1948 Ontario general election

The 1948 Ontario general election was held on June 7, 1948, to elect the 90 members of the 23rd Legislative Assembly of Ontario (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the province of Ontario.

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| style="background:#ffd;" |Election 1945

| style="background:#ffd;" |June 4, 1945

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| style="background:#ffd;" |44.3

| style="background:#ffd;" |22.4

| style="background:#ffd;" |29.8

| style="background:#ffd;" |2.4

| style="background:#ffd;" |1.1

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Outcome

thumb|left|George Drew (right) in the offices of the Ontario Department of Transportation the day after his party's election victory

Despite winning a majority, Drew lost his own seat to temperance crusader Bill Temple. Instead of seeking a seat in a by-election, Drew left provincial politics to run for, and win, the leadership of the federal Progressive Conservative Party.

Drew was replaced as Ontario PC leader and premier by Thomas Kennedy on an interim basis, and then by Leslie Frost.

The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Farquhar Oliver, increased its caucus from 11 to 14, but lost the role of official opposition. Only one of the three Liberal-Labour MPPs sitting with the Liberal caucus, James Newman, was re-elected.

The social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (Ontario Section), led by Ted Jolliffe, formed the official opposition by increasing its caucus from 8 to 21 seats.

Two Toronto seats were won by Labor-Progressive Party MPPs J. B. Salsberg and A.A. MacLeod. The LPP was the official name of the Communist Party of Ontario. The LPP only ran two candidates, Salsberg and MacLeod, in 1948 down from 31 candidates in 1945.

Results

! scope="col" | Riding

! scope="col" colspan="8" | Winning party

! rowspan="3" scope="col" | Turnout<br />

! scope="col" colspan="11" | Votes

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

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

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

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

! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Margin<br />#

! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Margin<br />%

! scope="col" | PC

! scope="col" | Lib/

! scope="col" | CCF

! scope="col" | Lab-Pr

! scope="col" |

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

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

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

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

| 6,497 || 53.05% || 1,891 || 15.44% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|70.02% || 6,497 || 4,606 || 1,143 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 12,246

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

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

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

| 4,907 || 37.93% || 751 || 5.81% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|74.89% || 4,907 || 4,156 || 3,873 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 12,936

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

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

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

| 9,557 || 65.56% || 4,537 || 31.12% || 63.78% || 5,020 || 9,557 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 14,577

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

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

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

| 7,018 || 37.58% || 1,172 || 6.28% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|73.80% || 4,843 || 7,018 || 5,846 || – || – || style="background-color:#EABB94;"|966 || – || – || – || – || 18,673

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

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

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

| 7,171 || 46.81% || 636 || 4.15% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|74.45% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|6,535 || 7,171 || 1,614 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 15,320

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

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

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

| 9,343 || 61.88% || 5,971 || 39.55% || 61.12% || 9,343 || 3,372 || 2,100 || – || – || – || – || – || style="background-color:#90EE90;"|284 || – || 15,099

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

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

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

| 3,838 || 36.89% || 1,253 || 12.04% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|78.55% || 3,838 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|2,321 || 2,585 || – || – || – || – || – || 1,659 || – || 10,403

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

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

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

| 14,190 || 50.91% || 5,999 || 21.52% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|72.55% || 8,191 || 4,307 || 14,190 || – || – || – || – || – || 1,186 || – || 27,874

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

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

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

| 7,035 || 54.13% || 2,499 || 19.23% || 57.91% || 7,035 || 4,536 || 1,425 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 12,996

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

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

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

| 5,858 || 45.39% || 1,336 || 10.35% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|71.27% || 5,858 || 4,522 || 2,525 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 12,905

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

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

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

| 7,713 || 44.58% || 592 || 3.42% || 64.40% || 7,713 || 7,121 || 2,467 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 17,301

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

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

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

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

| 7,497 || 36.49% || 790 || 3.84% || 67.38% || 6,344 || 6,707 || 7,497 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 20,548

