42nd Ontario general election

42nd Ontario general election

2014 ← On or before June 7, 2018 (2018-06-07) → 43rd

outgoing members ←

122 seats of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario 62 seats needed for a majority Opinion polls   Leader Kathleen Wynne Patrick Brown Andrea Horwath Party Liberal Progressive Conservative New Democratic Leader since January 26, 2013 May 9, 2015 March 7, 2009 Leader's seat Don Valley West Simcoe North Hamilton Centre Last election 58 seats, 38.65% 28 seats, 31.25% 21 seats, 23.75% Current seats 57 29 20

Incumbent Premier Kathleen Wynne Liberal

Kathleen Wynne
Liberal

The 42nd Ontario general election is scheduled to be held on or before June 7, 2018. Under amendments passed by the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 2004, Ontario elections had previously been held on the first Thursday of October in the fourth calendar year unless the Assembly is dissolved earlier by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario due to a motion of no confidence or on the advice of the Premier of Ontario. A motion of no confidence is unlikely as the current government has a majority, though Premier Kathleen Wynne stated in June 2015 that she would likely advise to dissolve the Legislature in the spring of 2018 rather than in October of that year in order to avoid any conflict with municipal elections and take advantage of better weather and longer days.Attorney General of Ontario Yasir Naqvi introduced Bill 45, the Election Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016, to the Legislative Assembly in October 2016 to amend the previous fixed election date law, which included moving the election date to the first Thursday in June of the fourth calendar year. The bill received royal assent on December 8, 2016.

On June 4, 2015, the government introduced Bill 115, Electoral Boundaries Act, 2015, to the Legislature, and it received Royal Assent on December 3, 2015. Bill 115 increases the number of electoral districts from 107 to 122, following along the boundaries set out by the federal 2013 Representation Order for Ontario, while preserving the special boundaries of the 11 seats in Northern Ontario set out in the 1996 redistribution.

Liberals

New Democratic Party

† = Not seeking re-election
‡ = Running for re-election in different riding
Italicization indicates candidate for nomination or declared interest
Highlight indicates nomination meeting has been scheduled
Strikethrough indicates nomination candidate disqualified or withdrew

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