1990 Ontario general election

The 1990 Ontario general election was held on September 6, 1990, to elect members of the 35th Legislative Assembly of the province of Ontario, Canada. The governing Ontario Liberal Party led by Premier David Peterson was unexpectedly defeated. Although the Peterson government, and Peterson himself, were very popular,[2] he was accused of opportunism in calling an election just three years into his mandate. In a shocking upset, the New Democratic Party (NDP), led by Bob Rae, won a majority government. This marked the first time the NDP had won government east of Manitoba, and to date the only time the NDP formed the government in Ontario.

1990 Ontario general election
September 6, 1990
130 seats in the 35th Legislative Assembly of Ontario
66 seats needed for a majority
Turnout64.45%[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Bob Rae David Peterson Mike Harris
Party New Democratic Liberal Progressive Conservative
Leader since February 7, 1982 February 21, 1982 May 12, 1990
Leader's seat York South London Centre (lost re-election) Nipissing
Last election 19 95 16
Seats won 74 36 20
Seat change Increase55 Decrease59 Increase4
Popular vote 1,509,506 1,302,134 944,564
Percentage 37.6% 32.4% 23.5%
Swing Increase11.9pp Decrease14.9pp Decrease1.2pp
Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. Click the map for more details.
Premier before election

David Peterson
Liberal

 Premier after election

Bob Rae
New Democratic

Not even the NDP expected to come close to winning power. Rae had already made plans to retire from politics after the election; however, the NDP managed to take many seats in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) from the Liberals, and Rae himself represented York South, in Metro Toronto. They also did better than ever before, or in some cases since, in many other cities and rural areas. The NDP finished only five points ahead of the Liberals in the popular vote, but due to the nature of the first-past-the-post electoral system, which ignores the popular vote and awards power based on the number of ridings won, the NDP's gains in the GTA decimated the Liberal caucus. The Liberals lost 59 seats, the second-worst defeat for a governing party in Ontario. At the time, it was the Liberals' worst showing in an Ontario election. Peterson himself was heavily defeated in London Centre by NDP challenger Marion Boyd, losing by 8,200 votes, one of the few times a provincial premier has lost their own seat.

Although Mike Harris' Progressive Conservative Party was unable to overcome voter distrust of the federal Progressive Conservative government of Brian Mulroney, his party managed to make a net gain of four seats. Although Harris was from northern Ontario, the Tories were particularly weak in that region, placing fourth, behind the Liberals, NDP, and the right-wing Confederation of Regions Party (CoR) in six northern Ontario ridings (Algoma, Cochrane South, Nickel Belt, Sudbury, Sudbury East, and Sault Ste. Marie). The CoR also placed ahead of the Progressive Conservatives in the Renfrew North and Cornwall ridings in eastern Ontario. Although they received only 1.9% of the vote provincewide, they managed 7.8% in the 33 ridings in which they actually fielded a candidate.

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.

Opinion polls
Evolution of voting intentions at provincial level
Polling firm Last day
of survey		 Source ONDP OLP PCO Other ME Sample
Election 1990 September 6, 1990 37.6 32.4 23.5 6.5
Angus Reid-Southam August 30, 1990 [3] 38 34 24 4 3.3 804
Environics August 21, 1990 [4] 34 40 23 — 3.1 1,008
Leader's debate held (August 20, 1990)[5]
Decima August 13, 1990 [6] 30 40 28 — — —
Election called (July 30, 1990)[7]