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

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

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

| 8,354 || 55.46% || 2,559 || 16.99% || 66.29% || 8,354 || 5,795 || 914 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 15,063

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

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

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

| 6,860 || 35.93% || 225 || 1.18% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|73.47% || 5,596 || 6,860 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|6,635 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 19,091

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

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

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

| 5,557 || 55.75% || 1,788 || 17.94% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|71.63% || 5,557 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|3,769 || – || – || – || – || – || – || 642 || – || 9,968

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

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

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

| 6,994 || 59.30% || 3,385 || 28.70% || 52.91% || 6,994 || 3,609 || 1,191 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 11,794

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

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

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

| 6,649 || 39.78% || 383 || 2.29% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|76.85% || 6,649 || 6,266 || 3,801 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 16,716

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

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

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

| 7,822 || 61.28% || 3,892 || 30.49% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|71.91% || 3,930 || 7,822 || 764 || – || – || – || – || – || 249 || – || 12,765

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

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

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

| 9,805 || 46.67% || 1,778 || 8.46% || 65.42% || 9,805 || 8,027 || 3,175 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 21,007

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

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

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

| 6,377 || 39.45% || 113 || 0.70% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|67.96% || 6,377 || 6,264 || 3,524 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 16,165

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

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

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

| 10,528 || 42.82% || 153 || 0.62% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|69.79% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|10,375 || 3,683 || 10,528 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 24,586

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

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

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

| 10,561 || 42.15% || 1,688 || 6.74% || 66.67% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|8,873 || 5,619 || 10,561 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 25,053

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

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

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

| 10,542 || 46.42% || 4,108 || 18.09% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|69.12% || 10,542 || 5,734 || 6,434 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 22,710

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

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

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

| 5,163 || 54.14% || 2,048 || 21.48% || 63.69% || 5,163 || 3,115 || 1,258 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 9,536

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

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

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

| 8,501 || 50.85% || 3,221 || 19.27% || 61.88% || 8,501 || 5,280 || 2,937 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 16,718

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

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

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

| 7,566 || 50.35% || 106 || 0.71% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|75.35% || 7,566 || 7,460 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 15,026

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

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

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

| 6,678 || 50.97% || 255 || 1.95% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|75.50% || 6,678 || 6,423 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 13,101

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

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

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

| 4,292 || 38.82% || 579 || 5.24% || 64.20% || 4,292 || style="background-color:#EEBBBB;"|3,713 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|3,051 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 11,056

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

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

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

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

| 7,536 || 55.06% || 1,385 || 10.12% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|77.18% || 6,151 || 7,536 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 13,687

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

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

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

| 9,825 || 50.75% || 291 || 1.50% || 62.38% || 9,825 || 9,534 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 19,359

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

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

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

| 7,367 || 46.42% || 1,008 || 6.35% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|67.97% || 7,367 || 6,359 || 2,143 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 15,869

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

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

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

| 5,632 || 47.85% || 511 || 4.34% || 66.08% || 5,632 || 5,121 || 1,018 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 11,771

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

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

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

| 7,765 || 48.90% || 2,495 || 15.71% || 66.15% || 7,765 || 5,270 || 2,845 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 15,880

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

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

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

| 10,077 || 65.43% || 5,879 || 38.17% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|67.91% || 10,077 || 4,198 || 1,127 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 15,402

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

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

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

| 9,018 || 51.94% || 2,605 || 15.00% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|74.41% || 9,018 || 6,413 || 1,932 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 17,363

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

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

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

| 13,826 || 41.69% || 3,297 || 9.94% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|71.26% || 13,826 || 8,361 || 10,529 || – || – || – || – || – || style="background-color:#90EE90;"|450 || – || 33,166

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

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

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

| 12,730 || 40.75% || 1,027 || 3.29% || 64.23% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|11,703 || 12,730 || 6,803 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 31,236

