2014 Ontario general election

The 2014 Ontario general election was held on June 12, 2014, to elect the members of the 41st Parliament of Ontario. The Liberal Party won a majority of seats in the legislature, allowing its leader, Kathleen Wynne, to continue as premier, moving from a minority to majority government. This was the Liberals' fourth consecutive win since 2003 and an improvement from their performance in the 2011 election.[2] The Progressive Conservatives under Tim Hudak were returned to the official opposition; following the election loss, Hudak announced his resignation as Progressive Conservative leader.[3] The New Democratic Party under Andrea Horwath remained in third place, albeit with an improved share of the popular vote.

2014 Ontario general election

June 12, 2014 (2014-06-12)
107 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario 54 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	51.3% (3.1pp)[1]
First party Second party Third party   Leader Kathleen Wynne Tim Hudak Andrea Horwath Party Liberal Progressive Conservative New Democratic Leader since January 26, 2013 June 27, 2009 March 7, 2009 Leader's seat Don Valley West Niagara West—Glanbrook Hamilton Centre Last election 53 seats, 37.65% 37 seats, 35.45% 17 seats, 22.74% Seats before 48 37 21 Seats won 58 28 21 Seat change 10 9 Popular vote 1,862,907 1,506,267 1,144,576 Percentage 38.65% 31.25% 23.75% Swing 1.00pp 4.20pp 1.01pp
Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. Riding names are listed at the bottom.
Premier before election Kathleen Wynne Liberal Premier after election Kathleen Wynne Liberal

The election was called on May 2, 2014, by Lieutenant Governor David Onley,[4] upon the recommendation of Wynne following the announcement that the NDP, whose support was critical to the survival of the Liberal's minority government in the Legislative Assembly, would vote against the Liberals' proposed budget.[5]

With the election, Wynne became the first gay woman to lead her party to a majority victory in an Ontario general election.[6]

Results

Summary analysis

Number of seats held by party in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (2014).

Popular vote party year votes change Liberal 2011    37.65% +1.00pp 2014    38.65% Conservative 2011    35.45% -4.20pp 2014    31.25% NDP 2011    22.74% +1.01pp 2014    23.75% Green 2011    2.92% +1.92pp 2014    4.84% Libertarian 2011    0.45% +0.36pp 2014    0.81% Others 2011    0.79% -0.09pp 2014    0.7%

Elections to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario - seats won/lost by party, 2011-2014

Party		2011	Gain from (loss to)					2014
			Lib		PC	NDP
	Liberal	53			7	3	(5)	58
	Conservative	37		(7)			(2)	28
	New Democratic	17	5	(3)	2			21
Total		107	5	(10)	9	3	(7)	107

Pairing off the top three parties, swings were calculated to be:

• PC to Liberal: 2.6%
• PC to NDP: 2.6%
• Liberal to NDP: insignificant

Regional analysis

Elections to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario - seats won by region (2014)

Party		Toronto	905 Belt	Ham/Niagara	Central	East	Midwest	Southwest	North	Total
	Liberal	20	14	4	5	7	4	1	3	58
	Conservative		2	1	6	7	6	4	2	28
	New Democratic	2	2	5			1	5	6	21
Total		22	18	10	11	14	11	10	11	107

Elections to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario - change in seats by region (2011-2014)

Party		Toronto	905 Belt	Ham/Niagara	Central	East	Midwest	Southwest	North	Total
	Liberal	3		1	4		1	(3)	(1)	5
	Conservative		(1)	(2)	(4)		(2)			(9)
	New Democratic	(3)	1	1			1	3	1	4

Detailed analysis

↓
58	28	21
Liberal	PC	NDP

Party		Votes			Seats
	Liberal	1,862,907	38.65%	1.00%	58 / 107 (54%)
	Progressive Conservative	1,506,267	31.25%	4.20%	28 / 107 (26%)
	New Democratic	1,144,576	23.75%	1.01%	21 / 107 (20%)
	Green	233,269	4.84%	1.92%	0 / 107 (0%)
	Libertarian	38,956	0.81%	0.36%	0 / 107 (0%)

Popular vote Liberal   38.65% PC   31.25% New Democratic   23.75% Green   4.84% Others   1.51%

Seats summary Liberal   54.21% PC   26.17% New Democratic   19.63%

Retention swing analysis between parties for the 2014 Ontario general election, compared to the results from the previous 2011 election.

Gallagher index for the results of the Ontario general election, 2014. There is significant distortion noted in the Liberal results.

Polling station in Toronto for the Ontario general election, 2014.

Summary of the standings of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Party		Party leader	Candidates	Seats				Popular vote[7]
				2011	Dissol.	2014	Change	#	%	Change
	Liberal	Kathleen Wynne	107	53	48	58	+5	1,862,907	38.65%	+1.00%
	Progressive Conservative	Tim Hudak	107	37	37	28	-9	1,506,267	31.25%	-4.20%
	New Democratic	Andrea Horwath	107	17	21	21	+4	1,144,576	23.75%	+1.01%
	Green	Mike Schreiner	107	0	0	0	-	233,269	4.84%	+1.92%
	Libertarian	Allen Small	74	0	0	0	-	38,956	0.81%	+0.36%
	Freedom	Paul McKeever	42	0	0	0	-	12,381	0.26%	+0.05%
	Family Coalition	Eric Ames (interim)	6	0	0	0	-	4,288	0.09%	-0.13%
	None of the Above	Greg Vezina	8	*	0	0	-	4,247	0.09%	-
	Independents and no affiliation		14	0	0	0	-	3,854	0.08%	-
	Communist	Elizabeth Rowley	11	0	0	0	-	2,290	0.05%	+0.02%
	Canadians' Choice	Bahman Yazdanfar	4	0	0	0	-	1,293	0.03%	+0.027%
	Vegan Environmental	Paul Figueiras	5	0	0	0	-	907	0.02%	+0.012%
	People's Political Party	Kevin Clarke	5	0	0	0	-	894	0.02%	+0.012%
	Northern Ontario Heritage	Edward Deibel	3	0	0	0	-	892	0.02%	=
	Special Needs	Danish Ahmed	3	0	0	0	-	709	0.01%	-0.01%
	Confederation of Regions	vacant	2	0	0	0	-	551	0.01%	=
	Trillium	Bob Yaciuk	2	*	0	0	-	397	0.01%	-
	Equal Parenting	Dennis Valenta	2	*	0	0	-	366	0.01%	-
	Socialist	Michael Laxer	2	0	0	0	-	361	0.01%	=
	Ontario Moderate Party	Yuri Duboisky	2	*	0	0	-	335	0.01%	-
	Pauper	John Turmel	3	0	0	0	-	194	<0.01%	=
	Declined Vote[8]							31,399	0.64%	+0.59%
	Vacant				1
Total			616	107	107	107		4,851,333