During the 34th Parliament of Ontario
Evolution of voting intentions at provincial level
Polling firm Last day
of survey		 Source ONDP OLP PCO Other ME Sample
Gallup July 1990 [8] 24 43 26 — — —
Environics July 8, 1990 [9] 26 50 22 — 3.2 1,000
Environics April 1990 [10] 28 47 23 — — —
Environics December 1989 [11] 26 42 30 — 3.2 —
Environics September 1989 [11] 26 45 28 — 3.2 —
Environics July 6, 1989 [12] 25 45 29 — 3.2 1,012
Environics December 13, 1988 [13] 21 43 34 — — 1,025
Angus Reid October 1988 [14] 20 53 25 — — —
Environics May 1988 [15] 25 45 28 1 3.2 1,003
Environics May 1988 [16] 25 45 28 1 3.2 1,003
Gallup May 14, 1988 [17] 25 50 24 — 5 571
Environics February 1988 [18] 24 54 21 — 3.2 1,003
Environics November 22, 1987 [19] 24 52 23 — 3.2 1,008
Election 1987 September 10, 1987 25.7 47.3 23.5 3.5

Results
See also: Results of the 1990 Ontario general election by riding
The Ontario Legislature after the 1990 election.

[1]

Elections to the 35th Parliament of Ontario (1990)
Political party Party leader MPPs Votes
Candidates 1987 Dissol. 1990 ± # % ± (pp)
New Democratic Bob Rae 130 19 19 74 55Increase 1,509,506 37.6% 11.9Increase
Liberal David Peterson 130 95 93 36 59Decrease 1,302,134 32.4% 14.9Decrease
Progressive Conservative Mike Harris 130 16 17 20 4Increase 944,564 23.5% 1.2Decrease
Family Coalition Donald Pennell 68 – – – – 110,831 2.8% 1.5Increase
Confederation of Regions Dean Wasson 33 – – – – 75,873 1.9% New
Green Katherine Mathewson 40 – – – – 30,097 0.8% 0.7Increase
Libertarian James Stock 45 – – – – 24,613 0.6% 0.2Increase
Freedom Robert Metz 10 – – – – 6,015 0.1% Steady
Communist Elizabeth Rowley 4 – – – – 1,139 – 0.1Decrease
Independent   15 – – – – 13,307 0.3% Steady
Vacant 1
Total 615 130 130 130 4,018,079 100.00%
Blank and invalid ballots 52,575
Total ballots cast 4,070,654
Registered voters / turnout 6,315,949 64.5% 1.8Increase
Popular vote
New Democratic
 
 37.57%
Liberal
 
 32.41%
PC
 
 23.51%
Others
 
 6.51%
Seats summary
New Democratic
 
 56.92%
Liberal
 
 27.69%
PC
 
 15.38%

Synopsis of results
Results by riding - 1990 Ontario general election[1]
Riding Winning party Turnout
[a 1][a 2]		 Votes[a 3]
1987 → 1990 Votes Share Margin
#		 Margin
%		 NDP Lib PC FCP CoR Ind Other Total
 
