1955 Ontario general election

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| <- 1951 | June 9, 1955 | 1959 ->

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98 seats in the 25th Legislative Assembly of Ontario
50 seats were needed for a majority
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Leader  | Leslie Frost | Farquhar Oliver
Party  | Progressive Conservative | Liberal
Leader since  | April 27, 1949 | April 9, 1954
Leader's seat  | Victoria | Grey South
Last election  | 79  | 8
Seats won  | 83  | 11
Seat change  | 4  | 3
Percentage  | 48.5%  | 33.3%
Swing  | ±0.0pp | 1.8pp

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| Third party  |
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Leader  | Donald C. MacDonald |
Party  | Co-operative Commonwealth |
Leader since  | November 21, 1953 |
Leader's seat  | York South |
Last election  | 2  |
Seats won  | 3  |
Seat change  | 1  |
Percentage  | 16.5%  |
Swing  | 2.6pp |

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| Premier before election

Leslie Frost
Progressive Conservative

| Premier after election

Leslie Frost
Progressive Conservative

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The 1955 Ontario general election was held on June 9, 1955, to elect the 98 members of the 25th Legislative Assembly of Ontario (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the Province of Ontario.[1]

The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, led by Leslie Frost, won a fifth consecutive term in office, increasing its caucus in the legislature from 79 in the previous election to 83.

The Ontario Liberal Party, again led by Farquhar Oliver, won three additional seats in the enlarged legislature, increasing its caucus from 8 to 11, and continuing in the role of official opposition. Liberal-Labour MPP Albert Wren was re-elected and continued to sit with the Liberal caucus.

The social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), led by Donald C. MacDonald, won one additional seat, for a total of three.

The Labor-Progressive Party (which was the Communist Party) lost its last remaining seat with the defeat of J.B. Salsberg.

James Shannon Dempsey (Renfrew South) had his endorsement as a PC candidate withdrawn because of controversy over a political gift,[2] but he was reelected as an Independent PC.

## Pre-election developments

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### Franchise reform

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The Election Act, 1951[3] was significantly amended in 1954,[4] providing for the following changes to the right to vote in Ontario:

* removal of the disqualification from voting for having been paid to act on behalf of a candidate[5]
* removal of the disqualification from voting for being an inmate maintained in a home for the aged or a house of industry[6]
* extension of the franchise to all Indians living in the province, whether enfranchised or not under the Indian Act[7]
* removal from the voters' list for temporary absence because of being a student, a mariner, or a member of the Canadian, Commonwealth or allied forces[8]

### Expansion of Legislative Assembly

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For the first time since the 1934 election, the number of seats in the Legislature was adjusted, rising from 90 to 98.[9] The following changes were made:

* Addington became Frontenac—Addington
* London was divided into London North and London South
* Muskoka—Ontario was reduced to Muskoka, ceding its part of Ontario County to Ontario
* Nickel Belt was separated from Sudbury
* Oshawa was separated from Ontario
* Ottawa West was carved out from Carleton
* Wellington North became Wellington—Dufferin
* Part of Wentworth became Wentworth East
* York Centre was carved out from York North
* York—Humber was separated from York West
* York—Scarborough was ceded from York East

## Campaign

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Riding contests, by number of candidates (1955)[10] Candidates  | PC | Lib | LL | CCF | I-PC | Lab-Pr | Ind | I-Lib | SC | S-Lab | Total

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2  | 17 | 16 |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 34
3  | 46 | 44 | 2 | 46 | 1 | 1 |  |  | 1 |  | 141
4  | 31 | 31 |  | 31 |  | 27 | 4 |  |  |  | 124
5  | 3 | 3 |  | 3 |  | 3 | 1 | 1 |  | 1 | 15
Total  | 97 | 94 | 2 | 81 | 1 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 314

## Results

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Elections to the 25th Parliament of Ontario (1955)[10] Political party  | Party leader  | MPPs  | Votes

