2014 Ontario general election

2014 Canadian provincial general election

2014 Ontario general election

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107 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
54 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout| 51.3% (3.1pp)[1]
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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  | 1,863,974  | 1,505,436  | 1,144,822
Percentage  | 38.67%  | 31.23%  | 23.75%
Swing  | 1.02pp | 4.22pp | 1.01pp

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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.

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| Premier before election

Kathleen Wynne
Liberal

| Premier after election

Kathleen Wynne
Liberal

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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.

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 Liberals' minority government in the Legislative Assembly, would vote against the Liberals' proposed budget.[5]

With the election, Wynne became the first woman and the first openly gay person to lead a party to a majority victory in an Ontario general election.[6][7]

## Timeline (2011–2014)

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### Seat changes

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40th Legislative Assembly of Ontario \- Movement in seats held from 2011 to 2014  Party  | 2011  | Gain/(loss) due to  | 2014

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Resignation  | Byelection hold  | Byelection gain
| 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

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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[8] | Chris Bentley | █ Liberal | Resignation[a 3] | August 1, 2013[9] | 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[10] | Dalton McGuinty | █ Liberal | Resignation  | August 1, 2013  | John Fraser | █ Liberal
Scarborough—Guildwood | June 27, 2013[11] | Margarett Best | █ Liberal | Resignation  | August 1, 2013  | Mitzie Hunter | █ Liberal
Etobicoke—Lakeshore | July 2, 2013[12] | Laurel Broten | █ Liberal | Resignation[a 5] | August 1, 2013  | Doug Holyday | █ PC
Niagara Falls | September 24, 2013[13] | Kim Craitor | █ Liberal | Resignation  | February 13, 2014[14] | Wayne Gates | █ New Democratic
Thornhill | December 31, 2013[15] | Peter Shurman | █ PC | Resignation  | February 13, 2014  | Gila Martow | █ PC
Brampton—Springdale | March 25, 2014[16] | 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

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Date | Event

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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.[17]
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.[18]
June 15, 2012 | Premier Dalton McGuinty states he will drop the writ if his budget is not passed.[19]
June 20, 2012 | The budget bill is passed, after the NDP agrees to abstain, avoiding a summer election.[20]
October 15, 2012 | Dalton McGuinty announces his resignation as Premier of Ontario and as Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party.[21]
January 26, 2013 | Kathleen Wynne is elected Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party.[22]
February 11, 2013 | Wynne is sworn in as Premier, and a new cabinet is sworn in.[23]
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.[24]
June 12, 2014 | The Liberal Party wins a majority, claiming 58 ridings in the Ontario election.[25] Tim Hudak announced that he is stepping down from his leadership of the PC party.[26]
June 14, 2014 | A judicial recount has been requested in the riding of Thornhill.[27]
June 24, 2014 | A judge confirms results in Thornhill are in favour of the Progressive Conservatives.[28]

### Incumbents not running for reelection

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Electoral district  | Incumbent at dissolution and subsequent nominee  | New MPP

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Durham |  | John O'Toole[29] | Mike Patrick  |  | Granville Anderson
Etobicoke Centre |  | Donna Cansfield[30] | Yvan Baker |  | Yvan Baker
Kingston and the Islands |  | John Gerretsen[31] | Sophie Kiwala |  | Sophie Kiwala
Kitchener Centre |  | John Milloy[32] | Daiene Vernile |  | Daiene Vernile
Newmarket—Aurora |  | Frank Klees[33][34] | Jane Twinney  |  | Chris Ballard
Ottawa—Orléans |  | Phil McNeely[35] | Marie-France Lalonde |  | Marie-France Lalonde
Sudbury |  | Rick Bartolucci[36] | Andrew Olivier  |  | Joe Cimino

## Results

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58  | 28  | 21
Liberal | PC | NDP
Summary of the standings of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario Party  | Party leader  | Candidates | Seats  | Popular vote[37][38]

