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72-761: First contesting the 2014 General Election , the Trillium Party ran two candidates and received 397 votes. The Trillium Party gained its first member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario after Jack MacLaren , the Progressive Conservative MPP for Carleton—Mississippi Mills announced he had joined the party on May 28, 2017, after being removed from the PC caucus for making negative remarks about Francophones in Ontario . Since

144-530: A public auto insurance system. As the recession worsened, the NDP implemented what it called the Social Contract – this was a package of austerity measures that: The Social Contract resulted in a major breach in the NDP's alliance with the labour movement as several trade unions turned against the party. Rae's government passed employment equity legislation and amended the province's labour law to ban

216-485: A 2004 by-election. The officers of the Ontario NDP are the leader, the party president, six vice-presidents and the treasurer. Apart from the leader, the party officers are elected at the party's biennial convention. The leader is head of the parliamentary party and leads the party caucus in the Ontario legislature and is the party's presumed candidate to lead an NDP government should the party be called upon to form

288-548: A campaign. This issue became moot when, on 30 March 2006, NDP candidate Peter Tabuns won the by-election in the Toronto—Danforth riding by a 9% margin over the Liberals' Ben Chin , alleviating another party status crisis. The NDP scored a surprise victory over the Liberals in the late summer of that year in the riding of Parkdale—High Park . Liberal Education Minister Gerard Kennedy resigned on 5 April 2006 to run for

360-479: A government. The Provincial Director (formerly Provincial Secretary ) is an employee of the party and manages the day to day party organization outside of the legislature. The Provincial Director is hired by the party executive with the ratification of the provincial council. The party's provincial executive is composed of the party's officers, six men and six women elected on a regional basis, three women and three men elected at large, one woman and one man elected by

432-464: A non-confidence motion and Miller resigned. When the accord expired in 1987, Premier David Peterson called an early provincial election and the Liberals were re-elected with a large majority. The NDP lost seats but emerged as the largest opposition party, with Bob Rae becoming Leader of the Opposition . Shortly before the 1990 provincial election , the governing Liberals held a solid lead in

504-536: A number of reforms in the field of social welfare being enacted. In 1991, the Rae government increased basic social assistance rates by 7% and shelter rates by 10%. Single parents were uploaded from the municipalities and all lone parents were raised to the same income standard. In 1992 and 1993, the Rae government implemented successive increases to social assistance. Rae since joined the Liberal Party of Canada and

576-425: A party to a majority victory in an Ontario general election. Pairing off the top three parties, swings were calculated to be: Those candidates not belonging to a major party, receiving more than 1,000 votes in the election, are listed below: There were 17 seats that changed allegiance from the 2011 election. The following seats had a margin of victory of less than 5 percentage points in

648-499: A party would receive official party status , and the resources and privileges accorded to officially recognized parties, if it had 12 or more seats; thus, it initially appeared the NDP would lose caucus funding and the ability to ask questions in the House. However, the governing Progressive Conservatives changed the rules after the election to lower the threshold for party status from 12 seats to 8. The Progressive Conservatives had reduced

720-436: A total of 397 votes. 2014 Ontario general election Kathleen Wynne Liberal Kathleen Wynne Liberal The 2014 Ontario general election was held on June 12, 2014, to elect the members of the 41st Parliament of Ontario . The Liberal Party won a majority of seats in the legislature , allowing its leader, Kathleen Wynne , to continue as premier , moving from a minority to majority government . This

792-634: The 1967 provincial election , when the party elected 20 Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) to the Ontario Legislative Assembly . After the 1970 leadership convention, Stephen Lewis became leader, and guided the party to Official Opposition status in 1975, the first time since the Ontario CCF did it twice in the 1940s. After the party's disappointing performance in the 1977 provincial election , that included losing second party status, Lewis stepped down and Michael Cassidy

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864-523: The 1981 provincial election and Cassidy stepped down. The party's fortunes turned around under the leadership of Bob Rae . The NDP captured two by-elections at the cost of the Liberals. In late 1984, polls showed Rae's NDP ahead of the David Peterson -led Liberals. The 1985 provincial election resulted in a minority legislature: the Tories under incumbent Premier Frank Miller won 52 seats,

936-425: The 2006 federal election . However, the Liberals reversed their position and declared that the NDP would retain party status even if they lost the upcoming Toronto—Danforth by-election. Some opposition sources believed the Liberals, mindful of their humiliating defeat to Horwath, had loosened their interpretation of the rules so that whoever ran for the NDP in Toronto—Danforth couldn't use the threat of lost status in

