1937 Ontario general election

The 1937 Ontario general election was held on October 6, 1937, to elect the 90 Members of the 20th Legislative Assembly of Ontario ("MLAs"). It was the 20th general election held in the province of Ontario.

Campaign

The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Mitchell Hepburn, was re-elected for a second term in government, with a slightly reduced majority in the Legislature.

The Ontario Conservative Party, led by William Earl Rowe, was able to win six additional seats, and continued to form the official opposition.

Meanwhile, the fledgling democratic socialist Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) ran 37 candidates out of a possible 90, led by party president John Mitchell running in Waterloo South, who also campaigned throughout the province on the party's behalf. The election, however, resulted in a modest decline in popular vote and the loss of the party's sole MLA, Sam Lawrence in Hamilton East.

Incumbent MLA Farquhar Oliver was the last remaining United Farmers of Ontario MLA and ran as the party's sole candidate in the election. In practice, however, he had been a supporter of the Liberal government and would join Hepburn's cabinet in 1940, formally joining the Liberal Party.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"

|+ Riding contests, by number of candidates (1937)

! Candidates

| align="center" |Lib

| align="center" |Con

| align="center" |CCF

| align="center" |L-P

| align="center" |UFO

| align="center" |Lab

| align="center" |Frm-Lab

| align="center" |Ind

| align="center" |Ind-Lib

| align="center" |Ind-Con

| align="center" |Soc-Lab

| align="center" |Other

!Total

|style="text-align:left;"|2

|32 ||34 || ||1 ||1 || || || || || || || ||68

|style="text-align:left;"|3

|30 ||31 ||20 ||1 || ||1 ||3 ||3 ||4 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||96

|style="text-align:left;"|4

|17 ||18 ||14 ||1 || ||3 ||2 ||3 ||4 ||2 ||6 ||2 ||72

|style="text-align:left;"|5

|6 ||6 ||5 ||1 || ||3 ||1 ||1 || ||2 ||4 ||1 ||30

|style="text-align:left;"|Total

|85 ||89 ||39 ||4 ||1 ||7 ||6 ||7 ||8 ||5 ||11 ||4 ||266

Outcome

In 1938, MLAs voted to adopt the title "Member of Provincial Parliament", and became known as "MPPs".

This Ontario election was the last to date in which the winning party (together with effective support from the Liberal-Progressives and UFO, against which they did not field opposing candidates) has won an absolute majority of the popular vote.

Results

! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party

! rowspan=2 | Party leader

! colspan=5 | MPPs

! colspan=3 | Votes

! Candidates

!1934

!Dissol.

!1937

!±

! ± (pp)

|style="text-align:left;"|Mitchell Hepburn

| 85 || 64 || 66 || 62 || 2 || 769,747 || 48.99 || 2.43

|style="text-align:left;"|William Earl Rowe

| 89 || 17 || 17 || 23 || 6 || 619,610 || 39.44 || 0.34

|style="text-align:left;"|

| 4 || 5 || 4 || 3 || 2 || 24,752 || 1.58 || 1.31

|style="text-align:left;"|

| 8 || – || 1 || 1 || 1 || 20,776 || 1.32 || 0.53

|style="text-align:left;"|Farquhar Oliver

| 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || || 7,296 || 0.46 || 0.09

|style="text-align:left;"|John Mitchell

| 37 || 1 || 1 || – || 1 || 77,833 || 4.95 || rowspan="2"| 1.66

|style="text-align:left;"|CCF-Labour

|style="text-align:left;"|

| 2 || – || – || – || – || 5,746 || 0.37

|style="text-align:left;"|

| 7 || 1 || 1 || – || 1 || 4,039 || 0.26 || 0.96

|style="text-align:left;"|

| – || 1 || – || – || 1 || colspan="3"|Did not campaign

|style="text-align:left;"|

| 6 || – || – || – || – || 14,675 || 0.93 || 0.89

|style="text-align:left;"|

| 7 || – || – || – || – || 11,807 || 0.75 || 0.74

|style="text-align:left;"|

| 5 || – || – || – || – || 8,270 || 0.53 || 0.50

|style="text-align:left;"|

| 1 || – || – || – || – || 3,343 || 0.21 || rowspan="2"| 0.37%

|style="text-align:left;"|

| 1 || – || – || – || – || 408 || 0.03

|style="text-align:left;"|

| 11 || – || – || – || – || 2,199 || 0.14 || 0.04

|style="text-align:left;"|

| 1 || – || – || – || – || 538 || 0.03 || New

|style="text-align:left;"|

| 1 || – || – || – || – || 94 || 0.01 || 0.02

|-style="background:#E9E9E9;"