Algoma  NDP 8,22158.65%4,64833.16%65.62%8,2213,573433–1,790––14,017
Algoma—Manitoulin  Lib 5,96138.86%2071.35%61.25%5,7545,9612,163–1,114347–15,339
Beaches—Woodbine  NDP 14,38158.35%8,05232.67%65.95%14,3816,3293,535––400–24,645
Brampton North  Lib 12,91832.31%980.29%58.35%11,58811,6867,6191,466–43466933,462
Brampton South  Lib 12,91832.31%4241.06%59.36%12,49412,91811,3952,511––66739,985
Brant—Haldimand  Lib 10,75137.35%1,4695.10%61.18%9,28210,7516,2281,520––1,00428,785
Brantford  → NDP 17,73648.63%4,09211.22%66.71%17,73613,6443,0871,413––59436,474
Bruce  Lib 11,47637.71%3,51111.54%68.92%7,96511,4767,3493,639–––30,429
Burlington South  PC 17,08452.536%8,89927.36%69.48%8,1855,54417,0841,707–––32,520
Cambridge  NDP 21,80660.28%14,24939.39%64.84%21,8067,5574,4492,364–––36,176
Carleton  PC 17,86046.91%7,71720.27%65.15%10,07110,14317,860––––38,074
Carleton East  Lib 19,05953.88%9,08325.68%63.52%9,97619,0595,1171,224–––35,376
Chatham—Kent  → NDP 13,93044.74%3,96712.74%63.01%13,9309,9635,6191,626–––31,138
Cochrane North  → NDP 6,61840.47%1430.87%62.16%6,6186,4753,261––––16,354
Cochrane South  → NDP 11,46047.61%2,0998.72%62.95%11,4609,3611,019–2,229––24,069
Cornwall  Lib 12,72546.53%5,68120.77%63.79%7,04412,7253,169–4,409––27,347
Don Mills  → NDP 9,74034.20%9543.35%64.23%9,7408,7867,631––5621,78428,483
Dovercourt  → NDP 10,60454.25%3,98920.41%66.27%10,6046,6151,239–––1,09019,548
Downsview  → NDP 13,44056.58%5,22121.98%66.08%13,4408,2191,477–––61923,755
Dufferin—Peel  → PC 10,89934.66%5721.82%66.56%8,62710,32710,899–––1,59431,447
Durham Centre  → NDP 12,59435.88%2,3486.69%61.23%12,59410,2469,1261,1861,087–85735,096
Durham East  → NDP 10,96032.74%530.16%63.43%10,9607,83610,9072,4871,286––33,476
Durham West  → NDP 16,36637.47%1,9824.54%62.36%16,36614,38411,1671,761–––43,678
Durham—York  → NDP 12,29733.89%1,2303.39%61.90%12,29711,06710,9042,016–––36,284
Eglinton  Lib 12,03235.97%1730.52%69.98%7,77212,03211,859–––1,78833,451
Elgin  → NDP 14,18941.67%4,46613.12%66.51%14,1899,7239,031–––1,10434,047
Essex South  Lib 10,57536.02%2120.72%59.40%10,36310,5756,3352,085–––29,358
Essex—Kent  → NDP 15,85852.66%5,89019.56%67.52%15,8589,9682,7391,551–––30,116
Etobicoke West  → PC 13,71340.56%3,63110.74%69.86%7,99210,08213,7131,045–30467433,810
Etobicoke—Humber  Lib 13,58238.61%3,53310.04%70.29%10,04913,5829,2891,292––96635,178
Etobicoke—Lakeshore  NDP 18,11857.23%11,11235.10%66.15%18,1187,0064,8541,053––62931,660
Etobicoke—Rexdale  NDP 17,62067.07%13,03549.62%61.42%17,6204,5853,243–––82226,270
Fort William  Lib 11,79844.44%1,3455.07%62.74%10,45311,7984,300––––26,551
Fort York  → NDP 11,02346.30%1,3675.74%63.48%11,0239,6562,258––33053923,806
