Ontario general election, 1990

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Map of the 1990 election, showing the ridings and their popular vote
Map of the 1990 election, showing the ridings and their popular vote

The Ontario general election of 1990 was held on September 6, 1990, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the province of Ontario, Canada.

The governing Ontario Liberal Party led by Premier David Peterson, was defeated by a large unexpected protest vote. Peterson was accused of opportunism in calling an election just three years into his mandate, and in a shocking upset, the New Democratic Party, led by Bob Rae, won a majority government. This marked the first time the NDP formed the government in Ontario.

Mike Harris's Progressive Conservative Party was unable to overcome voter distrust of the federal Progressive Conservative government of Brian Mulroney. His party managed to win four more seats than in the 1987 election, however.

Although Harris was from northern Ontario, the PC Party was particularly weak in that region, placing fourth, behind the Liberals, NDP and the right-wing, fringe Confederation of Regions Party (CoR) in six northern Ontario ridings (Algoma, Cochrane South, Nickel Belt, Sudbury, Sudbury East and Sault Ste. Marie). The CoR Party also placed ahead of the PC Party in the Renfrew North and Cornwall ridings in eastern Ontario.

The Green Party of Ontario placed third, ahead of the NDP, in Parry Sound riding, where former Liberal leadership candidate Richard Thomas was the party's candidate.

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[edit] Results

Party Party Leader # of
candidates		 Seats Popular Vote
1987 Elected % Change # % % Change
     New Democratic Bob Rae 130 19 74 +279% 1,509,506 37.6% +11.9%
     Liberal David Peterson 130 95 36 -62.1% 1,302,134 32.4% -14.9%
     Progressive Conservative Mike Harris 130 16 20 +25% 944,564 23.5% -1.2%
     Family Coalition Donald Pennell 68 - - - 110,831 2.7% +1.4%
     Confederation of Regions Dean Wasson 33   -   75,873 1.9%  
     Green Katherine Mathewson 40 - - - 30,097 0.7% +0.6%
     Libertarian James Stock 45 - - - 24,613 0.6% +0.2%
     Freedom Robert Metz 10 - - - 6,015 0.2% +0.1%
     Communist Elizabeth Rowley 4 - - - 1,139 0.1% -
     Others 15 - - - 13,307 0.3% -0.1%
Total 605 130 130 - 4,018,079 100% -

[edit] Members of the Legislative Assembly 1990-1995

[edit] NDP

* In 1993, Ward died and Drainville left the Legislative Assembly. Both resulting byelections were won by the Progressive Conservatives. Rizzo left the NDP caucus in October, 1990, but sat as an Independent until the 1995 election. In 1993 North resigned and sat as an independent. Akande resigned from the Legislature in 1994; no byelection was held prior to the 1995 election.

[edit] Liberal

* Nixon and Scott retired from politics in 1992, and Mancini retired in 1993. The Liberals retained all three seats in the resulting byelections. Bruce Crozier, Ronald Eddy and Tim Murphy joined the Liberal caucus. John Sola was expelled from caucus in 1992 after making racist comments to a reporter from the fifth estate. He sat as an independent for the remainder of the assembly.

[edit] Progressive Conservative

The PC Party won two byelections in 1993, winning seats previously held by the NDP. Chris Hodgson was elected in Victoria—Haliburton, and David Johnson was elected in Don Mills.