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2011 | Dissol. | 2014  | Change  | #  | %  | Change
| Liberal | Kathleen Wynne | 107  | 53  | 48  | 58  | 5 | 1,863,974  | 38.67%  | 1.02%
| Progressive Conservative | Tim Hudak | 107  | 37  | 37  | 28  | 9 | 1,505,436  | 31.23%  | 4.22%
| New Democratic | Andrea Horwath | 107  | 17  | 21  | 21  | 4 | 1,144,822  | 23.75%  | 1.01%
| Green | Mike Schreiner | 107  | - | - | - | - | 235,911  | 4.89%  | 1.97%
| Libertarian | Allen Small | 74  | - | - | - | - | 37,696  | 0.78%  | 0.33%
| Freedom | Paul McKeever | 42  | - | - | - | - | 12,381  | 0.26%  | 0.05%
| Family Coalition | Eric Ames (interim)  | 6  | - | - | - | - | 4,288  | 0.09%  | 0.13%
| None of the Above | Greg Vezina | 8  | - | - | - | - | 4,247  | 0.09%  | -
| Independent |  | 14  | - | - | - | - | 3,854  | 0.08%  | -
| Communist | Elizabeth Rowley | 11  | - | - | - | - | 2,290  | 0.05%  | 0.02%
| Canadians' Choice  | Bahman Yazdanfar  | 4  | - | - | - | - | 1,293  | 0.03%  | 0.03%
| Vegan Environmental  | Paul Figueiras  | 5  | - | - | - | - | 907  | 0.02%  | 0.01%
| People's Political Party | Kevin Clarke | 5  | - | - | - | - | 894  | 0.02%  | 0.01%
| Northern Ontario Heritage | Edward Deibel  | 3  | - | - | - | - | 892  | 0.02%  | -
| Special Needs | Danish Ahmed  | 3  | - | - | - | - | 709  | 0.01%  | 0.01%
| Confederation of Regions | vacant | 2  | - | - | - | - | 551  | 0.01%  | -
| Trillium | Bob Yaciuk  | 2  | - | - | - | - | 397  | 0.01%  | -
| Equal Parenting | Dennis Valenta  | 2  | - | - | - | - | 366  | 0.01%  | -
| Socialist | Michael Laxer | 2  | - | - | - | - | 361  | 0.01%  | -
| Moderate | Yuri Duboisky  | 2  | - | - | - | - | 335  | 0.01%  | -
| Pauper | John Turmel | 3  | - | - | - | - | 194  | - | -
| Declined Vote[39] | 31,399  | 0.64%  | +0.59%
| Vacant  | 1
Total | 616 | 107 | 107 | 107 |  | 4,820,547 |  |
Party  | Votes  | Seats

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| Liberal | 1,863,974  |

38.67%

|  1.02%  |

58 / 107 (54%)

| Progressive Conservative | 1,505,436  |

31.23%

|  4.22%  |

28 / 107 (26%)

| New Democratic | 1,144,822  |

23.75%

|  1.01%  |

21 / 107 (20%)

| Green | 235,911  |

4.89%

|  1.97%  |

0 / 107 (0%)

| Libertarian | 37,696  |

0.78%

|  0.33%  |

0 / 107 (0%)

| Popular vote

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Liberal |

| 38.67%
PC |

| 31.23%
New Democratic |

| 23.75%
Green |

| 4.89%
Others |

| 1.46%

| Seats summary

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Liberal |

| 54.21%
PC |

| 26.17%
New Democratic |

| 19.63%

### Synopsis of results

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Main article: Results of the 2014 Ontario general election by riding

Results by riding - 2014 Ontario general election[a 1] Riding  | 2011 | Winning party  | Turnout
[a 2] | Votes[a 3]