Frontenac—Addington  → NDP 9,69633.24%1,4705.04%65.15%9,6968,2268,2112,020–1,021–29,174
Grey—Owen Sound  → PC 13,74236.11%2,4626.47%65.20%11,28010,25713,7422,157––62038,056
Guelph  → NDP 15,05137.91%3,1077.83%69.48%15,05111,94410,1841,602––92039,701
Halton Centre  Lib 13,49435.03%1,2153.15%63.12%10,16313,49412,2791,232––1,35538,523
Halton North  → NDP 8,51030.94%5481.99%64.50%8,5107,9627,4992,489––1,04327,503
Hamilton Centre  → NDP 14,02955.32%6,21524.51%59.78%14,0297,8142,116365––1,03425,358
Hamilton East  NDP 20,28971.60%14,76452.10%61.70%20,2895,5251,676846–––28,336
Hamilton Mountain  NDP 22,48859.76%14,77939.28%66.55%22,4887,4327,709––––37,629
Hamilton West  NDP 18,55056.59%11,31434.52%67.90%18,5507,2364,3612,324––30632,777
Hastings—Peterborough  → NDP 11,28339.89%8963.17%68.76%11,2834,28510,3871,1991,128––28,282
High Park—Swansea  → NDP 11,43245.12%3,27312.92%64.83%11,4328,1594,674409––66325,337
Huron  → NDP 10,02034.47%9543.28%71.47%10,0206,6539,0662,931––40029,070
Kenora  Lib 8,15240.55%3311.65%61.67%7,8218,1521,776––2,357–20,106
Kingston and the Islands  → NDP 10,18437.99%2,0927.80%56.10%10,1848,0927,0791,452–––26,807
Kitchener  → NDP 15,75046.82%6,01917.89%62.90%15,7509,7316,1572,002–––33,640
Kitchener—Wilmot  → NDP 16,05643.94%5,18714.20%60.09%16,05610,8697,3422,270–––36,537
Lake Nipigon  NDP 8,33565.19%5,25241.08%59.98%8,3353,083735632–––12,785
Lambton  → NDP 8,69131.40%1,0263.71%68.17%8,6917,2917,6653,557––84227,675
Lanark—Renfrew  PC 11,06332.48%1,3984.10%60.37%8,5419,66511,0631,8532,938––34,060
Lawrence  Lib 11,78644.70%1,6076.10%65.68%10,17911,7863,557–––84226,364
Leeds—Grenville  PC  %7,67422.35%66.18%––34,330
Lincoln  → NDP 16,84649.07%1,0623.11%68.07%8,3129,17216,846––––34,141
London Centre  → NDP 17,83751.31%8,16623.49%66.05%17,8379,6715,348982–34558234,765
London North  → PC 18,07941.30%4,0749.31%67.80%14,0059,99018,0791,095––60143,770
London South  → NDP 17,43842.41%5,65113.74%65.61%17,43811,7879,8281,427––63541,115
Markham  PC 25,59549.97%10,46720.43%64.39%8,45915,12825,5951,086–31164251,221
Middlesex  → NDP 12,52232.62%5201.35%68.80%12,52212.0028,9574,007––89438,382
Mississauga East  Lib 12,44839.29%3.27110.32%61.61%9,17712,4488,285––1,36341131,684
Mississauga North  Lib 12,65837.85%1,4424.31%57.77%11,21612,6587,990––63294633,442
Mississauga South  PC 17,12652.45%9,54729.24%65.68%7,5796,62417,126–––1,32332,652
Mississauga West  Lib 20,03842.11%6,10012.82%59.59%13,93820,03811,945––77189247,584
Muskoka—Georgian Bay  → NDP 13,42240.63%2,9188.83%67.65%13,4229,10510,504––––33,031
Nepean  Lib 13,72342.45%3,85311.92%62.91%7,45313,7239,870–––1,28232,328
Niagara Falls  → NDP 13,88446.37%5,90519.72%63.38%13,8847,9793,8966743,141–36529,939
