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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.[1]
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.[2] 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.
| Candidates | Lib | Con | CCF | L-P | UFO | Lab | Frm-Lab | Ind | Ind-Lib | Ind-Con | Soc-Lab | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 32 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 68 | ||||||||
| 3 | 30 | 31 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 96 | |
| 4 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 72 | |
| 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 30 | ||
| 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
| Political party | Party leader | MPPs | Votes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | 1934 | Dissol. | 1937 | ± | # | % | ± (pp) | |||
| Liberal | Mitchell Hepburn | 85 | 64 | 66 | 62 | 2 | 769,747 | 48.99 | 2.43 | |
| Conservative | William Earl Rowe | 89 | 17 | 17 | 23 | 6 | 619,610 | 39.44 | 0.34 | |
| Liberal–Progressive | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 24,752 | 1.58 | 1.31 | ||
| Independent Liberal | 8 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20,776 | 1.32 | 0.53 | ||
| United Farmers | Farquhar Oliver | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |  | 7,296 | 0.46 | 0.09 | |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | John Mitchell[a 1] | 37 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 77,833 | 4.95 | 1.66 | |
| CCF-Labour | 2 | – | – | – | – | 5,746 | 0.37 | |||
| Independent | 7 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 4,039 | 0.26 | 0.96 | ||
| Liberal–Labour | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | Did not campaign | ||||
| Farmer–Labour | 6 | – | – | – | – | 14,675 | 0.93 | 0.89 | ||
| Labour | 7 | – | – | – | – | 11,807 | 0.75 | 0.74 | ||
| Independent Conservative | 5 | – | – | – | – | 8,270 | 0.53 | 0.50 | ||
| Labor–Progressive | 1 | – | – | – | – | 3,343 | 0.21 | 0.37% | ||
| Communist | 1 | – | – | – | – | 408 | 0.03 | |||
| Socialist Labour | 11 | – | – | – | – | 2,199 | 0.14 | 0.04 | ||
| Social Credit | 1 | – | – | – | – | 538 | 0.03 | New | ||
| Independent Labour | 1 | – | – | – | – | 94 | 0.01 | 0.02 | ||
| Total | 266 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 1,571,133 | 100.00% | ||||
| Blank and invalid ballots | 17,271 | |||||||||
| Registered voters / turnout | 2,238,230 | 71.29% | 2.32 | |||||||
- ↑ party president
| Party | Seats | Votes | Change (pp) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| █ Liberal | 62 / 90 | 48.99% | 2.43 | ||
| █ Conservative | 23 / 90 | 39.44% | -0.34 | ||
| █ Liberal–Progressive | 3 / 90 | 1.58% | -1.31 | ||
| █ Co-operative Commonwealth | 0 / 90 | 5.32% | -1.66 | ||
| █ Other | 2 / 90 | 4.67% | 0.88 | ||
Synopsis of results
| Riding | Winning party | Turnout [a 1] |
Votes | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name[a 2] | 1934 | Party | Votes | Share | Margin # |
Margin % |
Lib | Con | CCF [a 3] |
L-Prog | UFO | Lab | F-Lab | Ind | Ind-Lab | Ind-Lib | Ind-Con | Other | Total | |||
| Addington | Con | Con | 7,146 | 50.82% | 230 | 1.64% | 84.43% | 6,916 | 7,146 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14,062 | ||
| Algoma—Manitoulin | Lib | Lib | 7,092 | 50.94% | 576 | 4.14% | 74.61% | 7,092 | 6,516 | – | – | – | – | 313 | – | – | – | – | – | 13,921 | ||
| Brant | L-P | Lib | 9,115 | 74.93% | 6,065 | 49.86% | 63.52% | 9,115 | 3,050 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12,165 | ||
| Brantford | Ind | I-Lib | 8,094 | 53.71% | 2,602 | 17.27% | 72.24% | – | 5,492 | 1,483 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8,094 | – | – | 15,069 | ||
| Bruce | Lib | Lib | 8,739 | 56.36% | 1,972 | 12.72% | 73.02% | 8,739 | 6,767 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15,506 | ||
| Carleton | Con | Con | 6,956 | 58.41% | 3,262 | 27.39% | 66.76% | 3,694 | 6,956 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,258 | – | – | 11,908 | ||
| Cochrane North | Lib | Lib | 4,940 | 52.55% | 480 | 5.11% | 72.74% | 4,940 | 4,460 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9,400 | ||
