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1967 Ontario general election

Canadian provincial election

Field	Value
election_name	1967 Ontario general election
country	Ontario
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
party_colour	no
party_name	no
previous_election	1963 Ontario general election
previous_year	1963
previous_mps	27th Legislative Assembly of Ontario
next_election	1971 Ontario general election
next_year	1971
elected_mps	28th Legislative Assembly of Ontario
seats_for_election	117 seats in the [28th Legislative Assembly of Ontario](28th-legislative-assembly-of-ontario)
59 seats were needed for a majority
election_date	October 17, 1967
image1	[[File:John Robarts, Premier of Ontario (cropped).jpg	160x160px]]
colour1
leader1	John Robarts
leader_since1	[October 25, 1961](1961-progressive-conservative-party-of-ontario-leadership-election)
party1
leaders_seat1	London North
last_election1	77
seats1	69
seat_change1	8
percentage1	42.3%
swing1	6.6pp
image2	[[File:Robert Nixon-c1971 (3x4).jpg	160x160px]]
colour2
leader2	Robert Nixon
leader_since2	January 6, 1967
party2
leaders_seat2	Brant
last_election2	24
seats2	28
seat_change2	4
percentage2	31.6%
swing2	3.7pp
image3	[[File:Donald c macdonald (cropped).PNG	x160px]]
colour3
leader3	Donald C. MacDonald
leader_since3	November 21, 1953
party3
leaders_seat3	York South
last_election3	7
seats3	20
seat_change3	13
percentage3	25.9%
swing3	10.4pp
title	Premier
posttitle	Premier after election
before_election	John Robarts
before_party
after_election	John Robarts
after_party

59 seats were needed for a majority |}} 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.

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.

Expansion of the Legislative Assembly

The size of the Legislative Assembly was increased from 108 to 117 members, mainly through the reorganization of ridings outside Toronto:

Abolished ridings	New ridings	Drawn from parts of other ridings	Abolished ridings	Reorganization of ridings	Merger of ridings	Division of ridings	Renaming of ridings

Results

Summary

|- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MNAs ! colspan=4 | Votes |- ! Candidates 1963 !1967 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) | 117 || 77 || 69 || 8 || 1,018,755 || 33,985 || 42.10% || 6.51 | 115 || 23 || 27 || 4 || 762,340 || 8,308 || 31.51% || 3.31 | 2 || 1 || 1 || || 5,051 || 1,723 || 0.21% || 0.10 | 117 || 7 || 20 || 13 || 628,397 || 288,189 || 25.97% || 10.26 | || 5 || – || – || – || 2,382 || 377 || 0.10% || 0.03 | 2 || – || – || – || 592 || 1,062 || 0.02% || 0.06 | || 1 || – || – || – || 287 || 184 || 0.01% || 0.01 |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total |366||108 ! " colspan="2"|117 ! " colspan="2"|2,419,710 ! " colspan="2"| 100.00% |- | 19,528

1.223
2,439,238
255,160
66.18
2.65
-
3,685,755
247,921
}

Vote and seat summaries

|File:Ternary ON1963.svg |1963 |File:Ternary ON1967.svg |1967

Party	Seats	Votes	Change (pp)
			{{bartable	-6.51
			{{bartable	-3.31
			{{bartable	-0.10
			{{bartable	10.26
			{{bartable	-0.03
			{{bartable	-0.31