Niagara South  → NDP 11,16146.56%3,92916.39%65.10%11,1617,2324,032–1,547––23,972
Nickel Belt  NDP 9,92558.54%6,65839.27%69.07%9,9253,267967–2,796––16,955
Nipissing  PC 15,46945.85%4,72414.00%70.16%7,03910,74515,469488–––33,741
Norfolk  → NDP 14,85041.03%3,87910.72%67.95%14,85010,97110,374––––36,195
Northumberland  Lib 11,98433.53%1,0943.06%66.93%9,58111,98410,8901,2131,677–39535,740
Oakville South  → PC 10,94934.98%1080.35%66.73%6,42310,84110,9499961,057–1,03831,304
Oakwood  → NDP 10,42348.74%2,28010.66%67.69%10,4238,1431,671–––1,14721,384
Oriole  Lib 10,65541.86%2,2148.70%66.13%8,44110,6555,435–––92325,454
Oshawa  NDP 16,60161.09%11,48542.27%51.99%16,6015,1163,871–1,585––27,173
Ottawa Centre  → NDP 14,52247.70%2,8669.41%67.17%14,52211,6562,723809–16057630,446
Ottawa East  Lib 16,36362.41%10,26039.13%55.23%6,10316,3632,203826––72326,218
Ottawa South  Lib 13,84545.87%6,01919.94%68.56%7,82613,8457,399503––61230,185
Ottawa West  Lib 13,90841.61%4,84014.48%65.68%8,39113,9089,068–1,044–1,01133,422
Ottawa—Rideau  Lib 13,45445.31%4,60915.52%59.96%8,84513,4545,2341,049–86125229,695
Oxford  → NDP 12,68434.75%2,8247.74%67.65%12,6849,8029,8603,182––97636,504
Parkdale  Lib 8,08046.39%5233.00%61.22%7,5578,080941––27356617,417
Parry Sound  PC 10,07843.78%4,95321.52%65.09%2,9935,12510,078763––4,06123,020
Perth  → NDP 11,71236.83%2,9919.41%66.24%11,7128,7218,6002,769–––31,802
Peterborough  → NDP 13,81332.98%1850.44%66.65%13,81313,6288,8843,6521,586–32541,888
Port Arthur  → NDP 11,91942.88%1,0343.72%62.22%11,91910,8853,8541,140–––27,798
Prescott and Russell  Lib 25,87964.97%16,51041.45%59.27%9,36925,8792,8481,119––61839,833
Prince Edward—Lennox—South—Hastings  → NDP 9,20433.17%9053.26%61.45%9,2048,1888,299–2,061––27,752
Quinte  Lib 11,11437.43%4,10413.82%59.41%7,01011,1145,8252,3313,411––29,691
Rainy River  NDP 7,83861.47%3,96031.06%66.34%7,8383,8781,035––––12,751
Renfrew North  Lib 13,08243.32%7,16623.73%65.62%5,91613,0824,5861,1045,510––30,198
Riverdale  NDP 14,08661.97%8,51437.46%62.45%14,0865,5721,578–––1,49322,729
St. Andrew—St. Patrick  → NDP 10,32134.45%1,0803.61%66.89%10,3218,9389,241–––1,45629,956
St. Catharines  Lib 11,56538.76%9363.14%66.77%10,62911,5653,9261,3312,384––29,835
St. Catharines—Brock  → NDP 9,53834.71%1,1594.22%65.85%9,5388,3796,9698731,449–27027,478
St. George—St. David  Lib 10,71836.08%720.24%64.63%10,64610,7186,955932––45529,706
Sarnia  → NDP 10,86036.71%2,3207.84%64.84%10,8608,5406,2692,691652–57429,586
Sault Ste. Marie  NDP 14,03636.26%6971.80%68.26%14,03613,3393,347–7,991––38,713
Scarborough Centre  → NDP 12,32445.21%3,06811.25%64.45%12,3249,2565,682––––27,262
