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1963 Ontario general election

Canadian provincial election


Canadian provincial election

FieldValue
election_name1963 Ontario general election
countryOntario
flag_year1957
typeparliamentary
ongoingno
party_colourno
party_nameno
previous_election1959 Ontario general election
previous_year1959
previous_mps26th Legislative Assembly of Ontario
next_election1967 Ontario general election
next_year1967
elected_mps27th Legislative Assembly of Ontario
seats_for_election108 seats in the [27th Legislative Assembly of Ontario](27th-legislative-assembly-of-ontario)
55 seats were needed for a majority
election_dateSeptember 25, 1963
image1[[File:John Robarts, Premier of Ontario (cropped).jpg160x160px]]
colour1
leader1John Robarts
leader_since1[October 25, 1961](1961-progressive-conservative-party-of-ontario-leadership-election)
party1
leaders_seat1London North
last_election171
seats177
seat_change16
percentage148.9%
swing12.6pp
image2**LIB**
colour2
leader2John Wintermeyer
leader_since2April 20, 1958
party2
leaders_seat2Waterloo North *(lost re-election)*
last_election222
seats224
seat_change22
percentage235.3%
swing21.3pp
image3[[File:Donald c macdonald (cropped).PNGx160px]]
colour3
leader3Donald C. MacDonald
leader_since3November 21, 1953
party3
leaders_seat3York South
last_election35
seats37
seat_change32
percentage315.5%
swing31.2pp
titlePremier
posttitlePremier after election
before_electionJohn Robarts
before_party
after_electionJohn Robarts
after_party

55 seats were needed for a majority |}} The 1963 Ontario general election was held on September 25, 1963, to elect the 108 members of the 27th Legislative Assembly of Ontario (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the province of Ontario.

The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, led by John Robarts, who had replaced Leslie Frost as PC leader and premier in 1961, won a seventh consecutive term in office, and maintained its majority in the legislature, increasing its caucus from the 71 members elected in the previous election to 77 members in an enlarged legislature.

The Ontario Liberal Party, led by John Wintermeyer, increased its caucus from 22 to 24 members, although Wintermeyer lost his seat of Waterloo North. He resigned as party leader but the Liberals continued in their role of official opposition. Robert Gibson of Kenora was re-elected as a Liberal-Labour MPP sitting with the Liberal caucus.

The social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was formally dissolved and succeeded by the Ontario New Democratic Party in 1961. The newly conglomerated party was still led by Donald C. MacDonald, and won two additional seats, for a total of seven.

The Social Credit Party of Ontario split into two factions mirroring the split in the federal party. The official Social Credit party ran candidates in three rural ridings while the more radical Social Credit Action faction ran candidates in six ridings in Toronto.

Expansion of Legislative Assembly

The size of the Legislative Assembly was increased from 98 to 108 members, through the reorganization of Toronto's suburban ridings:

Abolished ridingsNew ridings

Results

|- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=5 | MPPs ! colspan=3 | Votes |- ! Candidates 1959 !Dissol. !1963 !± !# !% ! ± (pp) |108 |71 | |77 |6 |1,052,740 |48.61% |2.46 |107 |21 | |23 |2 |754,032 |34.82% |1.44 Successor to the CCF |97 |5 | |7 |2 |340,208 |15.71% |0.96 |1 |1 | |1 | |6,774 |0.31% |0.04 |1 |– |– |– | |5,190 |0.24% |0.13 |7 |– |– |– | |2,759 |0.13% |0.09 |9 |– |– |– | |2,313 |0.11% |0.02 Successor to Labor-Progressive |6 |– |– |– | |1,654 |0.08% |0.15 |1 |– |– |– | |103 |– | | |– |– |– | | |– |– |– | | |-style="background:#E9E9E9;" |337 |98 |98 |108 | |2,165,773 |100.00% | |- |-style="background:#E9E9E9;" |3,435,745 |59.72% |3.84 |}

Vote and seat summaries

|File:Ternary ON1959.svg |1959 |File:Ternary ON1963.svg |1963

PartySeatsVotesChange (pp)
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Synopsis of results