| Cochrane South | Lib | Lib | 12,773 | 48.55% | 5,709 | 21.70% | 73.29% | 12,773 | 7,064 | – | – | – | – | 6,473 | – | – | – | – | – | 26,310 | ||
| Dufferin—Simcoe | Lib | Con | 8,484 | 53.22% | 1,027 | 6.44% | 73.46% | 7,457 | 8,484 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15,941 | ||
| Durham | Lib | Lib | 7,183 | 52.23% | 614 | 4.46% | 79.19% | 7,183 | 6,569 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13,752 | ||
| Elgin | Lib | Lib | 12,361 | 62.53% | 5,308 | 26.85% | 78.08% | 12,361 | 7,053 | 355 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19,769 | ||
| Essex North | Lib | Lib | 7,449 | 51.85% | 2,455 | 17.09% | 73.71% | 7,449 | 4,994 | 598 | – | – | – | 1,326 | – | – | – | – | – | 14,367 | ||
| Essex South | Lib | Lib | 7,755 | 63.51% | 3,300 | 27.03% | 64.95% | 7,755 | 4,455 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12,210 | ||
| Fort William | Lib | Con | 5,731 | 39.93% | 495 | 3.45% | 79.73% | 5,236 | 5,731 | 1,542 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,845 | – | – | 14,354 | ||
| Glengarry | Lib | Lib | 6,737 | 67.20% | 3,449 | 34.40% | 72.00% | 6,737 | 3,288 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10,025 | ||
| Grenville—Dundas | Con | Con | 9,288 | 54.99% | 1,685 | 9.98% | 74.84% | 7,603 | 9,288 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16,891 | ||
| Grey North | L-P | L-P | 8,511 | 54.21% | 2,339 | 14.90% | 77.28% | – | 6,172 | 1,016 | 8,511 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15,699 | ||
| Grey South | UFO | UFO | 7,296 | 54.95% | 1,314 | 9.90% | 71.83% | – | 5,982 | – | – | 7,296 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13,278 | ||
| Haldimand—Norfolk | Lib | Lib | 12,638 | 56.44% | 2,883 | 12.87% | 76.53% | 12,638 | 9,755 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22,393 | ||
| Halton | L-P | L-P | 7,832 | 55.50% | 1,874 | 13.28% | 75.80% | – | 5,958 | 238 | 7,832 | – | – | – | 83 | – | – | – | – | 14,111 | ||
| Hamilton East | CCF | Lib | 9,796 | 47.31% | 3,859 | 18.64% | 71.07% | 9,796 | 5,937 | 4,858 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 116 | 20,707 | ||
| Hamilton Centre | Lib | Lib | 11,959 | 54.97% | 5,839 | 26.84% | 68.33% | 11,959 | 6,120 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,676 | 21,755 | ||
| Hamilton—Wentworth | Lib | Lib | 11,559 | 60.83% | 5,550 | 29.21% | 73.01% | 11,559 | 6,009 | 1,434 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19,002 | ||
| Hastings East | Con | Con | 7,052 | 55.88% | 1,484 | 11.76% | 84.08% | 5,568 | 7,052 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12,620 | ||
| Hastings West | Lib | Con | 9,923 | 53.56% | 1,319 | 7.12% | 76.36% | 8,604 | 9,923 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18,527 | ||
| Huron | Lib | Lib | 7,042 | 50.86% | 1,180 | 8.52% | 76.42% | 7,042 | 5,862 | – | – | – | – | – | 942 | – | – | – | – | 13,846 | ||
| Huron—Bruce | Lib | Lib | 8,587 | 61.08% | 3,807 | 27.08% | 74.03% | 8,587 | 4,780 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 470 | 222 | – | 14,059 | ||
| Kenora | L-L | Lib | 6,597 | 59.27% | 2,064 | 18.54% | 67.40% | 6,597 | 4,533 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11,130 | ||
| Kent East | L-P | L-P | 8,250 | 71.45% | 4,953 | 42.89% | 71.04% | – | 3,297 | – | 8,250 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11,547 | ||
| Kent West | Lib | Lib | 10,991 | 77.72% | 7,840 | 55.44% | 55.16% | 10,991 | 3,151 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14,142 | ||
| Kingston | Con | Con | 8,014 | 50.59% | 187 | 1.18% | 82.28% | 7,827 | 8,014 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15,841 | ||
| Lambton East | Lib | Lib | 8,598 | 63.57% | 3,670 | 27.13% | 74.79% | 8,598 | 4,928 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13,526 | ||
| Lambton West | Lib | Lib | 8,341 | 61.28% | 3,070 | 22.55% | 75.29% | 8,341 | 5,271 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13,612 | ||
| Lanark | Con | Con | 9,103 | 54.37% | 1,462 | 8.73% | 74.22% | 7,641 | 9,103 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16,744 | ||
