1951 Ontario general election

1951 Ontario general election

← 1948 November 22, 1951 1955 →

90 seats in the 24th Legislative Assembly of Ontario
46 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Leslie Frost Walter Thomson
Party Progressive Conservative Liberal
Leader since April 27, 1949 November 10, 1950
Leader's seat Victoria Ran in Ontario (Lost)
Last election 53 14
Seats won 79 8
Seat change Increase26 Decrease6
Percentage 48.5% 31.5%
Swing Increase7.0pp Increase1.7pp

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Ted Jolliffe Stewart Smith
Party Co-operative Commonwealth Labor-Progressive
Leader since April 3, 1942 1951
Leader's seat York South (lost re-election)
Last election 21 2
Seats won 2 1
Seat change Decrease19 Decrease1
Percentage 19.1% 0.7%
Swing Decrease3.3pp Decrease0.3pp

Premier before election

Leslie Frost
Progressive Conservative

Premier after election

Leslie Frost
Progressive Conservative

The 1951 Ontario general election was held on November 22, 1951, to elect the 90 members of the 24th Legislative Assembly of Ontario (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the Province of Ontario.[1]

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