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Template:1943 Ontario provincial election

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Elections to the 21st Parliament of Ontario (1943)[a 1]
Political party Party leader MPPs Votes
Candidates 1937 Dissol. 1943 ± # % ± (pp)
Progressive Conservative George Drew 90 23 19 38 15Increase 469,672 35.75% 3.69Decrease
Co-operative Commonwealth Ted Jolliffe 86 34 34Increase 415,441 31.62% 26.30Increase
Liberal Harry Nixon 89 62 59 15 51Decrease 399,185 30.38% 20.65Decrease
Liberal–Progressive[a 2] 3 2
United Farmers[a 3] 1
Labour[a 4] 2 2 2Increase 11,888 0.90% 0.15Increase
Independent Liberal[a 5] 4 1 1 Steady 10,123 0.77% 0.55Decrease
Independent Labour 2 2,215 0.17% 0.16Increase
Independent 3 2,540 0.19% 0.06Decrease
Independent-CCF 1 1,566 0.12% New
Socialist Labour 3 740 0.06% 0.08Decrease
Soldier 2 569 0.04% New
Vacant 10
Total 282 90 90 90 1,313,939 100.00%
Blank and invalid ballots 10,746
Registered voters / turnout 2,269,895 58.36% 12.93Decrease
  1. ^ "1943 General Election (Summary)". elections.on.ca. Elections Ontario. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
  2. ^ Roland Patterson (Grey North), Thomas Aston Blakelock (Halton) and Douglas Munro Campbell (Kent East) ran as Liberal candidates in 1943.
  3. ^ Farquhar Oliver (Grey South) became a Liberal on February 24, 1941, upon joining the Cabinet.
  4. ^ A. A. MacLeod (Bellwoods) and J. B. Salsberg (St. Andrew) were elected under the Labour ticket, but switched to the new Labor-Progressive Party on its formation shortly after the election.
  5. ^ Morrison Mann MacBride (Brantford) died in June 1938. Mitchell Hepburn (Elgin) opted not to run as a Liberal candidate in 1943.
Seats and popular vote by party
Party Seats Votes Change (pp)
 Progressive Conservative
38 / 90
35.75%
-3.69
 
 Co-operative Commonwealth
34 / 90
31.62%
26.30 26.3
 
 Liberal/Lib-Prog/UFO
15 / 90
30.38%
-20.65
 
 Other
3 / 90
2.41%
-1.96