1963 Ontario general election

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1963 Ontario general election
← 1959 September 25, 1963 1967 →
108 seats in the 27th Legislative Assembly of Ontario
55 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  LIB
Leader John Robarts John Wintermeyer Donald C. MacDonald
Party Progressive Conservative Liberal New Democratic
Leader since October 25, 1961 April 20, 1958 November 21, 1953
Leader's seat London North Waterloo North (lost re-election) York South
Last election 71 22 5
Seats won 77 24 7
Seat change Increase6 Increase2 Increase2
Percentage 48.9% 35.3% 15.5%
Swing Increase2.6pp Decrease1.3pp Decrease1.2pp
Premier before election

John Robarts
Progressive Conservative

Premier after election

John Robarts
Progressive Conservative

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.[1]

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.[2]

Expansion of Legislative Assembly

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The size of the Legislative Assembly was increased from 98 to 108 members,[3] through the reorganization of Toronto's suburban ridings:

Abolished ridings New ridings
  1. ^ a b The Town of Weston was withdrawn from York-Humber, and transferred to York South.

Results

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Elections to the 27th Parliament of Ontario (1963)[4]
Political party Party leader MPPs Votes
Candidates 1959 Dissol. 1963 ± # % ± (pp)
Progressive Conservative John Robarts 108 71 77 6Increase 1,052,740 48.61% 2.46Increase
Liberal John Wintermeyer 107 21 23 2Increase 754,032 34.82% 1.44Decrease
New Democratic[a 1] Donald C. MacDonald 97 5 7 2Increase 340,208 15.71% 0.96Decrease
Liberal–Labour 1 1 1 Steady 6,774 0.31% 0.04Decrease
Independent PC 1 – – – 5,190 0.24% 0.13Increase
Independent 7 – – – 2,759 0.13% 0.09Increase
Social Credit 9 – – – 2,313 0.11% 0.02Increase
Communist[a 2] 6 – – – 1,654 0.08% 0.15Decrease
Socialist Labour 1 – – – 103 – New
Labour-CCF – – – did not campaign
White Canada – – – did not campaign
Vacant
Total 337 98 98 108 2,165,773 100.00%
Blank and invalid ballots 18,028
Registered voters / turnout 3,435,745 59.72% 3.84Increase
  1. ^ Successor to the CCF
  2. ^ Successor to Labor-Progressive
Seats and popular vote by party
Party Seats Votes Change (pp)
█ Progressive Conservative
77 / 108
48.61%
 2.46 2.46
 
█ Liberal
23 / 108
34.82%
 -1.44
 
█ New Democratic
7 / 108
15.71%
 -0.96
 
█ Other
1 / 108
0.86%
 -0.06
 

Synopsis of results

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Results by riding - 1963 Ontario general election[4]
Riding Winning party Turnout
[a 1] 		Votes
Name[a 2] 1959 Party Votes Share Margin
# 		Margin
% 		PC Lib/LL NDP Ind-PC Ind Oth Total
 
