The 2011 Ontario general election was held on October 6, 2011, to elect members of the

40th Legislative Assembly of Ontario The 40th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was a legislature of the government of the province of Ontario, Canada. The membership was set by the 2011 Ontario general election. It was controlled by a Liberal Party minority. The government was led ...

. The

Ontario Liberal Party The Ontario Liberal Party (OLP; french: Parti libéral de l'Ontario, PLO) is a political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. The party has been led by interim leader John Fraser since August 2022. The party espouses the principles of lib ...

was elected to a minority government, with the

Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (french: Parti progressiste-conservateur de l'Ontario), often shortened to the Ontario PC Party or simply the PCs, colloquially known as the Tories, is a centre-right political party in Ontario, Canad ...

(PC Party) serving as the

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and the

Ontario New Democratic Party The Ontario New Democratic Party (french: link=no, Nouveau Parti démocratique de l'Ontario; abbr. ONDP or NDP) is a social democracy, social-democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. The party currently forms the Leader of the Opposition ( ...

(NDP) serving as a third party. In the final result, Premier McGuinty's party fell one seat short of winning a majority government. Under amendments passed by the Legislature in December 2005, Ontario elections are now held on fixed dates: the first Thursday of October every four years. The

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was issued by

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on September 7, 2011. The election saw a then–record low

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of 48.2%, only to be surpassed by the

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with 43.53%.

Timeline

;2007 * October 10, 2007: Elections held for members of the Ontario Legislature in the

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. * November 29, 2007: The

officially opens with the

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. ;2008 * February 23, 2008:

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's continued leadership of the Progressive Conservative party is endorsed by 66.9% of delegates at a leadership review. * June 14, 2008:

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Dalton McGuinty Dalton James Patrick McGuinty Jr. (born July 19, 1955) is a former Canadian politician who served as the 24th premier of Ontario from 2003 to 2013. He was the first Liberal leader to win two majority governments since Mitchell Hepburn nea ...

receives the support of 95.4% of delegates from the Ontario Liberal Party's mandatory leadership review. * June 14, 2008: NDP leader

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announces he will be stepping down as party leader at the March 7, 2009 NDP leadership convention. ;2009 * January 9, 2009: Progressive Conservative MPP Laurie Scott announces her resignation from the legislature to allow party leader

, who has been without a seat since his defeat in

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in the 2007 election, to re-enter the legislature. * March 5, 2009: In the

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by-election following Scott's resignation, Tory is defeated by Liberal candidate Rick Johnson. * March 6, 2009: John Tory resigns as Progressive Conservative leader pending the selection of an interim party leader. * March 7, 2009:

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is elected leader of the Ontario NDP at the party's 2009 leadership convention. * June 27, 2009: Tim Hudak is elected leader of the Progressive Conservative party at its 2009 leadership election and also becomes the new Leader of the Opposition. * September 17, 2009:

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is elected as the MPP for the riding of St. Paul's following the resignation of Michael Bryant on June 7, 2009. * November 4, 2009:

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is affirmed as the new leader of the Green Party of Ontario, receiving 97% approval from the party membership defeating the None of the Above ballot option, in the 2009 leadership election. ;2010 * January 29, 2010:

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resigns his seat to accept appointment to the

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. * February 1, 2010: Jim Watson resigns his seat to run for Mayor in the

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* February 4, 2010: Glen Murray is elected as the MPP for the riding of

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following the resignation of

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on January 4, 2010. * March 4, 2010:

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is elected as the MPP for the riding of

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and

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is elected as the MPP for the riding of Leeds—Grenville. * December 16, 2010:

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resigned from cabinet to run for the federal Liberals in the riding of

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in the 2011 federal election. ;2011 * June 3, 2011:

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MPP

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dies of an aortic aneurysm. * September 7, 2011: Official election call, Premier McGuinty formally asks the Lt. Governor to dissolve the legislature. The campaign will be 29 days long. * September 21–30, 2011: Advance polling stations open for early voting from 10:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. * September 27, 2011: The televised

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aired on CBC,

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and

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, with Liberal leader and

, Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak and

New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party (NDP; french: Nouveau Parti démocratique, NPD) is a federal political party in Canada. Widely described as social democratic,The party is widely described as social democratic: * * * * * * * * * * * * ...

leader

. * October 6, 2011: Ontario general election from 9:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. EDT (8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. CDT in north-western part of the province).

Party leadership

In March 2009, PC Party leader

stepped down as leader, with Tim Hudak

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to be his successor. Also in March 2009,

replaced

as leader of the NDP at the

leadership election A leadership election is a political contest held in various countries by which the members of a political party determine who will be the leader of their party. Generally, any political party can determine its own rules governing how and when a l ...

. Thus, both the Progressive Conservatives and the NDP went into the election with a new leader.

