Ontario general election, 1999 Totally Explained

Everything about Ontario General Election 1999 totally explained

An Ontario general election was held on June 3, 1999, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada.
The governing Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, led by Premier Mike Harris, was re-elected to a second majority government.
It was the first election in which the Legislative Assembly of Ontario had a reduced number of seats. Previously, the province's riding boundaries were different from those used in federal elections. In the 1999 election, for the first time, provincial riding boundaries were redrawn to precisely match federal ridings, resulting in 27 fewer seats — and 27 fewer Members of Provincial Parliament — in the legislature.

Campaign

According to a poll released on the eve of the election, the Liberal Party entered the campaign with a lead over the Progressive Conservatives. This poll's accuracy was disputed by many, however, and even Liberal leader Dalton McGuinty cast doubt on it: noting that most polling companies claim to be accurate 19 times out of 20, he suggested that this might have been the 20th. Subsequent polls taken in the early period of the campaign showed the Progressive Conservatives with a commanding lead over the Liberals, in a manner more consistent with pre-election numbers.
   Harris's government had delivered large tax cuts and significantly reduced the deficit, but they'd also severely cut spending in the process. They had the support of the legendary Tory political machine, bolstered by a group of American experts imported from the United States' Republican Party. They targeted Dalton McGuinty as inexperienced ("Dalton McGuinty isn't up to the job" was a Tory campaign slogan), and attacked him for lacking a clear vision. This was successful due to McGuinty having a reputation for being uncomfortable and stiff in the media. During the leader's debates, McGuinty had a poor performance, being unable to explain his party's platform clearly and being compared to fictional serial killer Norman Bates by NDP leader Howard Hampton.
   The extensive use of attack ads and wedge issues by the Tories was a new development in Canadian politics, and some commentators worried the election process was becoming Americanized.
   The third major party, the Ontario New Democratic Party led by Howard Hampton, spent much the campaign battling the memory of Bob Rae's unpopular government in the early 1990s. Despite Hampton's efforts to reach out to labour, the NDP were substantially weakened as the major unions deserted them in favour of the Liberals, hoping to defeat the Tories by strategic voting.
   The province was enjoying strong economic growth at the time which also vindicated the Conservatives' deficit-cutting measures in the public. The Liberal Party managed to recover some support late in the campaign, but it wasn't enough and the Tories were re-elected with a second consecutive majority government.

Results

Party		Party Leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
Party		Party Leader	# of candidates	1995	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change	Progressive Conservative	Mike Harris	103	82	59	-28.0%	1,978,059	45.1%	+0.3%
Liberal	Dalton McGuinty	103	30	35	+16.7%	1,751,472	39.9%	+8.8%
New Democratic	Howard Hampton	103	17	9	-47.1%	551,009	12.6%	-8.0%
Green	Frank de Jong	57	-	-	-	30,749	0.7%	+0.3%	Family Coalition	Giuseppe Gori	37	-	-	-	24,216	0.6%	-0.9%	Natural Law	Ron Parker	73	-	-	-	19,491	0.4%	-	Freedom	Lloyd Walker	14	-	-	-	4,806	0.1%	-	Libertarian	Sam Apelbaum	7	-	-	-	2,337	0.1%	-0.1%	Communist	Hassan Husseini	4	-	-	-	814	0.02%	-	Confederation of Regions	2	-	-	-	282	0.01%	-	Reform	1	-	-	-	174	0.003%	-	Others	62	1	-	-100%	26,798	0.6%	-0.2%
Total			567	130	103	-20.8%	4,390,207	100%

Notes:

No fewer than 27 candidates affiliated with the Communist Party of Canada - Marxist-Leninist contested this election as independents. These candidates won a total of 7,194 votes.
The Reform Association of Ontario fielded one candidate.
Three independent candidates were members of the Humanist Party of Ontario.

It is possible that some independent candidates were actually members of these or other unregistered parties.

Constituency results

Ontario Regional Results

1. Ottawa

2. Eastern Ontario

3. Central Ontario

4. Southern Durham & York

5. Downtown Toronto

6. Suburban Toronto

7. Brampton, Mississauga & Oakville

8. Hamilton, Burlington & Niagara

9. Midwestern Ontario

10. Southwestern Ontario

11. Northern Ontario

Elections Ontario. The figures cited are the "Total Candidate's Campaign Expenses Subject to Limitation", and include transfers from constituency associations.
(Note: The official returns list Ray as a candidate of the Ontario Communist Party, rather than the Communist League. This, however, is an error.)

