jewell	Nabila Kiyani (FamilyCoalition), Greg Vezina (NOTA)	Harinder Takhar
Mississauga South	Charles Sousa	Effie Triantafilopoulos	Boris Rosolak	Lloyd Jones	James Judson	Andrew Weber (NOTA)	Charles Sousa
Mississauga—Streetsville	Bob Delaney	Nina Tangri	Anju Sikka	Scott Warner	Dave Walach	Alexander Vezina (NOTA)	Bob Delaney
Oakville	Kevin Flynn	Larry Scott	Che Marville	Andrew Chlobowski	David Clement	Silvio Ursomarzo (Freedom)	Kevin Flynn

Toronto[]

Scarborough[]

Electoral district						Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal	PC	NDP	Green	Other	Incumbent
Scarborough—Agincourt	Soo Wong	Liang Chen	Alex Wilson	Pauline Thompson	Kevin Clarke (People's)	Soo Wong
Scarborough Centre	Brad Duguid	David Ramalho	Carol Baker	Edward Yaghledjian		Brad Duguid
Scarborough—Guildwood	Mitzie Hunter	Ken Kirupa	Shuja Syed	Jeffrey Bustard	Richard Kerr (Libertarian), Khalid Mokhtarzada (Freedom), John Sawdon (Cdns' Choice)	Mitzie Hunter
Scarborough—Rouge River	Bas Balkissoon	Raymond Cho	Neethan Shan	George Singh	Amir Khan (NOTA)	Bas Balkissoon
Scarborough Southwest	Lorenzo Berardinetti	Nita Kang	Jessie Macaulay	David Del Grande	Tyler Rose (Libertarian), Jean-Baptiste Foaleng (Independent)	Lorenzo Berardinetti

North York and North Toronto[]

Electoral district							Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal	PC	NDP	Green	Freedom	Other	Incumbent
Don Valley East	Michael Coteau	Angela Kennedy	Akil Sadikali	Christopher McLeod	Wayne Simmons		Michael Coteau
Don Valley West	Kathleen Wynne	David Porter	Khalid Ahmed	Louis Fliss	Tracy Curley	Dimitrios Kabitsis (Communist), Patrick Boyd (Libertarian), Brock Burrows (Independent), Rosemary Waigh (Vegan Environ.)	Kathleen Wynne
Eglinton—Lawrence	Michael Colle	Robin Martin	Thomas Gallezot	Lucas McCann	Michael Bone	Erwin Sniedzins (Independent)	Michael Colle
Willowdale	David Zimmer	Michael Ceci	Alexander Brown	Teresa Pun			David Zimmer
York Centre	Monte Kwinter	Avi Yufest	John Fagan	Josh Borenstein	Laurence Cherniak		Monte Kwinter

Toronto & East York[]

Electoral district								Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal	PC	NDP	Green	Libertarian	Freedom	Other	Incumbent
Beaches—East York	Arthur Potts	Nicolas Johnson	Michael Prue	Debra Scott	Alex Lindsay	Naomi Poley-Fisher		Michael Prue
Davenport	Cristina Martins	Lan Daniel	Jonah Schein	Daniel Stein	Nunzio Venuto	Franz Cauchi	Mariam Ahmad (Communist), Troy Young (People's)	Jonah Schein
St. Paul's	Eric Hoskins	Justine Deluce	Luke Savage	Josh Rachlis	John Kittredge	Mike Rita		Eric Hoskins
Toronto Centre	Glen Murray	Martin Abell	Kate Sellar	Mark Daye	Judi Falardeau	Chris Goodwin	Lada Alekseychuk (Special Needs), Drew Garvie (Communist), Robin Nurse (People's), Harvey Rotenberg (Vegan Environ.), Bahman Yazdanfar (Cdns' Choice)	Glen Murray
Toronto—Danforth	Rob Newman	Naomi Solomon	Peter Tabuns	Rachel Power	Thomas Armstrong	Tristan Parlette	Elizabeth Rowley (Communist), Ali Azaroghli (People's), Simon Luisi (Vegan Environ.), John Richardson (Cdns' Choice)	Peter Tabuns
Trinity—Spadina	Han Dong	Roberta Scott	Rosario Marchese	Tim Grant	Andrew Echevarria		Paul Figueiras (Vegan Environ.), Dan King (Special Needs)	Rosario Marchese

