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. 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

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;font-size:85%;line-height:14px;" align="center"

|+ Evolution of voting intentions at provincial level

! rowspan="2" | Polling firm

! rowspan="2" |Last day of survey

! rowspan="2" | Source

! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| PCO

! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| OLP

! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| OCCF

! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| Other

! rowspan="2" | Undecided

! rowspan="2" |

! rowspan="2" | Sample

|- style="line-height:5px;"

! style="background:;" data-sort-type="number"|

| style="background:#ffd;" |Election 1953

| style="background:#ffd;" |November 22, 1951

| style="background:#ffd;" |

| style="background:#ffd;" |48.5

| style="background:#ffd;" |31.5

| style="background:#ffd;" |19.1

| style="background:#ffd;" |0.9

| style="background:#ffd;" |

|Gallup

|October 1951

|style="background:#9999FF"|45

|41

|13

|Gallup

|February 1951

|style='background:#9999FF'|44

|39

|14

|21

| style="background:#ffd;" |Election 1948

| style="background:#ffd;" |June 7, 1948

| style="background:#ffd;" |

| style="background:#ffd;" |41.28

| style="background:#ffd;" |26.52

| style="background:#ffd;" |29.78

| style="background:#ffd;" |2.42

| style="background:#ffd;" |

Campaign

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

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

|+ Riding contests, by number of candidates (1951)

! Candidates

| align="center" |PC

| align="center" |Lib

| align="center" |L-L

| align="center" |CCF

| align="center" |Lab-Pr

| align="center" |I-PC

| align="center" |I-Lab

| align="center" |Ind

| align="center" |S-L

!Total

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

|13 ||13 || || || || || || || ||26

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

|64 ||62 ||2 ||64 || || || || || ||192

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

|12 ||12 || ||12 ||5 ||2 ||1 ||3 ||1 ||48

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

|1 ||1 || ||1 ||1 || || ||1 || ||5

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

|90 ||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.

Results

! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party

! rowspan=2 | Party leader

! colspan=5 | MPPs

! colspan=3 | Votes

! Candidates

!1948

!Dissol.

!1951

!±

! ± (pp)

|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

|1,776,616

|100.00%

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

|align="right"|23,834

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

|-style="background:#E9E9E9;"

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

|2,745,709

|65.57%

|2.09

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;"| || || ||

|style="text-align:left;"| /Liberal-Labour || || ||

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

Synopsis of results

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

|+ Results by riding - 1951 Ontario general election

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

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

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" scope="col" | 1948

! 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" | PC

! scope="col" | Lib/

! scope="col" | CCF

! scope="col" | Lab-Pr

! scope="col" |

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

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

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

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

! scope="col" style="background-color:#FF6347;"|

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

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

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

! scope="col" style="background-color:#F7C95E;"|

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

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

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

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

| 7,035 || 56.04% || 2,328 || 18.55% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|73.26% || 7,035 || 4,707 || 811 || – || – || – || – || – || 12,553

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

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

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

| 5,718 || 47.18% || 1,138 || 9.39% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|68.95% || 5,718 || 4,580 || 1,822 || – || – || – || – || – || 12,120

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

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

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

| 8,218 || 47.49% || 1,795 || 10.37% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|70.36% || 6,423 || 8,218 || 2,665 || – || – || – || – || – || 17,306

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

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

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

| 7,289 || 38.45% || 1,249 || 6.59% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|73.74% || 5,630 || 7,289 || 6,040 || – || – || – || – || – || 18,959

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

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

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

| 7,369 || 48.93% || 652 || 4.33% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|77.21% || 7,369 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|6,717 || 973 || – || – || – || – || – || 15,059

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

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

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

| 10,863 || 59.00% || 5,398 || 29.32% || 64.28% || 10,863 || 5,465 || 1,138 || – || 945 || – || – || – || 18,411

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

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

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

| 4,009 || 40.28% || 461 || 4.63% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|66.79% || 4,009 || 3,548 || 2,395 || – || – || – || – || – || 9,952

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

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

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

| 10,233 || 40.82% || 1,606 || 6.41% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|69.52% || 8,627 || 5,391 || 10,233 || 820 || – || – || – || – || 25,071