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Candidates  | 1951 | Dissol. | 1955  | ±  | #  | %  | ± (pp)
| Progressive Conservative | Leslie Frost | 97  | 79  |  | 83  | 4 | 846,592  | 48.06%  | 0.40
| Liberal | Farquhar Oliver | 94  | 7  |  | 10  | 3 | 577,774  | 32.80%  | 1.74
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Donald C. MacDonald | 81  | 2  |  | 3  | 1 | 291,410  | 16.54%  | 2.56
| Labor–Progressive | Stewart Smith | 31  | 1  |  | - | 1 | 20,875  | 1.19%  | 0.52
| Liberal–Labour |  | 2  | 1  |  | 1  |  | 7,305  | 0.41%  | 0.04
| Independent PC  |  | 1  | - | - | 1  | 1 | 7,033  | 0.40%  | 0.34
| Independent |  | 5  | - | - | - |  | 9,169  | 0.52%  | 0.41
| Independent Liberal  |  | 1  | - | - | - |  | 641  | 0.04%  | New
| Independent Social Credit  |  | 1  | - | - | - |  | 602  | 0.03%  | New
| Socialist Labour |  | 1  | - | - | - |  | 124  | 0.01%  |
| Independent Labour |  | - | - | - | - |  | Did not campaign
| Vacant  |  |  |
Total | 314 | 90 | 90 | 98 |  | 1,761,525 | 100.00% |
Blank and invalid ballots  | 22,622  |
Registered voters / turnout | 2,905,760 | 61.40% | 4.17
Seats and popular vote by party  Party | Seats | Votes | Change (pp)

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█ Progressive Conservative |