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Ajax—Pickering |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 26,257 | 51.06% | 11,258 | 21.89% | 50.18% | 26,257 | 14,999 | 8,274 | 1,589 | - | 301 | 51,420
Algoma—Manitoulin |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 14,171 | 53.41% | 7,667 | 28.90% | 49.38% | 6,504 | 4,589 | 14,171 | 828 | - | 441 | 26,533
Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 24,042 | 44.56% | 5,790 | 10.73% | 59.02% | 24,042 | 18,252 | 8,415 | 2,639 | - | 611 | 53,959
Barrie |  | PC  |  | Lib  | 19,916 | 40.69% | 2,249 | 4.60% | 49.18% | 19,916 | 17,667 | 7,975 | 3,018 | - | 366 | 48,942
Beaches—East York |  | NDP  |  | Lib  | 17,218 | 40.09% | 481 | 1.12% | 56.14% | 17,218 | 5,982 | 16,737 | 2,329 | - | 682 | 42,948
Bramalea—Gore—Malton |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 23,519 | 44.32% | 5,646 | 10.64% | 45.03% | 17,873 | 9,403 | 23,519 | 2,277 | - | - | 53,072
Brampton—Springdale |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 16,927 | 40.06% | 3,414 | 8.08% | 45.34% | 16,927 | 10,117 | 13,513 | 1,311 | - | 382 | 42,250
Brampton West |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 24,832 | 45.23% | 11,469 | 20.89% | 42.50% | 24,832 | 13,363 | 12,985 | 1,504 | - | 2,418 | 54,902
Brant |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 19,396 | 37.63% | 3,949 | 7.66% | 52.51% | 19,396 | 15,447 | 13,992 | 2,095 | - | 614 | 51,544
Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound |  | PC  |  | PC  | 20,359 | 47.55% | 8,773 | 20.49% | 53.93% | 11,586 | 20,359 | 6,787 | 3,696 | - | 388 | 42,816
Burlington |  | PC  |  | Lib  | 23,573 | 43.41% | 3,487 | 6.42% | 57.73% | 23,573 | 20,086 | 7,792 | 2,250 | - | 608 | 54,309
Cambridge |  | PC  |  | Lib  | 18,763 | 38.93% | 3,069 | 6.37% | 48.95% | 18,763 | 15,694 | 10,413 | 2,726 | - | 605 | 48,201
Carleton—Mississippi Mills |  | PC  |  | PC  | 30,590 | 47.49% | 10,118 | 15.71% | 56.08% | 20,472 | 30,590 | 8,744 | 4,614 | - | - | 64,420
Chatham-Kent—Essex |  | PC  |  | PC  | 14,183 | 37.83% | 2,519 | 6.72% | 51.33% | 9,158 | 14,183 | 11,664 | 1,971 | - | 514 | 37,490
Davenport |  | NDP  |  | Lib  | 16,272 | 45.61% | 1,950 | 5.47% | 49.56% | 16,272 | 2,665 | 14,322 | 1,784 | - | 631 | 35,674
Don Valley East |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 19,248 | 55.71% | 9,991 | 28.92% | 47.85% | 19,248 | 9,257 | 4,500 | 1,256 | - | 287 | 34,548
Don Valley West |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 26,215 | 57.01% | 12,133 | 26.39% | 53.90% | 26,215 | 14,082 | 3,569 | 1,286 | 138 | 690 | 45,980
Dufferin—Caledon |  | PC  |  | PC  | 18,017 | 39.86% | 4,156 | 9.19% | 51.48% | 13,861 | 18,017 | 5,269 | 7,518 | - | 538 | 45,203
Durham |  | PC  |  | Lib  | 19,816 | 36.45% | 1,176 | 2.16% | 55.71% | 19,816 | 18,640 | 13,094 | 2,382 | - | 434 | 54,366
Eglinton—Lawrence |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 22,855 | 54.80% | 8.776 | 21.04% | 53.99% | 22,855 | 14,079 | 3,060 | 1,305 | 143 | 264 | 41,706
Elgin—Middlesex—London |  | PC  |  | PC  | 20,946 | 46.36% | 8,912 | 19.72% | 53.98% | 9,183 | 20,946 | 12,034 | 2,236 | - | 784 | 45,183
Essex |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 28,118 | 60.34% | 17,949 | 38.52% | 50.20% | 6,628 | 10,169 | 28,118 | 1,685 | - | - | 46,600
Etobicoke Centre |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 23,848 | 50.28% | 8,328 | 17.56% | 56.47% | 23,848 | 15,520 | 5,758 | 1,254 | - | 1,052 | 47,432
Etobicoke—Lakeshore |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 24,311 | 47.49% | 6,724 | 13.13% | 53.73% | 24,311 | 17,587 | 6,362 | 2,064 | - | 869 | 51,193
Etobicoke North |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 12,168 | 44.90% | 5,065 | 18.69% | 42.71% | 12,168 | 6,163 | 7,103 | 677 | - | 987 | 27,098
Glengarry—Prescott—Russell |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 23,565 | 49.74% | 8,136 | 17.17% | 53.36% | 23,565 | 15,429 | 5,902 | 1,528 | 296 | 655 | 47,375
Guelph |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 22,014 | 41.52% | 10,966 | 20.68% | 55.47% | 22,014 | 11,048 | 9,385 | 10,230 | - | 348 | 53,025