|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Total

|266

|90

|1,571,133

|100.00%

|colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"|Blank and invalid ballots

|align="right"|17,271

|style="background:#E9E9E9;" colspan="2"|

|-style="background:#E9E9E9;"

|colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"|Registered voters / turnout

|2,238,230

|71.29%

|2.32

Vote and seat summaries

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"

|+ Seats and popular vote by party

! Party !! Seats !! Votes !! colspan="3" | Change (pp)

|style="text-align:left;"| || || ||

Synopsis of results

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="text-align:right; font-size:85%"

|+ Results by riding - 1937 Ontario general election

! scope="col" colspan="13" | Votes

! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Name

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" scope="col" | 1934

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" scope="col" |Party

! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Votes

! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Share

! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Margin #

! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Margin %

! scope="col" | Lib

! scope="col" | Con

! scope="col" | CCF

! scope="col" |

! scope="col" | UFO

! scope="col" | Lab

! scope="col" |

! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Total

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EA6D6A;"|

! scope="col" style="background-color:#9999FF;"|

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EEDDAA;"|

! scope="col" style="background-color:#66CC00;"|

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EEBBBB;"|

! scope="col" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EEBBBB;"|

! scope="col" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|

!   !! colspan="2"| !! colspan="2"| !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Addington

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 7,146 || 50.82% || 230 || 1.64% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|84.43% || style="background-color:#FFA07A;"|6,916 || 7,146 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 14,062

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Algoma—Manitoulin

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 7,092 || 50.94% || 576 || 4.14% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|74.61% || 7,092 || 6,516 || – || – || – || – || 313 || – || – || – || – || – || 13,921

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Brant

| style="background-color:#66CC00;" | || style="text-align:left;" | L-P

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 9,115 || 74.93% || 6,065 || 49.86% || 63.52% || style="background-color:#EABB94;"|9,115 || 3,050 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 12,165

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Brantford

| style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Ind

| style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" | || style="text-align:left;" | I-Lib

| 8,094 || 53.71% || 2,602 || 17.27% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|72.24% || – || 5,492 || 1,483 || – || – || – || – || – || – || style="background-color:#EABB94;"|8,094 || – || – || 15,069

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Bruce

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 8,739 || 56.36% || 1,972 || 12.72% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|73.02% || 8,739 || 6,767 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 15,506

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Carleton

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 6,956 || 58.41% || 3,262 || 27.39% || 66.76% || 3,694 || 6,956 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 1,258 || – || – || 11,908

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Cochrane North

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 4,940 || 52.55% || 480 || 5.11% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|72.74% || 4,940 || 4,460 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 9,400

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Cochrane South

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 12,773 || 48.55% || 5,709 || 21.70% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|73.29% || 12,773 || 7,064 || – || – || – || – || 6,473 || – || – || – || – || – || 26,310

|style="text-align:left;" | Dufferin—Simcoe

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 8,484 || 53.22% || 1,027 || 6.44% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|73.46% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|7,457 || 8,484 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 15,941

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Durham

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 7,183 || 52.23% || 614 || 4.46% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|79.19% || 7,183 || 6,569 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 13,752

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Elgin

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 12,361 || 62.53% || 5,308 || 26.85% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|78.08% || 12,361 || 7,053 || 355 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 19,769

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Essex North

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 7,449 || 51.85% || 2,455 || 17.09% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|73.71% || 7,449 || 4,994 || 598 || – || – || – || 1,326 || – || – || – || – || – || 14,367

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Essex South

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 7,755 || 63.51% || 3,300 || 27.03% || 64.95% || 7,755 || 4,455 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 12,210

|style="text-align:left;" | Fort William

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 5,731 || 39.93% || 495 || 3.45% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|79.73% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|5,236 || 5,731 || 1,542 || – || – || – || – || – || – || 1,845 || – || – || 14,354

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Glengarry

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 6,737 || 67.20% || 3,449 || 34.40% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|72.00% || 6,737 || 3,288 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 10,025

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Grenville—Dundas

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 9,288 || 54.99% || 1,685 || 9.98% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|74.84% || 7,603 || 9,288 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 16,891

