1981 Ontario general election

1981 Ontario general election
	March 19, 1981
125 seats in the 32nd Legislative Assembly of Ontario; 63 seats needed for a majority
	Seating in chamber after the election
Premier before election; Bill Davis; Progressive Conservative	Premier after election ; Bill Davis; Progressive Conservative

The 1981 Ontario general election was held on March 19, 1981, to elect members of the 32nd Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada.

The governing Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, led by Bill Davis, was re-elected for a twelfth consecutive term in office. The PCs finally won a majority government after winning only minorities in the 1975 and 1977 elections. The Liberal Party, led by Stuart Smith, was able to maintain its standing in the Legislature, while the New Democratic Party, led by Michael Cassidy, lost a significant number of seats, allowing the Tories to win a majority.

Opinion polls

During campaign period

Evolution of voting intentions at provincial level
Polling firm	Last day of survey	Source	PCO	OLP	ONDP	Other	ME	Sample
Polling firm	Last day of survey	Source					ME	Sample
Election 1981	March 19, 1981		44.38	33.48	21.14
Gallup	March 11, 1981	^[1]	51	31	18	—	—	—
Gallup	February 18, 1981	^[2]	53	27	18	1	—	831
Election called

During the 31st Parliament of Ontario

Evolution of voting intentions at provincial level
Polling firm	Last day of survey	Source	PCO	OLP	ONDP	Other	ME	Sample
Polling firm	Last day of survey	Source					ME	Sample
Election 1977	June 9, 1977		39.58	31.19	28.16	1.07

Campaign

Riding contests, by number of candidates (1981)^[3]
Candidates	PC	Lib	LL	NDP	Ind	Comm	Ltn	SC	Un	Total
3	82	80	2	82						246
4	31	31		31	10	10	8	3		124
5	8	8		8	7	6	2		1	40
6	2	2		2	4	1	1			12
7	2	2		2	6	1	1			14
Total	125	123	2	125	27	18	12	3	1	436

A number of unregistered parties also fielded candidates in this election.

There were a number of Rhinoceros Party candidates in the Toronto area, and the party may have also fielded candidates elsewhere in the province. The Workers Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist) a single candidate, Judy Darcy. Ronald G. Rodgers, founder of the Détente Party of Canada, contested a Toronto constituency.

Social Credit leader Reg Gervais announced prior to the election that he planned to run in Nickel Belt, but could not follow through and resigned at a meeting of nominated candidates where John Turmel was appointed interim leader of the Ontario Social Credit Party during the campaign, though there has never been independent confirmation of this (nor is it clear if the Ottawa-area candidacies of Turmel and Raymond Turmel and Serge Girard and Dale Alkerton and Andrew Dynowski were approved by the remaining few members of the official Social Credit Party of Ontario).

Results

^[3]

Elections to the 32nd Parliament of Ontario (1981)
Political party		Party leader	MPPs				Votes
Political party		Party leader	Candidates	1977	1981	±	#	±	%	± (pp)
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Davis	125	58	70	12	1,412,488	89,765	44.38%	4.80
	Liberal	Stuart Smith	123	33	33		1,065,569	23,115	33.48%	2.29
	Liberal–Labour	Stuart Smith	2	1	1		7,111	1,131	0.22%	0.03
	New Democratic	Michael Cassidy	125	33	21	12	672,824	268,137	21.14%	7.02
	Independent		27	–	–	–	10,585	3,171	0.33%	0.11
	Libertarian	Scott Bell	12	–	–	–	7,087	2,874	0.22%	0.08
	Communist	Mel Doig	18	–	–	–	5,306	2,831	0.17%	0.07
	Social Credit		3	–	–	–	1,054	644	0.03%	0.02
	Unparty		1	–	–	–	460	460	0.01%	New
Total			436	125	125		3,182,484		100.00%
Rejected ballots							20,797	1,197
Voter turnout							3,203,281	158,152	58.04	7.56
Registered electors							5,519,204	395,436