Haldimand—Norfolk |  | PC  |  | PC  | 22,066 | 52.22% | 12,280 | 29.06% | 53.97% | 8,331 | 22,066 | 9,786 | 2,071 | - | - | 42,254
Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock |  | PC  |  | PC  | 21,641 | 40.96% | 3,129 | 5.92% | 55.98% | 18,512 | 21,641 | 10,431 | 2,255 | - | - | 52,839
Halton |  | PC  |  | Lib  | 33,724 | 44.79% | 5,787 | 7.69% | 50.90% | 33,724 | 27,937 | 9,758 | 2,618 | - | 1,262 | 75,299
Hamilton Centre |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 18,697 | 52.01% | 10,247 | 28.50% | 44.76% | 8,450 | 5,173 | 18,697 | 3,067 | - | 563 | 35,950
Hamilton East—Stoney Creek |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 19,958 | 46.81% | 7,525 | 17.65% | 48.84% | 12,433 | 7,574 | 19,958 | 1,742 | - | 930 | 42,637
Hamilton Mountain |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 23,006 | 46.90% | 8,498 | 17.32% | 52.85% | 14,508 | 8,795 | 23,006 | 2,047 | - | 699 | 49,055
Huron—Bruce |  | PC  |  | PC  | 18,512 | 39.01% | 3,865 | 8.14% | 59.96% | 14,647 | 18,512 | 10,843 | 1,651 | - | 1,804 | 47,457
Kenora—Rainy River |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 12,889 | 55.66% | 6,984 | 30.16% | 46.72% | 3,652 | 5,905 | 12,889 | 711 | - | - | 23,157
Kingston and the Islands |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 20,838 | 41.59% | 6,027 | 12.03% | 52.14% | 20,838 | 10,652 | 14,811 | 3,566 | - | 242 | 50,109
Kitchener Centre |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 18,472 | 43.14% | 6,922 | 16.17% | 52.28% | 18,472 | 11,550 | 9,765 | 2,472 | - | 557 | 42,816
Kitchener—Conestoga |  | PC  |  | PC  | 17,083 | 36.36% | 1,419 | 3.02% | 50.33% | 15,664 | 17,083 | 9,958 | 3,277 | - | 1,001 | 46,983
Kitchener—Waterloo |  | PC  |  | NDP  | 20,536 | 37.43% | 4,002 | 7.29% | 54.95% | 16,534 | 14,450 | 20,536 | 2,859 | - | 481 | 54,860
Lambton—Kent—Middlesex |  | PC  |  | PC  | 20,710 | 45.17% | 8,550 | 18.65% | 56.93% | 9,298 | 20,710 | 12,160 | 2,104 | - | 1,575 | 45,847
Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington |  | PC  |  | PC  | 21,966 | 43.52% | 6,929 | 13.73% | 53.95% | 15,037 | 21,966 | 10,184 | 3,283 | - | - | 50,470
Leeds—Grenville |  | PC  |  | PC  | 23,253 | 56.07% | 14,754 | 35.58% | 52.86% | 8,499 | 23,253 | 7,219 | 2,030 | - | 471 | 41,472
London—Fanshawe |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 17,903 | 50.42% | 9,707 | 27.34% | 46.42% | 7,066 | 8,196 | 17,903 | 1,378 | 112 | 853 | 35,508
London North Centre |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 16,379 | 35.98% | 2,526 | 5.55% | 50.21% | 16,379 | 12,016 | 13,853 | 2,445 | - | 824 | 45,517
London West |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 22,243 | 40.36% | 5,948 | 10.79% | 56.03% | 13,070 | 16,295 | 22,243 | 2,310 | - | 1,188 | 55,106
Markham—Unionville |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 21,517 | 51.33% | 7,276 | 17.36% | 44.54% | 21,517 | 14,241 | 4,205 | 1,509 | - | 444 | 41,916
Mississauga—Brampton South |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 19,923 | 48.21% | 8,672 | 20.99% | 41.48% | 19,923 | 11,251 | 6,906 | 1,302 | 351 | 1,590 | 41,323
Mississauga East—Cooksville |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 20,934 | 52.33% | 10,455 | 26.14% | 43.89% | 20,934 | 10,479 | 6,158 | 1,408 | - | 1,022 | 40,001
Mississauga—Erindale |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 25,356 | 48.98% | 9,882 | 19.09% | 46.90% | 25,356 | 15,474 | 7,730 | 1,216 | - | 1,988 | 51,764
Mississauga South |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 22,192 | 50.76% | 7,678 | 17.56% | 53.55% | 22,192 | 14,514 | 4,649 | 1,418 | - | 946 | 43,719
Mississauga—Streetsville |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 22,587 | 52.57% | 10,527 | 24.50% | 46.76% | 22,587 | 12,060 | 5,885 | 1,566 | - | 866 | 42,964
Nepean—Carleton |  | PC  |  | PC  | 30,901 | 46.77% | 8,927 | 13.51% | 55.39% | 21,974 | 30,901 | 8,628 | 3,630 | - | 940 | 66,073
Newmarket—Aurora |  | PC  |  | Lib  | 22,997 | 43.94% | 3,412 | 6.52% | 53.40% | 22,997 | 19,585 | 6,023 | 2,144 | - | 1,584 | 52,333