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

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

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

| 7,535 || 58.33% || 2,966 || 22.96% || 62.52% || 7,535 || 4,569 || 814 || – || – || – || – || – || 12,918

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

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

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

| 7,389 || 51.79% || 2,279 || 15.97% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|76.75% || 7,389 || 5,110 || 1,769 || – || – || – || – || – || 14,268

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

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

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

| 10,501 || 55.08% || 3,367 || 17.66% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|69.74% || 10,501 || 7,134 || 1,430 || – || – || – || – || – || 19,065

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

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

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

| 10,051 || 39.85% || 2,243 || 8.89% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|70.07% || 7,808 || 10,051 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|7,362 || – || – || – || – || – || 25,221

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

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

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

| 9,797 || 64.50% || 5,266 || 34.67% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|66.29% || 9,797 || 4,531 || 861 || – || – || – || – || – || 15,189

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

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

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

| 8,057 || 42.60% || 722 || 3.82% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|72.57% || 8,057 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|7,335 || 3,157 || – || – || – || 366 || – || 18,915

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

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

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

| 5,298 || 55.23% || 1,003 || 10.46% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|76.01% || 5,298 || 4,295 || – || – || – || – || – || – || 9,593

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

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

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

| 7,797 || 66.01% || 3,783 || 32.03% || 56.63% || 7,797 || 4,014 || 0 || – || – || – || – || – || 11,811

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

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

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

| 9,068 || 58.74% || 4,813 || 31.18% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|74.85% || 9,068 || 4,255 || 2,115 || – || – || – || – || – || 15,438

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

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

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

| 6,256 || 49.44% || 939 || 7.42% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|76.75% || 5,317 || 6,256 || 1,080 || – || – || – || – || – || 12,653

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

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

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

| 11,298 || 51.58% || 2,430 || 11.09% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|69.31% || 11,298 || 8,868 || 1,739 || – || – || – || – || – || 21,905

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

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

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

| 9,063 || 51.61% || 2,762 || 15.73% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|67.60% || 9,063 || 6,301 || 2,197 || – || – || – || – || – || 17,561

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

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

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

| 9,336 || 44.36% || 1,850 || 8.79% || 51.77% || 9,336 || 4,224 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|7,486 || – || – || – || – || – || 21,046

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

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

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

| 7,753 || 42.44% || 1,577 || 8.63% || 61.16% || 7,753 || 4,341 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|6,176 || – || – || – || – || – || 18,270

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

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

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

| 11,865 || 55.58% || 6,800 || 31.85% || 63.10% || 11,865 || 5,065 || 4,417 || – || – || – || – || – || 21,347

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

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

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

| 6,294 || 56.76% || 2,198 || 19.82% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|72.42% || 6,294 || 4,096 || 699 || – || – || – || – || – || 11,089

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

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

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

| 10,299 || 55.37% || 3,279 || 17.63% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|70.78% || 10,299 || 7,020 || 1,283 || – || – || – || – || – || 18,602

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

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

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

| 8,005 || 54.88% || 1,424 || 9.76% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|80.51% || 8,005 || 6,581 || – || – || – || – || – || – || 14,586

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

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

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

| 7,431 || 58.48% || 2,155 || 16.96% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|76.89% || 7,431 || 5,276 || – || – || – || – || – || – || 12,707

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

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

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

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

| 4,776 || 43.58% || 133 || 1.21% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|66.00% || 4,643 || style="background-color:#EEBBBB;"|4,776 || 1,541 || – || – || – || – || – || 10,960

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

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

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

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

| 6,891 || 56.75% || 1,640 || 13.51% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|72.82% || 6,891 || 5,251 || 0 || – || – || – || – || – || 12,142

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

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

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

| 12,194 || 55.26% || 3,858 || 17.48% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|68.55% || 12,194 || 8,336 || 1,536 || – || – || – || – || – || 22,066

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

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

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

| 9,924 || 57.34% || 3,518 || 20.33% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|74.21% || 9,924 || 6,406 || 978 || – || – || – || – || – || 17,308

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

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

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

| 6,610 || 58.35% || 1,891 || 16.69% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|67.25% || 6,610 || 4,719 || – || – || – || – || – || – || 11,329