| Leeds | Lib | Con | 10,339 | 51.85% | 736 | 3.69% | 79.42% | 9,603 | 10,339 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19,942 | ||
| Lincoln | Lib | Lib | 12,547 | 48.40% | 1,146 | 4.42% | 72.76% | 12,547 | 11,401 | 1,975 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25,923 | ||
| London | Lib | Lib | 16,144 | 55.19% | 5,287 | 18.07% | 71.01% | 16,144 | 10,857 | 2,124 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 129 | 29,254 | ||
| Middlesex North | Lib | Lib | 8,476 | 59.90% | 2,801 | 19.79% | 73.29% | 8,476 | 5,675 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14,151 | ||
| Middlesex South | Lib | Lib | 8,370 | 67.22% | 4,289 | 34.45% | 67.04% | 8,370 | 4,081 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12,451 | ||
| Muskoka—Ontario | L-P | Lib | 9,720 | 52.09% | 781 | 4.19% | 77.63% | 9,720 | 8,939 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18,659 | ||
| Niagara Falls | Lib | Lib | 10,225 | 60.39% | 5,085 | 30.03% | 68.83% | 10,225 | 5,140 | 710 | – | – | – | 857 | – | – | – | – | – | 16,932 | ||
| Nipissing | Lib | Lib | 8,669 | 49.46% | 2,140 | 12.21% | 73.16% | 8,669 | 6,529 | – | – | – | – | – | 209 | – | 2,121 | – | – | 17,528 | ||
| Northumberland | Lib | Lib | 8,873 | 51.83% | 625 | 3.65% | 82.55% | 8,873 | 8,248 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17,121 | ||
| Ontario | Lib | Lib | 9,834 | 44.13% | 2,059 | 9.24% | 77.73% | 9,834 | 7,775 | 4,598 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 79 | 22,286 | ||
| Ottawa East | Lib | Lib | 16,920 | 79.65% | 13,134 | 61.82% | 67.75% | 16,920 | 3,786 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 538 | 21,244 | ||
| Ottawa South | Con | Con | 17,443 | 50.20% | 893 | 2.57% | 69.41% | 16,550 | 17,443 | – | – | – | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | 684 | 34,746 | ||
| Oxford | Lib | Lib | 11,812 | 53.84% | 2,712 | 12.36% | 74.87% | 11,812 | 9,100 | – | – | – | – | – | 1,029 | – | – | – | – | 21,941 | ||
| Parry Sound | Lib | Lib | 6,168 | 53.46% | 799 | 6.93% | 75.43% | 6,168 | 5,369 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11,537 | ||
| Peel | Lib | Con | 8,228 | 48.88% | 279 | 1.66% | 78.68% | 7,949 | 8,228 | 657 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16,834 | ||
| Perth | Lib | Lib | 15,547 | 59.80% | 5,097 | 19.61% | 75.80% | 15,547 | 10,450 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25,997 | ||
| Peterborough | Con | Lib | 10,603 | 48.30% | 1,102 | 5.02% | 80.18% | 10,603 | 9,501 | 1,849 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21,953 | ||
| Port Arthur | Lib | Lib | 8,006 | 56.34% | 3,066 | 21.58% | 73.92% | 8,006 | 4,940 | 1,263 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14,209 | ||
| Prescott | Lib | Lib | 6,357 | 53.91% | 1,788 | 15.16% | 70.53% | 6,357 | 865 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4,569 | – | – | 11,791 | ||
| Prince Edward—Lennox | Lib | Con | 7,470 | 50.69% | 202 | 1.37% | 77.80% | 7,268 | 7,470 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | 14,738 | ||
| Rainy River | Lib | Lib | 3,460 | 50.45% | 1,318 | 19.22% | 73.47% | 3,460 | 2,142 | 1,256 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | 6,858 | ||
| Renfrew North | Lib | Lib | 6,219 | 51.16% | 282 | 2.32% | 76.19% | 6,219 | 5,937 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | 12,156 | ||
| Renfrew South | Lib | Lib | 5,887 | 47.27% | 1,090 | 8.75% | 75.82% | 5,887 | 4,797 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,769 | – | – | 12,453 | ||
| Russell | Lib | Lib | 6,481 | 58.65% | 3,415 | 30.90% | 67.89% | 6,481 | 3,066 | – | – | – | – | – | 1,504 | – | – | – | – | 11,051 | ||
| Sault Ste. Marie | Lib | Lib | 7,134 | 49.47% | 646 | 4.48% | 77.42% | 7,134 | 6,488 | 798 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14,420 | ||
| Simcoe Centre | Lib | Lib | 8,375 | 54.19% | 1,294 | 8.37% | 77.08% | 8,375 | 7,081 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15,456 | ||
| Simcoe East | Lib | Con | 7,606 | 50.34% | 103 | 0.68% | 71.31% | 7,503 | 7,606 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15,109 | ||