83 / 98

48.06%

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█ Liberal |

10 / 98

32.80%

| 1.74 |  | 1.74

█ Co-operative Commonwealth |

3 / 98

16.54%

| -2.56 |

█ Other |

2 / 98

2.60%

| 1.22 |  | 1.22

### Synopsis of results

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Results by riding - 1955 Ontario general election[10] Riding  | Winning party  | Turnout
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Name[a 2] | 1951 | Party  | Votes  | Share  | Margin
#  | Margin
%  | PC/UPC | Lib/LL | CCF  | Lab-Pr  | Ind | Oth | Total
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Algoma—Manitoulin |  | PC  |  | PC  | 5,725 | 44.37% | 900 | 6.98% | 69.54% | 5,725 | 4,825 | 2,352 | – | – | – | 12,902
Brant |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 8,582 | 52.06% | 3,251 | 19.72% | 60.28% | 5,331 | 8,582 | 2,571 | – | – | – | 16,484
Brantford |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 7,110 | 39.55% | 372 | 2.07% | 71.81% | 6,738 | 7,110 | 3,928 | 200 | – | – | 17,976
Bruce |  | PC  |  | Lib  | 8,609 | 54.43% | 1,918 | 12.13% | 83.40% | 6,691 | 8,609 | 518 | – | – | – | 15,818
Carleton |  | PC  |  | PC  | 5,153 | 63.65% | 2,210 | 27.30% | 55.97% | 5,153 | 2,943 | – | – | – | – | 8,096
Cochrane North |  | PC  |  | PC  | 5,943 | 54.02% | 3,310 | 30.09% | 64.55% | 5,943 | 2,425 | 2,633 | – | – | – | 11,001
Cochrane South |  | CCF  |  | PC  | 11,904 | 49.43% | 612 | 2.54% | 65.23% | 11,904 | – | 11,292 | 887 | – | – | 24,083
Dufferin—Simcoe |  | PC  |  | PC  | 7,778 | 62.09% | 3,731 | 29.78% | 57.70% | 7,778 | 4,047 | 702 | – | – | – | 12,527
Durham |  | PC  |  | PC  | 6,939 | 53.36% | 2,327 | 17.89% | 67.15% | 6,939 | 4,612 | 1,454 | – | – | – | 13,005
Elgin |  | PC  |  | PC  | 9,741 | 60.89% | 5,387 | 33.68% | 59.40% | 9,741 | 4,354 | 1,902 | – | – | – | 15,997
Essex North |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 10,200 | 38.79% | 649 | 2.47% | 66.30% | 9,551 | 10,200 | 6,546 | – | – | – | 26,297
Essex South |  | PC  |  | PC  | 8,080 | 56.71% | 1,912 | 13.42% | 60.45% | 8,080 | 6,168 | – | – | – | – | 14,248
Fort William |  | PC  |  | PC  | 8,868 | 46.78% | 3,950 | 20.84% | 71.05% | 8,868 | 4,788 | 4,918 | 383 | – | – | 18,957
Frontenac—Addington[a 3] |  | PC  |  | PC  | 6,508 | 62.39% | 3,114 | 29.85% | 65.67% | 6,508 | 3,394 | 529 | – | – | – | 10,431
Glengarry |  | PC  |  | PC  | 5,635 | 61.48% | 2,104 | 22.95% | 74.41% | 5,635 | 3,531 | – | – | – | – | 9,166
Grenville—Dundas |  | PC  |  | PC  | 7,921 | 63.56% | 3,379 | 27.11% | 59.61% | 7,921 | 4,542 | – | – | – | – | 12,463
Grey North |  | PC  |  | PC  | 8,910 | 52.74% | 1,876 | 11.10% | 81.23% | 8,910 | 7,034 | 950 | – | – | – | 16,894
Grey South |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 6,800 | 51.58% | 1,621 | 12.30% | 81.48% | 5,179 | 6,800 | 1,204 | – | – | – | 13,183
Haldimand—Norfolk |  | PC  |  | PC  | 12,914 | 56.73% | 4,074 | 17.90% | 71.41% | 12,914 | 8,840 | 1,011 | – | – | – | 22,765
Halton |  | PC  |  | PC  | 8,373 | 47.31% | 2,461 | 13.90% | 54.89% | 8,373 | 5,912 | 3,414 | – | – | – | 17,699