Seats and popular vote by party
Party	Seats	Votes	Change (pp)
█ Progressive Conservative	70 / 125	44.38%	4.80	4.8
█ Liberal/Liberal-Labour	34 / 125	33.70%	2.26	2.26
█ New Democratic	21 / 125	21.14%	-7.02
█ Independent	0 / 125	0.33%	0.11	0.11
█ Other	0 / 125	0.45%	-0.15

Synopsis of results

Results by riding - 1981 Ontario general election^[3]
Riding	Winning party								Turnout ^{[a 1]}	Votes
Name^{[a 2]}	1977		Party		Votes	Share	Margin #	Margin %		PC	Lib/LL	NDP	Ind	Other	Total
Name^{[a 2]}	1977		Party		Votes	Share	Margin #	Margin %							Total

Algoma		NDP		NDP	7,096	52.83%	2,326	17.32%	69.22%	4,770	1,567	7,096	–	–	13,433
Algoma—Manitoulin		PC		PC	7,160	57.36%	4,174	33.44%	50.16%	7,160	2,986	2,336	–	–	12,482
Brampton		PC		PC	24,973	61.23%	15,582	38.20%	50.73%	24,973	9,391	6,034	–	390	40,788
Brantford		NDP		PC	12,847	45.35%	3,259	11.50%	59.43%	12,847	5,896	9,588	–	–	28,331
Brant—Oxford—Norfolk		Lib		Lib	13,067	59.40%	7,033	31.97%	55.64%	6,034	13,067	2,899	–	–	22,000
Brock		PC		PC	10,547	48.75%	3,665	16.94%	60.36%	10,547	6,882	4,204	–	–	21,633
Burlington South		PC		PC	19,037	57.81%	10,084	30.62%	55.69%	19,037	8,953	4,942	–	–	32,932
Cambridge		NDP		PC	12,597	42.82%	849	2.89%	59.32%	12,597	4,527	11,748	549	–	29,421
Carleton		PC		PC	17,846	55.26%	9,225	28.56%	53.22%	17,846	8,621	5,446	–	383	32,296
Carleton East		NDP		PC	15,714	38.03%	1,686	4.08%	59.37%	15,714	14,028	11,579	–	–	41,321
Carleton-Grenville		PC		PC	15,202	65.09%	9,438	40.41%	57.71%	15,202	5,764	2,391	–	–	23,357
Chatham—Kent		PC		PC	9,471	42.20%	2,963	13.20%	54.47%	9,471	6,466	6,508	–	–	22,445
Cochrane North		PC		PC	5,910	36.19%	188	1.15%	62.56%	5,910	5,722	4,426	–	274	16,332
Cochrane South		PC		PC	12,540	56.25%	5,565	24.96%	61.65%	12,540	6,975	2,777	–	–	22,292
Cornwall		NDP		NDP	9,484	41.90%	1,667	7.37%	63.65%	7,817	5,333	9,484	–	–	22,634
Dufferin—Simcoe		PC		PC	18,101	62.83%	11,399	39.57%	56.41%	18,101	6,702	4,007	–	–	28,810
Durham East		PC		PC	14,900	48.02%	6,252	20.15%	60.46%	14,900	7,226	8,648	253	–	31,027
Durham West		PC		PC	17,029	52.77%	9,583	29.70%	55.46%	17,029	7,446	6,578	–	1,215	32,268
Durham—York		PC		PC	14,404	57.51%	8,074	32.23%	56.99%	14,404	6,330	4,314	–	–	25,048
Elgin		PC		PC	13,119	55.41%	5,813	24.55%	58.78%	13,119	7,306	3,250	–	–	23,675
Erie		Lib		Lib	8,796	49.83%	3,525	19.97%	54.59%	5,271	8,796	3,586	–	–	17,653
Essex North		Lib		Lib	9,187	46.14%	3,276	16.45%	54.47%	4,812	9,187	5,911	–	–	19,910
Essex South		Lib		Lib	10,454	52.77%	5,446	27.49%	51.18%	5,008	10,454	4,349	–	–	19,811
Fort William		PC		PC	13,038	54.32%	5,453	22.72%	59.66%	13,038	3,381	7,585	–	–	24,004
Frontenac—Addington		Lib		Lib	10,558	44.21%	340	1.42%	62.89%	10,218	10,558	2,374	409	322	23,881
Grey		Lib		Lib	13,334	55.47%	4,541	18.89%	64.77%	8,793	13,334	1,629	–	284	24,040
Grey—Bruce		Lib		Lib	14,006	60.30%	6,239	26.86%	64.36%	7,767	14,006	1,455	–	–	23,228