Niagara Falls |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 24,131 | 47.39% | 7,429 | 14.59% | 51.21% | 7,329 | 16,702 | 24,131 | 1,724 | - | 1,037 | 50,923
Niagara West—Glanbrook |  | PC  |  | PC  | 23,378 | 41.82% | 7,535 | 13.48% | 58.59% | 15,843 | 23,378 | 12,423 | 3,004 | - | 1,254 | 55,902
Nickel Belt |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 20,104 | 62.62% | 13,073 | 40.72% | 50.00% | 7,031 | 3,827 | 20,104 | 1,145 | - | - | 32,107
Nipissing |  | PC  |  | PC  | 13,085 | 41.81% | 4,703 | 15.03% | 52.49% | 8,382 | 13,085 | 8,057 | 1,188 | 208 | 377 | 31,297
Northumberland—Quinte West |  | PC  |  | Lib  | 23,419 | 42.97% | 3,836 | 7.04% | 55.81% | 23,419 | 19,583 | 9,211 | 2,283 | - | - | 54,496
Oak Ridges—Markham |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 36,782 | 45.55% | 6,526 | 8.08% | 46.21% | 36,782 | 30,256 | 9,355 | 2,791 | - | 1,571 | 80,755
Oakville |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 24,717 | 49.40% | 5,796 | 11.58% | 56.13% | 24,717 | 18,921 | 3,994 | 1,887 | - | 518 | 50,037
Oshawa |  | PC  |  | NDP  | 22,232 | 46.70% | 7,692 | 16.16% | 50.19% | 9,051 | 14,540 | 22,232 | 1,785 | - | - | 47,608
Ottawa Centre |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 27,689 | 52.02% | 16,795 | 31.55% | 56.85% | 27,689 | 9,678 | 10,894 | 4,163 | - | 808 | 53,232
Ottawa—Orléans |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 29,911 | 53.50% | 11,386 | 20.37% | 59.33% | 29,911 | 18,525 | 5,022 | 2,036 | - | 411 | 55,905
Ottawa South |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 23,708 | 49.96% | 8,473 | 17.86% | 53.71% | 23,708 | 15,235 | 5,817 | 2,034 | - | 656 | 47,450
Ottawa—Vanier |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 21,810 | 55.55% | 13,060 | 33.26% | 48.86% | 21,810 | 8,750 | 5,228 | 3,144 | - | 329 | 39,261
Ottawa West—Nepean |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 21,035 | 44.84% | 5,140 | 10.96% | 55.95% | 21,035 | 15,895 | 6,760 | 2,899 | - | 318 | 46,907
Oxford |  | PC  |  | PC  | 18,958 | 46.24% | 8,385 | 20.45% | 51.92% | 8,736 | 18,958 | 10,573 | 1,985 | - | 749 | 41,001
Parkdale—High Park |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 18,385 | 40.77% | 544 | 1.21% | 56.88% | 17,841 | 5,787 | 18,385 | 2,479 | - | 601 | 45,093
Parry Sound—Muskoka |  | PC  |  | PC  | 15,761 | 40.73% | 5,603 | 14.48% | 52.11% | 10,158 | 15,761 | 4,999 | 7,484 | - | 296 | 38,698
Perth—Wellington |  | PC  |  | PC  | 15,992 | 38.96% | 2,407 | 5.86% | 55.66% | 13,585 | 15,992 | 7,764 | 2,005 | 343 | 1,359 | 41,048
Peterborough |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 24,709 | 46.33% | 8,802 | 16.50% | 57.30% | 24,709 | 15,907 | 9,728 | 2,287 | 395 | 305 | 53,331
Pickering—Scarborough East |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 23,206 | 51.96% | 10,568 | 23.66% | 54.77% | 23,206 | 12,638 | 6,600 | 1,564 | - | 654 | 44,662
Prince Edward—Hastings |  | PC  |  | PC  | 19,281 | 41.72% | 4,176 | 9.04% | 51.61% | 15,105 | 19,281 | 8,829 | 2,448 | - | 555 | 46,218
Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke |  | PC  |  | PC  | 25,241 | 61.07% | 17,344 | 41.96% | 54.32% | 7,897 | 25,241 | 5,978 | 1,337 | 392 | 489 | 41,334
Richmond Hill |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 20,455 | 47.78% | 4,813 | 11.24% | 45.69% | 20,455 | 15,642 | 4,697 | 1,344 | - | 670 | 42,808
St. Catharines |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 19,070 | 41.00% | 5,256 | 11.30% | 54.80% | 19,070 | 13,814 | 11,350 | 1,792 | - | 488 | 46,514
St. Paul's |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 30,027 | 59.74% | 17,990 | 35.79% | 57.11% | 30,027 | 12,037 | 5,056 | 2,569 | - | 572 | 50,261
Sarnia—Lambton |  | PC  |  | PC  | 18,722 | 41.01% | 2,395 | 5.25% | 57.35% | 8,152 | 18,722 | 16,327 | 2,109 | - | 340 | 45,650
Sault Ste. Marie |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 17,490 | 58.53% | 9,880 | 33.06% | 50.77% | 17,490 | 3,704 | 7,610 | 965 | - | 115 | 29,884
Scarborough—Agincourt |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 17,332 | 49.84% | 5,291 | 15.22% | 46.04% | 17,332 | 12,041 | 4,105 | 907 | - | 387 | 34,772
