The 1948 Ontario general election was held on June 7, 1948, to elect the 90 members of the 23rd Legislative Assembly of Ontario (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the Province of Ontario.[1]
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90 seats in the 23rd Legislative Assembly of Ontario 46 seats were needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, led by George Drew, won a third consecutive term in office, winning a solid majority of seats in the legislature—53, down from 66 in the previous election.
Campaign
editThe majority of races were three-way contests:
| Candidates | PC | CCF | Lib | L-L | Lab-Pr | UE/SC | S-L | I-PC | I-CCF | I-Lab | Ind | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||
| 3 | 61 | 59 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 183 | |||||
| 4 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 72 | ||||
| 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | |||
| Total | 90 | 81 | 88 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 289 |
Opinion Polls
edit| Polling firm | Last day of survey |
Source | PCO | OCCF | OLP | LPP | Other | ME | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Election 1948 | June 7, 1948 | 41.28 | 26.52 | 29.78 | 1.00 | 1.42 | |||
| Gallup | September 1947 | [2] | 44 | 18 | 35 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Election 1945 | June 4, 1945 | 44.3 | 22.4 | 29.8 | 2.4 | 1.1 |
Outcome
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Despite winning a majority, Drew lost his own seat to temperance crusader Bill Temple. Instead of seeking a seat in a by-election, Drew left provincial politics to run for, and win, the leadership of the federal Progressive Conservative Party.
Drew was replaced as Ontario PC leader and premier by Thomas Kennedy on an interim basis, and then by Leslie Frost.
The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Farquhar Oliver, increased its caucus from 11 to 14, but lost the role of official opposition. Only one of the three Liberal-Labour MPPs sitting with the Liberal caucus, James Newman, was re-elected.
The social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (Ontario Section), led by Ted Jolliffe, formed the official opposition by increasing its caucus from 8 to 21 seats.
Two Toronto seats were won by Labor-Progressive Party MPPs J. B. Salsberg and A.A. MacLeod. The LPP was the official name of the Communist Party of Ontario. The LPP only ran two candidates, Salsberg and MacLeod, in 1948 down from 31 candidates in 1945.
Results
edit| Political party | Party leader | MPPs | Votes | |||||||
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| Candidates | 1945 | Dissol. | 1948 | ± | # | % | ± (pp) | |||
| Progressive Conservative | George Drew | 90 | 66 | 66 | 53 | 13
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725,799 | 41.28% | 2.97
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| Co-operative Commonwealth | Ted Jolliffe | 81 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 13
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466,274 | 26.52% | 4.11
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| Liberal | Farquhar Oliver | 88 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 
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515,795 | 29.34% | 0.66
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| Liberal–Labour | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7,682 | 0.44% | ||||
| Labor–Progressive | A.A. MacLeod | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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17,654 | 1.00% | 1.63