Synopsis of results

Riding	Winning party	Turnout
including spoilt ballots	Votes	Nameorder is as given in EO reports	[1963](1963-ontario-general-election)	Party	Votes	Share	Margin
#	Margin
%	PC	Lib/LL	NDP	Ind	Oth	Total
Algoma	New		PC	3,956	40.25%	888	9.03%	66.73%	3,956	3,068	2,805	–	–	9,829
Algoma—Manitoulin		Lib		Lib	4,424	45.12%	1,402	14.30%	67.62%	3,022	4,424	2,358	–	–	9,804
Brant		Lib		Lib	7,859	57.21%	3,683	26.81%	67.44%	4,176	7,859	1,702	–	–	13,737
Brantford		Lib		NDP	10,465	35.84%	497	1.70%	74.63%	9,968	8,764	10,465	–	–	29,197
Carleton		PC		PC	10,506	50.99%	3,810	18.49%	62.08%	10,506	6,696	3,404	–	–	20,606
Carleton East	New		PC	9,111	60.24%	4,172	27.58%	52.49%	9,111	4,939	1,075	–	–	15,125
Chatham—Kent	New		PC	8,575	48.18%	1,396	7.84%	60.58%	8,575	7,179	2,044	–	–	17,798
Cochrane North		PC		PC	7,536	58.63%	3,998	31.10%	67.18%	7,536	1,780	3,538	–	–	12,854
Cochrane South		PC		NDP	8,377	43.51%	801	4.16%	71.51%	7,576	3,302	8,377	–	–	19,255
Dufferin—Simcoe		PC		PC	7,973	57.88%	4,115	29.88%	52.77%	7,973	3,858	1,943	–	–	13,774
Durham		PC		PC	7,650	45.27%	2,567	15.19%	72.35%	7,650	5,083	4,164	–	–	16,897
Elgin		PC		PC	10,662	44.95%	485	2.04%	68.23%	10,662	10,177	1,535	1,348	–	23,722
Essex—Kent	New		Lib	5,829	47.48%	991	8.07%	66.36%	4,838	5,829	1,609	–	–	12,276
Essex South		Lib		Lib	10,476	59.85%	5,054	28.88%	66.16%	5,422	10,476	1,605	–	–	17,503
Fort William		NDP		PC	7,744	34.32%	208	0.92%	75.76%	7,744	7,536	7,282	–	–	22,562
Frontenac—Addington		PC		PC	6,888	52.79%	3,013	23.09%	61.29%	6,888	3,875	2,285	–	–	13,048
Glengarry		PC		PC	6,214	52.97%	1,441	12.28%	74.31%	6,214	4,773	745	–	–	11,732
Grenville—Dundas		PC		PC	7,905	59.54%	3,009	22.66%	58.52%	7,905	4,896	475	–	–	13,276
Grey—Bruce	New		Lib	10,837	46.62%	2,298	9.89%	75.72%	8,539	10,837	3,869	–	–	23,245
Grey South		Lib		PC	8,872	59.68%	4,116	27.69%	71.02%	8,872	4,756	1,126	111	–	14,865
Haldimand—Norfolk		PC		PC	11,768	53.28%	4,272	19.34%	69.75%	11,768	7,496	2,603	–	221	22,088
Halton East	New		PC	9,867	38.05%	164	0.63%	66.87%	9,867	9,703	6,359	–	–	25,929
Halton West	New		PC	13,709	49.10%	5,886	21.08%	66.79%	13,709	6,389	7,823	–	–	27,921
Hamilton Centre		PC		NDP	8,922	45.47%	2,309	11.77%	61.89%	4,086	6,613	8,922	–	–	19,621
Hamilton East		NDP		NDP	11,843	51.95%	6,084	26.69%	64.82%	5,759	5,193	11,843	–	–	22,795
Hamilton Mountain	New		PC	12,105	44.60%	1,083	3.99%	67.98%	12,105	3,846	11,022	–	166	27,139
Hamilton West		PC		PC	8,625	37.73%	1,398	6.12%	64.61%	8,625	7,227	7,005	–	–	22,857
Hastings	New		PC	8,575	68.64%	6,032	48.29%	67.98%	8,575	2,543	1,374	–	–	12,492
Huron		PC		PC	8,353	62.20%	4,619	34.39%	72.03%	8,353	3,734	1,343	–	–	13,430
Huron—Bruce		Lib		Lib	9,166	57.10%	3,188	19.86%	82.07%	5,978	9,166	908	–	–	16,052
Kenora		LL		PC	8,297	58.00%	4,211	29.44%	64.83%	8,297	1,921	4,086	–	–	14,304
Kent	New		Lib	7,668	51.02%	913	6.07%	76.94%	6,755	7,668	606	–	–	15,029
Kingston and the Islands		PC		PC	10,246	47.12%	2,365	10.88%	66.05%	10,246	7,881	3,617	–	–	21,744
Kitchener	New		Lib	10,350	34.29%	52	0.17%	64.69%	9,096	10,350	10,298	–	441	30,185
Lambton	New		PC	8,481	54.29%	2,374	15.20%	69.62%	8,481	6,107	1,035	–	–	15,623
Lanark		PC		PC	9,505	70.14%	6,379	47.07%	59.88%	9,505	3,126	921	–	–	13,552
Leeds		PC		PC	12,127	68.38%	7,413	41.80%	64.81%	12,127	4,714	895	–	–	17,736
Lincoln		PC		PC	13,334	59.28%	8,597	38.22%	64.89%	13,334	4,737	4,424	–	–	22,495