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

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

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

| 10,814 || 59.13% || 5,983 || 32.72% || 64.16% || 10,814 || 4,831 || 2,642 || – || – || – || – || – || 18,287

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

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

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

| 12,071 || 77.56% || 9,109 || 58.53% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|70.02% || 12,071 || 2,962 || 531 || – || – || – || – || – || 15,564

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

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

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

| 10,658 || 61.01% || 3,848 || 22.03% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|74.32% || 10,658 || 6,810 || – || – || – || – || – || – || 17,468

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

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

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

| 15,477 || 45.61% || 5,887 || 17.35% || 65.01% || 15,477 || 9,590 || 8,032 || – || – || – || 834 || – || 33,933

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

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

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

| 13,926 || 47.38% || 3,112 || 10.59% || 61.06% || 13,926 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|10,814 || 4,655 || – || – || – || – || – || 29,395

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

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

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

| 8,607 || 49.29% || 2,981 || 17.07% || 57.63% || 8,607 || 5,626 || 3,229 || – || – || – || – || – || 17,462

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

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

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

| 8,461 || 58.27% || 3,324 || 22.89% || 65.08% || 8,461 || 5,137 || 922 || – || – || – || – || – || 14,520

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

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

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

| 9,370 || 54.17% || 2,807 || 16.23% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|73.86% || 9,370 || 6,563 || 1,364 || – || – || – || – || – || 17,297

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

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

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

| 10,209 || 48.79% || 3,263 || 15.59% || 61.57% || 6,946 || 10,209 || 3,769 || – || – || – || – || – || 20,924

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

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

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

| 8,219 || 46.73% || 1,409 || 8.01% || 65.11% || 8,219 || 6,810 || 2,561 || – || – || – || – || – || 17,590

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

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

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

| 10,140 || 62.43% || 4,039 || 24.87% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|78.11% || 10,140 || 6,101 || – || – || – || – || – || – || 16,241

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

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

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

| 12,054 || 40.17% || 2,178 || 7.26% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|71.44% || 9,876 || 7,806 || 12,054 || – || – || – || 268 || – || 30,004

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

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

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

| 10,722 || 50.08% || 2,275 || 10.63% || 58.34% || 8,447 || 10,722 || 2,242 || – || – || – || – || – || 21,411

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

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

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

| 19,908 || 55.98% || 7,464 || 20.99% || 59.72% || 19,908 || 12,444 || 3,212 || – || – || – || – || – || 35,564

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

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

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

| 10,026 || 45.17% || 196 || 0.88% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|68.16% || 10,026 || 9,830 || 2,338 || – || – || – || – || – || 22,194

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

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

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

| 6,348 || 60.24% || 2,158 || 20.48% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|68.87% || 6,348 || 4,190 || – || – || – || – || – || – || 10,538

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

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

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

| 12,528 || 56.61% || 6,817 || 30.80% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|66.22% || 12,528 || 5,711 || 3,893 || – || – || – || – || – || 22,132

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

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

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

| 11,697 || 50.21% || 2,577 || 11.06% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|69.05% || 11,697 || 9,120 || 2,477 || – || – || – || – || – || 23,294

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

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

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

| 14,442 || 58.48% || 6,802 || 27.54% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|67.14% || 14,442 || 7,640 || 2,614 || – || – || – || – || – || 24,696

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

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

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

| 7,758 || 37.38% || 1,586 || 7.64% || 63.89% || 7,758 || 5,447 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|6,172 || – || – || 1,375 || – || – || 20,752

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

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

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

| 7,046 || 57.11% || 1,960 || 15.89% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|76.77% || 7,046 || 5,086 || 56 || – || 149 || – || – || – || 12,337

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

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

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

| 7,565 || 54.30% || 1,197 || 8.59% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|100.23% || 7,565 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|6,368 || – || – || – || – || – || – || 13,933

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

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

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

| 3,633 || 44.04% || 470 || 5.70% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|72.52% || 3,633 || style="background-color:#EEBBBB;"|3,163 || 1,454 || – || – || – || – || – || 8,250

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

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

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

| 7,769 || 57.93% || 2,127 || 15.86% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|67.59% || 7,769 || 5,642 || – || – || – || – || – || – || 13,411