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

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

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

| 6,601 || 43.35% || 1,255 || 8.24% || 63.62% || 6,601 || 5,346 || 3,281 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 15,228

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

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

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

| 6,957 || 50.74% || 1,413 || 10.31% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|68.06% || 6,957 || 5,544 || 1,209 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 13,710

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

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

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

| 7,197 || 41.42% || 306 || 1.76% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|71.15% || 7,197 || 6,891 || 3,288 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 17,376

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

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

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

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

| 8,253 || 40.07% || 491 || 2.38% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|67.94% || 4,582 || 8,253 || 7,762 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 20,597

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

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

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

| 6,903 || 40.01% || 1,296 || 7.51% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|68.61% || 6,903 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|5,607 || 3,683 || – || – || – || – || – || 1,060 || – || 17,253

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

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

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

| 8,361 || 55.88% || 3,047 || 20.36% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|70.94% || 8,361 || 5,314 || 1,288 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 14,963

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

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

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

| 11,758 || 42.23% || 2,731 || 9.81% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|73.25% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|9,027 || 7,058 || 11,758 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 27,843

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

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

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

| 9,407 || 45.83% || 1,630 || 7.94% || 55.25% || 7,777 || 9,407 || 2,859 || – || – || – || – || – || 485 || – || 20,528

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

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

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

| 18,955 || 55.13% || 9,142 || 26.59% || 56.58% || 18,955 || 9,813 || 5,151 || – || – || – || – || – || 279 || 185 || 34,383

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

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

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

| 9,404 || 45.81% || 941 || 4.58% || 61.71% || 9,404 || 8,463 || 2,662 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 20,529

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

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

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

| 4,343 || 37.57% || 439 || 3.80% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|75.55% || 4,343 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|3,904 || 3,314 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 11,561

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

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

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

| 9,070 || 47.25% || 3,677 || 19.16% || 65.35% || 9,070 || 5,393 || 4,733 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 19,196

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

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

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

| 10,686 || 45.04% || 1,077 || 4.54% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|68.16% || 10,686 || 9,609 || 3,432 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 23,727

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

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

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

| 10,257 || 42.89% || 2,528 || 10.57% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|73.09% || 10,257 || 7,729 || 5,927 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 23,913

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

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

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

| 8,734 || 44.93% || 2,602 || 13.39% || 62.77% || 4,572 || 6,132 || 8,734 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 19,438

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

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

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

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

| 6,537 || 56.01% || 2,193 || 18.79% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|73.85% || 6,537 || 4,344 || 179 || – || – || – || – || – || 611 || – || 11,671

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

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

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

| 6,202 || 46.45% || 55 || 0.41% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|70.16% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|6,147 || 6,202 || – || – || – || 1,003 || – || – || – || – || 13,352

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

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

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

| 3,969 || 56.32% || 891 || 12.64% || 65.70% || 3,078 || style="background-color:#EEBBBB;"|3,969 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 7,047

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

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

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

| 5,864 || 44.51% || 377 || 2.86% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|72.32% || 5,864 || 5,487 || 1,824 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 13,175

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

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

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

| 6,744 || 54.07% || 1,743 || 13.97% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|69.49% || 6,744 || 5,001 || 728 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 12,473

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

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

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

| 5,292 || 41.89% || 697 || 5.52% || 58.29% || 5,292 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|4,595 || 1,611 || – || – || – || – || – || 1,134 || – || 12,632

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

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

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

| 6,514 || 41.77% || 1,433 || 9.19% || 67.36% || 5,081 || 4,000 || 6,514 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 15,595

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

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

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

| 5,791 || 41.73% || 1,782 || 12.84% || 67.22% || 5,791 || 4,009 || 1,805 || – || – || – || – || 1,766 || 506 || – || 13,877

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

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

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

| 6,376 || 43.17% || 1,002 || 6.78% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|71.60% || 6,376 || 5,374 || 3,018 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 14,768