London North		PC		PC	13,087	49.14%	4,100	15.39%	56.86%	13,087	8,987	4,559	–	–	26,633
London South		PC		PC	15,116	53.85%	6,999	24.93%	64.19%	15,116	8,117	4,836	–	–	28,069
Middlesex North		PC		PC	5,744	52.78%	2,425	22.28%	67.01%	5,744	3,319	1,819	–	–	10,882
Middlesex South		PC		PC	8,423	44.47%	2,558	13.50%	63.19%	8,423	5,865	4,654	–	–	18,942
Muskoka		PC		PC	6,458	61.99%	4,457	42.78%	67.13%	6,458	2,001	1,959	–	–	10,418
Niagara Falls		Lib		Lib	10,451	51.16%	3,763	18.42%	60.29%	6,688	10,451	3,291	–	–	20,430
Nickel Belt		PC		PC	6,210	47.63%	1,234	9.47%	75.43%	6,210	1,851	4,976	–	–	13,037
Nipissing		Lib		Lib	9,471	42.98%	321	1.46%	70.95%	9,150	9,471	3,417	–	–	22,038
Northumberland		PC		PC	10,411	57.62%	3,819	21.14%	73.01%	10,411	6,592	1,066	–	–	18,069
Ontario		PC		PC	7,513	55.15%	3,931	28.86%	65.14%	7,513	3,582	2,528	–	–	13,623
Ontario South	New		PC	9,190	39.57%	1,296	5.58%	71.74%	9,190	5,975	7,894	–	166	23,225
Oshawa		PC		NDP	13,182	43.79%	2,080	6.91%	70.02%	11,102	5,821	13,182	–	–	30,105
Ottawa Centre	New		Lib	7,688	43.07%	715	4.01%	52.83%	6,973	7,688	3,190	–	–	17,851
Ottawa East		Lib		PC	8,155	46.44%	12	0.07%	50.70%	8,155	8,143	1,263	–	–	17,561
Ottawa South		PC		PC	13,472	47.51%	1,121	3.95%	61.78%	13,472	12,351	2,531	–	–	28,354
Ottawa West		PC		PC	12,707	49.41%	5,964	23.19%	60.81%	12,707	6,743	6,266	–	–	25,716
Oxford		PC		Lib	12,323	44.35%	1,368	4.92%	72.59%	10,955	12,323	4,507	–	–	27,785
Parry Sound		PC		PC	7,813	56.15%	2,794	20.08%	67.60%	7,813	5,019	1,083	–	–	13,915
Peel North	New		PC	15,651	52.30%	8,236	27.52%	65.27%	15,651	6,861	7,415	–	–	29,927
Peel South	New		PC	13,377	42.13%	3,618	11.39%	67.94%	13,377	9,759	8,616	–	–	31,752
Perth		PC		Lib	9,971	43.45%	187	0.81%	65.70%	9,784	9,971	3,191	–	–	22,946
Peterborough		PC		NDP	15,432	45.34%	2,759	8.11%	74.64%	12,673	5,930	15,432	–	–	34,035
Port Arthur		PC		Lib	7,636	37.56%	810	3.98%	71.21%	6,826	7,636	5,866	–	–	20,328
Prescott and Russell	New		PC	8,406	58.48%	3,274	22.78%	66.46%	8,406	5,132	835	–	–	14,373
Prince Edward—Lennox		PC		PC	7,471	57.76%	3,371	26.06%	60.54%	7,471	4,100	1,363	–	–	12,934
Quinte	New		PC	11,410	52.23%	4,091	18.73%	74.41%	11,410	7,319	3,117	–	–	21,846
Rainy River		PC		LL	3,130	34.29%	41	0.45%	63.93%	3,089	3,130	2,908	–	–	9,127
Renfrew North		PC		PC	10,401	62.15%	4,916	29.37%	66.33%	10,401	5,485	850	–	–	16,736
Renfrew South		PC		PC	7,776	52.77%	1,389	9.43%	75.85%	7,776	6,387	572	–	–	14,735
St. Catharines	New		PC	12,235	45.90%	3,948	14.81%	60.99%	12,235	8,287	6,134	–	–	26,656
Sandwich—Riverside	New		NDP	8,312	35.65%	799	3.43%	65.50%	7,492	7,513	8,312	–	–	23,317
Sarnia	New		Lib	9,590	44.20%	1,092	5.03%	60.68%	8,498	9,590	3,611	–	–	21,699
Sault Ste. Marie		PC		PC	11,807	42.21%	2,010	7.18%	77.85%	11,807	6,371	9,797	–	–	27,975
Simcoe Centre		PC		PC	10,814	52.03%	2,530	12.17%	66.22%	10,814	8,284	1,686	–	–	20,784
Simcoe East		PC		PC	9,057	54.54%	4,717	28.41%	61.19%	9,057	4,340	3,208	–	–	16,605
Stormont		PC		PC	10,942	57.63%	5,268	27.75%	66.36%	10,942	5,674	2,371	–	–	18,987
Sudbury		Lib		Lib	9,945	40.13%	2,540	10.25%	69.05%	7,405	9,945	7,266	–	167	24,783
Sudbury East	New		NDP	7,454	37.06%	1,200	5.97%	72.90%	6,254	6,088	7,454	–	319	20,115
Thunder Bay	New		NDP	4,064	37.57%	310	2.87%	68.40%	3,000	3,754	4,064	–	–	10,818
Temiskaming		PC		NDP	7,328	41.89%	293	1.67%	72.75%	7,035	3,131	7,328	–	–	17,494