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

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

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

| 6,875 || 56.00% || 1,937 || 15.78% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|68.97% || 6,875 || 4,938 || 463 || – || – || – || – || – || 12,276

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

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

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

| 6,946 || 44.31% || 10 || 0.06% || 55.68% || 6,946 || 6,936 || 1,794 || – || – || – || – || – || 15,676

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

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

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

| 7,359 || 39.42% || 1,308 || 7.01% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|71.24% || 7,359 || 6,051 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|5,257 || – || – || – || – || – || 18,667

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

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

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

| 7,721 || 57.03% || 1,903 || 14.06% || 62.02% || 7,721 || 5,818 || – || – || – || – || – || – || 13,539

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

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

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

| 8,634 || 55.91% || 3,565 || 23.08% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|72.59% || 8,634 || 5,069 || 1,741 || – || – || – || – || – || 15,444

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

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

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

| 9,383 || 50.32% || 1,680 || 9.01% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|70.95% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|7,703 || 9,383 || 1,560 || – || – || – || – || – || 18,646

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

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

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

| 14,056 || 44.91% || 2,418 || 7.73% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|65.77% || 14,056 || 11,638 || 5,605 || – || – || – || – || – || 31,299

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

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

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

| 4,328 || 39.53% || 663 || 6.05% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|73.61% || 4,328 || 2,957 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|3,665 || – || – || – || – || – || 10,950

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

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

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

| 12,423 || 81.02% || 9,512 || 62.03% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|69.66% || 12,423 || 2,911 || – || – || – || – || – || – || 15,334

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

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

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

| 9,873 || 35.22% || 161 || 0.57% || 58.54% || 9,873 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|9,712 || 8,445 || – || – || – || – || – || 28,030

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

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

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

| 8,239 || 40.57% || 1,249 || 6.15% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|68.30% || 8,239 || 5,078 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|6,990 || – || – || – || – || – || 20,307

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

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

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

| 10,390 || 40.27% || 482 || 1.87% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|68.83% || 10,390 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|9,908 || 4,709 || 791 || – || – || – || – || 25,798

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

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

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

| 7,159 || 49.85% || 602 || 4.19% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|75.90% || 7,159 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|6,557 || 645 || – || – || – || – || – || 14,361

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

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

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

| 8,208 || 43.65% || 2,235 || 11.88% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|71.77% || 8,208 || 5,973 || 4,625 || – || – || – || – || – || 18,806

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

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

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

| 11,004 || 37.97% || 408 || 1.41% || 53.08% || 11,004 || 7,383 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|10,596 || – || – || – || – || – || 28,983

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

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

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

| 8,858 || 48.60% || 3,801 || 20.86% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|66.24% || 8,858 || 3,451 || 5,057 || 859 || – || – || – || – || 18,225

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

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

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

| 11,666 || 53.32% || 6,501 || 29.71% || 63.81% || 11,666 || 5,050 || 5,165 || – || – || – || – || – || 21,881

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

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

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

| 30,944 || 47.78% || 8,708 || 13.45% || 56.23% || 30,944 || 11,581 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|22,236 || – || – || – || – || – || 64,761

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

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

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

| 19,518 || 49.00% || 8,159 || 20.48% || 59.64% || 19,518 || 11,359 || 8,955 || – || – || – || – || – || 39,832

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

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

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

| 13,760 || 39.61% || 514 || 1.48% || 58.74% || 13,760 || 6,870 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|13,246 || 867 || – || – || – || – || 34,743

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

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

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

| 24,614 || 47.62% || 7,573 || 14.65% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|65.39% || 24,614 || 10,034 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|17,041 || – || – || – || – || – || 51,689

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

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

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

| 9,904 || 49.28% || 2,679 || 13.33% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|66.15% || 9,904 || 2,970 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|7,225 || – || – || – || – || – || 20,099

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

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

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

| 5,571 || 33.39% || 298 || 1.79% || 64.56% || 5,571 || 5,273 || 2,483 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|3,357 || – || – || – || – || 16,684

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

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

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

| 6,213 || 42.17% || 1,720 || 11.67% || 59.11% || 6,213 || 4,028 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|4,493 || – || – || – || – || – || 14,734