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Grey North

| style="background-color:#66CC00;" | || style="text-align:left;" | L-P

| 8,511 || 54.21% || 2,339 || 14.90% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|77.28% || – || 6,172 || 1,016 || 8,511 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 15,699

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Grey South

| style="background-color:#66CC00;" | || style="text-align:left;" | UFO

| 7,296 || 54.95% || 1,314 || 9.90% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|71.83% || – || 5,982 || – || – || 7,296 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 13,278

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Haldimand—Norfolk

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 12,638 || 56.44% || 2,883 || 12.87% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|76.53% || 12,638 || 9,755 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 22,393

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Halton

| style="background-color:#66CC00;" | || style="text-align:left;" | L-P

| 7,832 || 55.50% || 1,874 || 13.28% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|75.80% || – || 5,958 || 238 || 7,832 || – || – || – || 83 || – || – || – || – || 14,111

|style="text-align:left;" | Hamilton East

| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" | || style="text-align:left;" | CCF

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 9,796 || 47.31% || 3,859 || 18.64% || 71.07% || 9,796 || 5,937 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|4,858 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 116 || 20,707

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Hamilton Centre

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 11,959 || 54.97% || 5,839 || 26.84% || 68.33% || 11,959 || 6,120 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || style="background-color:#F0E68C;"|3,676 || 21,755

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Hamilton—Wentworth

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 11,559 || 60.83% || 5,550 || 29.21% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|73.01% || 11,559 || 6,009 || 1,434 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 19,002

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Hastings East

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 7,052 || 55.88% || 1,484 || 11.76% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|84.08% || 5,568 || 7,052 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 12,620

|style="text-align:left;" | Hastings West

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 9,923 || 53.56% || 1,319 || 7.12% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|76.36% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|8,604 || 9,923 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 18,527

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Huron

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 7,042 || 50.86% || 1,180 || 8.52% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|76.42% || 7,042 || 5,862 || – || – || – || – || – || 942 || – || – || – || – || 13,846

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Huron—Bruce

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 8,587 || 61.08% || 3,807 || 27.08% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|74.03% || 8,587 || 4,780 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 470 || 222 || – || 14,059

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Kenora

| style="background-color:#EEBBBB;" | || style="text-align:left;" |

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 6,597 || 59.27% || 2,064 || 18.54% || 67.40% || style="background-color:#87CEFA;"|6,597 || 4,533 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 11,130

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Kent East

| style="background-color:#66CC00;" | || style="text-align:left;" | L-P

| 8,250 || 71.45% || 4,953 || 42.89% || 71.04% || – || 3,297 || – || 8,250 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 11,547

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Kent West

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 10,991 || 77.72% || 7,840 || 55.44% || 55.16% || 10,991 || 3,151 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 14,142

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Kingston

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 8,014 || 50.59% || 187 || 1.18% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|82.28% || 7,827 || 8,014 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 15,841

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Lambton East

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 8,598 || 63.57% || 3,670 || 27.13% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|74.79% || 8,598 || 4,928 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 13,526

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Lambton West

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 8,341 || 61.28% || 3,070 || 22.55% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|75.29% || 8,341 || 5,271 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 13,612

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Lanark

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 9,103 || 54.37% || 1,462 || 8.73% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|74.22% || 7,641 || 9,103 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 16,744

|style="text-align:left;" | Leeds

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 10,339 || 51.85% || 736 || 3.69% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|79.42% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|9,603 || 10,339 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 19,942

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Lincoln

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 12,547 || 48.40% || 1,146 || 4.42% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|72.76% || 12,547 || 11,401 || 1,975 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 25,923

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | London

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 16,144 || 55.19% || 5,287 || 18.07% || 71.01% || 16,144 || 10,857 || 2,124 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 129 || 29,254

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Middlesex North

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 8,476 || 59.90% || 2,801 || 19.79% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|73.29% || 8,476 || 5,675 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 14,151

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Middlesex South

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 8,370 || 67.22% || 4,289 || 34.45% || 67.04% || 8,370 || 4,081 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 12,451

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Muskoka—Ontario

| style="background-color:#66CC00;" | || style="text-align:left;" | L-P

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 9,720 || 52.09% || 781 || 4.19% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|77.63% || style="background-color:#EABB94;"|9,720 || 8,939 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 18,659