Scarborough Centre |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 19,390 | 55.05% | 11,791 | 33.48% | 48.09% | 19,390 | 7,599 | 7,145 | 1,086 | - | - | 35,220
Scarborough—Guildwood |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 17,318 | 49.89% | 7,597 | 21.89% | 49.24% | 17,318 | 9,721 | 5,894 | 1,034 | - | 744 | 34,711
Scarborough—Rouge River |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 16,095 | 38.71% | 3,076 | 7.40% | 47.48% | 16,095 | 11,500 | 13,019 | 571 | - | 398 | 41,583
Scarborough Southwest |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 18,420 | 50.23% | 9,746 | 26.58% | 49.91% | 18,420 | 7,573 | 8,674 | 1,493 | 185 | 328 | 36,673
Simcoe—Grey |  | PC  |  | PC  | 25,988 | 47.12% | 8,789 | 15.94% | 52.00% | 17,199 | 25,988 | 7,793 | 4,172 | - | - | 55,152
Simcoe North |  | PC  |  | PC  | 22,179 | 43.96% | 5,766 | 11.43% | 53.33% | 16,413 | 22,179 | 7,846 | 4,013 | - | - | 50,451
Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry |  | PC  |  | PC  | 20,624 | 51.72% | 11,374 | 28.52% | 52.02% | 9,250 | 20,624 | 8,336 | 1,067 | - | 602 | 39,879
Sudbury |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 14,274 | 42.24% | 978 | 2.89% | 51.92% | 13,296 | 4,663 | 14,274 | 1,212 | 105 | 243 | 33,793
Thornhill |  | PC  |  | PC  | 21,886 | 43.99% | 106 | 0.21% | 47.83% | 21,780 | 21,886 | 4,052 | 1,229 | - | 804 | 49,751
Thunder Bay—Atikokan |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 15,176 | 52.98% | 7,124 | 24.87% | 49.02% | 15,176 | 3,779 | 8,052 | 964 | - | 676 | 28,647
Thunder Bay—Superior North |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 15,519 | 55.97% | 7,350 | 26.51% | 50.41% | 15,519 | 1,991 | 8,169 | 997 | - | 1,049 | 27,725
Timiskaming—Cochrane |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 14,661 | 55.48% | 8,527 | 32.27% | 50.68% | 6,134 | 4,527 | 14,661 | 489 | - | 615 | 26,426
Timmins—James Bay |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 11,756 | 51.18% | 6,229 | 27.12% | 45.15% | 5,527 | 5,226 | 11,756 | 403 | - | 60 | 22,972
Toronto Centre |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 29,935 | 58.47% | 20,437 | 39.92% | 50.86% | 29,935 | 9,498 | 8,140 | 2,265 | - | 1,357 | 51,195
Toronto—Danforth |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 19,190 | 44.61% | 3,207 | 7.46% | 55.30% | 15,983 | 4,304 | 19,190 | 2,351 | - | 1,189 | 43,017
Trinity—Spadina |  | NDP  |  | Lib  | 26,613 | 46.34% | 9,171 | 15.97% | 49.33% | 26,613 | 8,035 | 17,442 | 4,033 | - | 1,311 | 57,434
Vaughan |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 33,877 | 56.21% | 16,898 | 28.04% | 44.68% | 33,877 | 16,979 | 6,942 | 1,350 | - | 1,121 | 60,269
Welland |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 21,326 | 46.71% | 8,393 | 18.38% | 53.20% | 9,060 | 12,933 | 21,326 | 1,874 | - | 460 | 45,653
Wellington—Halton Hills |  | PC  |  | PC  | 22,450 | 46.61% | 8,330 | 17.29% | 55.61% | 14,120 | 22,450 | 6,804 | 3,550 | - | 1,241 | 48,165
Whitby—Oshawa |  | PC  |  | PC  | 24,027 | 40.65% | 5,410 | 9.15% | 54.35% | 18,617 | 24,027 | 13,621 | 2,523 | - | 322 | 59,110
Willowdale |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 24,300 | 52.58% | 8,832 | 19.11% | 46.88% | 24,300 | 15,468 | 4,693 | 1,758 | - | - | 46,219
Windsor—Tecumseh |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 22,818 | 62.16% | 17,219 | 46.91% | 42.77% | 5,599 | 2,118 | 22,818 | 5,493 | - | 682 | 36,710
Windsor West |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 15,043 | 41.41% | 1,042 | 2.87% | 42.71% | 14,001 | 5,225 | 15,043 | 1,171 | 891 | - | 36,331
York Centre |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 16,935 | 47.89% | 5,810 | 16.43% | 46.74% | 16,935 | 11,125 | 5,645 | 1,163 | - | 493 | 35,361
York—Simcoe |  | PC  |  | PC  | 19,025 | 40.40% | 2,749 | 5.84% | 47.53% | 16,276 | 19,025 | 8,420 | 2,946 | - | 419 | 47,086
York South—Weston |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 15,669 | 47.85% | 3,469 | 10.59% | 46.13% | 15,669 | 3,687 | 12,200 | 797 | 146 | 249 | 32,748
York West |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 11,907 | 46.71% | 1,910 | 7.49% | 42.24% | 11,907 | 2,794 | 9,997 | 418 | 111 | 267 | 25,494