Haldimand—Norfolk		Lib		Lib	16,254	56.49%	7,479	25.99%	63.08%	8,775	16,254	3,744	–	–	28,773
Halton—Burlington		Lib		Lib	13,395	44.99%	518	1.74%	56.33%	12,877	13,395	3,500	–	–	29,772
Hamilton Centre		NDP		Lib	9,734	47.02%	2,804	13.54%	55.58%	4,039	9,734	6,930	–	–	20,703
Hamilton East		NDP		NDP	12,773	46.47%	4,408	16.04%	55.02%	6,351	8,365	12,773	–	–	27,489
Hamilton Mountain		NDP		NDP	11,008	35.77%	197	0.64%	67.02%	10,811	8,956	11,008	–	–	30,775
Hamilton West		Lib		Lib	12,106	45.84%	2,318	8.78%	60.46%	9,788	12,106	4,255	–	260	26,409
Hastings—Peterborough		PC		PC	11,528	49.61%	2,787	11.99%	66.49%	11,528	8,741	2,968	–	–	23,237
Huron—Bruce		Lib		Lib	12,164	46.64%	224	0.86%	70.22%	11,940	12,164	1,979	–	–	26,083
Huron—Middlesex		Lib		Lib	10,707	52.24%	2,089	10.19%	66.57%	8,618	10,707	1,170	–	–	20,495
Kenora		PC		PC	10,418	60.84%	6,248	36.49%	57.94%	10,418	2,536	4,170	–	–	17,124
Kent—Elgin		Lib		Lib	10,115	47.08%	337	1.57%	64.40%	9,778	10,115	1,591	–	–	21,484
Kingston and the Islands		PC		PC	12,488	50.25%	4,023	16.19%	58.10%	12,488	8,465	3,897	–	–	24,850
Kitchener		Lib		Lib	12,592	50.98%	4,610	18.66%	50.86%	7,982	12,592	4,126	–	–	24,700
Kitchener—Wilmot		Lib		Lib	11,515	48.56%	3,002	12.66%	49.49%	8,513	11,515	3,686	–	–	23,714
Lake Nipigon		NDP		NDP	7,846	68.90%	6,018	52.85%	55.75%	1,828	1,714	7,846	–	–	11,388
Lambton		PC		PC	13,467	63.59%	7,032	33.20%	66.04%	13,467	6,435	1,276	–	–	21,178
Lanark		PC		PC	10,502	61.69%	6,638	38.99%	55.80%	10,502	3,864	2,659	–	–	17,025
Leeds		PC		PC	13,725	64.41%	9,082	42.62%	58.54%	13,725	4,643	2,940	–	–	21,308
Lincoln		Lib		PC	10,044	46.28%	394	1.82%	65.54%	10,044	9,650	2,009	–	–	21,703
London Centre		Lib		Lib	12,315	51.67%	3,986	16.72%	49.65%	8,329	12,315	3,189	–	–	23,833
London North		Lib		Lib	15,444	49.61%	3,619	11.62%	54.17%	11,825	15,444	3,864	–	–	31,133
London South		PC		PC	19,714	54.74%	8,598	23.87%	52.03%	19,714	11,116	5,187	–	–	36,017
Middlesex		PC		PC	11,672	52.84%	3,408	15.43%	66.01%	11,672	8,264	2,155	–	–	22,091
Mississauga East		PC		PC	15,759	55.68%	8,043	28.42%	50.21%	15,759	7,716	4,829	–	–	28,304
Mississauga North		PC		PC	20,331	56.27%	11,201	31.00%	49.45%	20,331	9,130	6,667	–	–	36,128
Mississauga South		PC		PC	14,165	55.63%	6,993	27.46%	55.59%	14,165	7,172	4,126	–	–	25,463
Muskoka		PC		PC	9,029	55.09%	4,881	29.78%	64.43%	9,029	4,148	3,214	–	–	16,391
Niagara Falls		Lib		Lib	12,495	47.23%	3,200	12.10%	56.32%	9,295	12,495	4,665	–	–	26,455
Nickel Belt		NDP		NDP	8,451	54.85%	3,410	22.13%	63.38%	1,915	5,041	8,451	–	–	15,407
Nipissing		Lib		PC	15,795	55.43%	4,871	17.10%	64.11%	15,795	10,924	1,774	–	–	28,493
Northumberland		PC		PC	14,727	51.58%	3,614	12.66%	65.02%	14,727	11,113	2,711	–	–	28,551
Oakville		PC		PC	16,366	62.43%	9,080	34.64%	56.58%	16,366	7,286	2,562	–	–	26,214
Oshawa		NDP		NDP	10,307	48.04%	2,471	11.52%	49.70%	7,836	3,311	10,307	–	–	21,454