Principal races

Party candidates in 2nd place

Party in 1st place		Party in 2nd place			Total
		Lib	PC	NDP
	Liberal	–	43	15	58
	Progressive Conservative	22	–	6	28
	New Democratic	14	7	–	21
Total		36	50	21	107

Principal races, according to 1st and 2nd-place results

Parties		Seats
█ Liberal	█ Progressive Conservative	65
█ Liberal	█ New Democratic	29
█ Progressive Conservative	█ New Democratic	13
Total		107

Marginal seats

The following seats had a margin of victory of less than 5 percentage points in the election:

Marginal constituencies (Ontario general election, 2014)[9]
Constituency	Rank of parties			Margins		Result
	1st	2nd	3rd	1st vs 2nd	1st vs 3rd
Barrie	40.7%	36.1%	16.3%	4.6%	24.4%		Lib gain
Beaches—East York	40.1%	39.0%	13.9%	1.1%	26.2%		Lib gain
Durham	36.5%	34.3%	24.1%	2.2%	12.4%		Lib gain
Kitchener—Conestoga	36.4%	33.3%	21.2%	3.1%	15.2%		PC hold
Parkdale—High Park	40.8%	40.0%	12.8%	0.8%	28.0%		NDP hold
Sudbury	42.2%	39.4%	13.8%	2.8%	28.4%		NDP gain
Thornhill	44.0%	43.8%	8.1%	0.2%	35.9%		PC hold
Windsor West	41.4%	38.5%	14.4%	2.9%	27.0%		NDP gain

Maps

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  Support for Liberal Party candidates by riding
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  Support for Conservative Party candidates by riding
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  Support for New Democratic Party candidates by riding
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  Support for Green Party candidates by riding
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  Support for Libertarian Party candidates by riding

Timeline (2011–2014)

Seat changes

40th Legislative Assembly of Ontario - Movement in seats held from 2011 to 2014

Party		2011	Gain/(loss) due to			2014
			scope="col" Resignation	scope="col" Byelection hold	scope="col" Byelection upset
	Liberal	53	(8)	3		48
	Progressive Conservative	37	(2)	1	1	37
	New Democratic	17			4	21
	Vacant	–	1			1
Total		107	(9)	4	5	107

Changes in seats held (2011–2014)

Seat	Before				Change
	Date	Member	Party	Reason	Date	Member	Party
Kitchener—Waterloo	April 27, 2012	Elizabeth Witmer	█ PC	Resignation[a 1]	September 6, 2012	Catherine Fife	█ New Democratic
Vaughan	August 1, 2012	Greg Sorbara	█ Liberal	Resignation[a 2]	September 6, 2012	Steven Del Duca	█ Liberal
London West	February 14, 2013[10]	Chris Bentley	█ Liberal	Resignation[a 3]	August 1, 2013[11]	Peggy Sattler	█ New Democratic
Windsor—Tecumseh	February 14, 2013	Dwight Duncan	█ Liberal	Resignation[a 4]	August 1, 2013	Percy Hatfield	█ New Democratic
Ottawa South	June 12, 2013[12]	Dalton McGuinty	█ Liberal	Resignation	August 1, 2013	John Fraser	█ Liberal
Scarborough—Guildwood	June 27, 2013[13]	Margarett Best	█ Liberal	Resignation	August 1, 2013	Mitzie Hunter	█ Liberal
Etobicoke—Lakeshore	July 2, 2013[14]	Laurel Broten	█ Liberal	Resignation[a 5]	August 1, 2013	Doug Holyday	█ PC
Niagara Falls	September 24, 2013[15]	Kim Craitor	█ Liberal	Resignation	February 13, 2014[16]	Wayne Gates	█ New Democratic
Thornhill	December 31, 2013[17]	Peter Shurman	█ PC	Resignation	February 13, 2014	Gila Martow	█ PC
Brampton—Springdale	March 25, 2014[18]	Linda Jeffrey	█ Liberal	Resignation[a 6]			█ Vacant

1. after being appointed chair of the Workplace Safety & Insurance Board
2. former Chair of the Management Board of Cabinet and Minister of Finance
3. also from the positions of Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Minister of Energy
4. also from the positions of Minister of Finance and Minister of Government Services
5. also from her position as Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
6. resigning from the positions of Chair of Cabinet and Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, to run for Mayor of Brampton

Other developments

Date	Event
October 6, 2011	Election held for members of the Ontario Legislature in the 40th Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
November 22, 2011	The 40th Legislative Assembly of Ontario opens with a Speech from the throne.[19]
March 28, 2012	Dwight Duncan presents the Government's first minority budget, requiring support from at least one of the other two parties to ensure passage and avoid an early election.
April 10, 2012	NDP Leader Andrea Horwath makes several demands to be met in exchange for her party to support the Liberal budget, which support is necessary for the approval of the budget following Tim Hudak's outright rejection of it.[20]
June 15, 2012	Premier Dalton McGuinty states he will drop the writ if his budget is not passed.[21]
June 20, 2012	The budget bill is passed, after the NDP agrees to abstain, avoiding a summer election.[22]
October 15, 2012	Dalton McGuinty announces his resignation as Premier of Ontario and as Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party.[23]
January 26, 2013	Kathleen Wynne is elected Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party.[24]
February 11, 2013	Wynne is sworn in as Premier, and a new cabinet is sworn in.[25]
February 20, 2013	Wynne resumes the 40th Legislative Assembly of Ontario with a Speech of the Throne.
May 1, 2014	Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak announces that his caucus will be voting against the Liberals' budget, proposed earlier that day.
May 2, 2014	NDP leader Andrea Horwath announces that the NDP will be voting against the Liberals' proposed budget, triggering a spring election.[5] Following this, Premier Wynne formally asks Lieutenant Governor David Onley to dissolve the legislature and call an election for June 12, 2014.[26]
June 12, 2014	The Liberal Party wins a majority, claiming 58 ridings in the Ontario election.[27] Tim Hudak announced that he is stepping down from his leadership of the PC party.[28]
June 14, 2014	A judicial recount has been requested in the riding of Thornhill.[29]
June 24, 2014	A judge confirms results in Thornhill are in favour of the Progressive Conservatives.[30]

Opinion polls

Voting intention polls released throughout the election campaign were distinctly inconsistent and contradictory,[31][32][33][34] as shown in the graph and table below. During much of the campaign, different pollsters persistently disagreed, frequently by important margins, on whether the Liberals or Progressive Conservatives held the lead, though by the final days most polls showed the Liberals marginally to comfortably ahead. Still, polls completed on the last day of the campaign by Ipsos Reid and EKOS showed vastly divergent support for the NDP, at 30% and 19%, respectively. Also of note, although four different pollsters released results among "likely voters" alongside their results among all eligible voters in an effort to better predict the outcome of the election based on expected voter turnout, in all cases the former proved to be overall poorer predictors than the latter.[35]

General opinion polls

Evolution of voting intentions during the 2014 Ontario general election campaign. Dots represent results of individual polls. Lines connect successive polls by the same polling firm. Dashes on June 12 represent election results.

