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Encyclopedia > Ontario general election, 1975
The Ontario legislature after the 1975 general election
The Ontario legislature after the 1975 general election

The Ontario general election of 1975 was held on September 18, 1975, to elect the 125 members of the Legislative Assembly (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the Province of Ontario, Canada. Image File history File links Oleg75. ... Image File history File links Oleg75. ... September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years). ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 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 (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English Flower White Trillium Tree Eastern White Pine Bird Common Loon Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seats  - Senate seats 106 24 Area Total...


The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, led by Bill Davis and campaigning under the slogan, "Your Future. Your choice.", won a ninth consecutive term in office. It lost its majority in the legislature, however, for the first time since the 1945 election. The PC Party lost 27 seats from its result in the previous election. The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party (PC Party of Ontario, also known as Tories) is a right-of-centre political party in Ontario, Canada. ... For the actor, professor, and waterskiier, see William B. Davis The Honourable William (Bill) Grenville Davis, PC , CC , O.Ont. ... 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 general election of 1971 was held to elect the 117 members of the Legislative Assembly (Members of Provincial Parliament, or MPPs) of the Province of Ontario, Canada. ...


The social democratic Ontario New Democratic Party, led by Stephen Lewis, doubled its representation in the legislature, and became the official opposition on the strength of a campaign which called for rent control and highlighted horror stories of individuals bad landlords and exorbitant rent increases. The campaign forced the Davis Tories to promise shortly before the election to implement rent controls. 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 Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, Ontario Section) is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. ... Stephen Lewis at a public speaking engagement on April 25, 2001. ... Rent control refers to laws or ordinances that set price controls on residential housing. ...


The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Robert Nixon, won 15 additional seats, but lost the role of official opposition to the NDP. One member of its caucus was elected as a Liberal-Labour candidate. The Ontario Liberal Party is a center-right provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. ... Robert Fletcher Nixon (born July 17, 1928 in St. ... The Parliamentary Opposition is a form of political opposition to a designated government, particularly in a Westminster-based parliamentary system. ... 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...


Results

  Party Leader 1971 Elected % change Popular vote
% change
     Progressive Conservative Bill Davis 78 51 -34.6% 36.1% -8.4%
     New Democratic Stephen Lewis 19 38 +100% 28.9% +1.8%
     Liberal Robert Nixon 20 35 +75.0% 34.3% +6.5%
     Liberal-Labour - 1 -
Total Seats 117 125 +6.8% 100%  
Preceded by
1971 election
List of Ontario general elections Succeeded by
1977 election

The Ontario general election of 1971 was held to elect the 117 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, also known as Tories) is a right-of-centre political party in Ontario, Canada. ... For the actor, professor, and waterskiier, see William B. Davis The Honourable William (Bill) Grenville Davis, PC , CC , O.Ont. ... The Ontario New Democratic Party (formerly known as the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, Ontario Section) is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. ... Stephen Lewis at a public speaking engagement on April 25, 2001. ... The Ontario Liberal Party is a center-right provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. ... Robert Fletcher Nixon (born July 17, 1928 in St. ... 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 general election of 1971 was held to elect the 117 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. ... The Ontario general election of 1977 was held to elect the 125 members of the Legislative Assembly (Members of Provincial Parliament, or MPPs) of the Province of Ontario, Canada. ...

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  Results from FactBites:
 
Ontario general election, 1975 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (233 words)
The Ontario general election of 1975 was held on September 18, 1975, to elect the 125 members of the Legislative Assembly (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the Province of Ontario, Canada.
The social democratic Ontario New Democratic Party, led by Stephen Lewis, doubled its representation in the legislature, and became the official opposition on the strength of a campaign which called for rent control and highlighted horror stories of individuals bad landlords and exorbitant rent increases.
The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Robert Nixon, won 15 additional seats, but lost the role of official opposition to the NDP.
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