1951 Ontario general election

The 1951 Ontario general election was held on November 22, 1951, to elect the 90 members of the 24th Legislative Assembly of Ontario (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the province of Ontario.

Background Because of Canada's participation in the Korean War, and because previous legislation governing the participation of active service voters stationed overseas had lapsed, new provision was made to enable the collection of votes of Ontario residents who had returned to active service because of the present conflict. Legislation governing the functioning of elections and the preparation of voters' lists was also revised.

Opinion Polls

+ Evolution of voting intentions at provincial level Polling firmLast day of survey Source PCO OLP OCCF Other Undecided SampleElection 1953November 22, 195148.531.519.10.9GallupOctober 1951444014322GallupAugust 1951474011130GallupJune 19514541131GallupFebruary 1951434214123GallupJuly 1950443914321Election 1948June 7, 194841.2826.5229.782.42

Campaign The majority of races were three-way contests between the major parties:

+ Riding contests, by number of candidates (1951) CandidatesPCLibL-LCCFLab-PrI-PCI-LabIndS-LTotal213 13 26364 62 2 64 192412 12 12 5 2 1 3 1 4851 1 1 1 1 5Total90 88 2 77 6 2 1 4 1 271

Outcome The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, led by Leslie Frost, won a fourth consecutive term in office, increasing its caucus in the legislature from 53 in the previous election to 79—a solid majority.

The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Walter Thomson, lost six seats, but regained the role of official opposition because of the collapse of the CCF vote. Albert Wren was elected as a Liberal-Labour candidate and sat with the Liberal caucus.

The social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), led by Ted Jolliffe, lost all but two of its previous 21 seats with Jolliffe himself being defeated in the riding of York South.

One seat was won by J.B. Salsberg of the Labor-Progressive Party (which was the Communist Party of Ontario). LPP leader A.A. MacLeod lost his downtown Toronto seat of Bellwoods in this election and three other LPP candidates were also defeated.

|style="text-align:left;"|Leslie Frost | 90 || 53 || 53 || 79 || 26 || 860,939 || 48.46 || 7.18

|style="text-align:left;"|Walter Thomson | 88 || 13 || 13 || 7 || rowspan="2"|6 || 551,753 || 31.06 || rowspan="2"|1.72

|style="text-align:left;"| | 2 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 7,939 || 0.45

|style="text-align:left;"|Ted Jolliffe | 77 || 21 || 21 || 2 || 19 || 339,362 || 19.10 || 7.42

|style="text-align:left;"|Stewart Smith | 6 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 11,914 || 0.67 || 0.33

|style="text-align:left;"| | 4 || || || || || 1,869 || 0.11 || 0.01

|style="text-align:left;"| | 1 || || || || || 1,375 || 0.08 || 0.07

|style="text-align:left;"| | 2 || || || || || 1,094 || 0.06 || 0.13

|style="text-align:left;"| | 1 || || || || || 371 || 0.02 || 0.03 |-style="background:#E9E9E9;" |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Total |271 |90 |90 |90 | |1,776,616 |100.00%