Etobicoke & York[]

Electoral district								Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal	PC	NDP	Green	Libertarian	Freedom	Other	Incumbent
Etobicoke Centre	Yvan Baker	Pina Martino	Chris Jones	George Morrison	Alexander Bussmann	Andrew Kuess	John Martins (People's), Felicia Trigiani (Vegan Environ.)	Donna Cansfield†
Etobicoke—Lakeshore	Peter Milczyn	Doug Holyday	P. C. Choo	Angela Salewsky	Mark Wrzesniewski	Jeff Merklinger	Natalie Lochwin (Socialist), Ian Lytvyn (Moderate)	Doug Holyday
Etobicoke North	Shafiq Qaadri	Tony Milone	Nigel Barriffe	Kenny Robertson	Allan deRoo	James McConnell		Shafiq Qaadri
Parkdale—High Park	Nancy Leblanc	Jamie Ellerton	Cheri DiNovo	Tim Rudkins	Redmond Weissenberger	Melanie Motz	Matthew Vezina (NOTA)	Cheri DiNovo
York South—Weston	Laura Albanese	Andrew Ffrench	Paul Ferreira	Jessica Higgins		Eric Compton	Abi Issa (Independent)	Laura Albanese
York West	Mario Sergio	Karlene Nation	Tom Rakocevic	Keith Jarrett		Kayla Baptiste	Wally Schwauss (Independent)	Mario Sergio

Hamilton, Burlington & Niagara[]

Electoral district							Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal	PC	NDP	Green	Libertarian	Other	Incumbent
Ancaster—Dundas— Flamborough—Westdale	Ted McMeekin	Donna Skelly	Alex Johnstone	Raymond Dartsch	Glenn Langton	Barry Spruce (Freedom)	Ted McMeekin
Burlington	Eleanor McMahon	Jane McKenna	Jan Mowbray	Meredith Cross	Charles Zach	Andrew Brannan (Freedom)	Jane McKenna
Halton	Indira Naidoo-Harris	Ted Chudleigh	Nik Spohr	Susan Farrant	Kal Ghory	Gerry Marsh (FamilyCoalition)	Ted Chudleigh
Hamilton Centre	Donna Tiqui-Shebib	John Vail	Andrea Horwath	Peter Ormond		Bob Mann (Communist), Peter Melanson (Freedom)	Andrea Horwath
Hamilton East— Stoney Creek	Ivan Luksic	David Brown	Paul Miller	Greg Zink	Mark Burnison	Britney Johnston (Freedom)	Paul Miller
Hamilton Mountain	Javid Mirza	Albert Marshall	Monique Taylor	Greg Lenko	Hans Wienhold	Brian Goodwin (Freedom)	Monique Taylor
Niagara Falls	Lionel Tupman	Bart Maves	Wayne Gates	Clarke Bitter	Ralph Panucci	John Beam (NOTA)	Wayne Gates
Niagara West—Glanbrook	David Mossey	Tim Hudak	Brian McCormack	Basia Krzyzanowski	Stefanos Karatopis	Geoff Peacock (Freedom)	Tim Hudak
St. Catharines	Jim Bradley	Mat Siscoe	Jennie Stevens	Karen Fraser	Nicholas Dushko	Saleh Waziruddin (Communist), Dave Unrau (Freedom)	Jim Bradley
Welland	Benoit Mercier	Frank Campion	Cindy Forster	Donna Cridland	Andrea Murik		Cindy Forster

Midwestern Ontario[]