1008-419: The 2009 leadership election . On 7 November 2008, Andrea Horwath officially launched her campaign to win the party's leadership. Horwath advocated heavy investment in light rail. In party matters, she emphasised a closer relationship to unions and the hiring of regional organisers. The leadership election was held 6–8 March 2009. Horwath led on the first two ballots, and won on the third ballot with 60.4% of

1080-695: The 2018 general election . It is the provincial section for the province for the federal New Democratic Party . It was formed in October 1961 from the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (Ontario Section) (Ontario CCF) and the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL). For many years, the Ontario NDP was the most successful provincial NDP branch outside the national party's western heartland. It had its first breakthrough under its first leader, Donald C. MacDonald in

1152-584: The CD Howe Institute determined that it was costing $ 7.5-11 billion annually for the economy of Toronto alone. The Liberals promised $ 29 billion in infrastructure spending, $ 15 billion of which would go towards building new transit (mostly LRT ) lines in the GTHA , based on the outline of Metrolinx 's The Big Move plan, as well as an LRT in Ottawa. A high-speed rail line crossing the province from

1224-493: The Federal Liberal Party leadership . The government took an unusually long time to call the by-election, waiting until 16 August to drop the writ . It turned into one of the most vicious elections in recent Ontario memory, almost on par with Jolliffe's 1945 "Gestapo" campaign . This time though, the NDP were not making the accusations; NDP candidate Cheri DiNovo 's credibility was put to the test by what most of

1296-543: The Greater Toronto Area away from the Liberals. As a result, the NDP won a large majority government of 74 seats while the Liberals suffered the worst defeat in their history. Bob Rae became Premier of Ontario during the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression . In government, the NDP disappointed supporters by abandoning much of its ambitious program, including the promise to institute

1368-957: The 10 year "Jobs and Investment Plan", which proposed infrastructure investments as their main strategy to create jobs. The Ontario New Democratic Party platform called for targeted tax credits and incentives to encourage job creation. The Green Party of Ontario policy proposal stated that it would "focus on your job by lowering payroll taxes for small businesses" as well as investing in transit infrastructure and subsidising energy-saving home improvements. The Ontario Libertarian Party called for mass privatization, lower taxes and general deregulation, eliminating many business requirements such as permitting, insurance and certification that they considered to be interfering with job creation. Their platform called for government spending to be limited to "only core functions of government; defending life, liberty, and property" and as such would have eliminated industry subsidies or incentives of any kind, particularly in

1440-684: The CCF's Bill Temple won in High Park , even though the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario won another majority government. The breaking point for the Ontario CCF came in 1951. They were reduced to two MPP's in that year's provincial election , and never really recovered. In the two remaining elections while it existed, the party never had more than five members in the legislature. Jolliffe resigned as leader in 1953. Donald C. MacDonald became leader in 1953, and spent

1512-629: The Legislative Assembly. At the 2018 provincial election , the ONDP ended 23 years of third party status, winning 40 seats to become the official opposition–the party's best showing since winning government in 1990. Notably, they took all of Old Toronto (i. e., what was the city of Toronto before the 1999 amalgamation of Metro Toronto) and took eight seats in northern Ontario. They also took all but one seat each in Hamilton and Niagara. At

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1584-512: The Liberals won 48, and the NDP 25. The New Democrats entered negotiations with both the Tories and the Liberals. The NDP signed a two-year accord with the Liberals, in which the Liberals would form government with the NDP's support in exchange for the implementation of a number of NDP policies. This was not a coalition government as the NDP declined an offer to sit in Cabinet, preferring to remain in opposition. The governing Tories were defeated by

1656-505: The McGuinty government for not soliciting competitive bids for green energy projects, and pledged to have a public bidding process where preference is given to local providers. Horwath distanced the ONDP from former Premier Bob Rae, then the interim leader of the federal Liberal Party of Canada , by pointing out that he is the exception to the rule of NDP Premiers in other provinces who have been able to balance provincial budgets. At

1728-459: The NDP continued its string of recent by-election successes by taking away another Liberal stronghold. On 8 February 2007, Paul Ferreira narrowly defeated Liberal candidate Laura Albanese by 358 votes , or 2%. This victory increased the NDP caucus' seat total to ten, up by three since the October 2003 general election. In the 2007 provincial election , the party increased its share of the popular vote by two percent but did not make any gains in