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| Union of Electors | Ron Gostick | 13 | – | – | – | – | 9,214 | 0.52% | 0.51
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| Social Credit | 2 | – | – | – | 734 | 0.04% | ||||
| Independent-CCF | 1 | – | – | – | 8,613 | 0.49% | New | |||
| Independent PC | 3 | – | – | – | 3,340 | 0.19% | 0.17
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| Independent | 1 | – | – | – | 1,766 | 0.10% | 0.30
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| Socialist Labour | 5 | – | – | – | 913 | 0.05% | – | |||
| Independent Labour | 1 | – | – | – | 253 | 0.01% | 0.60
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| Vacant | ||||||||||
| Total | 289 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 1,758,037 | 100.00% | ||||
| Blank and invalid ballots | 16,935 | |||||||||
| Registered voters / turnout | 2,623,281 | 67.66% | 5.12
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| Party | Seats | Votes | Change (pp) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| █ Progressive Conservative | 53 / 90 |
-2.97 | |||
| █ Co-operative Commonwealth | 21 / 90 |
4.11 | |||
| █ Liberal | 13 / 90 |
2.44 | |||
| █ Labor–Progressive | 2 / 90 |
-1.44 | |||
| █ Liberal–Labour | 1 / 90 |
-1.89 | |||
| █ Other | 0 / 90 |
-0.25 | |||
Synopsis of results
edit| Riding | Winning party | Turnout [a 1] |
Votes | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name[a 2] | 1945 | Party | Votes | Share | Margin # |
Margin % |
PC | Lib/LL | CCF | Lab-Pr | I-CCF | I-PC | I-Lab | Ind | UE/SC | S-Lab | Total | |||
| Addington | PC | PC | 6,497 | 53.05% | 1,891 | 15.44% | 70.02% | 6,497 | 4,606 | 1,143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12,246 | ||
| Algoma—Manitoulin | PC | PC | 4,907 | 37.93% | 751 | 5.81% | 74.89% | 4,907 | 4,156 | 3,873 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12,936 | ||
| Brant | Lib | Lib | 9,557 | 65.56% | 4,537 | 31.12% | 63.78% | 5,020 | 9,557 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14,577 | ||
| Brantford | PC | Lib | 7,018 | 37.58% | 1,172 | 6.28% | 73.80% | 4,843 | 7,018 | 5,846 | – | – | 966 | – | – | – | – | 18,673 | ||
| Bruce | PC | Lib | 7,171 | 46.81% | 636 | 4.15% | 74.45% | 6,535 | 7,171 | 1,614 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15,320 | ||
| Carleton | PC | PC | 9,343 | 61.88% | 5,971 | 39.55% | 61.12% | 9,343 | 3,372 | 2,100 | – | – | – | – | – | 284 | – | 15,099 | ||
| Cochrane North | Lib | PC | 3,838 | 36.89% | 1,253 | 12.04% | 78.55% | 3,838 | 2,321 | 2,585 | – | – | – | – | – | 1,659 | – | 10,403 | ||
| Cochrane South | CCF | CCF | 14,190 | 50.91% | 5,999 | 21.52% | 72.55% | 8,191 | 4,307 | 14,190 | – | – | – | – | – | 1,186 | – | 27,874 | ||
| Dufferin—Simcoe | PC | PC | 7,035 | 54.13% | 2,499 | 19.23% | 57.91% | 7,035 | 4,536 | 1,425 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12,996 | ||
| Durham | PC | PC | 5,858 | 45.39% | 1,336 | 10.35% | 71.27% | 5,858 | 4,522 | 2,525 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12,905 | ||
| Elgin | PC | PC | 7,713 | 44.58% | 592 | 3.42% | 64.40% | 7,713 | 7,121 | 2,467 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17,301 | ||
| Essex North | LL | CCF | 7,497 | 36.49% | 790 | 3.84% | 67.38% | 6,344 | 6,707 | 7,497 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20,548 | ||
| Essex South | PC | PC | 8,354 | 55.46% | 2,559 | 16.99% | 66.29% | 8,354 | 5,795 | 914 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15,063 | ||
| Fort William | CCF | Lib | 6,860 | 35.93% | 225 | 1.18% | 73.47% | 5,596 | 6,860 | 6,635 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19,091 | ||