Hamilton Centre |  | PC  |  | PC  | 8,427 | 44.72% | 2,580 | 13.69% | 47.08% | 8,427 | 3,688 | 5,847 | 882 | – | – | 18,844
Hamilton East |  | PC  |  | PC  | 7,444 | 36.13% | 854 | 4.14% | 56.90% | 7,444 | 5,898 | 6,590 | 674 | – | – | 20,606
Hamilton—Wentworth |  | PC  |  | PC  | 9,769 | 58.69% | 5,713 | 34.32% | 57.75% | 9,769 | 4,056 | 2,467 | 354 | – | – | 16,646
Hastings East |  | PC  |  | PC  | 5,999 | 60.47% | 2,481 | 25.01% | 66.70% | 5,999 | 3,518 | 403 | – | – | – | 9,920
Hastings West |  | PC  |  | PC  | 11,017 | 60.95% | 5,219 | 28.88% | 63.67% | 11,017 | 5,798 | 1,259 | – | – | – | 18,074
Huron |  | PC  |  | PC  | 7,890 | 55.27% | 1,505 | 10.54% | 79.31% | 7,890 | 6,385 | – | – | – | – | 14,275
Huron—Bruce |  | PC  |  | PC  | 7,244 | 55.67% | 1,475 | 11.33% | 81.18% | 7,244 | 5,769 | – | – | – | – | 13,013
Kenora |  | LL  |  | LL  | 5,266 | 42.22% | 128 | 1.03% | 65.83% | 5,138 | 5,266[a 4] | 2,068 | – | – | – | 12,472
Kent East |  | PC  |  | Lib  | 6,940 | 52.76% | 725 | 5.51% | 77.99% | 6,215 | 6,940 | – | – | – | – | 13,155
Kent West |  | PC  |  | PC  | 10,399 | 54.58% | 3,272 | 17.17% | 58.04% | 10,399 | 7,127 | 1,526 | – | – | – | 19,052
Kingston*  |  | PC  |  | PC  | 10,614 | 57.09% | 3,364 | 18.09% | 65.38% | 10,614 | 7,250 | 728 | – | – | – | 18,592
Lambton East |  | PC  |  | PC  | 6,855 | 56.41% | 1,557 | 12.81% | 71.53% | 6,855 | 5,298 | – | – | – | – | 12,153
Lambton West |  | PC  |  | PC  | 10,767 | 56.45% | 4,924 | 25.82% | 59.81% | 10,767 | 5,843 | 2,462 | – | – | – | 19,072
Lanark |  | PC  |  | PC  | 11,206 | 74.85% | 7,441 | 49.70% | 68.90% | 11,206 | 3,765 | – | – | – | – | 14,971
Leeds |  | PC  |  | PC  | 10,632 | 63.34% | 4,479 | 26.68% | 68.96% | 10,632 | 6,153 | – | – | – | – | 16,785
Lincoln |  | PC  |  | PC  | 15,903 | 50.28% | 5,204 | 16.45% | 54.94% | 15,903 | 10,699 | 3,869 | 519 | – | 641 | 31,631
London North | New |  | PC  | 9,022 | 47.70% | 1,648 | 8.71% | 61.21% | 9,022 | 7,374 | 2,518 | – | – | – | 18,914
London South | New |  | PC  | 8,735 | 45.85% | 2,504 | 13.14% | 53.69% | 8,735 | 6,231 | 3,489 | 595 | – | – | 19,050
Middlesex North |  | PC  |  | PC  | 5,077 | 51.38% | 563 | 5.70% | 74.36% | 5,077 | 4,514 | 291 | – | – | – | 9,882
Middlesex South |  | PC  |  | PC  | 9,434 | 56.72% | 2,235 | 13.44% | 67.64% | 9,434 | 7,199 | – | – | – | – | 16,633
Muskoka |  | PC  |  | PC  | 5,256 | 47.63% | 535 | 4.85% | 77.27% | 5,256 | 4,721 | 1,058 | – | – | – | 11,035
Niagara Falls |  | Lib  |  | PC  | 10,354 | 48.72% | 2,078 | 9.78% | 57.67% | 10,354 | 8,276 | 2,305 | 316 | – | – | 21,251
Nickel Belt | New |  | PC  | 7,088 | 37.98% | 1,913 | 10.25% | 71.14% | 7,088 | 5,175 | 2,039 | – | 4,359 | – | 18,661
Nipissing |  | PC  |  | PC  | 8,723 | 51.04% | 3,708 | 21.69% | 60.56% | 8,723 | 5,015 | 2,965 | – | 389 | – | 17,092
Northumberland |  | PC  |  | PC  | 10,200 | 63.20% | 4,767 | 29.54% | 75.12% | 10,200 | 5,433 | 507 | – | – | – | 16,140
Ontario |  | CCF  |  | PC  | 7,248 | 49.97% | 1,882 | 12.97% | 69.05% | 7,248 | 5,366 | 1,892 | – | – | – | 14,506