Victoria—Haliburton		PC		PC	7,683	45.42%	1,836	10.85%	71.44%	7,683	5,847	3,384	–	–	16,914
Waterloo North		PC		Lib	8,336	36.79%	1,272	5.61%	59.37%	7,064	8,336	6,890	–	370	22,660
Waterloo South		PC		PC	10,044	44.68%	721	3.21%	70.49%	10,044	3,112	9,323	–	–	22,479
Welland		PC		PC	9,970	42.15%	260	1.10%	73.42%	9,970	3,971	9,710	–	–	23,651
Welland South	New		Lib	7,322	38.47%	107	0.56%	68.80%	7,215	7,322	4,497	–	–	19,034
Wellington—Dufferin		PC		PC	7,068	60.76%	3,809	32.74%	61.41%	7,068	3,259	1,306	–	–	11,633
Wellington South		Lib		Lib	12,553	46.91%	4,427	16.54%	73.97%	8,126	12,553	6,082	–	–	26,761
Wentworth		PC		NDP	9,183	43.83%	1,984	9.47%	66.69%	7,199	4,571	9,183	–	–	20,953
Wentworth North	New		PC	10,002	48.80%	3,660	17.86%	73.73%	10,002	4,152	6,342	–	–	20,496
Windsor—Walkerville		Lib		Lib	10,001	44.07%	1,799	7.93%	62.21%	4,490	10,001	8,202	–	–	22,693
Windsor West	New		NDP	8,618	37.66%	986	4.31%	59.73%	6,633	7,632	8,618	–	–	22,883
York Centre	New		Lib	10,025	40.77%	1,068	4.34%	68.17%	8,957	10,025	5,605	–	–	24,587
York North		PC		PC	8,394	42.46%	2,127	10.76%	63.52%	8,394	6,267	5,109	–	–	19,770
Armourdale		PC		PC	10,721	44.32%	3,855	15.94%	66.38%	10,721	6,866	6,602	–	–	24,189
Beaches—Woodbine	New		NDP	10,522	43.58%	545	2.26%	66.78%	9,977	3,646	10,522	–	–	24,145
Bellwoods		PC		PC	6,647	47.34%	2,429	17.30%	64.74%	6,647	4,218	2,684	491	–	14,040
Don Mills		PC		PC	9,646	41.45%	899	3.86%	66.43%	9,646	4,656	8,747	–	222	23,271
Dovercourt		Lib		Lib	6,053	37.93%	1,169	7.33%	57.38%	4,884	6,053	4,594	–	426	15,957
Downsview		Lib		Lib	8,876	36.56%	21	0.09%	58.90%	6,290	8,876	8,855	260	–	24,281
Eglinton		PC		PC	15,220	54.24%	6,827	24.33%	77.88%	15,220	8,393	4,449	–	–	28,062
Etobicoke		Lib		Lib	13,120	42.79%	3,982	12.99%	69.64%	8,402	13,120	9,138	–	–	30,660
High Park		PC		NDP	12,892	49.61%	6,275	24.15%	70.63%	6,477	6,617	12,892	–	–	25,986
Humber		PC		Lib	8,038	34.50%	149	0.64%	64.79%	7,370	8,038	7,889	–	–	23,297
Lakeshore		PC		NDP	10,029	48.45%	2,993	14.46%	64.39%	7,036	3,633	10,029	–	–	20,698
Parkdale		Lib		Lib	5,588	38.63%	810	5.60%	61.40%	4,099	5,588	4,778	–	–	14,465
Riverdale		PC		NDP	10,716	53.96%	4,549	22.91%	60.11%	6,167	2,690	10,716	–	287	19,860
St. Andrew—St. Patrick	New		PC	6,142	40.97%	1,172	7.82%	58.45%	6,142	4,970	3,707	172	–	14,991
St. David		PC		PC	7,581	36.62%	815	3.94%	64.28%	7,581	6,766	6,354	–	–	20,701
St. George		PC		PC	9,708	44.17%	2,482	11.29%	58.82%	9,708	7,226	5,046	–	–	21,980
Scarborough Centre		PC		NDP	12,892	49.61%	6,275	24.15%	71.26%	6,477	6,617	12,892	–	–	25,986
Scarborough East		PC		Lib	6,538	34.20%	220	1.15%	67.67%	6,318	6,538	6,260	–	–	19,116
Scarborough North		PC		PC	11,729	42.03%	1,527	5.47%	70.66%	11,729	5,977	10,202	–	–	27,908
Scarborough West		NDP		NDP	13,225	48.12%	4,821	17.54%	69.11%	8,404	5,856	13,225	–	–	27,485
York East		PC		PC	12,691	44.80%	4,456	15.73%	64.92%	12,691	8,235	7,402	–	–	28,328
York-Forest Hill		PC		PC	12,087	43.86%	3,644	13.22%	62.19%	12,087	7,030	8,443	–	–	27,560
York Mills		PC		PC	22,192	50.08%	6,490	14.65%	64.60%	22,192	15,702	6,418	–	–	44,312
York South		NDP		NDP	13,073	62.59%	7,990	38.25%	59.78%	5,083	2,732	13,073	–	–	20,888
York West		PC		PC	14,780	47.53%	2,351	7.56%	65.77%	14,780	12,429	3,885	–	–	31,094
Yorkview		NDP		NDP	13,437	46.00%	3,073	10.52%	62.27%	5,413	10,364	13,437	–	–	29,214