Polling firm	Last date of polling	Link	Liberal	PC	NDP	Green	Libertarian	Other	Type of poll	Sample size	Margin of Error
Election 2014	June 12, 2014	HTML	38.65	31.25	23.75	4.84		1.51	Ballot	4,851,333
Forum Research	June 11, 2014	PDF	41	35	20	3		1	IVR	1,054	±3%	19  20
EKOS^[2]	June 11, 2014	PDF	37.3	31.3	19.2	8.2		3.9	IVR	1,311	±2.7%	19  20
Abacus Data^[2]	June 11, 2014	PDF	35	32	26	6		1	Online	1,882	±2.3%	19  20
Ipsos Reid^[2]	June 11, 2014	HTML	33	31	30			5	Online	1,991	±2.4%
EKOS^[2]	June 10, 2014	PDF	36.6	30.2	21.5	6.6		5.0	IVR	1,332	±2.7%	19  20
Angus Reid^[2]	June 10, 2014	PDF	36	32	26	5		1	Online	1,866	±2.3%	19  20
Forum Research	June 9, 2014	PDF	42	35	19	3		1	IVR	739	±4%	19  20
Léger Marketing	June 9, 2014	PDF	37	37	20	5		1	Online	1,050	±3.2%	19  20
EKOS^[2]	June 9, 2014	PDF	34.7	34.5	19.8	6.7		4.3	IVR	1,417	±2.6%	19  20
EKOS^[2]	June 8, 2014	PDF	35.9	35.9	17.6	7.7		2.8	IVR	1,331	±2.7%	19  20
Oraclepoll Research	June 8, 2014	PDF	35	36	24	5			Telephone	1,000	±3.1%	19  20
Abacus Data^[2]	June 7, 2014	PDF	34	31	28	5		1	Online	1,000	±3.1%	19  20
EKOS^[2]	June 6, 2014	PDF	34.2	35.5	20.5	7.4		2.4	IVR	1,767	±2.3%	19  20
Ipsos Reid^[2]	June 6, 2014	HTML	35	35	26			4	Online	2,140	±2.4%
Forum Research	June 5, 2014	PDF	39	37	17	6		1	IVR	1,022	±3%	19  20
EKOS^[2]	June 5, 2014	PDF	33.9	34.9	20.5	8.4		2.3	IVR	1,690	±2.4%	19  20
EKOS^[2]	June 4, 2014	PDF	35.7	30.9	19.8	9.6		4.0	IVR	1,303	±2.7%	19  20
EKOS	June 3, 2014	PDF	36.4	31.0	19.3	8.4		4.9	IVR	997	±3.1%	19  20
EKOS	June 2, 2014	PDF	38.8	30.5	17.8	8.4		4.5	IVR	934	±3.2%	19  20
EKOS	June 1, 2014	PDF	38.5	33.7	16.9	7.8		3.0	IVR	927	±3.2%	19  20
Abacus Data^[2]	May 31, 2014	PDF	37	30	24	7		2	Online	1,000	±3.1%	19  20
Ipsos Reid^[2]	May 29, 2014	HTML	34	36	23			7	Online	868	±3.8%
Forum Research	May 27, 2014	PDF	36	36	20	7		1	IVR	882	±3%	19  20
Oraclepoll Research	May 27, 2014	PDF	32	36	25	7			Telephone	1,000	±3.1%	19  20
Nanos Research	May 26, 2014	PDF	37.7	31.2	23.7	5.3			Telephone	500	±4.4%	19  20
Abacus Data^[2]	May 24, 2014	PDF	34	32	25	6		2	Online	1,000	±3.1%	19  20
EKOS	May 23, 2014	PDF	35.8	30.0	20.4	11.9		1.9	IVR	1,215	±2.8%	19  20
Ipsos Reid^[2]	May 21, 2014	HTML	31	35	28			6	Online	800	±3.9%
Forum Research	May 20, 2014	PDF	41	34	20	4		1	IVR	1,136	±3%	19  20
Abacus Data^[2]	May 16, 2014	PDF	33	33	26	6		2	Online	2,000	±2.2%	19  20
EKOS	May 15, 2014	PDF	37.1	30.3	20.9	7.3		4.5	IVR	1,111	±2.9%	19  20
Ipsos Reid^[2]	May 14, 2014	HTML	30	39	24			7	Online	801	±3.9%
Forum Research	May 12, 2014	PDF	38	35	21	5		1	IVR	996	±3%	19  20
Ipsos Reid^[2]	May 9, 2014	HTML	31	37	28			4	Online	821	±3.9%
Innovative Research	May 6, 2014	PDF	38.8	32.8	19.9	6.5		2.0	Online	1,000	N/A^[1]
Innovative Research	May 6, 2014	PDF	38.7	32.8	23.7	4.3		0.5	Telephone	500	±4.4%	19  20
Oraclepoll Research	May 5, 2014	PDF HTML	31	42	25	3			Telephone	1,000	±3.2%	19  20
Forum Research	May 3, 2014	PDF	33	38	22	6		1	IVR	1,845	±2%	19  20
EKOS	May 1, 2014	PDF	34.7	31.6	22.2	9.4		2.0	IVR	1,576	±2.5%	19  20
Election 2011	October 6, 2011	PDF	37.65	35.45	22.74	2.92		1.24	Ballot	4,316,382

¹ Innovative Research states, for Province Wide Online Survey, "Margin of error not applicable, online samples not random."
² Data shown above for campaign-period polls are top-line results, typically among all eligible voters. However, certain pollsters additionally report results among "likely voters" in an effort to better predict the actual outcome of the election. When available, these alternative results are shown in the following table:

Likely voters

Polling firm	Last date of polling	Link	Liberal	PC	NDP	Green	Libertarian	Other
EKOS	June 11, 2014	PDF	42.2	35.9	16.9	2.9		2.1
Abacus Data	June 11, 2014	PDF	36	36	23	5		1
Ipsos Reid	June 11, 2014	HTML	30	36	30			4
EKOS	June 10, 2014	PDF	41.1	33.2	17.1	5.6		2.9
Angus Reid	June 10, 2014	PDF	34	36	24	5		1
EKOS	June 9, 2014	PDF	38.1	36.3	16.9	5.7		3.1
EKOS	June 8, 2014	PDF	42.2	35.4	13.9	6.4		2.0
Abacus Data	June 7, 2014	PDF	34	34	26	5		1
EKOS	June 6, 2014	PDF	40.7	35.7	16.3	5.6		1.8
Ipsos Reid	June 6, 2014	HTML	32	40	24			3
EKOS	June 5, 2014	PDF	39.5	35.6	16.7	6.6		2
EKOS	June 4, 2014	PDF	41.4	32.0	17.8	6.2		3
Abacus Data	May 31, 2014	PDF	37	35	22	5		2
Ipsos Reid	May 29, 2014	HTML	29	41	25			4
Abacus Data	May 24, 2014	PDF	36	33	24	6		1
Ipsos Reid	May 21, 2014	HTML	30	41	26			3
Abacus Data	May 16, 2014	PDF	33	36	25	5		1
Ipsos Reid	May 14, 2014	HTML	31	43	22			4
Ipsos Reid	May 9, 2014	HTML	28	42	27			2

Pre-campaign period

Evolution of voting intentions since the 40th Ontario general election on October 6, 2011. Points represent results of individual polls. Trend lines represent three-poll moving averages.

Pre-campaign period polling (October 2011 – April 2014)
Polling firm	Last date of polling	Link	Liberal	PC	NDP	Green	Type of poll	Sample size
Ipsos Reid	April 17, 2014	HTML	32	37	27	5	Online	813
Innovative Research	April 14, 2014	PDF	39	30	23	7	Online	800
Nanos Research	April 11, 2014	PDF	36.3	36.0	21.6	5.7	Telephone	503
Forum Research	April 7, 2014	PDF	31	38	23	7	IVR	928
Oraclepoll Research	April 7, 2014	PDF	35	34	24	8	Telephone	1,000
EKOS	April 3, 2014	PDF	32.3	27.4	29.0	8.3	IVR	1,234
Innovative Research	March 26, 2014	PDF	38	33	25	4	Online	1,017
Forum Research	March 24, 2014	PDF	35	32	25	7	IVR	908
Nanos Research	March 3, 2014	PDF	35.7	32.9	24.5	6.8	Telephone	500
Forum Research	February 25, 2014	HTML	32	35	26	6	IVR	1,014
Ipsos Reid	February 7, 2014	HTML	31	34	31	4	Online	828
Forum Research	January 25, 2014	HTML	33	36	26	4	IVR	1,222
Nanos Research	January 20, 2014	PDF	35.5	28.1	27.4	8.1	Telephone	500
Forum Research	December 18, 2013	HTML	31	38	24	5	IVR	1,044
Forum Research	November 26, 2013	PDF	32	38	23	6	IVR	1,126
Ipsos Reid	November 6, 2013	HTML	34	31	31	5	Online	832
Forum Research	October 25, 2013	HTML	31	34	27	7	IVR	1,049
Forum Research	October 1, 2013	HTML	33	36	23	7	IVR	1,093
Nanos Research	September 29, 2013	PDF	36.0	31.3	26.1	6.3	Telephone	500
Campaign Research	September 19, 2013	PDF	36	32	22	8	IVR	1,414
Abacus Data	September 4, 2013	PDF	30	33	30	5	Online	1,000
Forum Research	August 28, 2013	PDF	32	35	26	6	IVR	1,063
Innovative Research	August 27, 2013	HTML	37	30	22	10	Telephone	600
Forum Research	July 22, 2013	PDF	31	36	27	5	IVR	914
Nanos Research	July 14, 2013	PDF	37.2	30.6	27.0	4.9	Telephone	500
EKOS	July 9, 2013	PDF	31.9	28.9	25.9	9.4	IVR	830
Forum Research	June 26, 2013	PDF	33	35	24	8	IVR	1,037
Forum Research	May 28, 2013	PDF	38	34	21	6	IVR	918
EKOS	May 26, 2013	HTML	34.9	29.6	22.6	9.4	IVR	1,152
Ipsos Reid	May 21, 2013	HTML	34	34	26	5	Online	1,772
Abacus Data	May 9, 2013	PDF	34	34	25	6	Online	1,185
Innovative Research	May 9, 2013	PDF	37	30	25	6	Telephone	610
Forum Research	May 3, 2013	PDF	35	35	25	4	IVR	869
Forum Research	April 26, 2013	PDF	36	36	24	4	IVR	1,133
Ipsos Reid	April 17, 2013	HTML	28	37	29	6	Online	1,360
EKOS	April 10, 2013	PDF	30.8	31.7	25.5	9.7	IVR	1,084
Forum Research	March 27, 2013	PDF	33	35	26	5	IVR	1,156
Forum Research	March 1, 2013	PDF	32	32	29	5	IVR	2,773
Forum Research	February 20, 2013	PDF	29	36	28	5	IVR	1,053
Nanos Research	February 13, 2013	PDF	33.6	33.7	26.5	5.4	Telephone	500
EKOS	February 10, 2013	PDF	32.5	28.5	25.6	10.1	IVR	1,797
Abacus Data	February 6, 2013	PDF	30	33	31	5	Online	1,020
Innovative Research	January 29, 2013	PDF	31	30	27	9	Telephone	446
Forum Research	January 24, 2013	PDF	27	32	35	5	IVR	1,108
Forum Research	December 17, 2012	PDF	27	33	31	8	IVR	990
Abacus Data	December 8, 2012	PDF	28	35	31	5	Online	821
Forum Research	November 28, 2012	PDF	29	35	27	8	IVR	1,127
Oraclepoll Research	November 24, 2012	PDF	26	37	31	6	Telephone
Forum Research	October 31, 2012	PDF	22	37	32	7	IVR	1,102
Innovative Research	October 22, 2012	PDF	28	32	31	9	Telephone	600
Angus Reid	October 17, 2012	PDF	26	36	32	5	Online	802
Forum Research	September 25, 2012	PDF	20	37	35	7	IVR	851
Nanos Research	August 16, 2012	PDF	34.0	34.7	22.1	6.8	Telephone	1,000
Forum Research	August 15, 2012	PDF	27	38	28	6	IVR	1,021
Forum Research	June 15, 2012	PDF	26	38	30	5	IVR	1,098
Forum Research	June 4, 2012	PDF	28	36	30	4	IVR	1,038
Environics	May 25, 2012	PDF	25	37	28	10	Telephone	500
Forum Research	May 14, 2012	PDF	27	34	32	5	IVR	1,072
Nanos Research	May 13, 2012	PDF	31.0	33.6	28.5	5.6	Telephone	500
Forum Research	April 17, 2012	PDF	28	34	31	5	IVR	1,084
Nanos Research	April 15, 2012	PDF	35.4	32.1	26.5	6.0	Telephone	501
Environics	April 13, 2012	HTML	27	37	30	6	Telephone	500
Forum Research	March 28, 2012	PDF	30	34	30	5	IVR	1,131
Forum Research	March 13, 2012	PDF	28	40	23	8	IVR	1,065
Nanos Research	March 5, 2012	PDF	39.9	30.0	24.7	4.3	Telephone	500
Forum Research	February 15, 2012	PDF	32	36	26	5	IVR	1,218
Forum Research	January 18, 2012	PDF	33	41	20	4	IVR	1,041
Nanos Research	November 13, 2011	PDF	39.1	34.5	21.6	3.5	Telephone	500
Innovative Research	November 2, 2011	PDF	39	34	23	4	Online	545
Election 2011	October 6, 2011	PDF	37.65	35.45	22.74	2.92	Ballot	4,316,382