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Niagara Falls

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 10,225 || 60.39% || 5,085 || 30.03% || 68.83% || 10,225 || 5,140 || 710 || – || – || – || 857 || – || – || – || – || – || 16,932

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Nipissing

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 8,669 || 49.46% || 2,140 || 12.21% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|73.16% || 8,669 || 6,529 || – || – || – || – || – || 209 || – || 2,121 || – || – || 17,528

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Northumberland

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 8,873 || 51.83% || 625 || 3.65% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|82.55% || 8,873 || 8,248 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 17,121

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Ontario

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 9,834 || 44.13% || 2,059 || 9.24% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|77.73% || 9,834 || 7,775 || 4,598 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 79 || 22,286

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Ottawa East

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 16,920 || 79.65% || 13,134 || 61.82% || 67.75% || 16,920 || 3,786 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 538 || 21,244

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Ottawa South

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 17,443 || 50.20% || 893 || 2.57% || 69.41% || 16,550 || 17,443 || – || – || – || 69 || – || – || – || – || – || style="background-color:#F0E68C;"|684 || 34,746

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Oxford

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 11,812 || 53.84% || 2,712 || 12.36% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|74.87% || 11,812 || 9,100 || – || – || – || – || – || 1,029 || – || – || – || – || 21,941

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Parry Sound

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 6,168 || 53.46% || 799 || 6.93% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|75.43% || 6,168 || 5,369 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 11,537

|style="text-align:left;" | Peel

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 8,228 || 48.88% || 279 || 1.66% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|78.68% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|7,949 || 8,228 || 657 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 16,834

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Perth

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 15,547 || 59.80% || 5,097 || 19.61% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|75.80% || 15,547 || 10,450 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 25,997

|style="text-align:left;" | Peterborough

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 10,603 || 48.30% || 1,102 || 5.02% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|80.18% || 10,603 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|9,501 || 1,849 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 21,953

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Port Arthur

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 8,006 || 56.34% || 3,066 || 21.58% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|73.92% || 8,006 || 4,940 || 1,263 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 14,209

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Prescott

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 6,357 || 53.91% || 1,788 || 15.16% || 70.53% || 6,357 || 865 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || style="background-color:#FFA07A;"|4,569 || – || – || 11,791

|style="text-align:left;" | Prince Edward—Lennox

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 7,470 || 50.69% || 202 || 1.37% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|77.80% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|7,268 || 7,470 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 0 || – || – || 14,738

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" |Rainy River

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 3,460 || 50.45% || 1,318 || 19.22% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|73.47% || 3,460 || 2,142 || 1,256 || – || – || – || – || – || – || 0 || – || – || 6,858

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Renfrew North

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 6,219 || 51.16% || 282 || 2.32% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|76.19% || 6,219 || 5,937 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 0 || – || – || 12,156

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Renfrew South

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 5,887 || 47.27% || 1,090 || 8.75% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|75.82% || 5,887 || 4,797 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 1,769 || – || – || 12,453

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Russell

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 6,481 || 58.65% || 3,415 || 30.90% || 67.89% || 6,481 || 3,066 || – || – || – || – || – || 1,504 || – || – || – || – || 11,051

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Sault Ste. Marie

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 7,134 || 49.47% || 646 || 4.48% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|77.42% || 7,134 || 6,488 || 798 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 14,420

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Simcoe Centre

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 8,375 || 54.19% || 1,294 || 8.37% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|77.08% || 8,375 || 7,081 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 15,456

|style="text-align:left;" | Simcoe East

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 7,606 || 50.34% || 103 || 0.68% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|71.31% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|7,503 || 7,606 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 15,109

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Stormont

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 10,409 || 64.33% || 4,638 || 28.67% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|71.94% || 10,409 || 5,771 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 16,180

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Sudbury

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 12,850 || 55.59% || 5,470 || 23.66% || 70.21% || 12,850 || 7,380 || – || – || – || 2,236 || – || – || – || 650 || – || – || 23,116

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Temiskaming

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 5,966 || 46.70% || 210 || 1.64% || 71.11% || 5,966 || 5,756 || 1,053 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 12,775

|style="text-align:left;" | Victoria

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 9,372 || 50.92% || 339 || 1.84% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|82.42% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|9,033 || 9,372 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 18,405

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Waterloo North

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 13,466 || 62.64% || 9,302 || 43.27% || 62.02% || 13,466 || 3,322 || 493 || – || – || – || 4,164 || – || – || – || – || 53 || 21,498