: = open seat : = turnout is above provincial average : = winning candidate was in previous Legislature : = not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature : = incumbent had switched allegiance : = incumbency arose from byelection gain : = previously incumbent in another riding : = other incumbents renominated : = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada : = Liberal-Labour candidate : = multiple candidates

Analysis

Party in 1st place	Party in 2nd place	Total	PC	Lib
	55	14	69
21		6	27
1			1
13	7		20
Total	35	62	20	117

1st	2nd	3rd	4th
69	35	13
27	62	26
20	20	77
1		1
			7
			5
			2
			1

Source	Party	Total
align="center"	PC	align="center"	Lib	align="center"	Lib-Lab
Seats retained	Incumbents returned	45
Open seats held	4	1
Seats changing hands	Incumbents defeated	2
Open seats gained	1	1
Byelection gains held	1
New ridings	New MPPs	9
Won by previous incumbent from another riding	7	2
Total	69	27

Incumbents standing in other ridings

Eleven MPPs lost their seats in the current redistribution and sought reelection elsewhere. A further four chose to campaign in another riding.

To	Original riding abolished	Moved over to other riding
Bert Lawrence	Russell	Carleton East
Darcy McKeough	Kent West	Chatham—Kent
Eddie Sargent	Grey North	Grey—Bruce
George Kerr	Halton	Halton West
Reg Gisborn	Wentworth East	Hamilton Eastnot a new riding
Jack Spence	Kent East	Kent
Lorne Henderson	Lambton East	Lambton
Bill Davis	Peel	Peel North
Allan Grossman	St. Andrew	St. Andrew—St. Patrick
Norman Davison	Hamilton East	Hamilton Centre
Ada Pritchard	Hamilton Centre	Hamilton West
Ray Connell	Hamilton—Wentworthname changed to Hamilton West	Wentworth Northnew riding
Keith Butler	Waterloo North	Kitchenerdefeated by Jim Breithaupt (Liberal)
Ivan Thrasher	Windsor—Sandwichabolished riding	Windsor Westdefeated by Hugh Peacock (NDP)
Jack Harris	Beaches	Beaches—Woodbinedefeated by John L. Brown (NDP)

References

"1967 General Election".
{{Cite canlaw. (1966)
. ["1967 general election results"](https://results.elections.on.ca/en/data-explorer?fromYear=1867&toYear=2019&electionType=GE&electionId=273). *[[Elections Ontario]]*.

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