Incumbent MPPs not running for re-election

Liberals

• Rick Bartolucci, Sudbury[36]
• Donna Cansfield, Etobicoke Centre[37]
• John Gerretsen, Kingston and the Islands[38]
• Phil McNeely, Ottawa—Orléans[39]
• John Milloy, Kitchener Centre[40]

Progressive Conservative

• Frank Klees, Newmarket—Aurora[41][42]
• John O'Toole, Durham[43]

Candidates by region

East

Ottawa

Electoral District	Candidates													Incumbent
		Liberal		PC		NDP		Green		Libertarian		Other
Carleton—Mississippi Mills		Rosalyn Stevens		Jack MacLaren		John Hansen		Andrew West						Jack MacLaren
Nepean—Carleton		Jack Uppal		Lisa MacLeod		Ric Dagenais		Gordon Kubanek		Coreen Corcoran				Lisa MacLeod
Ottawa Centre		Yasir Naqvi		Rob Dekker		Jennifer McKenzie		Kevin O'Donnell		Bruce Faulkner		Larry Wasslen (Communist)		Yasir Naqvi
Ottawa—Orléans		Marie-France Lalonde		Andrew Lister		Prosper M'Bemba-Meka		Bob Bell		Gerald Bourdeau				Phil McNeely†
Ottawa South		John Fraser		Matt Young		Bronwyn Funiciello		Matt Lakatos-Hayward		Jean-Serge Brisson		Espoir Manirambona (Communist) John Redins (Special Needs)		John Fraser
Ottawa—Vanier		Madeleine Meilleur		Martin Forget		Hervé Ngamby		David Bagler		Phillip Richard				Madeleine Meilleur
Ottawa West—Nepean		Bob Chiarelli		Randall Denley		Alex Cullen		Alex Hill		Matthew Brooks				Bob Chiarelli

Eastern Ontario

Electoral District	Candidates													Incumbent
		Liberal		PC		NDP		Green		Libertarian		Other
Glengarry— Prescott—Russell		Grant Crack		Roxane Villeneuve Robertson		Isabelle Sabourin		Raymond St. Martin		Darcy Donnelly		Marc-Antoine Gagnier (Independent), Carl Leduc (Freedom)		Grant Crack
Kingston and the Islands		Sophie Kiwala		Mark Bain		Mary Rita Holland		Robert Kiley				Jonathan Reid (Freedom)		John Gerretsen†
Lanark—Frontenac— Lennox and Addington		Bill MacDonald		Randy Hillier		Dave Parkhill		Cam Mather						Randy Hillier
Leeds—Grenville		Christine Milks		Steve Clark		David Lundy		Steve Bowering		Harold Gabriel				Steve Clark
Prince Edward—Hastings		Georgina Thompson		Todd Smith		Merrill Stewart		Anita Payne		Lindsay Forbes				Todd Smith
Renfrew—Nipissing— Pembroke		Rod Boileau		John Yakabuski		Brian Dougherty		Benjamin Wright				Chad Beckwith-Smith (Independent), Murray Reid (Conf of Regions)		John Yakabuski
Stormont—Dundas— South Glengarry		John Earle		Jim McDonell		Elaine MacDonald		Sharron Norman		Shawn McRae				Jim McDonell

Central Ontario

Electoral District	Candidates													Incumbent
		Liberal		PC		NDP		Green		Libertarian		Other
Barrie		Ann Hoggarth		Rod Jackson		David Bradbury		Bonnie North		Darren Roskam				Rod Jackson
Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound		Ellen Anderson		Bill Walker		Karen Gventer		Jenny Parsons		Caleb Voskamp		Jamie Spence (Freedom)		Bill Walker
Dufferin—Caledon		Bobbie Daid		Sylvia Jones		Rehya Rebecca Yazbek		Karren Wallace		Daniel Kowalewski				Sylvia Jones
Durham		Granville Anderson		Mike Patrick		Derek Spence		Halyna Zalucky		Conner Toye				John O'Toole†
Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock		Rick Johnson		Laurie Scott		Don Abel		Arsalan Ahmad						Laurie Scott
Newmarket—Aurora		Chris Ballard		Jane Twinney		Angus Duff		Andrew Roblin		Jason Jenkins		Dorian Baxter (Cdns' Choice), Bob Yaciuk (Trillium)		Frank Klees†
Northumberland— Quinte West		Lou Rinaldi		Rob Milligan		Kira Mees		Gudrun Ludorf-Weaver						Rob Milligan
Peterborough		Jeff Leal		Scott Stewart		Sheila Wood		Gary Beamish				Andrea Gar Quiano (Socialist), Wayne Matheson (Freedom), Gerard Faux (Pauper), Brian Martindale (Independent)		Jeff Leal
Simcoe—Grey		Lorne Kenney		Jim Wilson		David Matthews		Jesseca Dudun						Jim Wilson
Simcoe North		Fred Larsen		Garfield Dunlop		Doris Middleton		Peter Stubbins						Garfield Dunlop
York—Simcoe		Loralea Carruthers		Julia Munro		Laura Bowman		Peter Elgie		Craig Wallace				Julia Munro