1800-425: The NDP ran an all-out campaign to win the seat, aided by the city's large base of unionized steelworkers . On election night, Horwath took 63.8 per cent of the vote in the seat, bringing the NDP back to eight seats in the legislature and allowing them to regain official party status. The Ontario NDP's representation in the legislature was again reduced to seven seats when Marilyn Churley resigned her seat to run in

1872-510: The Official Opposition again. The 1990 Ontario general election surprisingly produced the ONDP's breakthrough first government in 1990 (when the election was called it looked like the Liberals would win a second majority government). The victory produced the first NDP provincial government east of Manitoba . But it took power just when Canada's economy was in a recession, and as a result of unpopular economic and social policies it

1944-516: The Official Opposition with 38 seats and 29% of the vote. However, the Tories retained power as a minority government. Hopes were high that the NDP was on the verge of taking power, but in the 1977 provincial election , the Tories under Bill Davis again won a minority government. The NDP lost five seats, and slipped into third place behind the Ontario Liberal Party . A frustrated Lewis resigned shortly afterwards. Michael Cassidy

2016-510: The PCs projected to create a cumulative 507,488 jobs over eight years. The plan also called for the reduction of 100,000 civil service jobs. Economists and critics noted fundamental mathematical errors with the PCs' projections. They held, even if the PCs' own data were correctly tabulated, only 50,000 extra jobs would be created (in addition to the 500,000 that would be created anyway without any policy change). The Ontario Liberal Party proposed

2088-481: The Tories would be defeated. This voting practice did do damage to the NDP's electoral fortunes because it was interpreted as a call for blanket support for Liberal candidates over NDP candidates, with no real thought to which candidate had a better chance to defeat a PC in any individual riding. Several unions, such as the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW), promoted strategic voting to their membership and

2160-553: The Trillium Party lacked official party status , MacLaren was listed as an independent by the Legislature. Following MacLaren's defection, the Trillium Party saw an increase in media attention as this marked the first time a party other than the Liberals , Progressive Conservatives, or New Democrats had maintained representation at Queen's Park since Robert Wayne Gibson sat as a Liberal-Labour MPP for Kenora in 1966 . At

2232-415: The beneficiaries of the NDP's unpopularity, but their poor campaign saw the momentum swing to the resurgent Tories under Mike Harris , who vaulted from third in the legislature to win a large majority. The NDP fell down to 17 seats, third place in the Legislative Assembly. In 1996, Rae stepped down as party leader and resigned his seat in the legislature. Despite these shortcomings, the Rae years did witness

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2304-475: The election. When available, these alternative results are shown in the following table: Unemployment in Ontario was a major political issue. In particular, the manufacturing sector had shrunk by about 30% or more than 300,000 jobs since 2002. The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario proposed a plan called "Million Jobs Plan", outlining their strategy for job creation and economic growth. By reducing tax, government services, energy costs and regulations

2376-460: The election: Voting intention polls released throughout the election campaign were distinctly inconsistent and contradictory, as shown in the graph and table below. During much of the campaign, different pollsters persistently disagreed, frequently by important margins, on whether the Liberals or Progressive Conservatives held the lead, though by the final days most polls showed the Liberals marginally to comfortably ahead. Still, polls completed on

2448-477: The energy sector. The Communist Party of Ontario called for raising the minimum wage to $ 19 /hr as well as introducing a guaranteed annual income, nationalization of the domestic steel industry, and investments in public housing, infrastructure and social programs, while shifting taxes from lower to higher income-earners and businesses. Due to rapid urban and suburban expansion in southern Ontario, traffic congestion had been increasing greatly. A 2013 study by

2520-471: The following endorsements by public figures during the campaign: Ontario New Democratic Party The Ontario New Democratic Party ( ONDP ; French: Nouveau Parti démocratique de l'Ontario ) is a social democratic political party in Ontario , Canada. The party sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum and currently forms the Official Opposition in Ontario following

2592-429: The last day of the campaign by Ipsos Reid and EKOS showed vastly divergent support for the NDP, at 30% and 19%, respectively. Also of note, although four different pollsters released results among "likely voters" alongside their results among all eligible voters in an effort to better predict the outcome of the election based on expected voter turnout, in all cases the former proved to be overall poorer predictors than

2664-406: The late 1980s. Ontario NDP support fell even further in the 1999 provincial election , leaving the party with just nine seats. However, this was largely due to tactical voting in which NDP supporters voted Liberal in hopes of removing Harris and the Tories from power. As a result, Hampton was not blamed for this severe defeat and stayed on as leader. Under the rules of the Legislative Assembly,