= open seat
= turnout is above provincial average
= incumbent re-elected
= incumbency arose from byelection gain

1. ^ "2014 General Election". elections.on.ca. Elections Ontario. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
2. ^ including spoilt ballots
3. ^ minor political parties receiving less than 1% of the popular vote are aggregated under "Other"; independent candidates are aggregated separately

#### Maps

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* Support for Liberal Party candidates by riding

* Support for Conservative Party candidates by riding

* Support for New Democratic Party candidates by riding

* Support for Green Party candidates by riding

* Support for Libertarian Party candidates by riding

### Summary analysis

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

| Popular vote

party | year |  | votes | change
Liberal | 2011 |

| 37.65% | +1.02pp
2014 |

| 38.67%
Conservative | 2011 |

| 35.45% | -4.22pp
2014 |

| 31.23%
NDP | 2011 |

| 22.74% | +1.01pp
2014 |

| 23.75%
Green | 2011 |

| 2.92% | +1.97pp
2014 |

| 4.89%
Libertarian | 2011 |

| 0.45% | +0.33pp
2014 |

| 0.78%
Others | 2011 |

| 0.79% | -0.11pp
2014 |

| 0.68%

Elections to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario - seats won/lost by party, 2011-2014  Party | 2011 | Gain from (loss to) | 2014

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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

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Elections to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario - seats won by region (2014)  Party | Toronto | 905 Belt | Ham/Niagara | Central | East | Midwest | Southwest | North | Total

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| 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

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| Liberal | 3 |  | 1 | 4 |  | 1 | (3) | (1) | 5
| Conservative |  | (1) | (2) | (4) |  | (2) |  |  | (9)
| New Democratic | (3) | 1 | 1 |  |  | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4

### Principal races

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Party candidates in 2nd place  Party in 1st place | Party in 2nd place | Total

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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

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█ Liberal | █ Progressive Conservative | 65
█ Liberal | █ New Democratic | 29
█ Progressive Conservative | █ New Democratic | 13
Total  | 107
Candidates ranked 1st to 5th place, by party  Parties | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | Total

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█ Liberal | 58 | 36 | 13 |  |  | 107
█ Progressive Conservative | 28 | 50 | 28 | 1 |  | 107
█ New Democratic | 21 | 21 | 62 | 3 |  | 107
█ Green |  |  | 4 | 101 | 2 | 107
█ Libertarian |  |  |  | 1 | 61 | 62
█ Northern Ontario Heritage |  |  |  | 1 |  | 1
█ Freedom |  |  |  |  | 15 | 15
█ None of the Above |  |  |  |  | 4 | 4
█ Family Coalition |  |  |  |  | 3 | 3
█ Independent |  |  |  |  | 2 | 2
█ Communist |  |  |  |  | 2 | 2
█ Confederation of Regions |  |  |  |  | 2 | 2
█ Canadians' Choice  |  |  |  |  | 1 | 1
█ Trillium |  |  |  |  | 1 | 1