905 Belt

Durham & York

Electoral District	Candidates													Incumbent
		Liberal		PC		NDP		Green		Libertarian		Other
Ajax—Pickering		Joe Dickson		Todd McCarthy		Jermaine King		Adam Narraway		Kyle Stewart				Joe Dickson
Markham—Unionville		Michael Chan		Shan Thayaparan		Nadine Kormos Hawkins		Myles O'Brien		Allen Small				Michael Chan
Oak Ridges—Markham		Helena Jaczek		Farid Wassef		Miles Krauter		Emilia Melara		Karl Boelling		Gennady Vilensky (Trillium)		Helena Jaczek
Oshawa		Esrick Quintyn		Jerry Ouellette		Jennifer French		Becky Smit						Jerry Ouellette
Pickering— Scarborough East		Tracy MacCharles		Kevin Gaudet		Eileen Higdon		Anthony Navarro		Scott Hoefig		Matt Oliver (Freedom)		Tracy MacCharles
Richmond Hill		Reza Moridi		Vic Gupta		Adam DeVita		Rachael Lave		Igor Bily		Yuri Duboisky (Moderate)		Reza Moridi
Thornhill		Sandra Yeung Racco		Gila Martow		Cindy Hackelberg		David Bergart		Gene Balfour		Erin Goodwin (Freedom)		Gila Martow
Vaughan		Steven Del Duca		Peter Meffe		Marco Coletta		Matthew Pankhurst		Paolo Fabrizio				Steven Del Duca
Whitby—Oshawa		Ajay Krishnan		Christine Elliott		Ryan Kelly		Stacey Leadbetter				Douglas Thom (Freedom)		Christine Elliott

Brampton, Mississauga & Oakville

Electoral District	Candidates													Incumbent
		Liberal		PC		NDP		Green		Libertarian		Other
Bramalea—Gore— Malton		Kuldip Kular		Harjit Jaswal		Jagmeet Singh		Pauline Thornham						Jagmeet Singh
Brampton—Springdale		Harinder Malhi		Pam Hundal		Gurpreet Dhillon		Laila Zarrabi Yan				Elizabeth Hill (Communist)		Vacant
Brampton West		Vic Dhillon		Randeep Sandhu		Gugni Gill Panaich		Sayyeda Ebrahim		Luis Chacin		Ted Harlson (Freedom), Dan Sullivan (FamilyCoalition)		Vic Dhillon
Mississauga— Brampton South		Amrit Mangat		Amarjeet Gill		Kevin Troake		Kathy Acheson		Richard Levesque		Robert Alilovic (Independent), Kathleen Vezina (NOTA)		Amrit Mangat
Mississauga East— Cooksville		Dipika Damerla		Zoran Churchin		Fayaz Karim		Linh Nguyen		Levko Iwanusiw		Dolly Catena (EPP)		Dipika Damerla
Mississauga—Erindale		Harinder Takhar		Jeff White		Michelle Bilek		Vivek Gupta		Chris Jewell		Nabila Kiyani (FamilyCoalition), Greg Vezina (NOTA)		Harinder Takhar
Mississauga South		Charles Sousa		Effie Triantafilopoulos		Boris Rosolak		Lloyd Jones		James Judson		Andrew Weber (NOTA)		Charles Sousa
Mississauga—Streetsville		Bob Delaney		Nina Tangri		Anju Sikka		Scott Warner		Dave Walach		Alexander Vezina (NOTA)		Bob Delaney
Oakville		Kevin Flynn		Larry Scott		Che Marville		Andrew Chlobowski		David Clement		Silvio Ursomarzo (Freedom)		Kevin Flynn

Toronto

Scarborough

Electoral District	Candidates											Incumbent
		Liberal		PC		NDP		Green		Other
Scarborough—Agincourt		Soo Wong		Liang Chen		Alex Wilson		Pauline Thompson		Kevin Clarke (People's)		Soo Wong
Scarborough Centre		Brad Duguid		David Ramalho		Carol Baker		Edward Yaghledjian				Brad Duguid
Scarborough—Guildwood		Mitzie Hunter		Ken Kirupa		Shuja Syed		Jeffrey Bustard		Richard Kerr (Libertarian), Khalid Mokhtarzada (Freedom), John Sawdon (Cdns' Choice)		Mitzie Hunter
Scarborough—Rouge River		Bas Balkissoon		Raymond Cho		Neethan Shan		George Singh		Amir Khan (NOTA)		Bas Balkissoon
Scarborough Southwest		Lorenzo Berardinetti		Nita Kang		Jessie Macaulay		David Del Grande		Tyler Rose (Libertarian), Jean-Baptiste Foaleng (Independent)		Lorenzo Berardinetti

North York and North Toronto

Electoral District	Candidates													Incumbent
		Liberal		PC		NDP		Green		Freedom		Other
Don Valley East		Michael Coteau		Angela Kennedy		Akil Sadikali		Christopher McLeod		Wayne Simmons				Michael Coteau
Don Valley West		Kathleen Wynne		David Porter		Khalid Ahmed		Louis Fliss		Tracy Curley		Dimitrios Kabitsis (Communist), Patrick Boyd (Libertarian), Brock Burrows (Independent), Rosemary Waigh (Vegan Environ.)		Kathleen Wynne
Eglinton—Lawrence		Michael Colle		Robin Martin		Thomas Gallezot		Lucas McCann		Michael Bone		Erwin Sniedzins (Independent)		Michael Colle
Willowdale		David Zimmer		Michael Ceci		Alexander Brown		Teresa Pun						David Zimmer
York Centre		Monte Kwinter		Avi Yufest		John Fagan		Josh Borenstein		Laurence Cherniak				Monte Kwinter

Toronto & East York

Electoral District	Candidates															Incumbent
		Liberal		PC		NDP		Green		Libertarian		Freedom		Other
Beaches—East York		Arthur Potts		Nicolas Johnson		Michael Prue		Debra Scott		Alex Lindsay		Naomi Poley-Fisher				Michael Prue
Davenport		Cristina Martins		Lan Daniel		Jonah Schein		Daniel Stein		Nunzio Venuto		Franz Cauchi		Mariam Ahmad (Communist), Troy Young (People's)		Jonah Schein
St. Paul's		Eric Hoskins		Justine Deluce		Luke Savage		Josh Rachlis		John Kittredge		Mike Rita				Eric Hoskins
Toronto Centre		Glen Murray		Martin Abell		Kate Sellar		Mark Daye		Judi Falardeau		Chris Goodwin		Lada Alekseychuk (Special Needs), Drew Garvie (Communist), Robin Nurse (People's), Harvey Rotenberg (Vegan Environ.), Bahman Yazdanfar (Cdns' Choice)		Glen Murray
Toronto—Danforth		Rob Newman		Naomi Solomon		Peter Tabuns		Rachel Power		Thomas Armstrong		Tristan Parlette		Elizabeth Rowley (Communist), Ali Azaroghli (People's), Simon Luisi (Vegan Environ.), John Richardson (Cdns' Choice)		Peter Tabuns
Trinity—Spadina		Han Dong		Roberta Scott		Rosario Marchese		Tim Grant		Andrew Echevarria				Paul Figueiras (Vegan Environ.), Dan King (Special Needs)		Rosario Marchese

