1963 Ontario general election

Ontario general election, 1963

September 25, 1963
108 seats in the 27th Legislative Assembly of Ontario 55 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   LIB x150px Leader John Robarts John Wintermeyer Donald C. MacDonald Party Progressive Conservative Liberal New Democratic Leader since October 25, 1961 April 20, 1958 November 21, 1953 Leader's seat London North Waterloo North (lost re-election) York South Last election 71 22 5 Seats won 77 24 7 Seat change +6 +2 +2 Percentage 48.9% 35.3% 15.5% Swing +2.6pp -1.3pp -1.2pp
Premier before election John Robarts Progressive Conservative Premier-designate John Robarts Progressive Conservative

The Ontario general election of 1963 was held on September 25, 1963, to elect the 108 members of the 27th Legislative Assembly of Ontario (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the Province of Ontario, Canada.

The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, led by John Robarts, who had replaced Leslie Frost as PC leader and premier in 1961, won a seventh consecutive term in office, and maintained its majority in the legislature, increasing its caucus from the 71 members elected in the previous election to 77 members in an enlarged legislature.

The Ontario Liberal Party, led by John Wintermeyer, increased its caucus from 22 to 24 members, and continued in the role of official opposition. Robert Gibson of Kenora was re-elected as a Liberal-Labour MPP sitting with the Liberal caucus.

The social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was formerly dissolved and joined the Ontario New Democratic Party in 1961. The newly conglomerated party was still led by Donald C. MacDonald, and won two additional seats, for a total of seven.

Results

	Party	Leader	1959	Elected	% change	Popular vote
						%	change
	Progressive Conservative	John Robarts	71	77	+8.5%	48.9%	+2.6%
	Liberal	John Wintermeyer	21	23	+9.5%	35.3%	-1.3%
	Liberal-Labour		1	1	-
	New Democratic	Donald C. MacDonald	5	7	+40.0%	15.5%	-1.2%
Total			98	108	+10.2%	100%

See also

• Politics of Ontario
• List of Ontario political parties
• Premier of Ontario
• Leader of the Opposition (Ontario)