2736-402: The latter. HTML Innovative Research states, for Province Wide Online Survey , "Margin of error not applicable, online samples not random." Data shown above for campaign-period polls are top-line results, typically among all eligible voters. However, certain pollsters additionally report results among "likely voters" in an effort to better predict the actual outcome of

2808-565: The leadership review held in June 2019 during a policy convention, Horwath received support from 84% of delegates. Horwath resigned after the party lost seats in the 2022 Ontario general election . Peter Tabuns was chosen interim leader on June 28, 2022. After the interim leadership of Peter Tabuns , Marit Stiles was declared Ontario NDP leader by a majority vote at an event in Downtown Toronto on February 4, 2023. The party

2880-700: The legislature, with the loss of Paul Ferreira in York South—Weston being offset by the victory of Paul Miller in Hamilton East—Stoney Creek . France Gélinas also successfully retained the riding of Nickel Belt , following the retirement of Shelley Martel . The other eight NDP ridings were all retained by their incumbent MPPs. Early polling in September 2006 showed the party with 27% support, its highest recorded level since 1992. By early 2007 support had fallen to 17% support, further behind

2952-471: The legislature. The Liberals were re-elected with a minority government giving Horwath's NDP the balance of power in the legislature. At an automatic leadership review held at the party's provincial convention in April 2012, 76.4% of delegates voted in favour of Horwath's continued leadership. In September 2012, NDP candidate Catherine Fife won a by-election in the riding of Kitchener—Waterloo after

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3024-440: The media considered to be unworthy and underhanded personal attacks launched by the Liberals. The tactic backfired; on 14 September 2006, DiNovo defeated Liberal candidate – and incumbent Toronto city councillor – Sylvia Watson by taking 41% of the popular vote to Watson's 33%. In the riding of York South—Weston , adjacent to Parkdale—High Park and once the seat of former leaders Bob Rae, Donald C. MacDonald and Ted Jolliffe,

3096-457: The newly elected NDP executive officially took over. The Ontario NDP gradually picked up seats through the 1960s. It achieved a breakthrough in the 1967 provincial election , when its popular vote rose from 15% to 26%. The party increased its presence in the legislature from 8 to 20 seats. In that election the party ran on the themes of the cost of living, tax distribution, education costs, Canadian unity, and housing. Stephen Lewis took over

3168-726: The next fifteen years rebuilding the party, from two seats when he took over the party's helm, to ten times that number when he stepped down in 1970. Delegates from the Ontario CCF, delegates from affiliated union locals, and delegates from New Party Clubs took part in the founding convention of the New Democratic Party of Ontario held in Niagara Falls at the Sheraton Brock hotel from 7–9 October 1961 and elected MacDonald as their leader. The Ontario CCF Council ceased to exist formally on Sunday, 8 October 1961, when

3240-402: The number of seats in the legislature, and the second time after winning a string of by-elections in the mid-2000s. The party maintained party status after the 2007 Ontario general election and he stepped down as leader in 2009. Andrea Horwath replaced him after she was elected leader at the 2009 leadership convention in Hamilton. Under her leadership in the 2011 Ontario general election ,

3312-596: The office of the Auditor General , implementing whistle-blower protection legislation, allowing free votes by MPPs in the legislature, and opposing updates to the province's sexual education curriculum. In the 2014 provincial election , the Trillium Party nominated two candidates: party leader Bob Yaciuk in Newmarket-Aurora and Gennady Vilensky in Oak Ridges—Markham . In total, the party won

3384-446: The official televised leaders' debate, her political rivals criticized the ONDP's handling of the economy in the early 1990s, but Horwath further distanced the New Democratic Party from Mr. Rae by pointing out his current allegiance to the federal Liberals as interim leader of the (federal) Liberal Party . Her campaign largely refrained from mudslinging and personal attacks, and she led her party to an increase from 10 seats to 17 seats in

3456-470: The party elected 17 MPPs to the legislature and in the 2014 Ontario general election , the party elected 21 MPPs. Under Horwath, the party achieved its second highest seat count (other than forming government in 1990) when it formed the Official Opposition with 40 MPPs after the 2018 Ontario general election . This dropped to 31 MPPs after the 2022 Ontario general election , with Horwath announcing her resignation as leader. Marit Stiles replaced her after she