| Glengarry | Lib | PC | 5,557 | 55.75% | 1,788 | 17.94% | 71.63% | 5,557 | 3,769 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 642 | – | 9,968 | ||
| Grenville—Dundas | PC | PC | 6,994 | 59.30% | 3,385 | 28.70% | 52.91% | 6,994 | 3,609 | 1,191 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11,794 | ||
| Grey North | PC | PC | 6,649 | 39.78% | 383 | 2.29% | 76.85% | 6,649 | 6,266 | 3,801 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16,716 | ||
| Grey South | Lib | Lib | 7,822 | 61.28% | 3,892 | 30.49% | 71.91% | 3,930 | 7,822 | 764 | – | – | – | – | – | 249 | – | 12,765 | ||
| Haldimand—Norfolk | PC | PC | 9,805 | 46.67% | 1,778 | 8.46% | 65.42% | 9,805 | 8,027 | 3,175 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21,007 | ||
| Halton | PC | PC | 6,377 | 39.45% | 113 | 0.70% | 67.96% | 6,377 | 6,264 | 3,524 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16,165 | ||
| Hamilton East | PC | CCF | 10,528 | 42.82% | 153 | 0.62% | 69.79% | 10,375 | 3,683 | 10,528 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 24,586 | ||
| Hamilton Centre | PC | CCF | 10,561 | 42.15% | 1,688 | 6.74% | 66.67% | 8,873 | 5,619 | 10,561 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25,053 | ||
| Hamilton—Wentworth | PC | PC | 10,542 | 46.42% | 4,108 | 18.09% | 69.12% | 10,542 | 5,734 | 6,434 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22,710 | ||
| Hastings East* | PC | PC | 5,163 | 54.14% | 2,048 | 21.48% | 63.69% | 5,163 | 3,115 | 1,258 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9,536 | ||
| Hastings West | PC | PC | 8,501 | 50.85% | 3,221 | 19.27% | 61.88% | 8,501 | 5,280 | 2,937 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16,718 | ||
| Huron | PC | PC | 7,566 | 50.35% | 106 | 0.71% | 75.35% | 7,566 | 7,460 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15,026 | ||
| Huron—Bruce | PC | PC | 6,678 | 50.97% | 255 | 1.95% | 75.50% | 6,678 | 6,423 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13,101 | ||
| Kenora | CCF | PC | 4,292 | 38.82% | 579 | 5.24% | 64.20% | 4,292 | 3,713 | 3,051 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11,056 | ||
| Kent East | PC | Lib | 7,536 | 55.06% | 1,385 | 10.12% | 77.18% | 6,151 | 7,536 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13,687 | ||
| Kent West | PC | PC | 9,825 | 50.75% | 291 | 1.50% | 62.38% | 9,825 | 9,534 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19,359 | ||
| Kingston* | PC | PC | 7,367 | 46.42% | 1,008 | 6.35% | 67.97% | 7,367 | 6,359 | 2,143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15,869 | ||
| Lambton East | PC | PC | 5,632 | 47.85% | 511 | 4.34% | 66.08% | 5,632 | 5,121 | 1,018 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11,771 | ||
| Lambton West | PC | PC | 7,765 | 48.90% | 2,495 | 15.71% | 66.15% | 7,765 | 5,270 | 2,845 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15,880 | ||
| Lanark | PC | PC | 10,077 | 65.43% | 5,879 | 38.17% | 67.91% | 10,077 | 4,198 | 1,127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15,402 | ||
| Leeds | PC | PC | 9,018 | 51.94% | 2,605 | 15.00% | 74.41% | 9,018 | 6,413 | 1,932 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17,363 | ||
| Lincoln | PC | PC | 13,826 | 41.69% | 3,297 | 9.94% | 71.26% | 13,826 | 8,361 | 10,529 | – | – | – | – | – | 450 | – | 33,166 | ||
| London | PC | Lib | 12,730 | 40.75% | 1,027 | 3.29% | 64.23% | 11,703 | 12,730 | 6,803 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 31,236 | ||
| Middlesex North | PC | PC | 6,601 | 43.35% | 1,255 | 8.24% | 63.62% | 6,601 | 5,346 | 3,281 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15,228 | ||