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

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

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

| 6,729 || 39.96% || 250 || 1.48% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|72.01% || 6,729 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|6,479 || 2,976 || – || – || – || – || – || 655 || – || 16,839

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

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

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

| 8,892 || 29.01% || 279 || 0.91% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|72.57% || 8,892 || 6,949 || 5,821 || – || style="background-color:#EABB94;"|8,613 || – || – || – || 378 || – || 30,653

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

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

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

| 4,851 || 41.40% || 561 || 4.79% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|79.83% || 4,290 || 2,576 || 4,851 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 11,717

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

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

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

| 8,830 || 59.92% || 4,173 || 28.32% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|68.21% || 8,830 || 4,657 || 1,249 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 14,736

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

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

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

| 10,200 || 37.44% || 1,250 || 4.59% || 62.20% || 6,726 || 10,200 || 8,950 || – || – || style="background-color:#EABB94;"|1,371 || – || – || – || – || 27,247

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

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

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

| 7,210 || 35.68% || 705 || 3.49% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|69.85% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|6,505 || 6,495 || 7,210 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 20,210

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

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

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

| 8,961 || 36.33% || 11 || 0.04% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|72.48% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|6,756 || 8,961 || 8,950 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 24,667

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

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

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

| 7,764 || 53.05% || 893 || 6.10% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|71.06% || 6,871 || 7,764 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 14,635

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

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

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

| 6,913 || 36.97% || 666 || 3.56% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|78.82% || 6,913 || 6,247 || 5,541 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 18,701

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

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

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

| 13,190 || 46.35% || 2,327 || 8.18% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|67.98% || 10,863 || 4,405 || 13,190 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 28,458

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

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

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

| 7,730 || 41.51% || 1,422 || 7.64% || 53.63% || 7,730 || 4,585 || 6,308 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 18,623

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

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

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

| 10,781 || 53.46% || 5,213 || 25.85% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|70.32% || 10,781 || 3,624 || 5,568 || – || – || – || – || – || – || 192 || 20,165

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

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

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

| 21,628 || 42.81% || 881 || 1.74% || 63.76% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|20,747 || 7,772 || 21,628 || – || – || – || – || – || 370 || – || 50,517

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

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

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

| 10,444 || 39.21% || 1,902 || 7.14% || 66.63% || 10,444 || 7,653 || 8,542 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 26,639

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

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

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

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

| 19,320 || 49.52% || 4,465 || 11.44% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|67.97% || 14,855 || 4,838 || 19,320 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 39,013

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

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

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

| 18,627 || 43.41% || 2,383 || 5.55% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|69.42% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|16,244 || 8,041 || 18,627 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 42,912

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

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

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

| 9,910 || 44.03% || 440 || 1.96% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|71.98% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|9,470 || 3,126 || 9,910 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 22,506

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

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

| style="background-color:#FF6347;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lab-Pr

| 7,764 || 37.17% || 1,286 || 6.16% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|69.55% || 6,478 || 2,292 || 4,353 || 7,764 || – || – || – || – || – || – || 20,887

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

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

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

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

| 7,956 || 45.00% || 1,184 || 6.70% || 63.97% || 6,772 || 2,952 || 7,956 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 17,680

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

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

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

| 12,262 || 48.16% || 3,039 || 11.93% || 64.28% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|9,223 || 3,978 || 12,262 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 25,463

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

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

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

| 18,767 || 51.62% || 9,543 || 26.25% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|69.16% || 18,767 || 9,224 || 8,366 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 36,357

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

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

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

| 11,562 || 42.24% || 1,017 || 3.72% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|74.88% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|10,545 || 5,262 || 11,562 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 27,369

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

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

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

| 11,778 || 39.52% || 650 || 2.18% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|68.34% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|11,128 || 6,900 || 11,778 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 29,806