3528-542: The party has largely repudiated Rae's policies and renewed its commitment to a moderate form of socialism. Shortly after the 1999 provincial election , Hampton cited the Swedish model of social democracy as closely reflecting his own beliefs. However, the party has never fully healed the breach with organized labour that resulted from the Social Contract, nor has it been able to regain the popularity it enjoyed in

3600-409: The party nearly won the 1943 provincial election , winning 34 seats and forming the official opposition for the first time. Two-years later, they would be reduced to 8 seats. The final glory for the Ontario CCF came in the 1948 provincial election , when party elected 21 MPPs, and again formed the official opposition. They were even able to defeat Premier George A. Drew in his own constituency, when

3672-419: The party's leadership in 1970, and the NDP's popularity continued to grow. With the 1975 provincial election , the governing Progressive Conservative party was reduced to a minority government for the first time in thirty years. The charismatic and dynamic Lewis ran a strong election campaign that forced the Tories to promise to implement the NDP's rent control policies. The NDP overtook the Liberals to become

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3744-602: The party's website stopped being updated. After failing to submit financial returns after 2021, the party was deregistered by Elections Ontario. The Trillium Party's platform focused on health care, education policy, and policing. Trillium Party policy called for monthly health care statements, a reduction in time between application and granting of practising licences for medical professionals from overseas, involving parents in education issues, and increasing financial support for police. Additional policies included introducing legislation on referendums , addressing corruption through

3816-431: The polls, though their popularity had tailed off from 1987. However, Peterson's government was soon mired in scandals and many regarded the early election call as cynical. Under Rae, the NDP ran a strong campaign, which was also aided by a successful showing for federal New Democratic Party a couple years earlier. Although the NDP finished only three percentage points ahead of the Liberals, they managed to take many seats in

3888-426: The popular vote. The election was called on May 2, 2014, by Lieutenant Governor David Onley , upon the recommendation of Wynne following the announcement that the NDP, whose support was critical to the survival of the Liberals' minority government in the Legislative Assembly , would vote against the Liberals' proposed budget. With the election, Wynne became the first woman and the first openly gay person to lead

3960-399: The public, which further added to the party's woes. The newly elected Liberal government offered to give the NDP caucus research funding if their members agreed to sit as independents. Hampton refused and disrupted the government Throne Speech in protest. The first by-election in the 38th Legislative Assembly of Ontario , was in the riding of Hamilton East , caused by the untimely death of

4032-663: The resignation of former Progressive Conservative MPP Elizabeth Witmer . Fife's victory increased the ONDP caucus to a total of 18 seats in the provincial legislature. Further by-election victories in ridings formerly held by the Liberals included Peggy Sattler in London West and Percy Hatfield in Windsor—Tecumseh in August 2013, and Wayne Gates in Niagara Falls . This increased the ONDP caucus to 21 members in

4104-427: The riding's MPP, Dominic Agostino , on 24 March 2004. This tragic event, in conjunction with a recent and unpopular tax increase by the Liberals, provided the NDP with an opportunity to regain party status. A by-election was called for 13 May 2004, in which the new Liberal candidate, Agostino's brother Ralph, was challenged by NDP candidate Andrea Horwath , a Hamilton city councillor. In a fight for its political life,

4176-483: The size of the legislature, so provincial ridings now had the same boundaries as the federal ones, and so the official party status threshold was lowered. Some suggested that the Tories helped the NDP so they could continue to split the vote with the Liberals, although the Progressive Conservatives had stated before the election campaign even began that reducing official party status to eight seats

4248-637: The southeast into Quebec was also planned. The PCs promised to finish building the Eglinton Crosstown , but cancel all the other planned lines, and instead focus on quickly expanding GO service. The NDP plan was similar to the Liberal plan, but included an extra $ 1 billion to get certain projects built faster. The following media outlets made endorsements during the campaign: Liberal Progressive Conservative New Democratic Party Explicitly not endorsing any party The media has reported

4320-401: The televised leaders' debate. Despite Hampton's debate performance and a 2.4% increase in the popular vote, the party lost two seats, once again losing official party status and their previous speaking privileges and funding. One of the problems that likely affected NDP support was strategic voting, not unlike that of the 1999 election. Dozens of NDP voters voted Liberal in order to ensure that