Electoral district							Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal	PC	NDP	Green	Libertarian	Other	Incumbent
Brant	Dave Levac	Phil Gillies	Alex Felsky	Ken Burns	Rob Ferguson	Brittni Mitchell (Freedom), John Turmel (Pauper)	Dave Levac
Cambridge	Kathryn McGarry	Rob Leone	Bobbi Stewart	Temara Brown	Allan Dettweiler		Rob Leone
Guelph	Liz Sandals	Anthony MacDonald	James Gordon	Mike Schreiner	Blair Smythe	Juanita Burnett (Communist)	Liz Sandals
Haldimand—Norfolk	Karen Robinson	Toby Barrett	Ian Nichols	Anne Faulkner	Brad Mottashed		Toby Barrett
Huron—Bruce	Colleen Schenk	Lisa Thompson	Jan Johnstone	Adam Werstine	Max Maister	Dennis Valenta (EPP), Andrew Zettel (FamilyCoalition)	Lisa Thompson
Kitchener Centre	Daiene Vernile	Wayne Wettlaufer	Margaret Johnston	Ronnie Smith	Patrick Bernier		John Milloy†
Kitchener—Conestoga	Wayne Wright	Michael Harris	James Villeneuve	David Weber	David Schumm		Michael Harris
Kitchener—Waterloo	Jamie Burton	Tracey Weiler	Catherine Fife	Stacey Danckert	James Schulz		Catherine Fife
Oxford	Dan Moulton	Ernie Hardeman	Bryan Smith	Mike Farlow	Devin Wright	Tim Hodges (Freedom)	Ernie Hardeman
Perth—Wellington	Stewart Skinner	Randy Pettapiece	Romayne Smith Fullerton	Chris Desjardins	Scott Marshall	Matthew Murphy (Independent), Irma DeVries (FamilyCoalition), Robby Smink (Freedom)	Randy Pettapiece
Wellington—Halton Hills	Dan Zister	Ted Arnott	Michael Carlucci	Dave Rodgers	Jason Cousineau	Mitch Sproule (Freedom)	Ted Arnott

Southwestern Ontario[]

Electoral district							Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal	PC	NDP	Green	Libertarian	Other	Incumbent
Chatham-Kent—Essex	Terry Johnson	Rick Nicholls	Dan Gelinas	Ken Bell	Douglas McLarty		Rick Nicholls
Elgin—Middlesex—London	Serge Lavoie	Jeff Yurek	Kathy Cornish	John Fisher		Clare Maloney (Freedom)	Jeff Yurek
Essex	Crystal Meloche	Ray Cecile	Taras Natyshak	Mark Vercouteren			Taras Natyshak
Lambton—Kent—Middlesex	Mike Radan	Monte McNaughton	Joe Hill	James Armstrong	Matt Willson	Dave Durnin (Freedom), Bob Lewis (NOTA), Marinus Vander Vloet (FamilyCoalition)	Monte McNaughton
London—Fanshawe	Marcel Marcellin	Chris Robson	Teresa Armstrong	William Sorrell	Tim Harnick	Paul McKeever (Freedom), Ali Aref Hamadi (Independent)	Teresa Armstrong
London North Centre	Deb Matthews	Nancy Branscombe	Judy Bryant	Kevin Labonte		Dave McKee (Communist), Salim Mansur (Freedom), Michael Spottiswood (Pauper)	Deb Matthews
London West	Nick Steinburg	Jeff Bennett	Peggy Sattler	Keith McAlister		Al Gretzky (Freedom)	Peggy Sattler
Sarnia—Lambton	Anne Marie Gillis	Bob Bailey	Brian White	Kevin Shaw	Andrew Falby		Bob Bailey
Windsor—Tecumseh	Jason Dupuis	Brandon Wright	Percy Hatfield	Adam Wright	Timothy Marshall		Percy Hatfield
Windsor West	Teresa Piruzza	Henry Lau	Lisa Gretzky	Chad Durocher		Helmi Charif (Independent)	Teresa Piruzza

Northern Ontario[]

