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Ontario general election, 1987

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Map of the 1990 election, showing the ridings and their popular vote
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The Ontario general election of 1987 was held on September 10, 1987, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada.

The governing Ontario Liberal Party, led by David Peterson, was returned to power with a large majority. Peterson had successfully managed to govern with a minority in the Legislature by obtaining the co-operation of the Ontario New Democratic Party, led by Bob Rae. It was through the NDP's support that Peterson was able to form a government, even though the Progressive Conservative Party had won a slightly larger number of seats in the previous election.

The PC Party, led by Larry Grossman, campaigned on a platform of tax cuts to stimulate the economy. Its support continued to slide, however, as voters decided that they liked the change that the Liberal-NDP arrangement brought and Grossman even lost his own seat. The NDP was unable to convince voters that it should be given credit for the success of the Liberal government that it had supported.

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Results

Party Party Leader # of
candidates 		Seats Popular Vote
1985 Elected % Change # % % Change |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"|     Liberal David Peterson   48 95 align=center
97.9%
1,788,214 47.3% +9.4% |- |bgcolor="sandybrown"|     New Democratic Bob Rae   25 19 align=center
970,813 25.7% +1.9% |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"|     Progressive Conservative Larry Grossman   52 16 align=center
931,476 24.7% -12.3% |- |bgcolor="moccasin"|     Family Coalition Donald Pennell align=center
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48,110 1.3% +1.3% |- |bgcolor="green"|     Libertarian Kaye Sargent   align=center
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13,514 0.4% - |- |bgcolor="#3333CC"|     Freedom Robert Metz align=center
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4,735 0.1% - |- |bgcolor="tomato"|     Communist Gordon Massie align=center
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3,422 0.1% - |- |bgcolor="yellowgreen"|     Green   align=center
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3,398 0.1% - |- |bgcolor="gainsboro"|     Independent align=center
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13,632 0.4% -0.3%
Total   125 130 4.0% 3,777,311 100% -


Preceded by:
1985 election 		List of Ontario general elections Followed by:
1990 election

Riding results

Algoma:

Algoma—Manitoulin:

Beaches—Woodbine:

Brampton North:

Brampton South:

Brantford:

Brant—Haldimand:

Bruce:

Burlington South:

Cambridge:

Carleton:

Carleton East:

Chatham—Kent:

Cochrane North:

Cochrane South:

Cornwall:

Don Mills:

Dovercourt:

Downsview:

Dufferin—Peel:

Durham Centre:

Durham East:

Durham West:

Durham—York:

Eglinton:

Elgin:

Essex—Kent:

Essex South:

Etobicoke—Humber:

Etobicoke—Lakeshore:

Etobicoke—Rexdale:

Etobicoke West:

Fort William:

Fort York:

Frontenac—Addington:

Grey—Owen Sound:

Guelph:

Halton Centre:

Halton North:

Hamilton Centre:

Hamilton East:

Hamilton Mountain:

Hamilton West:

Hastings—Peterborough:

High Park—Swansea:

Huron:

Kenora:

Kingston and the Islands:

Kitchener:

Kitchener—Wilmot:

Lake Nipigon:

Lambton:

Lanark—Renfrew:

Lawrence:

Leeds—Grenville:

Lincoln:

London Centre:

London North:

London South:

Markham:

Middlesex:

Mississauga East:

Mississauga North:

Mississauga South:

Mississauga West:

Muskoka—Georgian Bay:

Nepean:

Niagara Falls:

Niagara South:

Nickel Belt:

Nipissing:

Norfolk:

Northumberland:

Oakville South:

Oakwood:

Oriole:

Oshawa:

Ottawa Centre:

Ottawa East:

Ottawa—Rideau:

Ottawa South:

Ottawa West:

Oxford:

Parkdale:

Parry Sound:

Perth:

Peterborough:

Port Arthur:

Prescott and Russell:

Prince Edward—Lennox:

Quinte:

Rainy River:

Renfrew North:

Riverdale:

St. Andrew—St. Patrick:

St. Catharines:

Party Candidate Votes % |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"|     Liberal (x)Jim Bradley 17,584 63.30 |- |bgcolor="sandybrown"|     New Democratic Party Rob West 5,566 20.04 |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"|     Progressive Conservative Chuck Bradley 4,258 15.33 |- |bgcolor="tomato"|     Communist Eric Blair 369 1.33
Total valid votes 27,777 100.00

St. Catharines—Brock:

St. George—St. David:

Sarnia:

Sault Ste. Marie:

Scarborough—Agincourt:

Scarborough Centre:

Scarborough East:

Scarborough—Ellesmere:

Scarborough North:

Scarborough West:

Simcoe Centre:

Simcoe East:

Simcoe West:

Stormont—Dundas—Glengarry & East Grenville:

Sudbury:

Sudbury East:

Timiskaming:

Victoria—Haliburton:

Waterloo North:

Welland—Thorold:

Wellington:

Wentworth East:

Wentworth North:

Willowdale:

Wilson Heights:

Windsor—Riverside:

Windsor—Sandwich:

Windsor—Walkerville:

York Centre:

York East:

York Mills:

York—Mackenzie:

York South:

Yorkview:

Byelections after 1987

Dianne Cunningham (PC) 13858
Elaine Pensa (L) 10356
Diane Whiteside (NDP) 6799
Brenda Rowe (FCP) 1419
Barry Malcolm (F) 548
John Turmel 115
Peter Kormos (NDP) 13933
Mike Lottridge (L) 9819
Brian O'Brine (PC) 4574
Barry Fitzgerald (F) 260
John Turmel 187
Dalton McGuinty, Sr., MPP for Ottawa South, died on March 16, 1990. No byelection was held; the seat was vacant until the 1990 election in September.

See also


Preceded by:
1985 election 		List of Ontario general elections Followed by:
1990 election

 

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