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

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

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

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

| 12,429 || 47.55% || 2,159 || 8.26% || 65.32% || 10,270 || 3,195 || 12,429 || – || – || – || – || – || – || 245 || 26,139

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

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

| style="background-color:#FF6347;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lab-Pr

| 9,890 || 49.40% || 4,926 || 24.61% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|71.22% || 4,964 || 1,757 || 3,408 || 9,890 || – || – || – || – || – || – || 20,019

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

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

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

| 8,539 || 41.39% || 676 || 3.28% || 66.08% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|7,863 || 3,908 || 8,539 || – || – || – || 253 || – || – || 69 || 20,632

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

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

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

| 10,161 || 45.23% || 2,711 || 12.07% || 61.19% || 10,161 || 4,853 || 7,450 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 22,464

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

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

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

| 6,946 || 44.06% || 1,597 || 10.13% || 66.48% || 6,946 || 3,469 || 5,349 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 15,764

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

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

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

| 12,986 || 47.36% || 2,292 || 8.36% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|68.97% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|10,694 || 3,516 || 12,986 || – || – || – || – || – || – || 222 || 27,418

: = 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

: = campaigned as a Social Credit candidate

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="5"|Party in 2nd place !!rowspan="2"|Total

!PC !!Lib !! LL !!CCF !! Ind-CCF

| ||43 ||1 ||8 ||1 ||53

|8 || || ||5 || ||13

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

|19 ||2 || || || ||21

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

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

|30 ||45 ||1 ||13 ||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;" |

|53 ||30 ||7 || || ||90

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

|21 ||13 ||45 ||2 || ||81

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

|13 ||45 ||28 ||2 || ||88

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

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

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

|1 ||1 || || || ||2

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

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

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

| || ||2 ||9 ||2 ||13

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

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

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

| || || ||3 ||2 ||5

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

|+ Resulting composition of the 23rd Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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

| align="center" |PC

| align="center" |CCF

| align="center" |Lib

| align="center" |L-L

| align="center" |Lab-Pr

!Total

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

|40 ||4 ||4 ||1 ||2 ||51

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

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

|rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Seats changing hands ||style="text-align:left;"|Incumbents defeated

|8 ||12 ||7 || || ||27

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

|1 ||4 ||2 || || ||7

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

|53 ||21 ||13 ||1 ||2 ||90

Seats that changed hands

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

|+ Elections to the 23rd Parliament of Ontario – seats won/lost by party, 1945–1948

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

!rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"|1943

!colspan="10"|Gain from (loss to)

!rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"|1945

! colspan="2"|PC

! colspan="2"|CCF

! colspan="2"|Lib

! colspan="2"|Lbr-P

! colspan="2"|L-L

|66 || || ||2 ||(15) ||7 ||(7) || || || || ||53

|8 ||15 ||(2) || || || ||(1) || || ||1 || ||21

|11 ||7 ||(7) ||1 || || || || || ||1 || ||13

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

|3 || || || ||(1) || ||(1) || || || || ||1

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Total ||90 ||22 ||(9) ||3 ||(16) ||7 ||(9) ||– ||– ||2 ||– ||90

There were 34 seats that changed allegiance in the election.

PC to CCF

Beaches
Bracondale
Dovercourt
Hamilton Centre
Hamilton East
High Park
Ontario
Parkdale
Riverdale
St. David
Waterloo South
Woodbine
York East
York South
York West

PC to Liberal

Brantford
Bruce
Kent East
London
Niagara Falls
Prince Edward—Lennox
Welland

CCF to PC

Kenora
Sudbury

CCF to Liberal

Fort William

Liberal to PC

Cochrane North
Glengarry
Nipissing
Parry Sound
Prescott
Russell
Stormont

Liberal-Labour to CCF

Essex North

Liberal-Labour to Liberal

Waterloo North

1948 Ontario general election

Outcome

Results

Analysis

Seats that changed hands

See also

Notes

References