Ottawa Centre		NDP		NDP	9,316	36.77%	599	2.36%	54.58%	8,717	6,926	9,316	376	–	25,335
Ottawa East		Lib		Lib	14,207	69.22%	9,972	48.59%	49.03%	4,235	14,207	1,905	–	177	20,524
Ottawa South		PC		PC	15,218	49.97%	6,386	20.97%	60.22%	15,218	8,832	6,146	259	–	30,455
Ottawa West		PC		PC	17,418	59.30%	8,306	28.28%	55.86%	17,418	9,112	2,348	–	494	29,372
Oxford		PC		PC	15,948	49.87%	4,082	12.76%	61.57%	15,948	11,866	3,673	–	493	31,980
Parry Sound		PC		PC	8,955	46.27%	6	0.03%	66.87%	8,955	8,949	1,448	–	–	19,352
Perth		Lib		Lib	16,283	62.51%	8,400	32.25%	58.88%	7,883	16,283	1,881	–	–	26,047
Peterborough		PC		PC	17,962	45.92%	6,699	17.13%	63.06%	17,962	11,263	8,756	345	787	39,113
Port Arthur		NDP		NDP	12,258	46.10%	1,414	5.32%	61.22%	10,844	3,247	12,258	140	103	26,592
Prescott and Russell		PC		Lib	15,123	56.22%	5,172	19.23%	60.83%	9,951	15,123	1,828	–	–	26,902
Prince Edward—Lennox		PC		PC	11,135	57.53%	4,338	22.41%	61.18%	11,135	6,797	1,423	–	–	19,355
Quinte		Lib		Lib	14,861	56.78%	5,344	20.42%	56.08%	9,517	14,861	1,795	–	–	26,173
Rainy River		LL		LL	4,575	40.99%	426	3.82%	61.50%	4,149	4,575^{[a 3]}	2,438	–	–	11,162
Renfrew North		Lib		Lib	9,113	52.57%	1,976	11.40%	58.18%	7,137	9,113	1,086	–	–	17,336
Renfrew South		PC		PC	14,552	55.66%	4,132	15.80%	71.09%	14,552	10,420	1,174	–	–	26,146
St. Catharines		Lib		Lib	16,509	51.85%	6,236	19.58%	57.20%	10,273	16,509	4,927	–	132	31,841
Sarnia		Lib		PC	13,871	46.23%	3,029	10.09%	63.27%	13,871	10,842	5,292	–	–	30,005
Sault Ste. Marie		PC		PC	14,712	49.99%	7,157	24.32%	54.29%	14,712	7,555	7,162	–	–	29,429
Simcoe Centre		PC		PC	16,926	49.84%	4,421	13.02%	59.06%	16,926	12,505	4,532	–	–	33,963
Simcoe East		PC		PC	12,487	42.13%	3,402	11.48%	64.39%	12,487	7,320	9,085	749	–	29,641
Stormont—Dundas—Glengarry		PC		PC	12,017	55.38%	4,171	19.22%	65.95%	12,017	7,846	1,836	0	–	21,699
Sudbury		NDP		PC	12,043	45.95%	3,991	15.23%	62.72%	12,043	5,998	8,052	–	115	26,208
Sudbury East		NDP		NDP	13,883	49.21%	4,463	15.82%	58.94%	9,420	4,909	13,883	–	–	28,212
Timiskaming		PC		PC	8,377	44.71%	1,609	8.59%	65.03%	8,377	3,593	6,768	–	–	18,738
Victoria—Haliburton		Lib		Lib	12,807	49.71%	2,298	8.92%	62.92%	10,509	12,807	2,449	–	–	25,765
Waterloo North		Lib		Lib	12,843	49.17%	3,237	12.39%	52.30%	9,606	12,843	3,672	–	–	26,121
Welland-Thorold		NDP		NDP	13,379	49.81%	5,463	20.34%	64.78%	5,564	7,916	13,379	–	–	26,859
Wellington—Dufferin—Peel		PC		PC	16,644	56.55%	8,508	28.91%	58.51%	16,644	8,136	4,650	–	–	29,430
Wellington South		Lib		Lib	16,237	53.57%	8,320	27.45%	56.86%	7,917	16,237	5,934	–	224	30,312
Wentworth		NDP		PC	10,024	34.88%	160	0.56%	62.32%	10,024	8,847	9,864	–	–	28,735
Wentworth North		Lib		Lib	16,433	49.13%	4,121	12.32%	63.98%	12,312	16,433	4,702	–	–	33,447
Windsor—Riverside		NDP		NDP	13,626	49.59%	4,524	16.46%	56.31%	4,418	9,102	13,626	333	–	27,479
