ONTARIO GENERAL ELECTION, 1999

The Ontario Legislature after the 1999 election.

An 'Ontario general election' was held on 'June 3, 1999', to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada.
The governing Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, led by Premier Mike Harris, was re-elected to a second majority government.
It was the first election in which the Legislative Assembly of Ontario had a reduced number of seats. Previously, the province's riding (electoral district) boundaries were different from those used in federal elections. In the 1999 election, for the first time, provincial riding boundaries were redrawn to precisely match federal ridings, resulting in 27 fewer seats -- and 27 fewer Members of Provincial Parliament -- in the Ontario Legislature.
According to a poll released on the eve of the election, the Liberal Party entered the campaign with a lead over the Progressive Conservatives. This poll's accuracy was disputed by many, however, and even Liberal leader Dalton McGuinty cast doubt on it: noting that most polling companies claim to be accurate 19 times out of 20, he suggested that this might have been 20th. Subsequent polls taken in the early period of the campaign showed the Progressive Conservatives with a commanding lead over the Liberals, in a manner more consistent with pre-election numbers.
Harris's government had delivered large tax cuts and significantly reduced the deficit, but they had also severely cut spending in the process. They had the support of the legendary Tory political machine, bolstered by a group of American experts imported from the Republican Party. They targeted Dalton McGuinty as inexperienced ("Dalton McGuinty is not up to the job" was a Tory campaign slogan), and attacked him for lacking a clear vision. This was successful due to McGuinty having a reputation for being uncomfortable and stiff in the media. During the leader's debates, McGuinty had a poor performance, being unable to explain his party's platform clearly and being compared to fictional serial killer Norman Bates by NDP leader Howard Hampton.
The extensive use of attack ads and wedge issues by the Tories was a new development in Canadian politics, and some commentators worried the election process was becoming Americanized.
The third major party, the Ontario New Democratic Party led by Howard Hampton, spent much the campaign battling the memory of Bob Rae's unpopular government in the early 1990s. Despite Hampton's efforts to reach out to labour, the NDP were substantially weakened as the major unions deserted them in favour of the Liberals, hoping to defeat the Tories by strategic voting.
The province was enjoying strong economic growth at the time which also vindicated the Conservatives' deficit-cutting measures in the public. The Liberal Party managed to recover some support late in the campaign, but it was not enough and the Tories were re-elected with a second consecutive majority government.

Southern Durham & York

Downtown Toronto

Suburban Toronto

Brampton, Mississauga & Oakville

Hamilton-Wentworth, Burlington & Niagara

Midwestern Ontario

Southwestern Ontario

Northern Ontario

Results

Party		Party Leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
Party		Party Leader	# of candidates	1995	'Elected'	% Change	#	%	% Change	Progressive Conservative	Mike Harris	103	82	'59'	-28.0%	1,978,059	45.1%	+0.3%
Liberal	Dalton McGuinty	103	30	'35'	+16.7%	1,751,472	39.9%	+8.8%
New Democratic	Howard Hampton	103	17	'9'	-47.1%	551,009	12.6%	-8.0%
Green	Frank de Jong	57	-	-	-	30,749	0.7%	+0.3%	Family Coalition	Giuseppe Gori	37	-	-	-	24,216	0.6%	-0.9%	Natural Law	Ron Parker	73	-	-	-	19,491	0.4%	-	Freedom	Lloyd Walker	14	-	-	-	4,806	0.1%	-	Libertarian	Sam Apelbaum	7	-	-	-	2,337	0.1%	-0.1%	Communist	Hassan Husseini	4	-	-	-	814	0.02%	-	Confederation of Regions	2	-	-	-	282	0.01%	-	Reform	1	-	-	-	174	0.003%	-	Others	62	1	-	-100%	26,798	0.6%	-0.2%
'Total'			'567'	'130'	'103'	'-20.8%'	'4,390,207'	'100%'

'Notes: '

★ No fewer than 27 candidates affiliated with the Communist Party of Canada - Marxist-Leninist contested this election as independents. These candidates won a total of 7,194 votes.

★ The Reform Association of Ontario fielded one candidate.

★ Three independent candidates were members of the Humanist Party of Ontario.
It is possible that some independent candidates were actually members of these or other unregistered parties.

Constituency results

Ontario Regional Results
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|1. Ottawa
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|2. Eastern Ontario
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|3. Central Ontario
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|4. Southern Durham & York
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|5. Downtown Toronto
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|6. Suburban Toronto
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|7. Brampton, Mississauga & Oakville
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|8. Hamilton, Burlington & Niagara
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|9. Midwestern Ontario
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|10. Southwestern Ontario
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|11. Northern Ontario
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Note: Expenditure entries are taken from official candidate reports as listed by Elections Ontario. The figures cited are the "Total Candidate's Campaign Expenses Subject to Limitation", and include transfers from constituency associations.
(Note: The official returns list Ray as a candidate of the Ontario Communist Party, rather than the Communist League. This, however, is an error.)

