The 2025 Ontario general election was held on February 27, 2025, to elect the 124 members of the

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. Premier Doug Ford's Progressive Conservatives were re-elected to a third consecutive

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, the first time a party has done so since

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. The PCs increased their vote share to 43%, however lost three seats compared to 2022. The

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led by

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retained its status as the Official Opposition, albeit with four fewer seats than in 2022 and whilst finishing a distant third in the popular vote. The Liberals finished over ten percentage points ahead of the NDP in the popular vote but won just fourteen seats, although this five-seat increase from 2022 was enough for the Liberals to regain

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in the legislature for the first time since

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. Liberal leader Bonnie Crombie however failed to win her seat in Mississauga East—Cooksville, losing to the PC candidate. The Greens held their two seats, although suffering a slight drop in popularity. Incumbent

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MPP Bobbi Ann Brady held her seat in Haldimand-Norfolk, winning the second-largest margin in the province.

Background

Under the Ontario ''Elections Act'', general elections must be held on the first Thursday in June in the fourth calendar year following the previous general election. As the previous election was held on June 2, 2022, this election was anticipated to be held on June 4, 2026. However, it had been speculated since early 2024 that Premier

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would call a

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to take advantage of a lead in the polls and fundraising, as well as a desire to hold the election before the next federal election, which, at that time, the federal Conservative Party under

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was considered extremely likely to win. This speculation was fueled in May 2024, when Ford refused to commit to the June 2026 date when asked by reporters at multiple press conferences for confirmation. On January 23, 2025, multiple news outlets reported that Ford would visit

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, the

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, on January 29 to ask for the 43rd Provincial Parliament to be dissolved, triggering an election to be held on February 27. This speculation was confirmed by Ford at a press conference on January 24. On January 28, he met with Dumont; the Provincial Parliament was formally dissolved, with a

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issued the next day. The election cost approximately $189 million.

Ridings

The Electoral Boundaries Act, 2015 increased the number of electoral districts from 107 to 122, following the boundaries set out by the federal 2013 Representation Order for Ontario, while preserving the special boundaries of the 11 seats in

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set out in the 1996 redistribution. The Far North Electoral Boundaries Commission, appointed in 2016, recommended the creation of the additional districts of

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and

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, carved out from the existing

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and Timmins—James Bay ridings, which accordingly raised the total number of seats to 124. This was implemented through the ''Representation Statute Law Amendment Act, 2017''. With the

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, Ontario was allotted 1 additional seat in the

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. On August 1, 2024, Premier Ford announced that Ontario would break with recent tradition and not adopt the federal electoral boundary changes for the next provincial election. As Northern Ontario lost a seat in the federal process, further adjustments would have been needed to maintain their extra provincial representation, which would have resulted in an extra additional riding.

Timeline

2022

*June 2: The

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under

won a second majority government in the 43rd Ontario general election.

leader

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and

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leader

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both announced their resignation on election night. *June 28: Toronto—Danforth MPP

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was named interim leader of the NDP, becoming Leader of the Official Opposition. *August 3:

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MPP John Fraser was named interim leader of the Liberals.

2023

*February 4:

was declared leader of the NDP, and became Leader of the Official Opposition. *December 2:

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was elected leader of the Liberals.

2025

* January 28:

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were dropped, dissolving the Legislature and officially starting the campaign. * February 13: Nominations close. * February 14: First leaders' debate, organized by Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities. * February 17: Second leaders' debate, organized by Broadcast Consortium. * February 27: Election day.

Seat changes

By-election results

Candidates

Incumbents not standing for re-election

As of the candidate nomination deadline, 12 incumbent MPPs chose not to run in the 2025 Ontario election:

Campaign

Ford's PCs launched their campaign in

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, in front of the

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. Stiles' NDP launched their campaign in

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, while Crombie's Liberals launched their campaign in

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. Schreiner's Green's launched their campaign with a speech in Queen's Park.

Contests

Issues

In January 2025, Ford began to state that he would need a "clear mandate" from voters to respond to the tariffs on Canadian imports to the United States threatened by new

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. Ford was caught on video saying that on the day of the 2024 U.S. presidential election he was "100% happy" that Trump won, until Trump threatened tariffs on Canada.

Party slogans

Endorsements

Debates

Results

Seats changing hands

PC to Liberal *

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* Don Valley North ''(previous PC member left the party and stood for reelection as an independent)'' * Etobicoke—Lakeshore * Kanata—Carleton ''(won by Liberals in 2023 by-election)'' * Nepean NDP to PC * Algoma—Manitoulin ''(previous NDP member left the party and stood for reelection as an independent)'' *

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NDP to Liberal * Toronto—St. Paul's NDP to Green * Kitchener Centre ''(won by Greens in 2023 by-election)''

Student Vote results

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Student Vote Ontario 2025

Opinion polls

Opinion polling for the 2025 Ontario general election

Footnotes

References

Opinion poll sources

External links

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