Vote and seat summaries

+ Seats and popular vote by party Party Seats Votes Change (pp) /Liberal-Labour

Synopsis of results + Results by riding - 1951 Ontario general election Riding Winning party Turnoutincluding spoilt ballots VotesNameorder is as given in EO reports 1948Party Votes Share Margin#Margin% PC Lib/ CCF Lab-Pr Total Addington PC PC 7,035 56.04% 2,328 18.55% 73.26% 7,035 4,707 811 – – – – – 12,553 Algoma—Manitoulin PC PC 5,718 47.18% 1,138 9.39% 68.95% 5,718 4,580 1,822 – – – – – 12,120 Brant Lib Lib 8,218 47.49% 1,795 10.37% 70.36% 6,423 8,218 2,665 – – – – – 17,306 Brantford Lib Lib 7,289 38.45% 1,249 6.59% 73.74% 5,630 7,289 6,040 – – – – – 18,959 Bruce Lib PC 7,369 48.93% 652 4.33% 77.21% 7,369 6,717 973 – – – – – 15,059 Carleton PC PC 10,863 59.00% 5,398 29.32% 64.28% 10,863 5,465 1,138 – 945 – – – 18,411 Cochrane North PC PC 4,009 40.28% 461 4.63% 66.79% 4,009 3,548 2,395 – – – – – 9,952 Cochrane South CCF CCF 10,233 40.82% 1,606 6.41% 69.52% 8,627 5,391 10,233 820 – – – – 25,071 Dufferin—Simcoe PC PC 7,535 58.33% 2,966 22.96% 62.52% 7,535 4,569 814 – – – – – 12,918 Durham PC PC 7,389 51.79% 2,279 15.97% 76.75% 7,389 5,110 1,769 – – – – – 14,268 Elgin PC PC 10,501 55.08% 3,367 17.66% 69.74% 10,501 7,134 1,430 – – – – – 19,065 Essex North CCF Lib 10,051 39.85% 2,243 8.89% 70.07% 7,808 10,051 7,362 – – – – – 25,221 Essex South PC PC 9,797 64.50% 5,266 34.67% 66.29% 9,797 4,531 861 – – – – – 15,189 Fort William Lib PC 8,057 42.60% 722 3.82% 72.57% 8,057 7,335 3,157 – – – 366 – 18,915 Glengarry PC PC 5,298 55.23% 1,003 10.46% 76.01% 5,298 4,295 – – – – – – 9,593 Grenville—Dundas PC PC 7,797 66.01% 3,783 32.03% 56.63% 7,797 4,014 0 – – – – – 11,811 Grey North PC PC 9,068 58.74% 4,813 31.18% 74.85% 9,068 4,255 2,115 – – – – – 15,438 Grey South Lib Lib 6,256 49.44% 939 7.42% 76.75% 5,317 6,256 1,080 – – – – – 12,653 Haldimand—Norfolk PC PC 11,298 51.58% 2,430 11.09% 69.31% 11,298 8,868 1,739 – – – – – 21,905 Halton PC PC 9,063 51.61% 2,762 15.73% 67.60% 9,063 6,301 2,197 – – – – – 17,561 Hamilton East CCF PC 9,336 44.36% 1,850 8.79% 51.77% 9,336 4,224 7,486 – – – – – 21,046 Hamilton Centre CCF PC 7,753 42.44% 1,577 8.63% 61.16% 7,753 4,341 6,176 – – – – – 18,270 Hamilton—Wentworth PC PC 11,865 55.58% 6,800 31.85% 63.10% 11,865 5,065 4,417 – – – – – 21,347 Hastings East* PC PC 6,294 56.76% 2,198 19.82% 72.42% 6,294 4,096 699 – – – – – 11,089 Hastings West PC PC 10,299 55.37% 3,279 17.63% 70.78% 10,299 7,020 1,283 – – – – – 18,602 Huron PC PC 8,005 54.88% 1,424 9.76% 80.51% 8,005 6,581 – – – – – – 14,586 Huron—Bruce PC PC 7,431 58.48% 2,155 16.96% 76.89% 7,431 5,276 – – – – – – 12,707 Kenora PC LL 4,776 43.58% 133 1.21% 66.00% 4,643 4,776 1,541 – – – – – 10,960 Kent East Lib PC 6,891 56.75% 1,640 13.51% 72.82% 6,891 5,251 0 – – – – – 12,142 Kent West PC