| Stormont | Lib | Lib | 10,409 | 64.33% | 4,638 | 28.67% | 71.94% | 10,409 | 5,771 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16,180 | ||
| Sudbury | Lib | Lib | 12,850 | 55.59% | 5,470 | 23.66% | 70.21% | 12,850 | 7,380 | – | – | – | 2,236 | – | – | – | 650 | – | – | 23,116 | ||
| Temiskaming | Lib | Lib | 5,966 | 46.70% | 210 | 1.64% | 71.11% | 5,966 | 5,756 | 1,053 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12,775 | ||
| Victoria | Lib | Con | 9,372 | 50.92% | 339 | 1.84% | 82.42% | 9,033 | 9,372 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18,405 | ||
| Waterloo North | Lib | Lib | 13,466 | 62.64% | 9,302 | 43.27% | 62.02% | 13,466 | 3,322 | 493 | – | – | – | 4,164 | – | – | – | – | 53 | 21,498 | ||
| Waterloo South | Lib | Lib | 9,064 | 53.63% | 3,367 | 19.92% | 71.69% | 9,064 | 5,697 | 2,140 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16,901 | ||
| Welland | Lib | Lib | 9,994 | 53.78% | 2,946 | 15.85% | 73.93% | 9,994 | 7,048 | – | – | – | – | 1,542 | – | – | – | – | – | 18,584 | ||
| Wellington North | Lib | Lib | 8,704 | 55.19% | 1,636 | 10.37% | 75.62% | 8,704 | 7,068 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15,772 | ||
| Wellington South | Lib | Lib | 8,897 | 54.69% | 2,091 | 12.85% | 78.59% | 8,897 | – | 566 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6,806 | – | 16,269 | ||
| Wentworth | Lib | Lib | 10,068 | 54.08% | 4,348 | 23.36% | 69.59% | 10,068 | 5,720 | 2,480 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 348 | 18,616 | ||
| Windsor—Walkerville | Lib | Lib | 10,090 | 58.02% | 4,057 | 23.33% | 71.88% | 10,090 | 6,033 | 1,269 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17,392 | ||
| Windsor—Sandwich | Lib | Lib | 9,155 | 61.79% | 5,694 | 38.43% | 61.08% | 9,155 | 3,461 | 2,063 | – | – | 138 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14,817 | ||
| York East | Con | Con | 11,260 | 39.43% | 209 | 0.73% | 63.90% | 11,051 | 11,260 | 6,008 | – | – | – | – | 235 | – | – | – | – | 28,554 | ||
| York North | Lib | Lib | 10,867 | 53.11% | 2,680 | 13.10% | 71.89% | 10,867 | 8,187 | 1,058 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 350 | 20,462 | ||
| York South | Con | Con | 10,348 | 38.20% | 904 | 3.34% | 66.95% | 9,444 | 10,348 | 6,985 | – | – | – | – | 37 | – | – | 273 | – | 27,087 | ||
| York West | Lib | Lib | 11,607 | 44.55% | 1,200 | 4.61% | 57.90% | 11,607 | 10,407 | 2,622 | – | – | 1,307 | – | – | – | – | – | 110 | 26,053 | ||
| Beaches | Con | Con | 7,915 | 42.29% | 725 | 3.87% | 68.09% | 7,190 | 7,915 | 3,611 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18,716 | ||
| Bellwoods | Lib | Lib | 11,772 | 68.72% | 6,712 | 39.18% | 65.34% | 11,772 | 5,060 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 298 | 17,130 | ||
| Bracondale | Con | Lib | 7,558 | 44.24% | 29 | 0.17% | 69.41% | 7,558 | 7,529 | 1,997 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17,084 | ||
| Dovercourt | Con | Con | 10,396 | 47.47% | 2,003 | 9.15% | 63.24% | 8,393 | 10,396 | 2,668 | 159 | – | 284 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21,900 | ||
| Eglinton | Lib | Lib | 14,809 | 48.75% | 1,104 | 3.63% | 71.07% | 14,809 | 13,705 | 1,861 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 30,375 | ||
| High Park | Con | Con | 9,443 | 46.95% | 2,152 | 10.70% | 64.43% | 7,291 | 9,443 | 3,380 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20,114 | ||
| Parkdale | Con | Con | 10,583 | 44.39% | 127 | 0.53% | 64.01% | 10,456 | 10,583 | 2,802 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23,841 | ||
| Riverdale | Lib | Con | 11,082 | 46.23% | 2,761 | 11.52% | 66.19% | 8,321 | 11,082 | 4,477 | – | – | – | – | – | 94 | – | – | – | 23,974 | ||
| St. Andrew | Lib | Lib | 6,434 | 36.80% | 151 | 0.86% | 71.31% | 6,434 | 3,888 | 878 | – | – | 6,283 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17,483 | ||
| St. David | Con | Lib | 7,703 | 43.18% | 839 | 4.70% | 67.02% | 7,703 | 6,864 | 2,315 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 850 | 107 | 17,839 | ||