[edit] Constituency results

[edit] Ottawa-Carleton

Electoral District Candidates   Incumbent
  Liberal   PC   NDP   Other
Carleton Sue LeBrun
10,143		 Norman Sterling
17,860		 Alex Munter
10,071		 Norman Sterling
Carleton East Gilles Morin
19,059		 Judy Corbishley
5,117		 Joan Gullen
9,976		 Gilles Morin
Ottawa Centre Richard Patten
11,656		 Alex Burney
2,723		 Evelyn Gigantes
14,522		 John Gay (FCP)
809

Bill Hipwell (G)
576
John Turmel (Ind.)
160

 Richard Patten

Ottawa East

 Bernard Grandmaitre
16,363		 Diana Morin
2,203		 Lori Lucier
6,103		 Richard Hudon (FCP)
826
Frank de Jong (G)
723		 Bernard Grandmaitre
Ottawa—Rideau Yvonne O'Neill
13,454		 Paul Beaudry
5,234		 Larry Jones
8,845		 Larry Denys (FCP)
1,049
Jim MacPhee (Ind.)
861
Marc Schindler (Lbt)
252		 Yvonne O'Neill
Ottawa South Dalton McGuinty
13,845		 Darrel Kent
7,399		 Margaret Armstrong
7,826		 Stephen Johns (G)
612
David Fitzpatrick (FCP)
503		 Vacant
Ottawa West Bob Chiarelli
13,908		 Brian Mackey
9,068		 Allan Edwards
8,391		 David Boyd (CoR)
1,044
Ian Whyte
1,011		 Bob Chiarelli

[edit] Eastern Ontario

Cornwall:

  • (x)John Cleary (L) 12725
  • Leo Courville (NDP) 7044
  • Carol-Ann Ross (CoR) 4409
  • Don Kannon (PC) 3169

Frontenac—Addington:

  • Fred Wilson (NDP) 9626
  • (x)Larry South (L) 8226
  • Jim Bennett (PC) 8211
  • Gail Leonard (FCP) 2020
  • Ross Baker 1021

Hastings—Peterborough:

  • Elmer Buchanan (NDP) 11283
  • (x)Jim Pollock (PC) 10387
  • Mike Beeston (L) 4285
  • Anthony Kuttschrutter (FCP) 1199
  • Ronald Gerow (CoR) 1128

Kingston and the Islands:

Lanark—Renfrew:

  • Leo Jordan (PC) 11063
  • Guin Persaud (L) 9665
  • Harry Martin (NDP) 8541
  • Murray Reid (CoR) 2938
  • Frank Foley (FCP) 1853

Leeds—Grenville:

  • (x)Bob Runciman (PC) 16846
  • Chris Puddicombe (L) 9172
  • Art Lane (NDP) 8312

Prescott and Russell:

Prince Edward—Lennox:

Quinte:

  • (x)Hugh O'Neil (L) 11114
  • Greg Meehan (NDP) 7010
  • Doug Rollins (PC) 5825
  • Stu Meeks (CoR) 3411
  • Dave Switzer (FCP) 2331

Renfrew North:

  • (x)Sean Conway (L) 13082
  • Ish Theilheimer (NDP) 5916
  • Frank Adlam (CoR) 5510
  • Diane Yakabuski (PC) 4586
  • Stephen Stanistreet (FCP) 1104

Stormont—Dundas—Glengarry & East Grenville:

  • (x)Noble Villeneuve (PC) 11887
  • Denis Sabourin (L) 8386
  • Helena McCuaig (NDP) 5357
  • Bernie Lauzon (CoR) 3452

[edit] Central Ontario

Bruce:

Dufferin—Peel:

Grey—Owen Sound:

  • Bill Murdoch (PC) 13742
  • Peggy Hutchinson (NDP) 11280
  • (x)Ron Lipsett (L) 10257
  • John Ross (FCP) 2147
  • Don Cianci (G) 476
  • Oleh Stebelsky (Lbt) 144

Muskoka—Georgian Bay:

Northumberland:

  • (x)Joan Fawcett (L) 11984
  • Angus Read (PC) 10890
  • Judi Armstrong (NDP) 9581
  • Doug Young (CoR) 1677
  • Steve Prust (FCP) 1213
  • John Meiboom (Lbt) 395

Peterborough:

Simcoe Centre:

Simcoe East:

Simcoe West:

  • (x)Jim Wilson (PC) 11710
  • Leo Loserit (NDP) 9870
  • Gary Johnson (L) 7765
  • James McGillivray (FCP) 2744

Victoria—Haliburton:

[edit] Durham & York Region

Durham Centre:

Durham East:

  • Gord Mills (NDP) 10960
  • Kirk Kemp (PC) 7836
  • Marilyn Pearce (L) 7836
  • Tim Crookall (FCP) 2487
  • Harry Turnbridge (CoR) 1286

Durham West:

Durham—York:

Markham:

Oshawa:

  • Allan Pilkey (NDP) 16601
  • Jim Carlyle (L) 5116
  • Cliff Fillmore (PC) 3871
  • Gary Jones (CoR) 1585

York Centre:

  • (x)Gregory Sorbara (L) 28056
  • Laurie Orrett (NDP) 18850
  • Dion McGuire (PC) 14656

York—Mackenzie:

  • (x)Charles Beer (L) 11462
  • George Timpson (PC) 11304
  • Keith Munro (NDP) 10681

[edit] Scarborough

Scarborough—Agincourt:

  • (x)Gerry Phillips (L) 13347
  • Keith MacNab (PC) 8640
  • Ayoub Ali (NDP) 6763
  • Bill Galster (Lbt) 1368

Scarborough Centre:

Scarborough East:

Scarborough—Ellesmere:

Scarborough North:

Scarborough West:

[edit] North York & East York

Don Mills:

Downsview:

Lawrence:

  • (x)Joseph Cordiano (L) 11786
  • Shalom Schachter (NDP) 10179
  • Henry Gallay (PC) 3557
  • Sandor Hegedus (Lbt) 431
  • Paul Rombough (G) 411

Oriole:

Willowdale:

Wilson Heights:

York East:

York Mills:

  • David Turnbull (PC) 13037
  • (x)Brad Nixon (L) 10390
  • Marcia McVea (NDP) 4830
  • Janet Creery (G) 577
  • Mary-Anne Sillimaa (Lbt) 373

Yorkview:

[edit] Toronto

Beaches—Woodbine:

  • Frances Lankin (NDP) 14381
  • Beryl Potter (L) 6329
  • Kevin Forest (PC) 3535
  • Sam Vitulli 400

Dovercourt:

Eglinton:

Fort York:

High Park—Swansea:

  • Elaine Ziemba (NDP) 11432
  • (x)David Fleet (L) 8159
  • Yuri Pokaliwsky (PC) 4674
  • Colum Tingle (FCP) 409
  • Bill Senay (G) 332
  • Michael Beech (Lbt) 331

Parkdale:

  • (x)Tony Ruprecht (L) 8080
  • Sheena Weir (NDP) 7557
  • John Swettenham (PC) 941
  • Robert Hunter (G) 325
  • James McCulloch (Lbt) 241
  • Debra Stone 167
  • Joe Young (Ind [Communist League]) 106

Riverdale:

St. Andrew—St. Patrick
Party Candidate Votes %
     New Democratic Party Zanana Akande 10,321 34.45
     Progressive Conservative Nancy Jackman 9,241 30.85
     Liberal (x)Ron Kanter 8,938 29.84
     Green Jim Harris 1,112 3.71
     Libertarian Douglas Quinn 344 1.15
Total valid votes 29,956 100.00
Rejected, unmarked and discarded votes 377
Turnout 30,333 66.89

St. George—St. David:

[edit] Etobicoke & York

Etobicoke—Humber:

  • (x)Jim Henderson (L) 13582
  • Russ Springate (NDP) 10049
  • Aileen Anderson (PC) 9289
  • Tonny Dodds (FCP) 1292
  • David Moore (G) 586
  • Alan D'Orsay (Lbt) 380

Etobicoke—Lakeshore:

  • (x)Ruth Grier (NDP) 18118
  • Sam Shephard (L) 7006
  • Jeff Knoll (PC) 4854
  • Trish O'Connor (FCP) 1053
  • Phaedra Livingstone (G) 629