Scarborough East  → NDP 11,70035.55%1,7745.39%63.47%11,7009,9269,890––3681,03132,915
Scarborough North  Lib 13,39344.56%3,91613.03%57.86%9,47713,3935,3671,199––62030,056
Scarborough West  NDP 14,34051.16%7,81927.90%65.21%14,3406,5215,769996––40128,027
Scarborough—Agincourt  Lib 13,34744.32%4,70715.63%63.54%6,76313,3478,640–––1,36830,118
Scarborough—Ellesmere  → NDP 14,03648.20%4,64915.86%66.79%14,0369,4174,855–––81129,119
Simcoe Centre  → NDP 15,71137.79%2,8426.84%62.46%15,71112,86910,013–2,979––41,572
Simcoe East  PC 14,82839.65%7401.98%67.46%14,0887,21914,828–––1,26337,398
Simcoe West  PC 11,71036.49%1,8405.73%63.84%9,8707,76511,7102,744–––32,089
Stormont—Dundas and Glengarry & East Grenville  PC 11,88740.87%3,50112.04%65.77%5,3578,38611,887–3,452––29,082
Sudbury  → NDP 13,40741.21%3,39710.44%66.57%13,40710,0103,318–5,795––32,530
Sudbury East  NDP 17,53658.00%10,05233.25%70.87%17,5367,4841,458–3,754––30,232
Timiskaming  Lib 8,36442.29%2,17310.99%67.57%6,1918,3642,261–2,250–71319,779
Victoria—Haliburton  → NDP 15,46744.33%6,52018.69%69.10%15,4677,6688,9471,419–97141734,889
Waterloo North  → PC 14,55237.43%3,2548.37%62.03%11,2989,44114,5522,946––64638,883
Welland—Thorold  NDP 20,48863.62%12,93140.16%69.80%20,4887,5572,893–878–38632,202
Wellington  PC 12,14139.62%1,3044.26%66.44%10,8377,66812,141––––30,646
Wentworth East  → NDP 15,22444.63%3,1479.23%66.82%15,22412,0775,609––53366834,111
Wentworth North  → NDP 11,47234.05%880.26%69.63%11,47211,3848,7401,236860––33,692
Willowdale  → PC 11,95735.20%8342.46%63.33%9,12511,12311,9571,074––68833,967
Wilson Heights  Lib 12,27244.26%2,6549.57%62.99%9,61812,2724,913–––92227,725
Windsor—Riverside  NDP 21,14471.03%14,50448.72%62.16%21,1446,6401,096889–––29,769
Windsor—Sandwich  → NDP 15,95254.45%4,14514.15%58.96%15,95211,8071,186––353–29,298
Windsor—Walkerville  → NDP 15,89955.19%4,31814.99%59.74%15,89911,5811,327––––28,807
York Centre  Lib 28,05645.57%9,20614.95%61.85%18,85028,05614,656––––61,562
York East  → NDP 10,68935.81%7892.64%68.03%10,6899,9008,021––38085829,848
York Mills  → PC 13,03744.64%2,6479.06%68.30%4,83010,39013,037–––95029,207
York—Mackenzie  Lib 11,45234.25%1480.44%63.14%10,68111,45211,304––––33,437
York South  NDP 16,64266.70%12,10848.53%66.80%16,6424,5342,561–––1,21224,949
Yorkview  → NDP 9,94549.58%1,6198.07%61.11%9,9458,3261,254––23130320,059
  = open seat
  = turnout is above provincial average
  = incumbent re-elected
  = incumbency arose from byelection gain
  1. including spoilt ballots
  2. Provincewide turnout was 64.45%
  3. minor political parties receiving less than 1% of the popular vote are aggregated under "Other"; independent candidates are aggregated separately

