The Ontario general election of 1945 was held to elect the 90 members of the Legislative Assembly (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the Province of Ontario, Canada. The Ontario Legislature Building at Queens Park The Legislative Assembly of Ontario, is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Area 1,076,395 km² (4th)  - Land 917,741 km²  - Water 158,654 km² (14. ...

The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, led by George Drew, won a second consecutive term in office, winning a solid majority of seats in the legislature -- 66, up from 38 in the previous election. The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party (PC Party of Ontario) is a right-of-centre political party in Ontario, Canada. ... George Alexander Drew (May 7, 1894 - January 4, 1973) was a Canadian conservative politician who founded a Tory dynasty in Ontario that lasted 42 years. ... The Ontario general election of 1943 was held to elect the 90 Members of the Legislative Assembly (Members of Provincial Parliament, or MPPs) of the Province of Ontario, Canada. ...

The Ontario Liberal Party, led by former premier Mitchell Hepburn, was returned to the role of official opposition with 11 seats, plus 3 seats that it won in coalition with the Labour-Progressive Party (which was, in fact, the Communist Party of Canada (Ontario). The Ontario Liberal Party is a centrist provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. ... Mitchell Frederick Hepburn (August 12, 1896 - January 5, 1953) was Premier of Ontario from 1934 to 1942. ... The Parliamentary Opposition is a form of political opposition to a designated government, particularly in a Westminster-based parliamentary system. ... The Labour-Progressive Party was a Communist party in Canada. ... The Communist Party of Ontario is the Ontario, Canada provincial wing of the Communist Party of Canada. ...

The social democratic Cooperative Commonwealth Federation, led by Ted Jolliffe, was reduced from 34 seats to only 8. Social democracy is a political ideology emerging in the late 19th and early 20th centuries from supporters of Marxism who believed that the transition to a socialist society could be achieved through democratic evolutionary rather than revolutionary means. ... The Ontario New Democratic Party (formerly known as the Ontario Cooperative Commonwealth Federation) is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. ... Edward (Ted) Bigelow Jolliffe (1909-1998) was a Canadian politician and lawyer and was the first leader of the Ontario Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. ...

Two seats were won by the Labour-Progressive Party on its own with the re-election of A.A. MacLeod and J.B. Salsberg. Albert Alexander MacLeod, widely known as A.A. MacLeod and familiarly as Alex was a prominent member of the Communist Party of Canada and its front group the Labour Progressive Party. ... Joseph Baruch (J. B.) Salsberg (1903-1998) was a Canadian politician, long time Communist and activist in the Jewish community. ...

The Drew government called the election in an attempt to get a majority government. By exploiting increasing Cold War tensions, the PC Party was able to defeat Jolliffe's CCF by stoking fears about communism. Jolliffe replied by giving a radio speech (written by Lister Sinclair) that accused Drew of running a political gestapo in Ontario, alleging that a secret department of the Ontario Provincial Police was acting as a political police spying on the opposition and the media. This accusation led to a backlash, and loss of support for the CCF, including the loss of Jolliffe's own seat of York South. This probably helped Drew win his majority, although in the 1970s, archival evidence was discovered proving the charge. In the Westminster System, a majority government is one in which the government enjoys an absolute majority of seats in the legislature or Parliament. ... Lister Sinclair (b. ... The Gestapo was the official secret police force of Nazi Germany. ... Categories: Canada government stubs | Law enforcement in Canada | Ontario ... York South was the name of an electoral district or riding used for electing members to the Canadian House of Commons and the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. ...

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The Ontario general election of 1943 was held to elect the 90 Members of the Legislative Assembly (Members of Provincial Parliament, or MPPs) of the Province of Ontario, Canada. ... The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party (PC Party of Ontario) is a right-of-centre political party in Ontario, Canada. ... George Alexander Drew (May 7, 1894 - January 4, 1973) was a Canadian conservative politician who founded a Tory dynasty in Ontario that lasted 42 years. ... The Ontario Liberal Party is a centrist provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. ... Mitchell Frederick Hepburn (August 12, 1896 - January 5, 1953) was Premier of Ontario from 1934 to 1942. ... The Liberal-Labour banner has also been used several times by candidates in Canadian elections: Malcolm Lang, who was elected as a Labour Party of Canada Member of Parliament in the 1926 federal election, was re-elected as Liberal-Labour in the north-eastern Ontario riding of Timiskaming South in... The Ontario New Democratic Party (formerly known as the Ontario Cooperative Commonwealth Federation) is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. ... Edward (Ted) Bigelow Jolliffe (1909-1998) was a Canadian politician and lawyer and was the first leader of the Ontario Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. ... The Labour-Progressive Party was a Communist party in Canada. ... Leslie Tom Morris (1904 - 1964) was a Canadian politician, journalist and long time member of the Communist Party of Canada and, its front group, the Labour Progressive Party. ...

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The Ontario general election of 1943 was held to elect the 90 Members of the Legislative Assembly (Members of Provincial Parliament, or MPPs) of the Province of Ontario, Canada. ... Beginning with the 2003 election, Ontario elections are held every 4 years in October. ...

• Politics of Ontario
• List of Ontario political parties
• Premier of Ontario
• Leader of the Opposition (Ontario)