2007 Ontario general election facts for kids

Quick facts for kids
2007 Ontario general election

← 2003 October 10, 2007 2011 →
← 38th Legislative Assembly of Ontario
107 seats in the 39th Legislative Assembly of Ontario 54 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Dalton McGuinty John Tory Party Liberal Progressive Conservative Leader since December 1, 1996 September 18, 2004 Leader's seat Ottawa South Dufferin—Peel— Wellington—Grey ran in Don Valley West (lost) Last election 72 24 Seats won 71 26 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 1,867,273 1,398,806 Percentage 42.25% 31.62% Swing 4.15pp 2.98pp   Third party Fourth party   Leader Howard Hampton Frank de Jong Party New Democratic Green Leader since June 22, 1996 1993 Leader's seat Kenora—Rainy River ran in Davenport (lost) Last election 7 0 Seats won 10 0 Seat change 3 Popular vote 741,465 354,897 Percentage 16.76% 8.02% Swing 2.06pp 5.20pp
Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. Riding names are listed at the bottom.
Premier before election Dalton McGuinty Liberal Premier after election Dalton McGuinty Liberal

The 2007 Ontario general election was held on October 10, 2007, to elect members (MPPs) of the 39th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada. The Liberals under Premier Dalton McGuinty won the election with a majority government, winning 71 out of a possible 107 seats with 42.2% of the popular vote. The election set a record for the lowest voter turnout in an Ontario provincial election; only 52.8% people who were eligible voted. This broke the previous record of 54.7% in the 1923 election.

Results by party

• Two independent candidates are running for the unregistered Communist League, while two others are perennial candidates of the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist–Leninist).
• Eileen Butson, party president, acted as the CoR's spokesperson as the party decided not to have a party leader.

Maps

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  Support for Liberal Party candidates by riding

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  Support for Progressive Conservative Party candidates by riding

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  Support for New Democratic Party candidates by riding

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  Support for Green Party candidates by riding

Results

Images for kids

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  Seat distribution and arrangement in the Ontario Legislative Assembly.