Ottawa-Carleton

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Nepean—Carleton
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|John Baird
31,546
|
|Gord Hunter
16,809
|
|Craig Parsons
1,647
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|Bill Frampton (F) 386
Brian E. Jackson(NLP) 239
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|John Baird
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Ottawa Centre
|
|Ray Kostuck 15403
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|Richard Patten 17956
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|Elisabeth Arnold 11977
|
|Chris Bradshaw(G) 1231
Wayne Foster(NLP) 170
Marvin Glass(Comm) 174
Mistahi Corkill (Ind [M-L]) 132
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|Richard Patten
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Ottawa—Orléans
aka Carleton—Gloucester
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|Brian Coburn 24,356
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| Rene Danis 18,052
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|Jamie Gallant 1,195
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|Andre Clermont (G) 614
Luc Brisebois (Ind) 247
Richard Wolfson (NLP) 177
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|Gilles Morin †
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Ottawa South
|
|Mike Nicholson 19,337
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|'Dalton McGuinty' 22,707
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|James McLaren 2,655
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|George Brown(G) 724
Mag Carson (Ind [M-L]) 243
James Hea (NLP) 121
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|'Dalton McGuinty'
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Ottawa—Vanier
|
|Maurice Lamirande 12,605
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|Claudette Boyer 21,009
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|David Gagnon 4,163
|
|Richard Briggs(G) 953
Pierrette Blondin (NLP) 580
Kevin Corkill (Ind [M-L]) 310
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|Bernard Grandmaître †
|-
|rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Ottawa West—Nepean
|rowspan=3 |
|rowspan=3| Garry Guzzo 22,834
|rowspan=3|
|rowspan=3|Rick Chiarelli 16,419
|rowspan=3|
|rowspan=3|Alex Cullen 7,701
|rowspan=3|
|rowspan=3|Richard Warman(G) 453
Megan Hnatiw (Ind [M-L]) 129
John C. Turmel (Ind) 94
Anthony Silvestro (CoR) 79
Lester Newby (NLP) 70
||
|Garry Guzzo
|-
|colspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke align=center|''Merged Riding''
|-
||
|Alex Cullen

Eastern Ontario

|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Glengarry—
Prescott—Russell
|
|Alain Lalonde 17,364
||
|Jean-Marc Lalonde 24,568
|
|Stephane Landry 2,007
|
|Mary Glasser (NLP) 425
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|Jean-Marc Lalonde
|-
|rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hastings—
Frontenac—Lennox and Addington
|rowspan=3|
|rowspan=3|Harry Danford 18,553
|rowspan=3 |
|rowspan=3|Leona Dombrowsky 20,395
|rowspan=3|
|rowspan=3|Allan McPhail 3,008
|rowspan=3|
|rowspan=3|Chris Bradshaw(G) 1231
Wayne Foster(NLP) 170
Marvin Glass(Comm) 174
Mistahi Corkill (Ind [M-L]) 132
||
|Harry Danford
|-
|colspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke align=center|''Merged Riding''
|-
||
|Bill Vankoughnet †
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kingston and the Islands
|
|Bob Pickering 14,487
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|John Gerretsen 26,355
|
|Beth Pater 5,436
|
|Chris Walker (G) 1174
Chris Beneteau (FCP) 546
Gerard Morris (NLP) 182
||
|John Gerretsen
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lanark—Carleton
||
|Norm Sterling 31,364
|
| Dwight Eastman 17,323
|
|Sheila Sansome 2,713
|
|J.J. Campbell (FCP) 1,450
Stuart Langstaff (G) 681
Angela Hea (NLP) 171
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|Norm Sterling
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Leeds—Grenville
||
|Bob Runciman 23,390
|
| Don Cameron 17,307
|
|Jim Murray 2,097
|
|Ken Blackburn (G) 1,008
Britt Roberts (NLP) 244
||
|Rob Runciman
|-
|rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Prince Edward-Hastings
|rowspan=3 |
|rowspan=3 |Gary Fox 17,931
|rowspan=3 |
|rowspan=3 | Ernie Parsons 17,987
|rowspan=3 |
|rowspan=3 |Bev Campbell 2,877
|rowspan=3 |
|rowspan=3 |Shawn Talbot (G) 441
Marie Hineman (CoR) 203
Kevin River (Ind) 188
Trueman Tuck (Ind [Independent Reform]) 133
Sylvie Poirier (NLP) 111
||
|Gary Fox
|-
|colspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke align=center|''Merged Riding''
|-
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|Doug Rollins †
|-
|rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Renfrew—
Nipissing—Pembroke
|rowspan=3|
|rowspan=3|Leo Jordan 17,738
|rowspan=3 |
|rowspan=3|Sean Conway 23435
|rowspan=3|
|rowspan=3|Gerry Boyer 2,295
|rowspan=3|
|rowspan=3|Thane Heins (G) 287
Andre Giordano (NLP) 172
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|Leo Jordan
|-
|colspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke align=center|''Merged Riding''
|-
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|Sean Conway
|-
|rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Stormont—Dundas—
Charlottenburgh
|rowspan=3|
|rowspan=3|Noble Villeneuve 19,635
|rowspan=3 |
|rowspan=3|John Cleary 20,275
|rowspan=3|
|rowspan=3|Maggie MacDonald 2,012
|rowspan=3|
|rowspan=3|Ian Campbell (NLP) 329
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|Noble Velleneuve
|-
|colspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke align=center|''Merged Riding''
|-
||
|John Cleary