Oshawa | New |  | CCF  | 9,114 | 41.16% | 2,313 | 10.45% | 61.80% | 6,801 | 5,966 | 9,114 | 261 | – | – | 22,142
Ottawa East |  | Lib  |  | PC  | 8,688 | 51.32% | 1,102 | 6.51% | 47.03% | 8,688 | 7,586 | 654 | – | – | – | 16,928
Ottawa South |  | PC  |  | PC  | 14,151 | 53.94% | 3,167 | 12.07% | 53.21% | 14,151 | 10,984 | 826 | 273 | – | – | 26,234
Ottawa West | New |  | PC  | 8,513 | 57.90% | 3,467 | 23.58% | 56.76% | 8,513 | 5,046 | 1,144 | – | – | – | 14,703
Oxford |  | PC  |  | Lib  | 11,781 | 48.03% | 1,053 | 4.29% | 72.69% | 10,728 | 11,781 | 2,017 | – | – | – | 24,526
Parry Sound |  | PC  |  | PC  | 6,492 | 59.58% | 3,650 | 33.50% | 69.78% | 6,492 | 2,842 | 1,562 | – | – | – | 10,896
Peel |  | PC  |  | PC  | 13,296 | 50.56% | 4,600 | 17.49% | 60.38% | 13,296 | 8,696 | 4,305 | – | – | – | 26,297
Perth |  | PC  |  | PC  | 12,247 | 53.43% | 1,574 | 6.87% | 69.17% | 12,247 | 10,673 | – | – | – | – | 22,920
Peterborough |  | PC  |  | PC  | 11,561 | 51.63% | 3,652 | 16.31% | 58.97% | 11,561 | 7,909 | 2,920 | – | – | – | 22,390
Port Arthur |  | PC  |  | PC  | 9,517 | 42.52% | 1,776 | 7.94% | 68.38% | 9,517 | 4,347 | 7,741 | 775 | – | – | 22,380
Prescott |  | PC  |  | PC  | 6,385 | 60.26% | 2,175 | 20.53% | 65.85% | 6,385 | 4,210 | – | – | – | – | 10,595
Prince Edward—Lennox |  | PC  |  | PC  | 7,003 | 60.29% | 2,390 | 20.58% | 59.15% | 7,003 | 4,613 | – | – | – | – | 11,616
Rainy River |  | PC  |  | PC  | 4,977 | 60.08% | 2,938 | 35.47% | 67.86% | 4,977 | 2,039 | 1,268 | – | – | – | 8,284
Renfrew North |  | PC  |  | PC  | 8,215 | 52.34% | 2,147 | 13.68% | 70.34% | 8,215 | 6,068 | 1,411 | – | – | – | 15,694
Renfrew South |  | PC  |  | I-PC  | 7,033 | 50.72% | 708 | 5.11% | 77.83% | 7,033[a 5] | 6,325 | 509 | – | – | – | 13,867
Russell |  | PC  |  | PC  | 10,392 | 65.27% | 4,862 | 30.54% | 43.05% | 10,392 | 5,530 | – | – | – | – | 15,922
Stormont |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 10,577 | 55.51% | 2,702 | 14.18% | 66.60% | 7,875 | 10,577 | – | – | – | 602 | 19,054
Sault Ste. Marie |  | PC  |  | PC  | 7,716 | 41.77% | 1,931 | 10.45% | 63.68% | 7,716 | 4,517 | 5,785 | 453 | – | – | 18,471
Simcoe Centre |  | PC  |  | PC  | 8,305 | 57.39% | 2,139 | 14.78% | 62.45% | 8,305 | 6,166 | – | – | – | – | 14,471
Simcoe East |  | PC  |  | PC  | 8,436 | 54.69% | 2,792 | 18.10% | 66.83% | 8,436 | 5,644 | 1,346 | – | – | – | 15,426
Sudbury |  | PC  |  | PC  | 8,957 | 39.73% | 980 | 4.35% | 71.08% | 8,957 | 7,977 | 1,657 | – | 3,954 | – | 22,545
Temiskaming |  | PC  |  | PC  | 6,322 | 60.24% | 2,150 | 20.49% | 73.63% | 6,322 | – | 4,172 | – | – | – | 10,494
Victoria |  | PC  |  | PC  | 10,630 | 69.61% | 7,455 | 48.82% | 68.59% | 10,630 | 3,175 | 1,465 | – | – | – | 15,270
Waterloo North |  | PC  |  | Lib  | 14,436 | 44.65% | 2,160 | 6.68% | 62.50% | 12,276 | 14,436 | 5,623 | – | – | – | 32,335
Waterloo South |  | PC  |  | PC  | 8,290 | 39.97% | 1,755 | 8.46% | 68.98% | 8,290 | 5,915 | 6,535 | – | – | – | 20,740
Welland |  | PC  |  | PC  | 11,815 | 44.33% | 2,409 | 9.04% | 66.90% | 11,815 | 9,406 | 4,645 | 787 | – | – | 26,653