4392-500: The time of MacLaren's defection, party leader Bob Yaciuk informed the media the party had "between 1,200 and 1,400 members". The party's brief presence at Queen's Park ended when MacLaren, running in the new riding of Kanata—Carleton , was unseated at the 2018 provincial election . Following the 2018 election, the party remained active online only briefly. After expressing support for the Yellow Vest and "United We Roll" protests,

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4464-496: The two front-running parties but still slightly ahead of the party's 15% result in the 2003 election. September 2007 polling had the NDP at 14%, while the 29 September Ipsos poll had them at 17%, meaning that NDP's support had been constant for a year within the margin of error. Though the same Ipsos poll suggested that the NDP would elect 12 members to the legislature, the party would eventually elect only 10. On 14 June 2008, Hampton announced he would be stepping down as leader at

4536-516: The use of replacement workers during strikes, but this did not win back union support. At one point, the NDP fell to a low of six percent support in polling. An ominous sign for the party came in the 1993 federal election . All 10 of the federal NDP's Ontario MPs lost their seats to Liberal Party of Canada challengers by large margins. It was obvious by the 1995 provincial election that Rae's government would not be re-elected. The official opposition Ontario Liberals under Lyn McLeod were initially

4608-541: The vote. In the lead-up to the 2011 election, Horwath began to campaign on tax incentives for businesses that create jobs in the province, making investments that improve health-care wait times, and cutting the Harmonized Sales Tax from necessities such as home-heating and gas. Instead of providing broad corporate tax cuts, Horwath would have focused on tax cuts for small businesses and companies that make investments in Ontario. Her campaign also criticized

4680-596: Was acclaimed leader at the 2023 leadership election . The NDP's predecessor, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), was a democratic socialist political party, founded in 1932. The Ontario CCF in turn was indirectly the successor to the 1919–23 United Farmers of Ontario – Labour coalition that formed the government in Ontario under Ernest C. Drury . As the Ontario Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (Ontario Section) under Ted Jolliffe as their first leader,

4752-538: Was an unsuccessful candidate for party leadership in December 2006 and December 2008, but went on to serve as interim leader following Michael Ignatieff's resignation in 2011 until Justin Trudeau was chosen in 2013. Rae was succeeded by Bud Wildman as interim leader in 1996, until Howard Hampton defeated Frances Lankin , a member of Rae's inner circle, for the party leadership that same year. Under Hampton,

4824-467: Was defeated in 1995. Rae stepped down as leader in 1996. Howard Hampton was elected leader in at the 1996 Hamilton convention, and led the party through three elections. Hampton's period as leader saw the ONDP lose official party status twice: after the 1999 and 2003 elections . He was able to regain party status the first time after the governing Progressive Conservatives revised party status requirements in accordance with that election's reduction in

4896-407: Was elected leader in 1978. Cassidy led the party through one campaign, the 1981 election . The party did poorly again, and Cassidy resigned. In 1982, Bob Rae was elected leader. Under his leadership, in 1985, the party held the balance-of-power with the signing of an accord with the newly elected Ontario Liberal Party minority government. After the 1987 Ontario general election , the ONDP became

4968-525: Was elected leader, but being the most left-wing of the three leadership candidates, he was not fully trusted by the party establishment. Cassidy's policy advisor in the leadership campaign was James Laxer , a former leader of The Waffle NDP faction which Lewis had expelled from the party in 1972. Some members of the NDP caucus considered Cassidy's election as a serious mistake, and encouraged him to resign before contesting an election. Cassidy ignored this advice, and remained as leader. The NDP declined further in

5040-531: Was known as the Ontario section of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation until the New Democratic Party's founding convention on 8 October 1961, at which point Donald C. MacDonald ceased to be the CCF leader and became the Ontario NDP leader. Results include those of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF). The CCF essentially became the New Democratic Party (NDP) on 8 October 1961. Regained official party status after

5112-654: Was part of the seat reduction plan from the very beginning. In the 2003 election , the party emphasized their "Public Power Campaign", which had two key issues, primarily publicly owned electricity generation and distribution, and publicly run auto insurance. As well, the Public Power Campaign also dealt with rolling-back the social program cuts from the Harris government's Common Sense Revolution . Many media outlets – including The Globe and Mail – thought that party leader Howard Hampton performed strongly in

5184-418: Was the Liberals' fourth consecutive win since 2003 and an improvement from their performance in the 2011 election . The Progressive Conservatives under Tim Hudak were returned to the official opposition; following the election loss, Hudak announced his resignation as Progressive Conservative leader. The New Democratic Party under Andrea Horwath remained in third place, albeit with an improved share of

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