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Waterloo South

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 9,064 || 53.63% || 3,367 || 19.92% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|71.69% || 9,064 || 5,697 || 2,140 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 16,901

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Welland

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 9,994 || 53.78% || 2,946 || 15.85% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|73.93% || 9,994 || 7,048 || – || – || – || – || 1,542 || – || – || – || – || – || 18,584

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Wellington North

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 8,704 || 55.19% || 1,636 || 10.37% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|75.62% || 8,704 || 7,068 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 15,772

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Wellington South

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 8,897 || 54.69% || 2,091 || 12.85% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|78.59% || 8,897 || – || 566 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 6,806 || – || 16,269

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Wentworth

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 10,068 || 54.08% || 4,348 || 23.36% || 69.59% || 10,068 || 5,720 || 2,480 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 348 || 18,616

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Windsor—Walkerville

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 10,090 || 58.02% || 4,057 || 23.33% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|71.88% || 10,090 || 6,033 || style="background-color:#EEDDAA;"|1,269 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 17,392

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Windsor—Sandwich

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 9,155 || 61.79% || 5,694 || 38.43% || 61.08% || 9,155 || 3,461 || 2,063 || – || – || 138 || – || – || – || – || – || – || 14,817

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | York East

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 11,260 || 39.43% || 209 || 0.73% || 63.90% || 11,051 || 11,260 || 6,008 || – || – || – || – || 235 || – || – || – || – || 28,554

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | York North

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 10,867 || 53.11% || 2,680 || 13.10% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|71.89% || 10,867 || 8,187 || 1,058 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 350 || 20,462

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | York South

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 10,348 || 38.20% || 904 || 3.34% || 66.95% || 9,444 || 10,348 || 6,985 || – || – || – || – || 37 || – || – || 273 || – || 27,087

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | York West

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 11,607 || 44.55% || 1,200 || 4.61% || 57.90% || 11,607 || 10,407 || 2,622 || – || – || 1,307 || – || – || – || – || – || 110 || 26,053

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Beaches

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 7,915 || 42.29% || 725 || 3.87% || 68.09% || 7,190 || 7,915 || 3,611 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 18,716

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Bellwoods

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 11,772 || 68.72% || 6,712 || 39.18% || 65.34% || 11,772 || 5,060 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 298 || 17,130

|style="text-align:left;" | Bracondale

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 7,558 || 44.24% || 29 || 0.17% || 69.41% || 7,558 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|7,529 || 1,997 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 17,084

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Dovercourt

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 10,396 || 47.47% || 2,003 || 9.15% || 63.24% || 8,393 || 10,396 || 2,668 || 159 || – || 284 || – || – || – || – || – || – || 21,900

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Eglinton

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 14,809 || 48.75% || 1,104 || 3.63% || 71.07% || 14,809 || 13,705 || 1,861 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 30,375

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | High Park

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 9,443 || 46.95% || 2,152 || 10.70% || 64.43% || 7,291 || 9,443 || 3,380 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 20,114

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Parkdale

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 10,583 || 44.39% || 127 || 0.53% || 64.01% || 10,456 || 10,583 || 2,802 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 23,841

|style="text-align:left;" | Riverdale

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 11,082 || 46.23% || 2,761 || 11.52% || 66.19% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|8,321 || 11,082 || style="background-color:#EEDDAA;"|4,477 || – || – || – || – || – || 94 || – || – || – || 23,974

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | St. Andrew

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 6,434 || 36.80% || 151 || 0.86% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|71.31% || 6,434 || 3,888 || 878 || – || – || 6,283 || – || – || – || – || – || – || 17,483

|style="text-align:left;" | St. David

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 7,703 || 43.18% || 839 || 4.70% || 67.02% || 7,703 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|6,864 || 2,315 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 850 || 107 || 17,839

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | St. George

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 10,071 || 49.81% || 1,414 || 6.99% || 62.63% || 10,071 || 8,657 || – || – || – || 1,490 || – || – || – || – || – || – || 20,218

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | St. Patrick

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 6,161 || 48.45% || 672 || 5.28% || 64.58% || 6,161 || 5,489 || 947 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 119 || – || 12,716

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Woodbine

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 9,756 || 43.68% || 2,331 || 10.44% || 63.26% || 7,425 || 9,756 || 5,152 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 22,333