Electoral district							Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal	PC	NDP	Green	Libertarian	Other	Incumbent
Algoma—Manitoulin	Craig Hughson	Jib Turner	Michael Mantha	Alexandra Zalucky	Richard Hadidian		Michael Mantha
Kenora—Rainy River	Anthony Leek	Randy Nickle	Sarah Campbell	Tim McKillop			Sarah Campbell
Nickel Belt	James Tregonning	Marck Blay	France Gélinas	Heather Dahlstrom			France Gélinas
Nipissing	Catherine Whiting	Vic Fedeli	Henri Giroux	Nicole Peltier	Derek Elliott	Patrick Clement (Independent)	Vic Fedeli
Parry Sound—Muskoka	Dan Waters	Norm Miller	Clyde Mobbley	Matt Richter		Andy Stivrins (Freedom)	Norm Miller
Sault Ste. Marie	David Orazietti	Rod Fremlin	Celia Ross	Kara Flannigan	Austin Williams		David Orazietti
Sudbury	Andrew Olivier	Paula Peroni	Joe Cimino	Casey Lalonde	Steve Wilson	J. David Popescu (Independent)	Rick Bartolucci†
Thunder Bay—Atikokan	Bill Mauro	Harold Wilson	Mary Kozorys	John Northey	Joe Talarico	Ed Deibel (N.Ont. Heritage)	Bill Mauro
Thunder Bay—Superior North	Michael Gravelle	Derek Parks	Andrew Foulds	Joseph LeBlanc	Tamara Johnson	Paul Sloan (N.Ont. Heritage)	Michael Gravelle
Timiskaming—Cochrane	Sébastien Goyer	Peter Politis	John Vanthof	Cody Fraser		Gino Chitaroni (N.Ont. Heritage)	John Vanthof
Timmins—James Bay	Sylvie Fontaine	Steve Black	Gilles Bisson	Bozena Hrycyna		Fauzia Sadiq (Conf of Regions)	Gilles Bisson

† Indicates MPP not running for re-election.

Issues[]

Economy[]

Unemployment in Ontario was a major political issue. In particular, the manufacturing sector had shrunk by about 30% or more than 300,000 jobs since 2002.^[45]

The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario proposed a plan called "Million Jobs Plan", outlining their strategy for job creation and economic growth. By reducing tax, government services, energy costs and regulations the PCs projected to create a cumulative 507,488 jobs over eight years.^[46] The plan also called for the reduction of 100,000 civil service jobs. Economists and critics noted fundamental mathematical errors with the PCs' projections. They held, even if the PCs' own data were correctly tabulated, only 50,000 extra jobs would be created (in addition to the 500,000 that would be created anyway without any policy change).^[47]

The Ontario Liberal Party proposed the 10 year "Jobs and Investment Plan", which proposed infrastructure investments as their main strategy to create jobs.^[48]

The Ontario New Democratic Party platform called for targeted tax credits and incentives to encourage job creation.^[49]

The Green Party of Ontario policy proposal stated that it would "focus on your job by lowering payroll taxes for small businesses" as well as investing in transit infrastructure and subsidising energy-saving home improvements.^[50]

The Ontario Libertarian Party called for mass privatization, lower taxes and general deregulation, eliminating many business requirements such as permitting, insurance and certification that they considered to be interfering with job creation.^[51] Their platform called for government spending to be limited to "only core functions of government; defending life, liberty, and property"^[52] and as such would have eliminated industry subsidies or incentives of any kind, particularly in the energy sector.^[53]

The Communist Party of Ontario called for raising the minimum wage to $19/hr as well as introducing a guaranteed annual income, nationalization of the domestic steel industry, and investments in public housing, infrastructure and social programs, while shifting taxes from lower to higher income-earners and businesses.^[54]

Transit[]

Due to rapid urban and suburban expansion in southern Ontario, traffic congestion had been increasing greatly. A 2013 study by the CD Howe Institute determined that it was costing $7.5-11 billion annually for the economy of Toronto alone.^[55]^[56]

The Liberals promised $29 billion in infrastructure spending, $15 billion of which would go towards building new transit (mostly LRT) lines in the GTHA, based on the outline of Metrolinx's The Big Move plan, as well as an LRT in Ottawa.^[57]^[58] A high-speed rail line crossing the province from the southeast into Quebec was also planned. The PCs promised to finish building the Eglinton Crosstown, but cancel all the other planned lines, and instead focus on quickly expanding GO service.^[59] The NDP plan was similar to the Liberal plan, but included an extra $1 billion to get certain projects built faster.^[57]

Endorsements[]

Media endorsements[]

The following media outlets made endorsements during the campaign:

Liberal

Toronto Star ^[60]
Now ^[61]
Torontoist ^[62]