RidingWinning partyTurnout
including spoilt ballotsVotesNameorder is as given in EO reports**[1959](1959-ontario-general-election)**PartyVotesShareMargin
#Margin
%PCLib/LLNDPInd-PCIndOthTotal
Algoma—ManitoulinPCLib7,95149.89%1,5229.55%66.25%6,4297,9511,55715,937
BrantLibLib10,77155.31%3,79219.47%60.75%6,97910,7711,72519,475
BrantfordLibLib7,57243.55%230.13%71.17%7,5497,5722,13613117,388
BruceLibLib7,99753.61%1,0767.21%76.56%6,9217,99714,918
CarletonPCPC12,99957.13%4,49619.76%60.96%12,9998,5031,25122,753
Cochrane NorthPCPC6,44350.28%2,55619.95%64.37%6,4433,8871,97550912,814
Cochrane SouthPCPC12,98351.40%4,87419.29%62.93%12,9834,1698,10925,261
Dufferin—SimcoePCPC8,87566.29%5,26039.29%55.36%8,8753,61589813,388
DurhamPCPC7,91451.18%1,5019.71%70.75%7,9146,4131,13515,462
ElginPCPC11,38262.81%4,64325.62%62.89%11,3826,73918,121
Essex NorthLibLib14,45345.73%3,80612.04%68.26%10,64714,4536,50531,605
Essex SouthPCLib9,57249.85%7153.72%73.30%8,8579,57277319,202
Fort WilliamLibNDP8,42737.45%1,1725.21%71.10%7,2556,8208,42722,502
Frontenac—AddingtonPCPC6,74655.11%2,01916.49%61.20%6,7464,72776912,242
GlengarryPCPC5,36156.25%1,36314.30%74.96%5,3613,9981729,531
Grenville—DundasPCPC9,51868.30%5,10036.60%64.88%9,5184,41813,936
Grey NorthPCLib6,86244.75%310.20%73.20%6,8316,8621,64215,335
Grey SouthLibLib5,45952.06%8858.44%67.21%4,5745,45945210,485
Haldimand—NorfolkPCPC14,30757.17%4,42517.68%70.39%14,3079,88264019525,024
HaltonPCPC19,94751.53%6,37216.46%65.06%19,94713,5755,18838,710
Hamilton CentrePCPC7,53336.29%5782.78%55.55%7,5335,8906,95538220,760
Hamilton EastCCFNDP8,09736.71%9524.32%65.26%6,8127,1458,09722,054
Hamilton—WentworthPCPC13,64263.20%9,21142.68%61.37%13,6424,4313,51121,584
Hastings EastPCPC7,81564.37%3,90932.20%70.93%7,8153,90641912,140
Hastings WestPCPC11,14653.85%2,29811.10%67.36%11,1468,84870420,698
HuronPCPC8,93167.72%4,67435.44%69.43%8,9314,25713,188
Huron—BrucePCLib6,35950.11%280.22%81.69%6,3316,35912,690
KenoraLLLL6,77445.48%8405.64%63.66%5,9346,774Robert Wayne Gibson was elected in a 1962 byelection, succeeding Albert Wren2,18714,895
Kent EastLibLib7,36555.49%1,45810.99%75.51%5,9077,36513,272
Kent WestPCPC12,20553.69%1,6767.37%64.99%12,20510,52922,734
KingstonPCPC10,09249.11%1,0244.98%68.40%10,0929,0681,38920,549
Lambton EastPCPC7,13152.24%8646.33%75.93%7,1316,26725213,650
Lambton WestPCPC10,81344.69%6382.64%63.23%10,81310,1753,20724,195
LanarkPCPC8,75772.15%6,25551.53%54.19%8,7572,50287912,138
LeedsPCPC12,71175.68%9,28055.25%63.03%12,7113,43165416,796
LincolnPCPC23,22953.99%8,42219.58%61.19%23,22914,8074,23575343,024
London NorthPCPC12,53168.61%8,27945.33%57.57%12,5314,2521,48018,263
London SouthPCPC13,98262.54%7,97035.65%55.47%13,9826,0122,36422,358
Middlesex NorthPCPC9,96071.79%6,77248.81%68.58%9,9603,18872613,874
Middlesex SouthPCPC12,53260.72%5,90928.63%62.57%12,5326,6231,48320,638
MuskokaPCPC6,63963.13%3,77635.90%68.44%6,6392,8631,01510,517
Niagara FallsLibLib13,86452.80%4,04015.39%62.39%9,82413,8642,56826,256
Nickel BeltPCPC9,15536.49%9563.81%67.48%9,1558,1996,89883525,087
NipissingLibLib11,42447.52%9293.86%67.40%10,49511,4242,11924,038
NorthumberlandPCPC10,21955.12%1,89710.23%76.36%10,2198,32218,541
OntarioPCPC9,90360.29%5,60534.12%62.17%9,9034,2982,22416,425
OshawaCCFPC12,07741.45%6822.34%59.07%12,0775,66211,39529,134
Ottawa EastPCLib8,81451.45%1,3537.90%58.02%7,4618,81485717,132
Ottawa SouthPCPC12,67154.50%3,33314.34%56.68%12,6719,3381,24123,250
Ottawa WestPCPC11,04855.76%3,04915.39%63.32%11,0487,99976819,815
OxfordLibPC12,97250.65%1,4935.83%69.88%12,97211,4791,16125,612
Parry SoundPCPC6,41453.81%1,69614.23%73.06%6,4144,71878711,919
PeelPCPC24,96961.58%14,56935.93%61.62%24,96910,4005,17740,546