Etobicoke & York

Electoral District	Candidates															Incumbent
		Liberal		PC		NDP		Green		Libertarian		Freedom		Other
Etobicoke Centre		Yvan Baker		Pina Martino		Chris Jones		George Morrison		Alexander Bussmann		Andrew Kuess		John Martins (People's), Felicia Trigiani (Vegan Environ.)		Donna Cansfield†
Etobicoke—Lakeshore		Peter Milczyn		Doug Holyday		P. C. Choo		Angela Salewsky		Mark Wrzesniewski		Jeff Merklinger		Natalie Lochwin (Socialist), Ian Lytvyn (Moderate)		Doug Holyday
Etobicoke North		Shafiq Qaadri		Tony Milone		Nigel Barriffe		Kenny Robertson		Allan deRoo		James McConnell				Shafiq Qaadri
Parkdale—High Park		Nancy Leblanc		Jamie Ellerton		Cheri DiNovo		Tim Rudkins		Redmond Weissenberger		Melanie Motz		Matthew Vezina (NOTA)		Cheri DiNovo
York South—Weston		Laura Albanese		Andrew Ffrench		Paul Ferreira		Jessica Higgins				Eric Compton		Abi Issa (Independent)		Laura Albanese
York West		Mario Sergio		Karlene Nation		Tom Rakocevic		Keith Jarrett				Kayla Baptiste		Wally Schwauss (Independent)		Mario Sergio

Hamilton, Burlington & Niagara

Electoral District	Candidates													Incumbent
		Liberal		PC		NDP		Green		Libertarian		Other
Ancaster—Dundas— Flamborough—Westdale		Ted McMeekin		Donna Skelly		Alex Johnstone		Raymond Dartsch		Glenn Langton		Barry Spruce (Freedom)		Ted McMeekin
Burlington		Eleanor McMahon		Jane McKenna		Jan Mowbray		Meredith Cross		Charles Zach		Andrew Brannan (Freedom)		Jane McKenna
Halton		Indira Naidoo-Harris		Ted Chudleigh		Nik Spohr		Susan Farrant		Kal Ghory		Gerry Marsh (FamilyCoalition)		Ted Chudleigh
Hamilton Centre		Donna Tiqui-Shebib		John Vail		Andrea Horwath		Peter Ormond				Bob Mann (Communist), Peter Melanson (Freedom)		Andrea Horwath
Hamilton East— Stoney Creek		Ivan Luksic		David Brown		Paul Miller		Greg Zink		Mark Burnison		Britney Johnston (Freedom)		Paul Miller
Hamilton Mountain		Javid Mirza		Albert Marshall		Monique Taylor		Greg Lenko		Hans Wienhold		Brian Goodwin (Freedom)		Monique Taylor
Niagara Falls		Lionel Tupman		Bart Maves		Wayne Gates		Clarke Bitter		Ralph Panucci		John Beam (NOTA)		Wayne Gates
Niagara West—Glanbrook		David Mossey		Tim Hudak		Brian McCormack		Basia Krzyzanowski		Stefanos Karatopis		Geoff Peacock (Freedom)		Tim Hudak
St. Catharines		Jim Bradley		Mat Siscoe		Jennie Stevens		Karen Fraser		Nicholas Dushko		Saleh Waziruddin (Communist), Dave Unrau (Freedom)		Jim Bradley
Welland		Benoit Mercier		Frank Campion		Cindy Forster		Donna Cridland		Andrea Murik				Cindy Forster

Midwestern Ontario

Electoral District	Candidates													Incumbent
		Liberal		PC		NDP		Green		Libertarian		Other
Brant		Dave Levac		Phil Gillies		Alex Felsky		Ken Burns		Rob Ferguson		Brittni Mitchell (Freedom), John Turmel (Pauper)		Dave Levac
Cambridge		Kathryn McGarry		Rob Leone		Bobbi Stewart		Temara Brown		Allan Dettweiler				Rob Leone
Guelph		Liz Sandals		Anthony MacDonald		James Gordon		Mike Schreiner		Blair Smythe		Juanita Burnett (Communist)		Liz Sandals
Haldimand—Norfolk		Karen Robinson		Toby Barrett		Ian Nichols		Anne Faulkner		Brad Mottashed				Toby Barrett
Huron—Bruce		Colleen Schenk		Lisa Thompson		Jan Johnstone		Adam Werstine		Max Maister		Dennis Valenta (EPP), Andrew Zettel (FamilyCoalition)		Lisa Thompson
Kitchener Centre		Daiene Vernile		Wayne Wettlaufer		Margaret Johnston		Ronnie Smith		Patrick Bernier				John Milloy†
Kitchener—Conestoga		Wayne Wright		Michael Harris		James Villeneuve		David Weber		David Schumm				Michael Harris
Kitchener—Waterloo		Jamie Burton		Tracey Weiler		Catherine Fife		Stacey Danckert		James Schulz				Catherine Fife
Oxford		Dan Moulton		Ernie Hardeman		Bryan Smith		Mike Farlow		Devin Wright		Tim Hodges (Freedom)		Ernie Hardeman
Perth—Wellington		Stewart Skinner		Randy Pettapiece		Romayne Smith Fullerton		Chris Desjardins		Scott Marshall		Matthew Murphy (Independent), Irma DeVries (FamilyCoalition), Robby Smink (Freedom)		Randy Pettapiece
Wellington—Halton Hills		Dan Zister		Ted Arnott		Michael Carlucci		Dave Rodgers		Jason Cousineau		Mitch Sproule (Freedom)		Ted Arnott

Southwestern Ontario

Electoral District	Candidates													Incumbent
		Liberal		PC		NDP		Green		Libertarian		Other
Chatham-Kent—Essex		Terry Johnson		Rick Nicholls		Dan Gelinas		Ken Bell		Douglas McLarty				Rick Nicholls
Elgin—Middlesex—London		Serge Lavoie		Jeff Yurek		Kathy Cornish		John Fisher				Clare Maloney (Freedom)		Jeff Yurek
Essex		Crystal Meloche		Ray Cecile		Taras Natyshak		Mark Vercouteren						Taras Natyshak
Lambton—Kent—Middlesex		Mike Radan		Monte McNaughton		Joe Hill		James Armstrong		Matt Willson		Dave Durnin (Freedom), Bob Lewis (NOTA), Marinus Vander Vloet (FamilyCoalition)		Monte McNaughton
London—Fanshawe		Marcel Marcellin		Chris Robson		Teresa Armstrong		William Sorrell		Tim Harnick		Paul McKeever (Freedom), Ali Aref Hamadi (Independent)		Teresa Armstrong
London North Centre		Deb Matthews		Nancy Branscombe		Judy Bryant		Kevin Labonte				Dave McKee (Communist), Salim Mansur (Freedom), Michael Spottiswood (Pauper)		Deb Matthews
London West		Nick Steinburg		Jeff Bennett		Peggy Sattler		Keith McAlister				Al Gretzky (Freedom)		Peggy Sattler
Sarnia—Lambton		Anne Marie Gillis		Bob Bailey		Brian White		Kevin Shaw		Andrew Falby				Bob Bailey
Windsor—Tecumseh		Jason Dupuis		Brandon Wright		Percy Hatfield		Adam Wright		Timothy Marshall				Percy Hatfield
Windsor West		Teresa Piruzza		Henry Lau		Lisa Gretzky		Chad Durocher				Helmi Charif (Independent)		Teresa Piruzza