| Middlesex South | PC | PC | 6,957 | 50.74% | 1,413 | 10.31% | 68.06% | 6,957 | 5,544 | 1,209 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13,710 | ||
| Muskoka—Ontario | PC | PC | 7,197 | 41.42% | 306 | 1.76% | 71.15% | 7,197 | 6,891 | 3,288 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17,376 | ||
| Niagara Falls | PC | Lib | 8,253 | 40.07% | 491 | 2.38% | 67.94% | 4,582 | 8,253 | 7,762 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20,597 | ||
| Nipissing | Lib | PC | 6,903 | 40.01% | 1,296 | 7.51% | 68.61% | 6,903 | 5,607 | 3,683 | – | – | – | – | – | 1,060 | – | 17,253 | ||
| Northumberland | PC | PC | 8,361 | 55.88% | 3,047 | 20.36% | 70.94% | 8,361 | 5,314 | 1,288 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14,963 | ||
| Ontario | PC | CCF | 11,758 | 42.23% | 2,731 | 9.81% | 73.25% | 9,027 | 7,058 | 11,758 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 27,843 | ||
| Ottawa East | Lib | Lib | 9,407 | 45.83% | 1,630 | 7.94% | 55.25% | 7,777 | 9,407 | 2,859 | – | – | – | – | – | 485 | – | 20,528 | ||
| Ottawa South | PC | PC | 18,955 | 55.13% | 9,142 | 26.59% | 56.58% | 18,955 | 9,813 | 5,151 | – | – | – | – | – | 279 | 185 | 34,383 | ||
| Oxford | PC | PC | 9,404 | 45.81% | 941 | 4.58% | 61.71% | 9,404 | 8,463 | 2,662 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20,529 | ||
| Parry Sound | Lib | PC | 4,343 | 37.57% | 439 | 3.80% | 75.55% | 4,343 | 3,904 | 3,314 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11,561 | ||
| Peel | PC | PC | 9,070 | 47.25% | 3,677 | 19.16% | 65.35% | 9,070 | 5,393 | 4,733 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19,196 | ||
| Perth | PC | PC | 10,686 | 45.04% | 1,077 | 4.54% | 68.16% | 10,686 | 9,609 | 3,432 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23,727 | ||
| Peterborough | PC | PC | 10,257 | 42.89% | 2,528 | 10.57% | 73.09% | 10,257 | 7,729 | 5,927 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23,913 | ||
| Port Arthur | CCF | CCF | 8,734 | 44.93% | 2,602 | 13.39% | 62.77% | 4,572 | 6,132 | 8,734 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19,438 | ||
| Prescott | Lib | PC | 6,537 | 56.01% | 2,193 | 18.79% | 73.85% | 6,537 | 4,344 | 179 | – | – | – | – | – | 611 | – | 11,671 | ||
| Prince Edward—Lennox | PC | Lib | 6,202 | 46.45% | 55 | 0.41% | 70.16% | 6,147 | 6,202 | – | – | – | 1,003 | – | – | – | – | 13,352 | ||
| Rainy River | LL | LL | 3,969 | 56.32% | 891 | 12.64% | 65.70% | 3,078 | 3,969 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7,047 | ||
| Renfrew North | PC | PC | 5,864 | 44.51% | 377 | 2.86% | 72.32% | 5,864 | 5,487 | 1,824 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13,175 | ||
| Renfrew South | PC | PC | 6,744 | 54.07% | 1,743 | 13.97% | 69.49% | 6,744 | 5,001 | 728 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12,473 | ||
| Russell | Lib | PC | 5,292 | 41.89% | 697 | 5.52% | 58.29% | 5,292 | 4,595 | 1,611 | – | – | – | – | – | 1,134 | – | 12,632 | ||
| Sault Ste. Marie | CCF | CCF | 6,514 | 41.77% | 1,433 | 9.19% | 67.36% | 5,081 | 4,000 | 6,514 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15,595 | ||
| Simcoe Centre | PC | PC | 5,791 | 41.73% | 1,782 | 12.84% | 67.22% | 5,791 | 4,009 | 1,805 | – | – | – | – | 1,766 | 506 | – | 13,877 | ||
| Simcoe East | PC | PC | 6,376 | 43.17% | 1,002 | 6.78% | 71.60% | 6,376 | 5,374 | 3,018 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14,768 | ||
| Stormont | Lib | PC | 6,729 | 39.96% | 250 | 1.48% | 72.01% | 6,729 | 6,479 | 2,976 | – | – | – | – | – | 655 | – | 16,839 | ||
| Sudbury | CCF | PC | 8,892 | 29.01% | 279 | 0.91% | 72.57% | 8,892 | 6,949 | 5,821 | – | 8,613 | – | – | – | 378 | – | 30,653 | ||