Algoma—Manitoulin PC Lib 7,951 49.89% 1,522 9.55% 66.25% 6,429 7,951 1,557 – – – 15,937
Brant Lib Lib 10,771 55.31% 3,792 19.47% 60.75% 6,979 10,771 1,725 – – – 19,475
Brantford Lib Lib 7,572 43.55% 23 0.13% 71.17% 7,549 7,572 2,136 – 131 – 17,388
Bruce Lib Lib 7,997 53.61% 1,076 7.21% 76.56% 6,921 7,997 – – – – 14,918
Carleton PC PC 12,999 57.13% 4,496 19.76% 60.96% 12,999 8,503 1,251 – – – 22,753
Cochrane North PC PC 6,443 50.28% 2,556 19.95% 64.37% 6,443 3,887 1,975 – 509 – 12,814
Cochrane South PC PC 12,983 51.40% 4,874 19.29% 62.93% 12,983 4,169 8,109 – – – 25,261
Dufferin—Simcoe PC PC 8,875 66.29% 5,260 39.29% 55.36% 8,875 3,615 898 – – – 13,388
Durham PC PC 7,914 51.18% 1,501 9.71% 70.75% 7,914 6,413 1,135 – – – 15,462
Elgin PC PC 11,382 62.81% 4,643 25.62% 62.89% 11,382 6,739 – – – – 18,121
Essex North Lib Lib 14,453 45.73% 3,806 12.04% 68.26% 10,647 14,453 6,505 – – – 31,605
Essex South PC Lib 9,572 49.85% 715 3.72% 73.30% 8,857 9,572 773 – – – 19,202
Fort William Lib NDP 8,427 37.45% 1,172 5.21% 71.10% 7,255 6,820 8,427 – – – 22,502
Frontenac—Addington PC PC 6,746 55.11% 2,019 16.49% 61.20% 6,746 4,727 769 – – – 12,242
Glengarry PC PC 5,361 56.25% 1,363 14.30% 74.96% 5,361 3,998 172 – – – 9,531
Grenville—Dundas PC PC 9,518 68.30% 5,100 36.60% 64.88% 9,518 4,418 – – – – 13,936
Grey North PC Lib 6,862 44.75% 31 0.20% 73.20% 6,831 6,862 1,642 – – – 15,335
Grey South Lib Lib 5,459 52.06% 885 8.44% 67.21% 4,574 5,459 – – – 452 10,485
Haldimand—Norfolk PC PC 14,307 57.17% 4,425 17.68% 70.39% 14,307 9,882 640 – – 195 25,024
Halton PC PC 19,947 51.53% 6,372 16.46% 65.06% 19,947 13,575 5,188 – – – 38,710
Hamilton Centre PC PC 7,533 36.29% 578 2.78% 55.55% 7,533 5,890 6,955 – – 382 20,760
Hamilton East CCF NDP 8,097 36.71% 952 4.32% 65.26% 6,812 7,145 8,097 – – – 22,054
Hamilton—Wentworth PC PC 13,642 63.20% 9,211 42.68% 61.37% 13,642 4,431 3,511 – – – 21,584
Hastings East PC PC 7,815 64.37% 3,909 32.20% 70.93% 7,815 3,906 419 – – – 12,140
Hastings West PC PC 11,146 53.85% 2,298 11.10% 67.36% 11,146 8,848 704 – – – 20,698
Huron PC PC 8,931 67.72% 4,674 35.44% 69.43% 8,931 4,257 – – – – 13,188
Huron—Bruce PC Lib 6,359 50.11% 28 0.22% 81.69% 6,331 6,359 – – – – 12,690
Kenora LL LL 6,774 45.48% 840 5.64% 63.66% 5,934 6,774[a 3] 2,187 – – – 14,895
Kent East Lib Lib 7,365 55.49% 1,458 10.99% 75.51% 5,907 7,365 – – – – 13,272
Kent West PC PC 12,205 53.69% 1,676 7.37% 64.99% 12,205 10,529 – – – – 22,734
Kingston PC PC 10,092 49.11% 1,024 4.98% 68.40% 10,092 9,068 1,389 – – – 20,549
Lambton East PC PC 7,131 52.24% 864 6.33% 75.93% 7,131 6,267 252 – – – 13,650
Lambton West PC PC 10,813 44.69% 638 2.64% 63.23% 10,813 10,175 3,207 – – – 24,195
Lanark PC PC 8,757 72.15% 6,255 51.53% 54.19% 8,757 2,502 879 – – – 12,138
Leeds PC PC 12,711 75.68% 9,280 55.25% 63.03% 12,711 3,431 654 – – – 16,796
Lincoln PC PC 23,229 53.99% 8,422 19.58% 61.19% 23,229 14,807 4,235 – – 753 43,024
London North PC PC 12,531 68.61% 8,279 45.33% 57.57% 12,531 4,252 1,480 – – – 18,263