Windsor—Sandwich		NDP		Lib	7,449	40.26%	134	0.72%	48.34%	3,479	7,449	7,315	–	258	18,501
Windsor—Walkerville		Lib		Lib	10,553	54.89%	5,565	28.94%	51.29%	3,438	10,553	4,988	–	248	19,227
York Centre		Lib		PC	19,094	47.54%	1,722	4.29%	56.81%	19,094	17,372	3,701	–	–	40,167
York North		PC		PC	18,405	55.38%	8,189	24.64%	54.20%	18,405	10,216	4,614	–	–	33,235
Armourdale		PC		PC	15,938	54.63%	6,941	23.79%	60.64%	15,938	8,997	4,240	–	–	29,175
Beaches—Woodbine		NDP		NDP	9,590	43.10%	324	1.46%	59.24%	9,266	3,140	9,590	252	–	22,248
Bellwoods		NDP		NDP	5,111	40.99%	365	2.93%	58.75%	2,186	4,746	5,111	180	246	12,469
Don Mills		PC		PC	17,516	63.99%	12,148	44.38%	52.55%	17,516	5,368	4,487	–	–	27,371
Dovercourt		NDP		NDP	5,491	37.81%	294	2.02%	62.62%	3,416	5,197	5,491	258	162	14,524
Downsview		NDP		NDP	8,644	39.10%	653	2.95%	58.54%	5,475	7,991	8,644	–	–	22,110
Eglinton		PC		PC	17,386	64.92%	11,780	43.98%	57.86%	17,386	5,606	3,324	–	466	26,782
Etobicoke		NDP		NDP	10,373	40.63%	2,349	9.20%	55.31%	8,024	7,132	10,373	–	–	25,529
High Park—Swansea		NDP		PC	11,473	47.01%	2,680	10.98%	64.63%	11,473	3,635	8,793	–	507	24,408
Humber		PC		PC	20,844	60.43%	10,780	31.25%	59.93%	20,844	10,064	3,583	–	–	34,491
Lakeshore		NDP		PC	10,607	40.65%	1,232	4.72%	61.06%	10,607	5,738	9,375	–	376	26,096
Oakwood		NDP		NDP	8,862	45.17%	2,901	14.79%	56.22%	5,961	4,171	8,862	–	624	19,618
Oriole		PC		PC	15,644	49.68%	4,244	13.48%	57.65%	15,644	11,400	4,443	–	–	31,487
Parkdale		NDP		Lib	6,941	42.26%	921	5.61%	58.59%	2,914	6,941	6,020	289	259	16,423
Riverdale		NDP		NDP	6,770	46.73%	2,682	18.51%	49.62%	4,088	3,237	6,770	233	158	14,486
St. Andrew—St. Patrick		PC		PC	10,674	49.10%	3,835	17.64%	57.09%	10,674	6,839	3,709	368	148	21,738
St. David		PC		PC	9,627	39.36%	1,022	4.18%	64.80%	9,627	8,605	5,985	243	–	24,460
St. George		Lib		PC	12,390	43.00%	4,251	14.75%	58.69%	12,390	8,139	4,999	2,928	359	28,815
Scarborough Centre		PC		PC	12,793	55.92%	7,895	34.51%	53.07%	12,793	4,657	4,898	–	531	22,879
Scarborough East		PC		PC	16,386	56.03%	9,085	31.06%	55.46%	16,386	7,301	4,826	171	562	29,246
Scarborough—Ellesmere		NDP		PC	11,608	44.87%	1,888	7.30%	60.27%	11,608	4,545	9,720	–	–	25,873
Scarborough North		PC		PC	29,961	60.98%	17,298	35.20%	53.08%	29,961	12,663	6,512	–	–	49,136
Scarborough West		NDP		NDP	10,019	41.84%	375	1.57%	59.17%	9,644	3,914	10,019	369	–	23,946
Wilson Heights		PC		PC	11,722	48.55%	2,925	12.12%	51.83%	11,722	8,797	3,623	–	–	24,142
York East		PC		PC	14,562	57.34%	9,627	37.91%	57.13%	14,562	4,811	4,935	–	1,088	25,396
York Mills		PC		PC	20,613	65.59%	14,946	47.56%	53.61%	20,613	5,667	3,858	–	1,287	31,425
York South		NDP		NDP	9,518	37.01%	1,419	5.52%	59.75%	7,628	8,099	9,518	–	472	25,717
York West		PC		PC	18,501	57.58%	8,273	25.75%	58.22%	18,501	10,228	2,865	538	–	32,132
Yorkview		NDP		Lib	10,160	38.62%	1,187	4.51%	55.03%	5,329	10,160	8,973	1,343	503	26,308