| Temiskaming | CCF | CCF | 4,851 | 41.40% | 561 | 4.79% | 79.83% | 4,290 | 2,576 | 4,851 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11,717 | ||
| Victoria | PC | PC | 8,830 | 59.92% | 4,173 | 28.32% | 68.21% | 8,830 | 4,657 | 1,249 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14,736 | ||
| Waterloo North | LL | Lib | 10,200 | 37.44% | 1,250 | 4.59% | 62.20% | 6,726 | 10,200 | 8,950 | – | – | 1,371 | – | – | – | – | 27,247 | ||
| Waterloo South | PC | CCF | 7,210 | 35.68% | 705 | 3.49% | 69.85% | 6,505 | 6,495 | 7,210 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20,210 | ||
| Welland | PC | Lib | 8,961 | 36.33% | 11 | 0.04% | 72.48% | 6,756 | 8,961 | 8,950 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 24,667 | ||
| Wellington North | Lib | Lib | 7,764 | 53.05% | 893 | 6.10% | 71.06% | 6,871 | 7,764 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14,635 | ||
| Wellington South | PC | PC | 6,913 | 36.97% | 666 | 3.56% | 78.82% | 6,913 | 6,247 | 5,541 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18,701 | ||
| Wentworth | CCF | CCF | 13,190 | 46.35% | 2,327 | 8.18% | 67.98% | 10,863 | 4,405 | 13,190 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 28,458 | ||
| Windsor—Walkerville | PC | PC | 7,730 | 41.51% | 1,422 | 7.64% | 53.63% | 7,730 | 4,585 | 6,308 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18,623 | ||
| Windsor—Sandwich | PC | PC | 10,781 | 53.46% | 5,213 | 25.85% | 70.32% | 10,781 | 3,624 | 5,568 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 192 | 20,165 | ||
| York East | PC | CCF | 21,628 | 42.81% | 881 | 1.74% | 63.76% | 20,747 | 7,772 | 21,628 | – | – | – | – | – | 370 | – | 50,517 | ||
| York North | PC | PC | 10,444 | 39.21% | 1,902 | 7.14% | 66.63% | 10,444 | 7,653 | 8,542 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 26,639 | ||
| York South | PC | CCF | 19,320 | 49.52% | 4,465 | 11.44% | 67.97% | 14,855 | 4,838 | 19,320 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 39,013 | ||
| York West | PC | CCF | 18,627 | 43.41% | 2,383 | 5.55% | 69.42% | 16,244 | 8,041 | 18,627 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 42,912 | ||
| Beaches | PC | CCF | 9,910 | 44.03% | 440 | 1.96% | 71.98% | 9,470 | 3,126 | 9,910 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22,506 | ||
| Bellwoods | Lab-Pr | Lab-Pr | 7,764 | 37.17% | 1,286 | 6.16% | 69.55% | 6,478 | 2,292 | 4,353 | 7,764 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20,887 | ||
| Bracondale | PC | CCF | 7,956 | 45.00% | 1,184 | 6.70% | 63.97% | 6,772 | 2,952 | 7,956 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17,680 | ||
| Dovercourt | PC | CCF | 12,262 | 48.16% | 3,039 | 11.93% | 64.28% | 9,223 | 3,978 | 12,262 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25,463 | ||
| Eglinton | PC | PC | 18,767 | 51.62% | 9,543 | 26.25% | 69.16% | 18,767 | 9,224 | 8,366 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 36,357 | ||
| High Park | PC | CCF | 11,562 | 42.24% | 1,017 | 3.72% | 74.88% | 10,545 | 5,262 | 11,562 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 27,369 | ||
| Parkdale | PC | CCF | 11,778 | 39.52% | 650 | 2.18% | 68.34% | 11,128 | 6,900 | 11,778 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 29,806 | ||
| Riverdale | PC | CCF | 12,429 | 47.55% | 2,159 | 8.26% | 65.32% | 10,270 | 3,195 | 12,429 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 245 | 26,139 | ||
| St. Andrew | Lab-Pr | Lab-Pr | 9,890 | 49.40% | 4,926 | 24.61% | 71.22% | 4,964 | 1,757 | 3,408 | 9,890 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20,019 | ||