Etobicoke—Rexdale:

  • (x)Ed Philip (NDP) 17620
  • Aurelio Acquaviva (L) 4585
  • David Foster (PC) 3243
  • David Burman (G) 822

Etobicoke West:

  • Chris Stockwell (PC) 13713
  • (x)Linda LeBourdais (L) 10082
  • Judy Jones (NDP) 7992
  • Kevin McGourty (FCP) 1045
  • Geoffrey Lepper (G) 354
  • Janice Hazlett (Lbt) 320
  • Martin Fraser 304

Oakwood:

York South:

[edit] Brampton, Mississauga & Halton

Brampton North:

Brampton South:

  • (x)Bob Callahan (L) 12918
  • John Scheer (NDP) 12494
  • Maggie McCallion (PC) 11395
  • Ron Nonato (FCP) 2511
  • Jim Bridgewood (Comm) 667

Burlington South:

Halton Centre:

  • (x)Barbara Sullivan (L) 13494
  • Bob Taylor (PC) 12279
  • Richard Banigan (NDP) 10163
  • James Bruce (FCP) 1232
  • Bill Frampton (FP) 731
  • Jim Stock (Lbt) 624

Halton North:

Mississauga East:

  • (x)John Sola (L) 12448
  • Mike Crone (NDP) 9177
  • Brad Butt (PC) 8285
  • Peter Sesek 1363
  • Chris Balabanian (F) 411

Mississauga North:

Mississauga South:

  • (x)Margaret Marland (PC) 17126
  • Sue Craig (NDP) 7579
  • Donna Scott (L) 6624
  • Scott McWhinnie (G) 1323

Mississauga West:

  • (x)Steve Mahoney (L) 20038
  • Tom Malone (NDP) 13938
  • Judi Bachman (PC) 11945
  • Emanuel Batler (Lbt) 892
  • Dian Achiceko 771

Oakville South:

  • Gary Carr (PC) 10949
  • (x)Doug Carrothers (L) 10841
  • Danny Dunleavy (NDP) 6483
  • Terry Hansford (CoR) 1057
  • Josef Petriska (G) 1038
  • Adriana Bassi (FCP) 996

[edit] Hamilton-Wentworth & Niagara

Hamilton Centre
Party Candidate Votes %
     New Democratic Party David Christopherson 14,029 55.32
     Liberal (x)Lily Oddie Munro 7,814 30.81
     Progressive Conservative Graham Snelgrove 2,116 8.34
     Green Brent Monkley 605 2.39
     Libertarian Julien Frost 429 1.69
     Family Coalition Party Jewell Wolgram 365 1.44
Total valid votes 25,358 100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 446
Turnout 25,804 59.78

Hamilton East:

  • (x)Robert W. Mackenzie (NDP) 20289
  • Craig Dowhaniuk (L) 5525
  • Rom Tomblin (PC) 1676
  • Emidio Corvaro (FCP) 846

Hamilton Mountain:

  • (x)Brian Charlton (NDP) 22488
  • Grant Darby (PC) 7709
  • Al Bailey (L) 7432

Hamilton West:

  • (x)Richard Allen (NDP) 18550
  • Helen Wilson (L) 7236
  • David Cairnie (PC) 4361
  • Lynne Scime (FCP) 2324
  • Hans Wienhold (CoR) 306

Lincoln:

Niagara Falls:

  • Margaret Harrington (NDP) 13884
  • Wayne Campbell (L) 7979
  • Norm Puttick (PC) 3896
  • Ted Wiwchar (CoR) 3141
  • Art Klassen (FCP) 674
  • Donald MacDonald-Ross (G) 365

Niagara South:

St. Catharines
Party Candidate Votes %
     Liberal (x)Jim Bradley 11,565 38.76
     New Democratic Party Dave Kappele 10,629 35.63
     Progressive Conservative Bruce Timms 3,926 13.16
     Confederation of Regions Eva Longhurst 2,384 7.99
     Family Coalition Party Bert Pynenburg 1,331 4.46
Total valid votes 29,835 100.00
Rejected, unmarked and discarded votes 337
Turnout 30,172 66.77

St. Catharines—Brock:

  • Christel Haeck (NDP) 9538
  • (x)Mike Dietsch (L) 8379
  • Bob Welch (PC) 6969
  • Rodney Book (CoR) 1499
  • Ed Klassen (FCP) 873
  • Conrad Gibbons (Lbt) 270

Welland—Thorold:

  • (x)Peter Kormos (NDP) 20488
  • Gord McMillan (L) 7557
  • Cam Wilson (PC) 2893
  • John Sabados (CoR) 878
  • Barry Fitzgerald (F) 386

Wentworth East:

  • Mark Morrow (NDP) 15224
  • (x)Shirley Collins (L) 12077
  • Doug Conley (PC) 5609
  • Victor Kammerer (G) 668
  • Albert Papazian 273
  • Anne Stasiuk 260

Wentworth North:

  • Don Abel (NDP) 11472
  • (x)Chris Ward (L) 11384
  • Don Matthews (PC) 8740
  • Rien Vanden Enden (FCP) 1236
  • Eileen Butson (CoR) 860

[edit] Midwestern Ontario

Brantford:

Brant—Haldimand:

Cambridge:

Guelph:

Huron:

Kitchener:

Kitchener—Wilmot:

Norfolk:

Oxford:

Perth:

  • Karen Haslam (NDP) 11712
  • Gerry Teahen (L) 8721
  • Ron Christie (PC) 8600
  • Gordon Maloney (FCP) 2769

Waterloo North:

Wellington:

  • Ted Arnott (PC) 12141
  • Dale Hamilton (NDP) 10837
  • John Green (L) 7668

[edit] Middlesex & Elgin

Elgin:

London Centre:

  • Marion Boyd (NDP) 17837
  • (x)David Peterson (L) 9671
  • Mark Handelman (PC) 5348
  • John Van Geldersen (FCP) 982
  • Lloyd Walker (F) 498
  • Terry Smart 272
  • Issam Mansour (Comm) 84
  • Sidney Tarleton 73

London North:

London South:

Middlesex:

[edit] Southwestern Ontario

Chatham—Kent:

Essex—Kent:

Essex South:

  • (x)Remo Mancini (L) 10575
  • Donna Tremblay (NDP) 10363
  • Joan Flood (PC) 6335
  • Steve Posthumus (FCP) 2085

Lambton:

Sarnia:

Windsor—Riverside:

Windsor—Sandwich:

Windsor—Walkerville:

[edit] Northeastern Ontario

Algoma:

  • (x)Bud Wildman (NDP) 8221
  • Bob Gallagher (L) 3573
  • Stan Down (CoR) 1790
  • Denis Latulippe (PC) 433

Algoma—Manitoulin:

  • (x)Mike Brown (L) 5961
  • Lois Miller (NDP) 5754
  • Ken Ferguson (PC) 2163
  • Richard Hammond (CoR) 1114
  • Gene Solomon 347

Cochrane North:

Cochrane South:

  • Gilles Bisson (NDP) 11460
  • Peter Krznaric (L) 9361
  • Ken Metsala (CoR) 2229
  • Tina Positano (PC) 1019

Nickel Belt:

  • (x)Floyd Laughren (NDP) 9925
  • Betty Rheaume (L) 3267
  • Grenville Rogers (CoR) 2796
  • Paul Demers (PC) 967

Nipissing:

  • (x)Mike Harris (PC) 15469
  • Stan Lawlor (L) 10745
  • Dawson Pratt (NDP) 7039
  • Edward Gauthier (FCP) 488

Parry Sound:

  • (x)Ernie Eves (PC) 10078
  • Randy Sheppard (L) 5125
  • Richard Thomas (G) 4061
  • Joe Boissonneault (NDP) 2993
  • Julia Duggan (FCP) 763

Sault Ste. Marie:

  • Tony Martin (NDP) 14036
  • Don MacGregor (L) 13339
  • Don Edwards (CoR) 7991
  • John Solski (PC) 3347

Sudbury:

Sudbury East:

  • (x)Shelley Martel (NDP) 17536
  • Jean-Yves Robert (L) 7484
  • Greg Bigger (CoR) 3754
  • John Johnson (PC) 1458

Timiskaming:

  • (x)David Ramsay (L) 8364
  • Michelle Evans (NDP) 6191
  • Garfield Pinkerton (PC) 2261
  • James Fawcett (CoR) 2250
  • Doug Fraser (G) 713

[edit] Northwestern Ontario

Fort William:

  • (x)Lyn McLeod (L) 11798
  • Dan Hutsul (NDP) 10453
  • Harold Wilson (PC) 4300

Kenora:

  • (x)Frank Miclash (L) 8152
  • Doug Miranda (NDP) 7821
  • Henry Wetelainen 2357
  • Dean McIntyre (PC) 1776

Lake Nipigon:

  • (x)Gilles Pouliot (NDP) 8335
  • Judy Tinnes (L) 3038
  • Jim Vibert (PC) 735
  • Bill Thibeault (FCP) 632

Port Arthur:

Rainy River:

  • (x)Howard Hampton (NDP) 7838
  • Dennis Brown (L) 3878
  • Bob Davidson (PC) 1035

[edit] Post-election changes

Tony Rizzo (NDP) became an independent MPP on October 10, 1990, after questions were raised about labour practices in his bricklaying firms. He would later rejoin the NDP caucus.

Brant—Haldimand (res. Robert Nixon, July 31, 1991), March 5, 1992:

  • Ronald Eddy (L) 9565
  • David Timms (PC) 4758
  • Christopher Stanek (NDP) 2895
  • Donald Pennell (FCP) 2056
  • Ella Haley (G) 759
  • Janice Wilson (Ind) 250

Don Mills (dec. Margery Ward, January 22, 1993), April 1, 1993:

St. George—St. David (res. Ian Scott, September 8, 1992), April 1, 1993:

Dennis Drainville (NDP) became an independent MPP on April 28, 1993, as a protest against the Rae government's plans to introduce casinos to the province.

William Ferguson (NDP) became an independent MPP on April 30, 1993, following accusations relating to the Grandview scandal.

John Sola (L) became an independent MPP on May 11, 1993, after making comments about Canadian Serbs that most regarded as racist.

Peter North (NDP) became an independent MPP on October 27, 1993, claiming he had lost confidence in the Rae government. He tried to join the Progressive Conservatives, but was rebuffed.

Essex South (res. Remo Mancini, May 10, 1993), December 2, 1993:

  • Bruce Crozier (L) 12736
  • Joan Flood (PC) 3295
  • David Maris (NDP) 1100
  • Joyce Ann Cherry (FCP) 1060
  • Michael Green (G) 132
  • John Turmel (Ind) 84

Victoria—Haliburton (res. Dennis Drainville, September 27, 1993), March 17, 1994:

  • Chris Hodgson (PC) 11941
  • Sharon McCrae (L) 9571
  • Art Field (NDP) 1378
  • Ron Hawkrigg (Lbt) 252
  • Bradley Bradamore (Ind) 217
  • John Turmel (Ind) 123

William Ferguson (Ind) rejoined the NDP caucus on June 21, 1994, having been cleared of all charges.

St. Andrew—St. Patrick (res. Zanana Akande, August 31, 1994).

Markham (res. Don Cousens, September 30, 1994).

Kitchener (res. William Ferguson, October 8, 1994).

Bruce (res. Murray Elston, October 31, 1994).

[edit] See also

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