↑ including spoilt ballots
↑ order is as given in EO reports
↑ T. Patrick Reid was the incumbent

= open seat

= turnout is above provincial average

= winning candidate was in previous Legislature

= not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature

= incumbent had switched allegiance

= incumbency arose from byelection gain

= previously incumbent in another riding

= Liberal-Labour candidate

= other incumbents renominated

= multiple candidates

Analysis

Party candidates in 2nd place^[3]
Party in 1st place		Party in 2nd place			Total
Party in 1st place		PC	Lib	NDP	Total
	Progressive Conservative		55	15	70
	Liberal	27		6	33
	Liberal–Labour	1			1
	New Democratic	13	8		21
Total		41	63	21	125

Candidates ranked 1st to 5th place, by party^[3]
Parties	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
█ Progressive Conservative	70	41	14
█ Liberal	33	63	27
█ New Democratic	21	21	83
█ Liberal–Labour	1		1
█ Independent				18	3
█ Communist				12	6
█ Libertarian				10	2
█ Social Credit				3
█ Unparty					1

Resulting composition of the 28th Legislative Assembly^[3]
Source		Party
Source		PC	Lib	LL	NDP	Total
Seats retained	Incumbents returned	47	27	1	21	102
Seats retained	Open seats held	10	1			11
Seats changing hands	Incumbents defeated	11	4			15
Seats changing hands	Open seats gained	2	1			3
Total		70	33	1	21	125

Seats changing hands

Eighteen seats changed allegiance in this election:

PC to Liberal

Prescott and Russell

Liberal to PC

NDP to PC

NDP to PC

MPPs elected by region and riding

Party designations are as follows:

PC

Liberal

NDP

Liberal-Labour

Northern Ontario

Ottawa Valley

Saint Lawrence Valley

Carleton—Grenville: Norm Sterling
Cornwall: George Samis
Kingston and the Islands: Keith Norton
Leeds: Bob Runciman
Stormont—Dundas—Glengarry: Osie Villeneuve