Central Ontario

Southern Durham & York

Downtown Toronto

Suburban Toronto

Brampton, Mississauga & Oakville

Hamilton-Wentworth, Burlington & Niagara

Midwestern Ontario

Southwestern Ontario

Northern Ontario

{| border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse"
|- bgcolor=darkgray
!width=16% rowspan=2|Electoral District
!colspan=10|Candidates
|-
!width=1% |
!width=13%
!width=1% |
!width=13%
!width=1% |
!width=13%
!width=1% |
!width=16% |Other
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Algoma—Manitoulin
|
|Keith Currie 8,617
||
|'(x)'Mike Brown 14,299
|
|Lynn Watson 8,780
|
|Graham Hearn (Lbt) 425
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kenora—Rainy River
|
|Lynn Beyak 5483
|
|'(x)'Frank Miclash 11,209
||
|'(x)'Howard Hampton 14,269
|
|Richard Bruyere (Ind) 934
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Nickel Belt
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|Gerry Courtemanche 10,359
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|Ron Dupuis 10,165
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|'(x)'Shelley Martel 14,833
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|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Nipissing
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|'(x)'Mike Harris 19,498
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|George Maroosis 16,682
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|Wendy Young 1,878
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|Jaimie Board (G) 366

Michaele Morris (NLP) 246
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Parry Sound—Muskoka
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|'(x)'Ernie Eves 22,967
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|Isabel Doxey 10,970
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|Dan Waters 5343
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|Iris Tamssot (NLP) 339
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Sault Ste. Marie
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|James Caicco 10,477
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|Terry Sheehan 10,180
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|'(x)'Tony Martin 15,949
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|Colleen Hibbs (NLP) 288
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Sudbury
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|Mila Wong 10,948
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|'(x)'Rick Bartolucci 21,732
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|Paul Chislett 3891
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|Bernard Fram (NLP) 184