MPPs elected

Two-tone colour boxes indicate ridings that turned over from the 1987 election, eg,

   (Liberal in 1987 and NDP in 1990)

Summary analysis
Party candidates in 2nd place[1]
Party in 1st placeParty in 2nd placeTotal
NDPLiberalPC
New Democratic 64 10 74
Liberal 29 7 36
Progressive Conservative 8 12 20
Total 37 76 17 130
Principal races, according to 1st and 2nd-place results[1]
PartiesSeats
█ New Democratic █ Liberal 93
█ New Democratic █ Progressive Conservative 18
█ Progressive Conservative █ Liberal 19
Total 130
Candidates ranked 1st to 5th place, by party[1]
Parties1st2nd3rd4th5thTotal
█ New Democratic 7437181130
█ Liberal 367618130
█ Progressive Conservative 2017849130
█ Confederation of Regions 817732
█ Green 1152137
█ Independent 141015
█ Family Coalition 57966
█ Libertarian 131932
█ Freedom 178
█ Communist 11

Seats changing hands

Of the 130 seats, 20 were open because of MPPs who chose not to stand for reelection, and voters in 63 seats changed allegiance from the previous election in 1987.

Elections to the 35th Legislative Assembly of Ontario – seats won/lost by party, 1987–1990
Party 1987 Gain from (loss to) 1990
NDP Lib PC
New Democratic 1951474
Liberal 95(51)(8)36
Progressive Conservative 16(4)820
Total130–(55)59–4(8)130

The following seats changed allegiance from 1987:

Resulting composition of the 35th Legislative Assembly of Ontario
SourceParty
NDP Lib PC Total
Seats retainedIncumbents returned1435958
Open seats held5139
Seats changing handsIncumbents defeated45651
Open seats gained10111
Byelection gains held11
Total743620130

Significant results among independent and minor party candidates

Those candidates not belonging to a major party, receiving more than 1,000 votes in the election, are listed below:

RidingPartyCandidatesVotesPlaced
Dufferin—Peel█ Libertarian Bob Shapton1,5944th
Frontenac—Addington█ Independent Ross Baker1,0215th
Kenora█ Independent Henry Wetelainen2,3573rd
Mississauga East█ Independent Peter Sesek1,3634th
Mississauga South█ Green Scott McWhinnie1,3234th
Oakville South█ Green Josef Petriska1,0385th
Ottawa West█ Green Ian Whyte1,0115th
Parry Sound█ Green Richard Thomas4,0613rd
St. Andrew—St. Patrick█ Green James Harris1,1124th
Scarborough—Agincourt█ Libertarian William Galster1,3684th
Simcoe East█ Libertarian John McLean1,2634th


Post-election changes

Party affiliation switches

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.

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. He later resigned his seat in the legislature, resulting in a by-election.

Will Ferguson (NDP) became an independent MPP on April 30, 1993, following accusations relating to the Grandview scandal. He later rejoined the NDP caucus on June 21, 1994, having been cleared of all charges.

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.

Byelections

Due to resignations, five by-elections were held between the 1990 and 1995 elections.

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
LiberalPCNDPOther
Brant—Haldimand
March 5, 1992		 Ronald Eddy
9,565		 David Timms
4,758		 Christopher Stanek
2,895		 Donald Pennell (FCP)
2,056
Ella Haley (G)
759
Janice Wilson (Ind)
250		 Robert Nixon
resigned July 31, 1991
Don Mills
April 1, 1993		 Murad Velshi
5,583		 David Johnson
9,143		 Chandran Mylvaganam
1,513		 Diane Johnston (Ind Renewal)
498
Denise Mountenay (FCP)
383
Bernadette Michael (Ind)
206
David Pengelly (F)
161
Sat Khalsa (G)
141		 Margery Ward
died January 22, 1993
St. George—St. David
April 1, 1993		 Tim Murphy
8,750		 Nancy Jackman
6,518		 George Lamony
1,451		 Louis Di Rocco (FCP)
347
Phil Sarazen (G)
209
Judith Snow (Ind Renewal)
119
Ed Fortune (Ind)
107
Robert Smith (Ind)
72
John Steele (Comm League)
57		 Ian Scott
resigned September 8, 1992
Essex South
December 2, 1993		 Bruce Crozier
12,736		 Joan Flood
3,295		 David Maris
1,100		 Joyce Ann Cherry (FCP)
1,060
Michael Green (G)
132
John Turmel (Ind)
84		 Remo Mancini
resigned May 10, 1993
Victoria—Haliburton
March 17, 1994		 Sharon McCrae
9,571		 Chris Hodgson
11,941		 Art Field
1,378		 Ron Hawkrigg (Lbt)
252
Bradley Bradamore (Ind)
217
John Turmel (Ind)
123		 Dennis Drainville
resigned September 27, 1993

Vacancies

In addition, four seats were vacant in the final months of the legislature, as the sitting members resigned and by-elections were not held to replace them before the 1995 election:

See also

References
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