Central Ontario

Frontenac—Addington: J. Earl McEwen
Hastings-Peterborough: Jim Pollock
Northumberland: Howard Sheppard
Peterborough: John Turner
Prince Edward—Lennox: James A. Taylor
Quinte: Hugh O'Neil
Victoria—Haliburton: John Eakins

Georgian Bay

Hamilton/Halton/Niagara

Midwestern Ontario

Brantford: Phil Gillies
Brant—Oxford—Norfolk: Robert Nixon
Cambridge: Bill Barlow
Dufferin—Simcoe: George McCague
Grey: Bob McKessock
Haldimand-Norfolk: Gordon Miller
Huron–Bruce: Murray Elston
Kitchener: Jim Breithaupt
Kitchener—Wilmot: John Sweeney
Oxford: Dick Treleaven
Perth: Hugh Edighoffer
Waterloo North: Herb Epp
Wellington South: Harry Worton
Wellington—Dufferin—Peel: Jack Johnson

Southwestern Ontario

Chatham—Kent: Andrew Naismith Watson
Elgin: Ron McNeil
Essex North: Dick Ruston
Essex South: Remo Mancini
Huron–Middlesex: Jack Riddell
Kent—Elgin: Jim McGuigan
Lambton: Lorne Henderson
London Centre: David Peterson
London North: Ron Van Horne
London South: Gordon Walker
Middlesex: Robert G. Eaton
Sarnia: Andy Brandt
Windsor—Riverside: Dave Cooke
Windsor—Sandwich: Bill Wrye
Windsor—Walkerville: Bernard Newman

Peel/York/Durham

Brampton: Bill Davis
Durham East: Sam Cureatz
Durham West: George Ashe
Durham—York: K. Ross Stevenson
Mississauga East: Bud Gregory
Mississauga North: Terry David Jones
Mississauga South: Douglas Kennedy
Oshawa: Michael Breaugh
York Centre: W. Donald Cousens
York North: William Hodgson

Metropolitan Toronto

Armourdale: Bruce McCaffrey
Beaches—Woodbine: Marion Bryden
Bellwoods: Ross McClellan
Don Mills: Dennis Timbrell
Dovercourt: Tony Lupusella
Downsview: Odoardo Di Santo
Eglinton: Roy McMurtry
Etobicoke: Ed Philip
High Park—Swansea: Yuri Shymko
Humber: Morley Kells
Lakeshore: Al Kolyn
Oakwood: Tony Grande
Oriole: John Williams
Parkdale: Tony Ruprecht
Riverdale: Jim Renwick
St. Andrew—St. Patrick: Larry Grossman
St. David: Margaret Scrivener
St. George: Susan Fish
Scarborough Centre: Frank Drea
Scarborough East: Margaret Birch
Scarborough North: Thomas Wells
Scarborough West: Richard Johnston
Scarborough—Ellesmere: Alan Robinson
Wilson Heights: David Rotenberg
York East: Robert Elgie
York Mills: Bette Stephenson
York South: Donald C. MacDonald
York West: Nick Leluk
Yorkview: Michael Spensieri

References

↑ Oziewicz, Stan (March 16, 1981). "Liberals say voters shifting because of Tory giveaways". The Globe and Mail. p. 32.
↑ Speirs, Rosemary (February 26, 1985). "PC official against release of poll: Tories have a 'solid lead,' but survey called 'one-shot'". The Globe and Mail. p. 4.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "1981 general election results". Elections Ontario. Retrieved November 1, 2023.

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[5] rder is as given in EO reports

[6] T. Patrick Reid was the incumbent

[1] Oziewicz, Stan (March 16, 1981). "Liberals say voters shifting because of Tory giveaways". The Globe and Mail. p. 32.

[2] Speirs, Rosemary (February 26, 1985). "PC official against release of poll: Tories have a 'solid lead,' but survey called 'one-shot'". The Globe and Mail. p. 4.

[EOData-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "1981 general election results". Elections Ontario. Retrieved November 1, 2023.

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