London South PC PC 13,982 62.54% 7,970 35.65% 55.47% 13,982 6,012 2,364 – – – 22,358
Middlesex North PC PC 9,960 71.79% 6,772 48.81% 68.58% 9,960 3,188 726 – – – 13,874
Middlesex South PC PC 12,532 60.72% 5,909 28.63% 62.57% 12,532 6,623 1,483 – – – 20,638
Muskoka PC PC 6,639 63.13% 3,776 35.90% 68.44% 6,639 2,863 1,015 – – – 10,517
Niagara Falls Lib Lib 13,864 52.80% 4,040 15.39% 62.39% 9,824 13,864 2,568 – – – 26,256
Nickel Belt PC PC 9,155 36.49% 956 3.81% 67.48% 9,155 8,199 6,898 – 835 – 25,087
Nipissing Lib Lib 11,424 47.52% 929 3.86% 67.40% 10,495 11,424 2,119 – – – 24,038
Northumberland PC PC 10,219 55.12% 1,897 10.23% 76.36% 10,219 8,322 – – – – 18,541
Ontario PC PC 9,903 60.29% 5,605 34.12% 62.17% 9,903 4,298 2,224 – – – 16,425
Oshawa CCF PC 12,077 41.45% 682 2.34% 59.07% 12,077 5,662 11,395 – – – 29,134
Ottawa East PC Lib 8,814 51.45% 1,353 7.90% 58.02% 7,461 8,814 857 – – – 17,132
Ottawa South PC PC 12,671 54.50% 3,333 14.34% 56.68% 12,671 9,338 1,241 – – – 23,250
Ottawa West PC PC 11,048 55.76% 3,049 15.39% 63.32% 11,048 7,999 768 – – – 19,815
Oxford Lib PC 12,972 50.65% 1,493 5.83% 69.88% 12,972 11,479 1,161 – – – 25,612
Parry Sound PC PC 6,414 53.81% 1,696 14.23% 73.06% 6,414 4,718 787 – – – 11,919
Peel PC PC 24,969 61.58% 14,569 35.93% 61.62% 24,969 10,400 5,177 – – – 40,546
Perth PC PC 13,324 61.79% 5,084 23.58% 63.44% 13,324 8,240 – – – – 21,564
Peterborough PC PC 16,972 58.05% 9,195 31.45% 67.85% 16,972 7,777 4,490 – – – 29,239
Port Arthur PC PC 13,580 50.56% 6,849 25.50% 66.68% 13,580 6,143 6,731 – – 407 26,861
Prescott PC PC 6,700 55.46% 1,320 10.93% 71.93% 6,700 5,380 – – – – 12,080
Prince Edward—Lennox PC PC 7,645 61.96% 3,883 31.47% 59.64% 7,645 3,762 931 – – – 12,338
Rainy River PC PC 4,568 54.06% 1,955 23.14% 67.05% 4,568 2,613 1,269 – – – 8,450
Renfrew North PC PC 10,664 57.80% 3,740 20.27% 70.53% 10,664 6,924 861 – – – 18,449
Renfrew South PC PC 7,736 51.78% 889 5.95% 79.52% 7,736 6,847 358 – – – 14,941
Russell PC PC 13,661 40.42% 344 1.02% 55.67% 13,661 13,317 1,632 5,190 – – 33,800
Sault Ste. Marie PC PC 11,559 42.24% 2,200 8.04% 69.12% 11,559 9,359 6,446 – – – 27,364
Simcoe Centre PC PC 10,825 62.70% 5,655 32.75% 59.62% 10,825 5,170 1,271 – – – 17,266
Simcoe East PC PC 9,646 57.65% 3,494 20.88% 64.84% 9,646 6,152 935 – – – 16,733
Stormont Lib PC 11,101 52.74% 1,827 8.68% 69.27% 11,101 9,274 675 – – – 21,050
Sudbury Lib Lib 10,176 41.60% 914 3.74% 65.96% 9,262 10,176 5,022 – – – 24,460
Temiskaming PC Lib 4,124 40.41% 270 2.65% 69.45% 3,854 4,124 2,227 – – – 10,205
Victoria PC PC 9,091 56.90% 2,976 18.63% 70.00% 9,091 6,115 771 – – – 15,977
Waterloo North Lib PC 18,760 47.30% 2,813 7.09% 73.99% 18,760 15,947 4,951 – – – 39,658
Waterloo South PC PC 10,436 43.88% 3,700 15.56% 68.39% 10,436 6,736 6,610 – – – 23,782
Welland PC PC 16,142 52.15% 3,437 11.10% 66.20% 16,142 12,705 2,108 – – – 30,955
Wellington—Dufferin PC PC 7,666 66.33% 4,445 38.46% 63.22% 7,666 3,221 671 – – – 11,558
Wellington South Lib Lib 10,829 47.36% 2,146 9.39% 70.87% 8,683 10,829 3,351 – – – 22,863