Wellington—Dufferin[a 6] |  | PC  |  | PC  | 7,720 | 53.53% | 1,651 | 11.45% | 77.71% | 7,720 | 6,069 | 634 | – | – | – | 14,423
Wellington South |  | PC  |  | Lib  | 9,924 | 48.38% | 1,968 | 9.59% | 76.20% | 7,956 | 9,924 | 2,634 | – | – | – | 20,514
Wentworth |  | PC  |  | PC  | 6,821 | 40.77% | 1,437 | 8.59% | 57.81% | 6,821 | 5,384 | 4,201 | 324 | – | – | 16,730
Wentworth East | New |  | CCF  | 6,505 | 41.44% | 1,949 | 12.42% | 51.34% | 4,556 | 4,294 | 6,505 | 341 | – | – | 15,696
Windsor—Walkerville |  | PC  |  | PC  | 7,289 | 47.22% | 2,880 | 18.66% | 61.46% | 7,289 | 3,140 | 4,409 | 598 | – | – | 15,436
Windsor—Sandwich |  | PC  |  | PC  | 10,186 | 54.42% | 5,911 | 31.58% | 52.50% | 10,186 | 4,275 | 4,256 | – | – | – | 18,717
York Centre | New |  | PC  | 12,731 | 37.72% | 1,105 | 3.27% | 56.94% | 12,731 | 11,626 | 8,742 | 656 | – | – | 33,755
York East |  | PC  |  | PC  | 18,931 | 45.86% | 7,563 | 18.32% | 52.69% | 18,931 | 11,368 | 10,982 | – | – | – | 41,281
York—Humber | New |  | PC  | 11,806 | 44.25% | 4,098 | 15.36% | 58.03% | 11,806 | 7,708 | 6,261 | 908 | – | – | 26,683
York North |  | PC  |  | PC  | 11,301 | 48.74% | 2,672 | 11.53% | 55.12% | 11,301 | 8,629 | 3,254 | – | – | – | 23,184
York—Scarborough | New |  | PC  | 13,806 | 42.22% | 1,525 | 4.66% | 53.82% | 13,806 | 12,281 | 6,287 | 330 | – | – | 32,704
York South |  | PC  |  | CCF  | 13,877 | 44.03% | 1,426 | 4.52% | 50.57% | 12,451 | 4,168 | 13,877 | 1,019 | – | – | 31,515
York West |  | PC  |  | PC  | 14,372 | 45.79% | 4,197 | 13.37% | 55.04% | 14,372 | 6,837 | 10,175 | – | – | – | 31,384
Beaches |  | PC  |  | PC  | 7,965 | 48.12% | 1,966 | 11.88% | 58.07% | 7,965 | 2,589 | 5,999 | – | – | – | 16,553
Bellwoods |  | PC  |  | PC  | 5,330 | 38.43% | 233 | 1.68% | 62.97% | 5,330 | 5,097 | 1,875 | 1,567 | – | – | 13,869
Bracondale |  | PC  |  | PC  | 4,727 | 40.40% | 1,333 | 11.39% | 55.24% | 4,727 | 2,991 | 3,394 | 588 | – | – | 11,700
Dovercourt |  | PC  |  | PC  | 6,288 | 36.12% | 383 | 2.20% | 55.92% | 6,288 | 4,655 | 5,905 | 560 | – | – | 17,408
Eglinton |  | PC  |  | PC  | 15,954 | 55.70% | 5,996 | 20.93% | 58.95% | 15,954 | 9,958 | 2,417 | – | 315 | – | 28,644
High Park |  | PC  |  | PC  | 7,723 | 42.39% | 2,054 | 11.27% | 58.74% | 7,723 | 4,392 | 5,669 | 435 | – | – | 18,219
Parkdale |  | PC  |  | PC  | 7,503 | 36.92% | 730 | 3.59% | 55.04% | 7,503 | 6,773 | 5,503 | 542 | – | – | 20,321
Riverdale |  | PC  |  | PC  | 8,771 | 47.14% | 3,623 | 19.47% | 53.44% | 8,771 | 4,236 | 5,148 | 329 | – | 124 | 18,608
St. Andrew |  | Lab-Pr  |  | PC  | 5,019 | 41.50% | 743 | 6.14% | 60.93% | 5,019 | 1,228 | 1,420 | 4,276 | 152 | – | 12,095
St. David |  | PC  |  | PC  | 5,747 | 37.18% | 561 | 3.63% | 59.19% | 5,747 | 4,299 | 5,186 | 227 | – | – | 15,459
St. George |  | PC  |  | PC  | 7,593 | 54.86% | 4,119 | 29.76% | 47.64% | 7,593 | 3,474 | 2,773 | – | – | – | 13,840
St. Patrick |  | PC  |  | PC  | 5,165 | 54.60% | 2,754 | 29.12% | 51.56% | 5,165 | 2,411 | 1,548 | 335 | – | – | 9,459
Woodbine |  | PC  |  | PC  | 8,755 | 43.65% | 1,305 | 6.51% | 56.18% | 8,755 | 3,372 | 7,450 | 481 | – | – | 20,058