PerthPCPC13,32461.79%5,08423.58%63.44%13,3248,24021,564
PeterboroughPCPC16,97258.05%9,19531.45%67.85%16,9727,7774,49029,239
Port ArthurPCPC13,58050.56%6,84925.50%66.68%13,5806,1436,73140726,861
PrescottPCPC6,70055.46%1,32010.93%71.93%6,7005,38012,080
Prince Edward—LennoxPCPC7,64561.96%3,88331.47%59.64%7,6453,76293112,338
Rainy RiverPCPC4,56854.06%1,95523.14%67.05%4,5682,6131,2698,450
Renfrew NorthPCPC10,66457.80%3,74020.27%70.53%10,6646,92486118,449
Renfrew SouthPCPC7,73651.78%8895.95%79.52%7,7366,84735814,941
RussellPCPC13,66140.42%3441.02%55.67%13,66113,3171,6325,19033,800
Sault Ste. MariePCPC11,55942.24%2,2008.04%69.12%11,5599,3596,44627,364
Simcoe CentrePCPC10,82562.70%5,65532.75%59.62%10,8255,1701,27117,266
Simcoe EastPCPC9,64657.65%3,49420.88%64.84%9,6466,15293516,733
StormontLibPC11,10152.74%1,8278.68%69.27%11,1019,27467521,050
SudburyLibLib10,17641.60%9143.74%65.96%9,26210,1765,02224,460
TemiskamingPCLib4,12440.41%2702.65%69.45%3,8544,1242,22710,205
VictoriaPCPC9,09156.90%2,97618.63%70.00%9,0916,11577115,977
Waterloo NorthLibPC18,76047.30%2,8137.09%73.99%18,76015,9474,95139,658
Waterloo SouthPCPC10,43643.88%3,70015.56%68.39%10,4366,7366,61023,782
WellandPCPC16,14252.15%3,43711.10%66.20%16,14212,7052,10830,955
Wellington—DufferinPCPC7,66666.33%4,44538.46%63.22%7,6663,22167111,558
Wellington SouthLibLib10,82947.36%2,1469.39%70.87%8,68310,8293,35122,863
WentworthLibPC12,08937.61%9432.93%60.10%12,08911,1468,90932,144
Wentworth EastCCFNDP8,63441.71%1,9709.52%56.76%6,6645,4008,63420,698
Windsor—SandwichLibLib10,73942.29%1,1214.41%61.52%9,61810,7395,03525,392
Windsor—WalkervilleLibLib7,78149.74%2,39315.30%65.96%5,3887,7812,47315,642
York NorthPCPC18,23349.22%6,23316.83%57.35%18,23312,0005,95985037,042
Armourdale*New*PC10,21850.09%4,17620.47%63.90%10,2186,0424,14020,400
BeachesPCPC7,27740.67%8204.58%68.00%7,2774,1586,45717,892
BellwoodsPCPC6,03950.98%2,02617.10%61.98%6,0394,0131,79311,845
BracondaleLibLib4,27138.31%690.62%61.33%4,2024,2712,67511,148
Don Mills*New*PC9,70851.64%4,45623.70%60.12%9,7083,8415,25218,801
DovercourtLibLib6,93845.72%2,12013.97%58.53%4,8186,9383,41815,174
Downsview*New*Lib7,33538.13%5282.74%51.02%5,0977,3356,80719,239
EglintonPCPC18,37155.22%6,38919.20%67.53%18,37111,9822,91633,269
Etobicoke*New*Lib8,19342.73%4462.33%62.61%7,7478,1933,23219,172
Forest Hill*New*PC10,00140.87%2,2539.21%59.01%10,0016,5097,74821024,468
High ParkPCPC7,67642.66%8914.95%64.53%7,6766,7853,42011417,995
Humberformerly known as York—HumberPCPC10,14445.76%3,28814.83%60.32%10,1446,8565,17022,170
Lakeshore*New*PC8,59843.32%2,73513.78%62.15%8,5985,8635,02436419,849
ParkdaleLibLib9,10044.95%2,25911.16%58.51%6,8419,1004,30420,245
RiverdalePCPC8,04749.45%3,73622.96%56.26%8,0474,3113,67613710316,274
St. AndrewPCPC4,31043.86%8338.48%58.04%4,3103,4771,6402971029,826
St. DavidPCPC6,05142.98%5183.68%58.91%6,0515,5332,13935514,078
St. GeorgePCPC9,13453.86%3,54720.91%57.56%9,1345,5871,94129816,960
St. PatrickPCPC4,82147.75%7777.70%60.58%4,8214,0441,02520710,097
Scarborough Centre*New*PC7,26437.37%4042.08%60.00%7,2645,3146,86019,438
Scarborough East*New*PC5,62344.35%1,70413.44%57.14%5,6233,9193,13712,679
Scarborough North*New*PC9,91850.73%5,06925.93%57.45%9,9184,8494,78519,552
Scarborough West*New*NDP10,64143.47%2,47110.10%63.21%8,1705,53810,64112824,477
WoodbineCCFNDP9,02045.89%1,2816.52%48.85%7,7392,8989,02019,657
York EastPCPC12,93052.35%5,92623.99%61.70%12,9307,0044,76524,699
York Mills*New*PC16,39157.41%8,35129.25%63.43%16,3914,1228,04028,553
York SouthCCFNDP10,53847.58%3,57516.14%60.25%6,9634,64610,53822,147
Yorkview*New*NDP7,60738.38%7033.55%56.03%5,3106,9047,60719,821
York WestPCPC15,10764.35%8,80237.49%60.66%15,1076,3052,06423,476