Northern Ontario

Electoral District	Candidates													Incumbent
		Liberal		PC		NDP		Green		Libertarian		Other
Algoma—Manitoulin		Craig Hughson		Jib Turner		Michael Mantha		Alexandra Zalucky		Richard Hadidian				Michael Mantha
Kenora—Rainy River		Anthony Leek		Randy Nickle		Sarah Campbell		Tim McKillop						Sarah Campbell
Nickel Belt		James Tregonning		Marck Blay		France Gélinas		Heather Dahlstrom						France Gélinas
Nipissing		Catherine Whiting		Vic Fedeli		Henri Giroux		Nicole Peltier		Derek Elliott		Patrick Clement (Independent)		Vic Fedeli
Parry Sound—Muskoka		Dan Waters		Norm Miller		Clyde Mobbley		Matt Richter				Andy Stivrins (Freedom)		Norm Miller
Sault Ste. Marie		David Orazietti		Rod Fremlin		Celia Ross		Kara Flannigan		Austin Williams				David Orazietti
Sudbury		Andrew Olivier		Paula Peroni		Joe Cimino		Casey Lalonde		Steve Wilson		J. David Popescu (Independent)		Rick Bartolucci†
Thunder Bay—Atikokan		Bill Mauro		Harold Wilson		Mary Kozorys		John Northey		Joe Talarico		Ed Deibel (N.Ont. Heritage)		Bill Mauro
Thunder Bay—Superior North		Michael Gravelle		Derek Parks		Andrew Foulds		Joseph LeBlanc		Tamara Johnson		Paul Sloan (N.Ont. Heritage)		Michael Gravelle
Timiskaming—Cochrane		Sébastien Goyer		Peter Politis		John Vanthof		Cody Fraser				Gino Chitaroni (N.Ont. Heritage)		John Vanthof
Timmins—James Bay		Sylvie Fontaine		Steve Black		Gilles Bisson		Bozena Hrycyna				Fauzia Sadiq (Conf of Regions)		Gilles Bisson

• † Indicates MPP not running for re-election.

Issues

Economy

Unemployment in Ontario was a major political issue. In particular, the manufacturing sector had shrunk by about 30% or more than 300,000 jobs since 2002.[44]

The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario proposed a plan called "Million Jobs Plan", outlining their strategy for job creation and economic growth. By reducing tax, government services, energy costs and regulations the PCs projected to create a cumulative 507,488 jobs over eight years.[45] The plan also called for the reduction of 100,000 civil service jobs. Economists and critics noted fundamental mathematical errors with the PCs' projections. They held, even if the PCs' own data were correctly tabulated, only 50,000 extra jobs would be created (in addition to the 500,000 that would be created anyway without any policy change).[46]

The Ontario Liberal Party proposed the 10 year "Jobs and Investment Plan", which proposed infrastructure investments as their main strategy to create jobs.[47]

The Ontario New Democratic Party platform called for targeted tax credits and incentives to encourage job creation.[48]

The Green Party of Ontario policy proposal stated that it would "focus on your job by lowering payroll taxes for small businesses" as well as investing in transit infrastructure and subsidising energy-saving home improvements.[49]

The Ontario Libertarian Party called for mass privatization, lower taxes and general deregulation, eliminating many business requirements such as permitting, insurance and certification that they considered to be interfering with job creation.[50] Their platform called for government spending to be limited to "only core functions of government; defending life, liberty, and property"[51] and as such would have eliminated industry subsidies or incentives of any kind, particularly in the energy sector.[52]

The Communist Party of Ontario called for raising the minimum wage to $19/hr as well as introducing a guaranteed annual income, nationalization of the domestic steel industry, and investments in public housing, infrastructure and social programs, while shifting taxes from lower to higher income-earners and businesses.[53]

Transit

Due to rapid urban and suburban expansion in southern Ontario, traffic congestion had been increasing greatly. A 2013 study by the CD Howe Institute determined that it was costing $7.5-11 billion annually for the economy of Toronto alone.[54][55]

The Liberals promised $29 billion in infrastructure spending, $15 billion of which would go towards building new transit (mostly LRT) lines in the GTHA, based on the outline of Metrolinx's The Big Move plan, as well as an LRT in Ottawa.[56][57] A high-speed rail line crossing the province from the southeast into Quebec was also planned. The PCs promised to finish building the Eglinton Crosstown, but cancel all the other planned lines, and instead focus on quickly expanding GO service.[58] The NDP plan was similar to the Liberal plan, but included an extra $1 billion to get certain projects built faster.[56]

Endorsements

Media endorsements

The following media outlets made endorsements during the campaign:

Liberal

• Toronto Star [59]
• Now [60]
• Torontoist [61]

Progressive Conservative

• Burlington Post ,[62] The Flamborough Review ,[63] Oakville Beaver [64] (Same editorial printed in several papers)
• The Globe and Mail [65] (endorsing a minority government)
• National Post [66]
• Ottawa Citizen [67]
• Toronto Sun ,[68] Ottawa Sun [69] (Identical editorial printed in multiple cities)
• Windsor Star [70]

New Democratic Party

• Sudbury Star [71] (endorsing a minority government)

Explicitly not endorsing any party

• Hamilton Spectator [72]
• The Kitchener-Waterloo Record [73]

Public figure endorsements

The media has reported the following endorsements by public figures during the campaign:

• Deputy Mayor of Toronto, and acting mayor, Norm Kelly endorsed Liberal leader Kathleen Wynne.[74]
• Mayor of Mississauga, Hazel McCallion endorsed Liberal leader Kathleen Wynne.[75]
• Mayor of Kitchener, Carl Zehr endorsed Liberal leader Kathleen Wynne.[76]

See also

• Independent candidates, 2014 Ontario provincial election

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