| St. David | PC | CCF | 8,539 | 41.39% | 676 | 3.28% | 66.08% | 7,863 | 3,908 | 8,539 | – | – | – | 253 | – | – | 69 | 20,632 | ||
| St. George | PC | PC | 10,161 | 45.23% | 2,711 | 12.07% | 61.19% | 10,161 | 4,853 | 7,450 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22,464 | ||
| St. Patrick | PC | PC | 6,946 | 44.06% | 1,597 | 10.13% | 66.48% | 6,946 | 3,469 | 5,349 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15,764 | ||
| Woodbine | PC | CCF | 12,986 | 47.36% | 2,292 | 8.36% | 68.97% | 10,694 | 3,516 | 12,986 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 222 | 27,418 | ||
- = open seat
- = turnout is above provincial average
- = winning candidate was in previous Legislature
- = incumbent had switched allegiance
- = other incumbents renominated
- = campaigned as a Liberal-Labour candidate
- = campaigned as a Social Credit candidate
Analysis
edit| Party in 1st place | Party in 2nd place | Total | |||||
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| PC | Lib | LL | CCF | Ind-CCF | |||
| Progressive Conservative | 43 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 53 | ||
| Liberal | 8 | 5 | 13 | ||||
| Liberal–Labour | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | 19 | 2 | 21 | ||||
| Labor–Progressive | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 30 | 45 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 90 | |
| Parties | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| █ Progressive Conservative | 53 | 30 | 7 | 90 | ||
| █ Co-operative Commonwealth | 21 | 13 | 45 | 2 | 81 | |
| █ Liberal | 13 | 45 | 28 | 2 | 88 | |
| █ Labor–Progressive | 2 | 2 | ||||
| █ Liberal–Labour | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| █ Independent-CCF | 1 | 1 | ||||
| █ Union of Electors | 2 | 9 | 2 | 13 | ||
| █ Independent PC | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| █ Socialist Labour | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||
| █ Social Credit | 2 | 2 | ||||
| █ Independent Labour | 1 | 1 | ||||
| █ Independent | 1 | 1 |
| Source | Party | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC | CCF | Lib | L-L | Lab-Pr | Total | ||
| Seats retained | Incumbents returned | 40 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 51 |
| Open seats held | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Seats changing hands | Incumbents defeated | 8 | 12 | 7 | 27 | ||
| Open seats gained | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | |||
| Total | 53 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 90 | |
Seats that changed hands
edit| Party | 1943 | Gain from (loss to) | 1945 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC | CCF | Lib | Lbr-P | L-L | |||||||||
| Progressive Conservative | 66 | 2 | (15) | 7 | (7) | 53 | |||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | 8 | 15 | (2) | (1) | 1 | 21 | |||||||
| Liberal | 11 | 7 | (7) | 1 | 1 | 13 | |||||||
| Labor–Progressive | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Liberal–Labour | 3 | (1) | (1) | 1 | |||||||||
| Total | 90 | 22 | (9) | 3 | (16) | 7 | (9) | – | – | 2 | – | 90 | |
There were 34 seats that changed allegiance in the election.
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edit- ^ a b c "1948 Ontario general election". Elections Ontario. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
- ^ "Shifting vote support seen throughout Ontario, Quebec". The Windsor Daily Star. October 8, 1947. p. 12.
- ^ a b EO data errors on some riding results and candidate affiliations corrected per "Vote Polled By Candidates In Ontario Constituencies". Ottawa Citizen. June 8, 1948. p. 15.