: = 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 : = Liberal-Labour candidate : = multiple candidates

Analysis

Party in 1st placeParty in 2nd placeTotalPCLibNDP
68977
22123
11
527
Total287010108
Parties1st2nd3rd4th5th
77283
237014
710791
1
153
1
6
6
1
SourcePartyTotal
align="center"**PC**align="center"**Lib**align="center"**Lib-Lab**
Seats retainedIncumbents returned48
Open seats held14
Byelection loss reversed1
Ouster of incumbent changing allegiance1
Seats changing handsIncumbents defeated4
Incumbent defeated by previous incumbent from another riding1
Open seats gained1
Byelection gains held1
New ridingsNew MPPs8
Won by previous incumbent from another riding1
**Total**7723

Reorganization of ridings

The reorganized ridings returned the following MPPs:

19591963RidingPartyRidingParty
York CentreArmourdale
Downsview
Yorkview
York EastDon Mills
York East
York Mills
York—HumberHumber
York—ScarboroughScarborough Centre
Scarborough East
Scarborough North
Scarborough West
York SouthForest Hill
York South
York WestEtobicoke
Lakeshore
York West

Seats that changed hands

Party1959Gain from (loss to)1963PCLibNDPL-L
674(6)1
206(4)(1)
4(1)1
1
**Total**926(5)5(6)11

There were 12 seats that changed allegiance in the election.

PC to Liberal

  • Algoma—Manitoulin
  • Essex South
  • Grey North
  • Huron—Bruce
  • Ottawa East
  • Timiskaming

Liberal to PC

  • Oxford
  • Stormont
  • Waterloo North
  • Wentworth

Liberal to NDP

  • Fort William

NDP to PC

  • Oshawa

References

References

  1. "1963 General Election".
  2. "Nominations split Social Crediters", ''Globe and Mail'', August 30, 1963
  3. {{Cite canlaw. (1962-63)
  4. . ["1963 general election results"](https://results.elections.on.ca/en/data-explorer?fromYear=1867&toYear=2019&electionType=GE&electionId=269). *[[Elections Ontario]]*.
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