: = open seat

: = turnout is above provincial average

: = winning candidate was in previous Legislature

: = incumbent switched allegiance for the election

: = incumbency arose from byelection gain

: = other incumbents renominated

: = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada

: = multiple candidates

: = campaigned as CCF-Labour candidates

Analysis

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"

|+ Party candidates in 2nd place

! rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | Party in 1st place !! colspan="6"|Party in 2nd place !!rowspan="2"|Total

!Lib !!Con !!Lab !!F-Lab !!I-Lib !!I-Con

| ||58 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||62

|23 || || || || || ||23

| ||3 || || || || ||3

| ||1 || || || || ||1

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | Total

|23 ||63 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||90

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"

|+ Candidates ranked 1st to 5th place, by party

! style="text-align:left;" | Parties !!1st !!2nd !!3rd !!4th !!5th !!Total

|style="text-align:left;" |

|62 ||23 || || || ||85

|style="text-align:left;" |

|23 ||63 ||3 || || ||89

|style="text-align:left;" |

|3 || || || ||1 ||4

|style="text-align:left;" |

|1 ||1 ||5 ||1 || ||8

|style="text-align:left;" |

|1 || || || || ||1

|style="text-align:left;" |

| ||1 ||5 || || ||6

|style="text-align:left;" |

| ||1 ||2 ||3 ||1 ||7

|style="text-align:left;" |

| ||1 || ||4 || ||5

|style="text-align:left;" |

| || ||32 ||5 || ||37

|style="text-align:left;" |

| || ||3 ||3 ||1 ||7

|style="text-align:left;" |

| || ||2 || || ||2

|style="text-align:left;" |

| || ||1 ||7 ||3 ||11

|style="text-align:left;" |

| || ||1 || || ||1

|style="text-align:left;" |

| || ||1 || || ||1

|style="text-align:left;" |

| || ||1 || || ||1

|style="text-align:left;" |

| || || ||1 || ||1

Seats that changed hands

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"

|+ Elections to the 20th Parliament of Ontario – seats won/lost by party, 1934–1937

!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Party

!rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"|1934

!colspan="16"|Gain from (loss to)

!rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"|1937

! colspan="2"|Lib

! colspan="2"|Con

! colspan="2"|L-Pro

! colspan="2"|I-Lib

! colspan="2"|UFO

! colspan="2"|CCF

! colspan="2"|L-L

! colspan="2"|Ind

|64 || || ||3 ||(9) ||2 || || || || || ||1 || ||1 || || || ||62

|17 ||9 ||(3) || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||23

|5 || ||(2) || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||3

|– || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||1 || ||1

|1 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||1

|1 || ||(1) || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||–

|1 || || || || || || || ||(1) || || || || || || || || ||–

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Total ||90 ||9 ||(7) ||3 ||(9) ||2 ||– ||– ||(1) ||– ||– ||1 ||– ||1 ||– ||1 ||– ||90

There were 17 seats that changed allegiance in the election.

Liberal to Conservative

Dufferin—Simcoe
Fort William
Hastings West
Leeds
Peel
Prince Edward—Lennox
Riverdale
Simcoe East
Victoria

Conservative to Liberal

Bracondale
Peterborough
St. David

Liberal-Progressive to Liberal

Brant
Muskoka—Ontario

CCF to Liberal

Hamilton East

Liberal-Labour to Liberal

Kenora

Independent to Independent-Liberal

Brantford

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"

|+ Resulting composition of the 20th Legislative Assembly of Ontario

!colspan="2" rowspan="2"| Source !!colspan="6"|Party

| align="center" |Lib

| align="center" |Cons

| align="center" |Lib-Pr

| align="center" |UFO

| align="center" |I-Lib

!Total

|rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Seats retained ||style="text-align:left;"|Incumbents returned

|42 ||11 ||3 ||1 || ||57

|style="text-align:left;"|Open seats held

|13 ||3 || || || ||16

|rowspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Seats changing hands ||style="text-align:left;"|Incumbents defeated

|4 ||9 || || || ||13

|style="text-align:left;"|Byelection gain held

|1 || || || || ||1

|style="text-align:left;"|Incumbent changed allegiance

|2 || || || ||1 ||3

|colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Total

|62 ||23 ||3 ||1 ||1 ||90

1937 Ontario general election

Campaign

Outcome

Results

Vote and seat summaries

Synopsis of results

Analysis

Seats that changed hands

See also

Notes

References

Further reading