Ed Pokonzie (Ind) 159

David Popescu (Ind) 103
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Thunder Bay—Atikokan
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|John Henderson 6,081
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|'(x)'Lyn McLeod 20,268
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|Jack Drewes 5,304
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|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Thunder Bay—Superior North
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|Ed Linkewich 5,683
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|'(x)'Michael Gravelle 19,249
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|Nathalie Galesloot 5,864
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|Robert Woito (Ind) 431
Carl Rose (G) 382
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Timiskaming—Cochrane
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|Rick Brassard 10,374
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|'(x)'David Ramsay 16,877
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|'(x)'Len Wood (NDP) 7631
|
|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Timmins—James Bay
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|Marcel Pelchat 4,139
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|Yves Malette 10,238
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|'(x)'Gilles Bisson 16,504
|
|Ed Walsh (Ind) 316
==By-elections since the general election==
Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot (res. Toni Skarica, February 7, 2000), September 7, 2000:
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="6"|By-election: February 7, 2000 Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 40px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
! style="width: 40px"|+/-
|-
| style="width: 185px"| Liberal
|Ted McMeekin
|align=right|19,916
|align=right| 59.6
|align=right| +26.1
|-
| style="width: 185px"| Progressive Conservative
|Priscilla De Villiers
|align=right|10,201
|align=right| 30.5
|align=right| -27.6
|-
| style="width: 185px"|New Democrat
|Jessica Brennan
|align=right|2,297
|align=right| 6.9
|align=right| -1.5
|-
| style="width: 185px"|Green
|Mark Coakley
|align=right| 903
|align=right| 2.7
|align=right| -
|-
| style="width: 185px"|Independent
|John C. Turmel
|align=right| 80
|align=right| 0.2
|align=right| -
Parry Sound—Muskoka (res. Ernie Eves, February 8, 2001), March 22, 2001:
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="6"|By-election: February 8, 2001 Parry Sound—Muskoka
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 40px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
! style="width: 40px"|+/-
|-
| style="width: 185px"| Progressive Conservative
|Norm Miller
|align=right|12,903
|align=right| 49.3
|align=right| -8.7
|-
| style="width: 185px"| Liberal
|Evelyn Brown
|align=right| 8,979
|align=right| 34.3
|align=right| +6.6
|-
| style="width: 185px"|Green
|Richard Thomas
|align=right| 3,229
|align=right| 12.3
|align=right|
|-
| style="width: 185px"|New Democrat
|Joanne Bury
|align=right| 888
|align=right| 3.4
|align=right| -10.1
|-
| style="width: 185px"|Independent
|Anne Marsden
|align=right| 113
|align=right| 0.4
|align=right| -
|-
| style="width: 185px"|Independent
|John C. Turmel
|align=right| 61
|align=right| 0.2
|align=right| -
Vaughan—King—Aurora (dec. Al Palladini, March 7, 2001), June 28, 2001:
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="6"|Onatrio By-election: Vaughan—King—Aurora
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 40px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
! style="width: 40px"|+/-
|-
| style="width: 185px"| Liberal
|Greg Sorbara
|align=right| 21,961
|align=right|
|align=right|
|-
| style="width: 185px"| Progressive Conservative
|Joyce Frustaglio
|align=right|12,172
|align=right|
|align=right|
|-
| style="width: 185px"|Green
|Ernst Von Bezold
|align=right|752
|align=right|
|align=right|
|-
| style="width: 185px"|New Democrat
|Mike Seward
|align=right|708
|align=right|
|align=right|
| style="width: 185px"|Family Coalition
|Rina Morra
|align=right|267
|align=right|
|align=right|
Beaches—East York (res. Frances Lankin, July 31, 2001), September 20, 2001:
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="6"|Onatrio By-election: Beaches—East York
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 40px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
! style="width: 40px"|+/-
|-
| style="width: 185px"|New Democrat
|Michael Prue
|align=right|14,024
|align=right|
|align=right|
|-
| style="width: 185px"| Liberal
|Robert Hunter
|align=right|10,289
|align=right|
|align=right|
|-
| style="width: 185px"| Progressive Conservative
|Mac Penney
|align=right|2,821
|align=right|
|align=right|
|-
| style="width: 185px"|Green
|Peter Elgie
|align=right|694
|align=right|
|align=right|
| style="width: 185px"|Family Coalition
|Ray Scott
|align=right|206
|align=right|
|align=right|
| style="width: 185px"|Independent
|Vince Corriere
|align=right| 59
|align=right|
|align=right|
| style="width: 185px"|Independent
|Don King
|align=right| 51
|align=right|
|align=right|
Nipissing (res. Mike Harris, April 2, 2002), May 2, 2002:
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="6"|Onatrio By-election: Nipissing
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 40px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
! style="width: 40px"|+/-
|-
| style="width: 185px"| Progressive Conservative
|Al McDonald
|align="right"|13,989
|align="right"|
|
|-
| style="width: 185px"| Liberal
|George Maroosis
|align="right"|13,970
|align="right"|
|
|-
| style="width: 185px"|New Democrat
|Wendy Young
|align="right"|1,821
|align="right"|
|
|-
| style="width: 185px"|Green
|Todd Lucier
|align="right"|940
|align="right"|
|
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="6"|Onatrio By-election: Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 40px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
! style="width: 40px"|+/-
|-
| style="width: 185px"| Progressive Conservative
|Ernie Eves
|align="right"|15,288
|align="right"|46.59%
|
|-
| style="width: 185px"| Liberal
|Josh Matlow
|align="right"|11,728
|align="right"|35.74%
|
|-
| style="width: 185px"|New Democrat
|Doug Wilcox
|align="right"|2,633
|align="right"|8.02%
|
|-
| style="width: 185px"|Green
|Richard Procter
|align="right"|2,017
|align="right"|6.15%
|
|-
| style="width: 185px"|Family Coalition
|Dave Davies
|align="right"|1,025
|align="right"|3.12%
|
|-
| style="width: 185px"|Independent
|John C. Turmel
|align="right"|120
|align="right"|0.37%
|}

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ONTARIO GENERAL ELECTION, 1999

Results

Constituency results

Ottawa-Carleton

Eastern Ontario

Central Ontario

Southern Durham & York

Downtown Toronto

Suburban Toronto

Brampton, Mississauga & Oakville

Hamilton-Wentworth, Burlington & Niagara

Midwestern Ontario

Southwestern Ontario

Northern Ontario

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