Green Party of Ontario The Green Party of Ontario (GPO; french: Parti vert de l'Ontario) is a political party in Ontario, Canada. The party is led by Mike Schreiner. In 2018, Schreiner was elected as the party's first member of the Ontario Legislative Assembly. In th ...

leader

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stepped down in November 2009; their

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confirmed

as their new leader.

won 95 percent support for his leadership at an Ontario Liberal annual general meeting after the 2007 election, and ran again in 2011.

Party standings

Summary

Regional analysis

Detailed analysis

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, style="text-align:right;" , 107 , style="text-align:right;" , - , style="text-align:right;" , - , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 126,021 , style="text-align:right;" , 2.92% , style="text-align:right;" , -5.1% , style="text-align:left;" ,

Sam Apelbaum Sam Apelbaum is a politician in Ontario, Canada. A lawyer and real estate agent, he was leader of the Ontario Libertarian Party from 1996 to 2011. Like many other members of the Libertarian Party, Apelbaum believes in reducing government partici ...

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Elizabeth Rowley Elizabeth Rowley (born c. 1949) is the current leader of the Communist Party of Canada. A long-time politician, writer, and political activist, Rowley served as a school trustee in the former Toronto borough of East York. Before becoming leader o ...

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Michael Laxer Michael Laxer (born 1970) is a Canadian political activist and the former chairperson of the Socialist Party of Ontario. Background Laxer lives in the Toronto neighbourhood of Long Branch, in Etobicoke, where he and his wife own and operate a u ...

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John Turmel John C. Turmel (born February 22, 1951) is a perennial candidate for election in Canada, and according to the ''Guinness World Records'' holds the records for the most elections contested and for the most elections lost, having contested 105 el ...

, style="text-align:right;" , 2 , style="text-align:right;" , - , style="text-align:right;" , - , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 140 , style="text-align:right;" , < .01% , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="4", Vacant , style="text-align:right;" , 2 , style="text-align:center;" colspan="5" , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="3", Total , style="text-align:right;" , 655 , style="text-align:right;" , 107 , style="text-align:right;" , 107 , style="text-align:right;" , 107 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 4,316,382 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , -2.43% , - , colspan="11" style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" , Source:

Maps

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Candidates and local results

Incumbents not running for reelection

Opinion polls

Media endorsements

Liberals * ''

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'' * '' The Globe and Mail'' * ''

Hamilton Spectator ''The Hamilton Spectator'', founded in 1846, is a newspaper published weekdays and Saturdays in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. One of the largest Canadian newspapers by circulation,''The Hamilton Spectator'' is owned by Torstar. History ''The Ha ...

'' * ''

Ottawa Citizen The ''Ottawa Citizen'' is an English-language daily newspaper owned by Postmedia Network in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. History Established as ''The Bytown Packet'' in 1845 by William Harris, it was renamed the ''Citizen'' in 1851. The newsp ...

'' * ''

Sudbury Star ''The Sudbury Star'' is a Canadian daily regional newspaper published in Sudbury, Ontario. It is owned by the media company, Postmedia. It is the largest daily paper in Northeastern Ontario by circulation. History The ''Sudbury Star'' began as ...

'' * ''

Toronto Star The ''Toronto Star'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. The newspaper is the country's largest daily newspaper by circulation. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and pa ...

'' * ''

Waterloo Region Record The ''Waterloo Region Record'' (formerly ''The Record'') is the daily newspaper covering Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada, including the cities of Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge, as well as the surrounding area. Since December 1998, the ''Rec ...

'' * ''

Windsor Star The ''Windsor Star'' is a daily newspaper based in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Owned by Postmedia Network, it is published Tuesdays through Saturdays. History The paper began as the weekly ''Windsor Record'' in 1888, changing its name to the ''Bor ...

'' Progressive Conservatives * ''

Brampton Guardian The ''Brampton Guardian'' is a locally distributed, free, weekly community newspaper in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. History In the late 1950s, the Bramalea development began, under the oversight of Bayton Holdings Ltd., then Bramalea Consolidate ...

'' * ''Metroland Durham Region Media Group'' * ''

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'' Did not endorse * ''

Toronto Sun The ''Toronto Sun'' is an English-language tabloid newspaper published daily in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The newspaper is one of several ''Sun'' tabloids published by Postmedia Network. The newspaper's offices is located at Postmedia Place i ...

'', ''

Ottawa Sun The ''Ottawa Sun'' is a daily newspaper in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is published by Sun Media. It began publication in 1983 as the ''Ottawa Sunday Herald'', until it was acquired by (then) Toronto Sun Publishing Corporation in 1988. In Apri ...

References

External links

Elections Ontario

Elections Ontario, 2011 General Election

Election Almanac - Ontario Provincial Election 2011

Detailed interactive map of poll-level results
{{Ontario elections 2011 2011 in Ontario October 2011 events in Canada