Wentworth Lib PC 12,089 37.61% 943 2.93% 60.10% 12,089 11,146 8,909 – – – 32,144
Wentworth East CCF NDP 8,634 41.71% 1,970 9.52% 56.76% 6,664 5,400 8,634 – – – 20,698
Windsor—Sandwich Lib Lib 10,739 42.29% 1,121 4.41% 61.52% 9,618 10,739 5,035 – – – 25,392
Windsor—Walkerville Lib Lib 7,781 49.74% 2,393 15.30% 65.96% 5,388 7,781 2,473 – – – 15,642
York North PC PC 18,233 49.22% 6,233 16.83% 57.35% 18,233 12,000 5,959 – 850 – 37,042
Armourdale New PC 10,218 50.09% 4,176 20.47% 63.90% 10,218 6,042 4,140 – – – 20,400
Beaches PC PC 7,277 40.67% 820 4.58% 68.00% 7,277 4,158 6,457 – – – 17,892
Bellwoods PC PC 6,039 50.98% 2,026 17.10% 61.98% 6,039 4,013 1,793 – – – 11,845
Bracondale Lib Lib 4,271 38.31% 69 0.62% 61.33% 4,202 4,271 2,675 – – – 11,148
Don Mills New PC 9,708 51.64% 4,456 23.70% 60.12% 9,708 3,841 5,252 – – – 18,801
Dovercourt Lib Lib 6,938 45.72% 2,120 13.97% 58.53% 4,818 6,938 3,418 – – – 15,174
Downsview New Lib 7,335 38.13% 528 2.74% 51.02% 5,097 7,335 6,807 – – – 19,239
Eglinton PC PC 18,371 55.22% 6,389 19.20% 67.53% 18,371 11,982 2,916 – – – 33,269
Etobicoke New Lib 8,193 42.73% 446 2.33% 62.61% 7,747 8,193 3,232 – – – 19,172
Forest Hill New PC 10,001 40.87% 2,253 9.21% 59.01% 10,001 6,509 7,748 – – 210 24,468
High Park PC PC 7,676 42.66% 891 4.95% 64.53% 7,676 6,785 3,420 – – 114 17,995
Humber[a 4] PC PC 10,144 45.76% 3,288 14.83% 60.32% 10,144 6,856 5,170 – – – 22,170
Lakeshore New PC 8,598 43.32% 2,735 13.78% 62.15% 8,598 5,863 5,024 – – 364 19,849
Parkdale Lib Lib 9,100 44.95% 2,259 11.16% 58.51% 6,841 9,100 4,304 – – – 20,245
Riverdale PC PC 8,047 49.45% 3,736 22.96% 56.26% 8,047 4,311 3,676 – 137 103 16,274
St. Andrew PC PC 4,310 43.86% 833 8.48% 58.04% 4,310 3,477 1,640 – 297 102 9,826
St. David PC PC 6,051 42.98% 518 3.68% 58.91% 6,051 5,533 2,139 – – 355 14,078
St. George PC PC 9,134 53.86% 3,547 20.91% 57.56% 9,134 5,587 1,941 – – 298 16,960
St. Patrick PC PC 4,821 47.75% 777 7.70% 60.58% 4,821 4,044 1,025 – – 207 10,097
Scarborough Centre New PC 7,264 37.37% 404 2.08% 60.00% 7,264 5,314 6,860 – – – 19,438
Scarborough East New PC 5,623 44.35% 1,704 13.44% 57.14% 5,623 3,919 3,137 – – – 12,679
Scarborough North New PC 9,918 50.73% 5,069 25.93% 57.45% 9,918 4,849 4,785 – – – 19,552
Scarborough West New NDP 10,641 43.47% 2,471 10.10% 63.21% 8,170 5,538 10,641 – – 128 24,477
Woodbine CCF NDP 9,020 45.89% 1,281 6.52% 48.85% 7,739 2,898 9,020 – – – 19,657
York East PC PC 12,930 52.35% 5,926 23.99% 61.70% 12,930 7,004 4,765 – – – 24,699
York Mills New PC 16,391 57.41% 8,351 29.25% 63.43% 16,391 4,122 8,040 – – – 28,553
York South CCF NDP 10,538 47.58% 3,575 16.14% 60.25% 6,963 4,646 10,538 – – – 22,147
Yorkview New NDP 7,607 38.38% 703 3.55% 56.03% 5,310 6,904 7,607 – – – 19,821
York West PC PC 15,107 64.35% 8,802 37.49% 60.66% 15,107 6,305 2,064 – – – 23,476
  1. ^ including spoilt ballots
  2. ^ order is as given in EO reports
  3. ^ Robert Wayne Gibson was elected in a 1962 byelection, succeeding Albert Wren
  4. ^ formerly known as York—Humber
  = 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