### Significant results among independent and minor party candidates

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Those candidates not belonging to a major party, receiving more than 1,000 votes in the election, are listed below:

Riding | Party | Candidates | Votes | Placed

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Huron—Bruce | █ FamilyCoalition | Andrew Zettel | 1,353 | 5th
Kitchener—Conestoga | █ Libertarian | David Schumm | 1,001 | 5th
London West | █ Freedom | Al Gretzky | 1,188 | 5th
Oak Ridges—Markham | █ Libertarian | Karl Boelling | 1,358 | 5th
Vaughan | █ Libertarian | Paolo Fabrizio | 1,121 | 5th
Wellington—Halton Hills | █ Libertarian | Jason Cousineau | 1,043 | 5th

### Seats changing hands

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There were 17 seats that changed allegiance from the 2011 election.

PC to Liberal

* Barrie
* Burlington
* Cambridge
* Durham
* Halton
* Newmarket—Aurora
* Northumberland—Quinte West

PC to NDP

* Kitchener—Waterloo
* Oshawa

NDP to Liberal

* Beaches—East York
* Davenport
* Trinity—Spadina

Liberal to NDP

* London West
* Niagara Falls
* Sudbury
* Windsor—Tecumseh
* Windsor West

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Resulting composition of the 41st Legislative Assembly of Ontario  Source | Party

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Lib | PC | NDP | Total
Seats retained | Incumbents returned | 42 | 28 | 14 | 84
Open seats held | 5 |  |  | 5
Byelection loss reversed | 1 |  |  | 1
Seats changing hands | Incumbents defeated | 8 |  | 2 | 10
Open seats gained | 2 |  | 1 | 3
Byelection gains held |  |  | 4 | 4
Total | 58 | 28 | 21 | 107

### Marginal seats

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

Marginal constituencies (Ontario general election, 2014)[40]

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

## Opinion polls

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Voting intention polls released throughout the election campaign were distinctly inconsistent and contradictory,[41][42][43][44] 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.[45]

### General opinion polls

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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

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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 Archived 2014-05-29 at the Wayback Machine | 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 Archived 2014-05-17 at the Wayback Machine | 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[permanent dead link‍]

HTML

| 31  | 42 | 25  | 3  |  |  | Telephone | 1,000  | ±3.2% | 19 20
Forum Research | May 3, 2014 | PDF Archived 2014-05-05 at the Wayback Machine | 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

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Polling firm  | Last date
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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

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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 Archived 2014-04-13 at the Wayback Machine | 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 Archived 2014-04-07 at the Wayback Machine | 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 Archived 2013-12-19 at the Wayback Machine | 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 Archived 2014-04-15 at the Wayback Machine | 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 Archived 2014-04-15 at the Wayback Machine | 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

## Issues

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### Economy

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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.[46]

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.[47] 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).[48]

The Ontario Liberal Party proposed the 10 year "Jobs and Investment Plan", which proposed infrastructure investments as their main strategy to create jobs.[49]

The Ontario New Democratic Party platform called for targeted tax credits and incentives to encourage job creation.[50]

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.[51]

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.[52] Their platform called for government spending to be limited to "only core functions of government; defending life, liberty, and property"[53] and as such would have eliminated industry subsidies or incentives of any kind, particularly in the energy sector.[54]

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.[55]

### Transit

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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.[56][57]

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.[58][59] 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.[60] The NDP plan was similar to the Liberal plan, but included an extra $1 billion to get certain projects built faster.[58]

## Endorsements

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### Media endorsements

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The following media outlets made endorsements during the campaign:

Liberal

* Toronto Star[61]
* Now[62]
* Torontoist[63]

Progressive Conservative

* Burlington Post,[64] The Flamborough Review,[65] Oakville Beaver[66] (Same editorial printed in several papers)
* The Globe and Mail[67] (endorsing a minority government)
* National Post[68]
* Ottawa Citizen[69]
* Toronto Sun,[70] Ottawa Sun[71] (Identical editorial printed in multiple cities)
* Windsor Star[72]

New Democratic Party

* Sudbury Star [73] (endorsing a minority government)

Explicitly not endorsing any party

* Hamilton Spectator[74]
* The Kitchener-Waterloo Record[75]

### Public figure endorsements

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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.[76]
* Mayor of Mississauga, Hazel McCallion endorsed Liberal leader Kathleen Wynne.[77]
* Mayor of Kitchener, Carl Zehr endorsed Liberal leader Kathleen Wynne.[78]

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