Ottawa-Carleton

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Nepean—Carleton || |John Baird
31,546 | |Gord Hunter
16,809 | |Craig Parsons
1,647 | |Bill Frampton (F) 386
Brian E. Jackson(NLP) 239 || |John Baird |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Ottawa Centre | |Ray Kostuck 15403 || |Richard Patten 17956 | |Elisabeth Arnold 11977 | |Chris Bradshaw(G) 1231
Wayne Foster(NLP) 170
Marvin Glass(Comm) 174
Mistahi Corkill (Ind [M-L]) 132 || |Richard Patten |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Ottawa—Orléans
aka Carleton—Gloucester || |Brian Coburn 24,356 | | Rene Danis 18,052 | |Jamie Gallant 1,195 | |Andre Clermont (G) 614
Luc Brisebois (Ind) 247
Richard Wolfson (NLP) 177 || |Gilles Morin † |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Ottawa South | |Mike Nicholson 19,337 || |Dalton McGuinty 22,707 | |James McLaren 2,655 | |George Brown(G) 724
Mag Carson (Ind [M-L]) 243
James Hea (NLP) 121 || |Dalton McGuinty |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Ottawa—Vanier | |Maurice Lamirande 12,605 || |Claudette Boyer 21,009 | |David Gagnon 4,163 | |Richard Briggs(G) 953
Pierrette Blondin (NLP) 580
Kevin Corkill (Ind [M-L]) 310 || |Bernard Grandmaître † |- |rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Ottawa West—Nepean |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3| Garry Guzzo 22,834 |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Rick Chiarelli 16,419 |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Alex Cullen 7,701 |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Richard Warman(G) 453
Megan Hnatiw (Ind [M-L]) 129
John C. Turmel (Ind) 94
Anthony Silvestro (CoR) 79
Lester Newby (NLP) 70 || |Garry Guzzo |- |colspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke align=center|Merged Riding |- || |Alex Cullen

Eastern Ontario

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Glengarry—
Prescott—Russell | |Alain Lalonde 17,364 || |Jean-Marc Lalonde 24,568 | |Stephane Landry 2,007 | |Mary Glasser (NLP) 425 || |Jean-Marc Lalonde |- |rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hastings—
Frontenac—Lennox and Addington |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Harry Danford 18,553 |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3|Leona Dombrowsky 20,395 |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Allan McPhail 3,008 |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Chris Bradshaw(G) 1231
Wayne Foster(NLP) 170
Marvin Glass(Comm) 174
Mistahi Corkill (Ind [M-L]) 132 || |Harry Danford |- |colspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke align=center|Merged Riding |- || |Bill Vankoughnet † |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kingston and the Islands | |Bob Pickering 14,487 || |John Gerretsen 26,355 | |Beth Pater 5,436 | |Chris Walker (G) 1174 Chris Beneteau (FCP) 546 Gerard Morris (NLP) 182 || |John Gerretsen |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lanark—Carleton || |Norm Sterling 31,364 | | Dwight Eastman 17,323 | |Sheila Sansome 2,713 | |J.J. Campbell (FCP) 1,450 Stuart Langstaff (G) 681 Angela Hea (NLP) 171 || |Norm Sterling |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Leeds—Grenville || |Bob Runciman 23,390 | | Don Cameron 17,307 | |Jim Murray 2,097 | |Ken Blackburn (G) 1,008 Britt Roberts (NLP) 244 || |Rob Runciman |- |rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Prince Edward-Hastings |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Gary Fox 17,931 |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 | Ernie Parsons 17,987 |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Bev Campbell 2,877 |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Shawn Talbot (G) 441 Marie Hineman (CoR) 203 Kevin River (Ind) 188 Trueman Tuck (Ind [IndependentReform]) 133 Sylvie Poirier (NLP) 111 || |Gary Fox |- |colspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke align=center|Merged Riding |- || |Doug Rollins † |- |rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Renfrew—
Nipissing—Pembroke |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Leo Jordan 17,738 |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3|Sean Conway 23435 |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Gerry Boyer 2,295 |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Thane Heins (G) 287 Andre Giordano (NLP) 172 || |Leo Jordan |- |colspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke align=center|Merged Riding |- || |Sean Conway |- |rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Stormont—Dundas—
Charlottenburgh |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Noble Villeneuve 19,635 |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3|John Cleary 20,275 |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Maggie MacDonald 2,012 |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Ian Campbell (NLP) 329 || |Noble Velleneuve |- |colspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke align=center|Merged Riding |- || |John Cleary

Central Ontario

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