1. ^ including spoilt ballots
2. ^ order is as given in EO reports
3. ^ formerly Addington
4. ^ Albert Wren was already a member of the Legislature
5. ^ James Shannon Dempsey was a PC MPP in the previous Legislature
6. ^ formerly Wellington North

= open seat
= turnout is above provincial average
= winning candidate was in previous Legislature
= previously incumbent in another riding
= incumbency arose from byelection gain
= incumbent had switched allegiance
= other incumbents renominated
= unendorsed PC candidate
= Liberal-Labour candidate

### Analysis

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Party candidates in 2nd place[10] Party in 1st place | Party in 2nd place | Total

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| Progressive Conservative |  | 63 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 83
| Liberal | 10 |  |  |  |  | 10
| Liberal–Labour | 1 |  |  |  |  | 1
| Co-operative Commonwealth | 3 |  |  |  |  | 3
| Independent PC  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 1
Total  | 14 | 64 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 98
Candidates ranked 1st to 5th place, by party[10] Parties | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th

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█ Progressive Conservative | 83 | 14 |  |  |
█ Liberal | 10 | 64 | 19 | 1 |
█ Co-operative Commonwealth | 3 | 18 | 58 | 2 |
█ Liberal–Labour | 1 | 1 |  |  |
█ Independent PC  | 1 |  |  |  |
█ Labor–Progressive |  | 1 | 1 | 28 | 1
█ Independent |  |  | 2 | 2 | 1
█ Social Credit |  |  | 1 |  |
█ Independent Liberal  |  |  |  | 1 |
█ Socialist Labour |  |  |  |  | 1
Resulting composition of the 25th Legislative Assembly[10] Source | Party

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PC | Lib | Lib-Lab | CCF | Ind-PC | Total
Seats retained | Incumbents returned  | 65 | 5 | 1 |  |  | 71
Open seats held  | 6 |  |  |  |  | 6
Seats changing hands | Incumbents defeated  | 3 | 5 |  | 1 |  | 9
Open seats gained  | 1 |  |  |  |  | 1
Byelection gains held  | 1 |  |  |  |  | 1
Incumbent changed allegiance  |  |  |  |  | 1 | 1
New ridings | Incumbent returned in new seat  | 2 |  |  | 1 |  | 3
New MPP elected  | 5 |  |  | 1 |  | 6
Total | 83 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 98

### Reorganization of ridings

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The reorganized ridings returned the following MLAs:

1951  | 1955

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Riding  | Party  | Riding  | Party
Carleton | █ Progressive Conservative | Carleton | █ Progressive Conservative
Ottawa West | █ Progressive Conservative
London | █ Progressive Conservative | London North | █ Progressive Conservative
London South | █ Progressive Conservative
Ontario | █ Co-operative Commonwealth | Ontario | █ Progressive Conservative
Oshawa | █ Co-operative Commonwealth
Sudbury | █ Progressive Conservative | Nickel Belt | █ Progressive Conservative
Sudbury | █ Progressive Conservative
Wentworth | █ Progressive Conservative | Wentworth | █ Progressive Conservative
Wentworth East | █ Co-operative Commonwealth
York East | █ Progressive Conservative | York East | █ Progressive Conservative
York—Scarborough | █ Progressive Conservative
York North | █ Progressive Conservative | York Centre | █ Progressive Conservative
York North | █ Progressive Conservative
York West | █ Progressive Conservative | York—Humber | █ Progressive Conservative
York West | █ Progressive Conservative

## See also

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* Politics of Ontario
* List of Ontario political parties
* Premier of Ontario
* Leader of the Opposition (Ontario)

## References

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1. ^ "1955 General Election". Elections Ontario. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
2. ^ O'Hearn, Don (May 19, 1955). "Dempsey Case Rocks Legislation". Daily Times-Gazette. Oshawa. p. 6.
3. ^ The Election Act, 1951, S.O. 1951, c. 21
4. ^ The Election Amendment Act, 1954, S.O. 1954, c. 25
5. ^ 1954 Act, s. 2
6. ^ 1954 Act, s. 3
7. ^ 1954 Act, ss. 4, 5
8. ^ 1954 Act, s. 5
9. ^ The Representation Act, 1954, S.O. 1954, c. 84
10. ^ a b c d e f "1955 general election results". Elections Ontario. Retrieved October 9, 2023.

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