PC 12,194 55.26% 3,858 17.48% 68.55% 12,194 8,336 1,536 – – – – – 22,066 Kingston* PC PC 9,924 57.34% 3,518 20.33% 74.21% 9,924 6,406 978 – – – – – 17,308 Lambton East PC PC 6,610 58.35% 1,891 16.69% 67.25% 6,610 4,719 – – – – – – 11,329 Lambton West PC PC 10,814 59.13% 5,983 32.72% 64.16% 10,814 4,831 2,642 – – – – – 18,287 Lanark PC PC 12,071 77.56% 9,109 58.53% 70.02% 12,071 2,962 531 – – – – – 15,564 Leeds PC PC 10,658 61.01% 3,848 22.03% 74.32% 10,658 6,810 – – – – – – 17,468 Lincoln PC PC 15,477 45.61% 5,887 17.35% 65.01% 15,477 9,590 8,032 – – – 834 – 33,933 London Lib PC 13,926 47.38% 3,112 10.59% 61.06% 13,926 10,814 4,655 – – – – – 29,395 Middlesex North PC PC 8,607 49.29% 2,981 17.07% 57.63% 8,607 5,626 3,229 – – – – – 17,462 Middlesex South PC PC 8,461 58.27% 3,324 22.89% 65.08% 8,461 5,137 922 – – – – – 14,520 Muskoka—Ontario PC PC 9,370 54.17% 2,807 16.23% 73.86% 9,370 6,563 1,364 – – – – – 17,297 Niagara Falls Lib Lib 10,209 48.79% 3,263 15.59% 61.57% 6,946 10,209 3,769 – – – – – 20,924 Nipissing PC PC 8,219 46.73% 1,409 8.01% 65.11% 8,219 6,810 2,561 – – – – – 17,590 Northumberland PC PC 10,140 62.43% 4,039 24.87% 78.11% 10,140 6,101 – – – – – – 16,241 Ontario CCF CCF 12,054 40.17% 2,178 7.26% 71.44% 9,876 7,806 12,054 – – – 268 – 30,004 Ottawa East Lib Lib 10,722 50.08% 2,275 10.63% 58.34% 8,447 10,722 2,242 – – – – – 21,411 Ottawa South PC PC 19,908 55.98% 7,464 20.99% 59.72% 19,908 12,444 3,212 – – – – – 35,564 Oxford PC PC 10,026 45.17% 196 0.88% 68.16% 10,026 9,830 2,338 – – – – – 22,194 Parry Sound PC PC 6,348 60.24% 2,158 20.48% 68.87% 6,348 4,190 – – – – – – 10,538 Peel PC PC 12,528 56.61% 6,817 30.80% 66.22% 12,528 5,711 3,893 – – – – – 22,132 Perth PC PC 11,697 50.21% 2,577 11.06% 69.05% 11,697 9,120 2,477 – – – – – 23,294 Peterborough PC PC 14,442 58.48% 6,802 27.54% 67.14% 14,442 7,640 2,614 – – – – – 24,696 Port Arthur CCF PC 7,758 37.38% 1,586 7.64% 63.89% 7,758 5,447 6,172 – – 1,375Bruce Magnuson, who later became the Labor-Progressive leader in Ontario in 1956 – – 20,752 Prescott PC PC 7,046 57.11% 1,960 15.89% 76.77% 7,046 5,086 56 – 149 – – – 12,337 Prince Edward—Lennox Lib PC 7,565 54.30% 1,197 8.59% 100.23% 7,565 6,368 – – – – – – 13,933 Rainy River LL PC 3,633 44.04% 470 5.70% 72.52% 3,633 3,163 1,454 – – – – – 8,250 Renfrew North PC PC 7,769 57.93% 2,127 15.86% 67.59% 7,769 5,642 – – – – – – 13,411 Renfrew South PC PC 6,875 56.00% 1,937 15.78% 68.97% 6,875 4,938 463 – – – – – 12,276 Russell PC PC 6,946 44.31% 10 0.06% 55.68% 6,946 6,936 1,794 – – – – – 15,676 Sault Ste. Marie CCF PC 7,359 39.42% 1,308 7.01% 71.24% 7,359 6,051 5,257 – – – – – 18,667 Simcoe Centre PC PC 7,721 57.03% 1,903 14.06% 62.02% 7,721 5,818 – – – – – – 13,539 Simcoe East PC PC 8,634 55.91% 3,565 23.08% 72.59% 8,634 5,069 1,741 – – – – – 15,444 Stormont PC Lib 