| St. George | Lib | Lib | 10,071 | 49.81% | 1,414 | 6.99% | 62.63% | 10,071 | 8,657 | – | – | – | 1,490 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20,218 | ||
| St. Patrick | Lib | Lib | 6,161 | 48.45% | 672 | 5.28% | 64.58% | 6,161 | 5,489 | 947 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 119 | – | 12,716 | ||
| Woodbine | Con | 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
| Party in 1st place | Party in 2nd place | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lib | Con | Lab | F-Lab | I-Lib | I-Con | |||
| Liberal | 58 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 62 | ||
| Conservative | 23 | 23 | ||||||
| Liberal–Progressive | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| United Farmers | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Independent Liberal | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 23 | 63 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 90 | |
| Parties | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| █ Liberal | 62 | 23 | 85 | |||
| █ Conservative | 23 | 63 | 3 | 89 | ||
| █ Liberal–Progressive | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| █ Independent Liberal | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | |
| █ United Farmers | 1 | 1 | ||||
| █ Farmer–Labour | 1 | 5 | 6 | |||
| █ Labour | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
| █ Independent Conservative | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||
| █ Co-operative Commonwealth | 32 | 5 | 37 | |||
| █ Independent | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||
| █ CCF-Labour | 2 | 2 | ||||
| █ Socialist Labour | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 | ||
| █ Communist | 1 | 1 | ||||
| █ Labor–Progressive | 1 | 1 | ||||
| █ Social Credit | 1 | 1 | ||||
| █ Independent Labour | 1 | 1 |
Seats that changed hands
| Party | 1934 | Gain from (loss to) | 1937 | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lib | Con | L-Pro | I-Lib | UFO | CCF | L-L | Ind | ||||||||||||
| Liberal | 64 | 3 | (9) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 62 | ||||||||||||
| Conservative | 17 | 9 | (3) | 23 | |||||||||||||||
| Liberal–Progressive | 5 | (2) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Independent-Liberal | – | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Farmers | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | 1 | (1) | – | ||||||||||||||||
| Liberal–Labour | 1 | (1) | – | ||||||||||||||||
| Independent | 1 | (1) | – | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 90 | 9 | (7) | 3 | (9) | 2 | – | – | (1) | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 90 | |
There were 17 seats that changed allegiance in the election.
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| Source | Party | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lib | Cons | Lib-Pr | UFO | I-Lib | Total | ||
| Seats retained | Incumbents returned | 42 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 57 | |
| Open seats held | 13 | 3 | 16 | ||||
| Seats changing hands | Incumbents defeated | 4 | 9 | 13 | |||
| Byelection gain held | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Incumbent changed allegiance | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 62 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 90 | |
See also
Notes
References
- ↑ "1937 General Election". Elections Ontario. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- ↑ "266 to contest Ontario seats". Montreal Gazette. September 30, 1937. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
- 1 2 "1937 General Election". elections.on.ca. Elections Ontario. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
- 1 2 "Vote by Constituencies in Provincial Election". Ottawa Citizen. October 7, 1937. p. 25. Supplementary correction for T.A. Blakelock (Halton) - he was nominated, and campaigned, as a Liberal-Progressive): "Blakelock Again Unanimous Choice". The Georgetown Herald. April 26, 1934. p. 2.
Further reading
- The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1937 and 1938. Toronto: The Annual Review Company. 1940.
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