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

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

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

| 8,595 || 38.98% || 462 || 2.10% || 59.97% || 8,595 || 5,321 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|8,133 || – || – || – || – || – || 22,049

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

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

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

| 21,876 || 65.20% || 14,783 || 44.06% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|66.98% || 21,876 || 7,093 || 4,585 || – || – || – || – || – || 33,554

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

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

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

| 10,360 || 44.30% || 2,399 || 10.26% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|67.71% || 10,360 || 5,065 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|7,961 || – || – || – || – || – || 23,386

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

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

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

| 10,914 || 42.58% || 2,501 || 9.76% || 61.82% || 10,914 || 6,304 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|8,413 || – || – || – || – || – || 25,631

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

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

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

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

| 10,736 || 45.57% || 3,570 || 15.15% || 60.36% || 10,736 || 5,285 || 7,166 || – || – || – || – || 371 || 23,558

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

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

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

| 5,220 || 38.85% || 1,365 || 10.16% || 56.64% || 3,855 || 2,046 || 1,915 || 5,220 || – || – || 401 || – || 13,437

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

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

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

| 6,880 || 40.64% || 1,232 || 7.28% || 57.90% || 6,880 || 4,401 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|5,648 || – || – || – || – || – || 16,929

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

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

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

| 10,333 || 56.86% || 5,904 || 32.49% || 54.42% || 10,333 || 3,410 || 4,429 || – || – || – || – || – || 18,172

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

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

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

| 7,400 || 57.97% || 4,496 || 35.22% || 53.52% || 7,400 || 2,462 || 2,904 || – || – || – || – || – || 12,766

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

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

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

| 10,445 || 43.97% || 1,167 || 4.91% || 61.78% || 10,445 || 4,030 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|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

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

|+ Party candidates in 2nd place

! rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | Party in 1st place !! colspan="4"|Party in 2nd place !!rowspan="2"|Total

!PC !!Lib !! LL !!CCF

| ||57 ||1 ||21 ||79

|6 || || ||1 ||7

|1 || || || ||1

|2 || || || ||2

|1 || || || ||1

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

|10 ||57 ||1 ||22 ||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;" |

|79 ||10 ||1 || || ||90

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

|7 ||57 ||24 || || ||88

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

|2 ||22 ||50 ||3 || ||77

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

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

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

|1 || ||1 ||4 || ||6

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

|+ Resulting composition of the 24th Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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

| align="center" |PC

| align="center" |Lib

| align="center" |L-L

| align="center" |CCF

| align="center" |Lab-Pr

!Total

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

|44 ||5 || ||2 ||1 ||

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

|7 || || || || ||

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

|26 ||2 || || || ||

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

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

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

|79 ||7 ||1 ||2 ||1 ||90

Seats that changed hands

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

|+ Elections to the 24th Parliament of Ontario – seats won/lost by party, 1948–1951

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

!rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"|1948

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

!rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"|1951

! colspan="2"|PC

! colspan="2"|Lib

! colspan="2"|CCF

! colspan="2"|Lbr-P

! colspan="2"|L-L

|53 || || ||8 ||(1) ||18 || ||1 || || || ||79

|13 ||1 ||(8) || || ||1 || || || || || ||7

|21 || ||(18) || ||(1) || || || || || || ||2

|2 || ||(1) || || || || || || || || ||1

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

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Total ||90 ||2 ||(28) ||8 ||(2) ||19 ||– ||1 ||– ||– ||– ||90

There were 29 seats that changed allegiance in the election.

CCF to PC

Beaches
Bracondale
Dovercourt
Hamilton Centre
Hamilton East
High Park
Parkdale
Port Arthur
Riverdale
Sault Ste. Marie
St. David
Timiskaming
Waterloo South
Wentworth
Woodbine
York East
York South
York West

CCF to Liberal

Essex North

PC to Liberal

Stormont

PC to Liberal-Labour

Kenora

Liberal to PC

Bruce
Fort William
Kent East
London
Prince Edward—Lennox
Waterloo North
Welland
Wellington North

Labor-Progressive to PC

Bellwoods

Liberal-Labour to PC

Rainy River

1951 Ontario general election

Opinion Polls

Campaign

Outcome

Results

Vote and seat summaries

Synopsis of results

Analysis

Seats that changed hands

See also

References