2007 Ontario general election

The 2007 Ontario general election was held on October 10, 2007, to elect members (MPPs) of the 39th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada. The Liberals under Premier Dalton McGuinty won the election with a majority government, winning 71 out of a possible 107 seats with 42.2% of the popular vote. The election set a record for the lowest voter turnout in an Ontario provincial election; only 52.8% people who were eligible voted. This broke the previous record of 54.7% in the 1923 election.

2007 Ontario general election

October 10, 2007
107 seats in the 39th Legislative Assembly of Ontario 54 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Dalton McGuinty John Tory Party Liberal Progressive Conservative Leader since December 1, 1996 September 18, 2004 Leader's seat Ottawa South Dufferin—Peel— Wellington—Grey ran in Don Valley West (lost) Last election 72 24 Seats won 71 26 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 1,867,273 1,398,806 Percentage 42.25% 31.62% Swing 4.15pp 2.98pp   Third party Fourth party   Leader Howard Hampton Frank de Jong Party New Democratic Green Leader since June 22, 1996 1993 Leader's seat Kenora—Rainy River ran in Davenport (lost) Last election 7 0 Seats won 10 0 Seat change 3 Popular vote 741,465 354,897 Percentage 16.76% 8.02% Swing 2.06pp 5.20pp
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.
Premier before election Dalton McGuinty Liberal Premier after election Dalton McGuinty Liberal

Results by party

Party		Party leader	Candidates	Seats				Popular vote
				2003	Dissol.	2007	Change	#	%	Change
	Liberal	Dalton McGuinty	107	72	67	71	+6.0%	1,869,273	42.25%	-4.22%
	Progressive Conservative	John Tory	107	24	25	26	+4.0%	1,398,806	31.62%	-3.05%
	New Democratic	Howard Hampton	107	7	10	10	-	741,465	16.77%	+2.08%
	Green	Frank de Jong	107	-	-	-	-	354,897	8.02%	+5.20%
	Family Coalition	Giuseppe Gori	83	-	-	-	-	35,702	0.81%	+0.01%
	Libertarian	Sam Apelbaum	25	-	-	-	-	9,249	0.21%	+0.17%
	Freedom	Paul McKeever	15	-	-	-	-	3,003	0.07%	-0.13%
	Communist	Elizabeth Rowley	8	-	-	-	-	1,603	0.04%	-0.01%
	Special Needs	Danish Ahmed	2	-	-	-	-	502	0.01%	-
	Confederation of Regions	Eileen Butson	2	-	-	-	-	446	0.01%	+0.00%
	Reform	Brad Harness	2	-	-	-	-	354	0.01%	-
	Republican	Trueman Tuck	2	-	-	-	-	272	0.01%	-
	Independents and no affiliation		32	-	-	-	-	8,326	0.19%	-0.11%
	Vacant				1
Total				103	103	107	8,380,551	4,423,898	100%	-

• Two independent candidates are running for the unregistered Communist League, while two others are perennial candidates of the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist–Leninist).
• Eileen Butson, party president, acted as the CoR's spokesperson as the party decided not to have a party leader.

Popular vote
Liberal			42.25%
PC			31.62%
New Democratic			16.77%
Green			8.02%
Others			1.34%

Seats summary
Liberal			66.36%
PC			24.30%
New Democratic			9.35%

Maps

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  Support for Liberal Party candidates by riding

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  Support for Progressive Conservative Party candidates by riding

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  Support for New Democratic Party candidates by riding

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  Support for Green Party candidates by riding

Results

Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth or less
	Liberal	71	34	2	0	0
	Progressive Conservative	26	58	22	1	0
	New Democrats	10	14	65	18	0
	Green	0	1	18	88	0
	Family Coalition	0	0	0	0	65
	Libertarian	0	0	0	0	16
	Independents	0	0	0	0	6
	Freedom	0	0	0	0	2
	Communist	0	0	0	0	1

2007 Ontario General Election Media

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  Dalton McGuinty

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  Frank de Jong 01 Pengo (3x4 crop)

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  Seat distribution and arrangement in the Ontario Legislative Assembly.

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  Election signs for the major parties plus a sign supporting the MMP side in the referendum in the constituency of Ottawa South. Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty is the Liberal candidate there.

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  Lawn signs for local candidates in Hamilton Mountain