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Party candidates in 2nd place[4]
Party in 1st place Party in 2nd place Total
PC Lib NDP
Progressive Conservative 68 9 77
Liberal 22 1 23
Liberal–Labour 1 1
New Democratic 5 2 7
Total 28 70 10 108
Candidates ranked 1st to 5th place, by party[4]
Parties 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
█ Progressive Conservative 77 28 3
█ Liberal 23 70 14
█ New Democratic 7 10 79 1
█ Liberal–Labour 1
█ Social Credit 1 5 3
█ Independent PC 1
█ Communist 6
█ Independent 6
█ Socialist Labour 1
Resulting composition of the 27th Legislative Assembly[4]
Source Party
PC Lib Lib-Lab NDP Total
Seats retained Incumbents returned 48 15 1 4 68
Open seats held 14 14
Byelection loss reversed 1 1
Ouster of incumbent changing allegiance 1 1
Seats changing hands Incumbents defeated 4 4 1 10
Incumbent defeated by previous incumbent from another riding 1 1
Open seats gained 1 1
Byelection gains held 1 1
New ridings New MPPs 8 1 2 11
Won by previous incumbent from another riding 1 1
Total 77 23 1 7 108

Reorganization of ridings

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The reorganized ridings returned the following MPPs:

1959 1963
Riding Party Riding Party
York Centre █ Liberal Armourdale █ Progressive Conservative
Downsview █ Liberal
Yorkview █ New Democratic
York East █ Progressive Conservative Don Mills █ Progressive Conservative
York East █ Progressive Conservative
York Mills █ Progressive Conservative
York—Humber █ Progressive Conservative Humber █ Progressive Conservative
York—Scarborough █ Progressive Conservative Scarborough Centre █ Progressive Conservative
Scarborough East █ Progressive Conservative
Scarborough North █ Progressive Conservative
Scarborough West █ New Democratic
York South █ Co-operative Commonwealth Forest Hill █ Progressive Conservative
York South █ New Democratic
York West █ Progressive Conservative Etobicoke █ Liberal
Lakeshore █ Progressive Conservative
York West █ Progressive Conservative

Seats that changed hands

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Elections to the 27th Parliament of Ontario – unaltered seats won/lost by party, 1959–1963
Party 1959 Gain from (loss to) 1963
PC Lib NDP L-L
Progressive Conservative 67 4 (6) 1 66
Liberal 20 6 (4) (1) 21
New Democratic 4 (1) 1 4
Liberal–Labour 1 1
Total 92 6 (5) 5 (6) 1 1 – – 92

There were 12 seats that changed allegiance in the election.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1963 General Election". Elections Ontario. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  2. ^ "Nominations split Social Crediters", Globe and Mail, August 30, 1963
  3. ^ The Representation Amendment Act, 1962-63, S.O. 1962-63, c. 125
  4. ^ a b c d e "1963 general election results". Elections Ontario. Retrieved October 29, 2023.

Further reading

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