9,383 50.32% 1,680 9.01% 70.95% 7,703 9,383 1,560 – – – – – 18,646 Sudbury PC PC 14,056 44.91% 2,418 7.73% 65.77% 14,056 11,638 5,605 – – – – – 31,299 Temiskaming CCF PC 4,328 39.53% 663 6.05% 73.61% 4,328 2,957 3,665 – – – – – 10,950 Victoria PC PC 12,423 81.02% 9,512 62.03% 69.66% 12,423 2,911 – – – – – – 15,334 Waterloo North Lib PC 9,873 35.22% 161 0.57% 58.54% 9,873 9,712 8,445 – – – – – 28,030 Waterloo South CCF PC 8,239 40.57% 1,249 6.15% 68.30% 8,239 5,078 6,990 – – – – – 20,307 Welland Lib PC 10,390 40.27% 482 1.87% 68.83% 10,390 9,908 4,709 791 – – – – 25,798 Wellington North Lib PC 7,159 49.85% 602 4.19% 75.90% 7,159 6,557 645 – – – – – 14,361 Wellington South PC PC 8,208 43.65% 2,235 11.88% 71.77% 8,208 5,973 4,625 – – – – – 18,806 Wentworth CCF PC 11,004 37.97% 408 1.41% 53.08% 11,004 7,383 10,596 – – – – – 28,983 Windsor—Walkerville PC PC 8,858 48.60% 3,801 20.86% 66.24% 8,858 3,451 5,057 859 – – – – 18,225 Windsor—Sandwich PC PC 11,666 53.32% 6,501 29.71% 63.81% 11,666 5,050 5,165 – – – – – 21,881 York East CCF PC 30,944 47.78% 8,708 13.45% 56.23% 30,944 11,581 22,236 – – – – – 64,761 York North PC PC 19,518 49.00% 8,159 20.48% 59.64% 19,518 11,359 8,955 – – – – – 39,832 York South CCF PC 13,760 39.61% 514 1.48% 58.74% 13,760 6,870 13,246 867 – – – – 34,743 York West CCF PC 24,614 47.62% 7,573 14.65% 65.39% 24,614 10,034 17,041 – – – – – 51,689 Beaches CCF PC 9,904 49.28% 2,679 13.33% 66.15% 9,904 2,970 7,225 – – – – – 20,099 Bellwoods Lab-Pr PC 5,571 33.39% 298 1.79% 64.56% 5,571 5,273 2,483 3,357 – – – – 16,684 Bracondale CCF PC 6,213 42.17% 1,720 11.67% 59.11% 6,213 4,028 4,493 – – – – – 14,734 Dovercourt CCF PC 8,595 38.98% 462 2.10% 59.97% 8,595 5,321 8,133 – – – – – 22,049 Eglinton PC PC 21,876 65.20% 14,783 44.06% 66.98% 21,876 7,093 4,585 – – – – – 33,554 High Park CCF PC 10,360 44.30% 2,399 10.26% 67.71% 10,360 5,065 7,961 – – – – – 23,386 Parkdale CCF PC 10,914 42.58% 2,501 9.76% 61.82% 10,914 6,304 8,413 – – – – – 25,631 Riverdale CCF PC 10,736 45.57% 3,570 15.15% 60.36% 10,736 5,285 7,166 – – – – 371 23,558 St. Andrew Lab-Pr Lab-Pr 5,220 38.85% 1,365 10.16% 56.64% 3,855 2,046 1,915 5,220 – – 401 – 13,437 St. David CCF PC 6,880 40.64% 1,232 7.28% 57.90% 6,880 4,401 5,648 – – – – – 16,929 St. George PC PC 10,333 56.86% 5,904 32.49% 54.42% 10,333 3,410 4,429 – – – – – 18,172 St. Patrick PC PC 7,400 57.97% 4,496 35.22% 53.52% 7,400 2,462 2,904 – – – – – 12,766 Woodbine CCF PC 10,445 43.97% 1,167 4.91% 61.78% 10,445 4,030 9,278 – – – – – 23,753

= open seat = turnout is above provincial average = winning candidate was in previous Legislature = incumbent had switched allegiance = other incumbents renominated = campaigned as a Liberal-Labour candidate

Analysis

1951 Ontario general election

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