Ontario general election, 1937

← 1934

October 6, 1937

1943 →

90 seats in the 20th Legislative Assembly of Ontario
46 seats were needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party
		CON
Leader	Mitchell Hepburn	William Earl Rowe	John Mitchell as party president
Party	Liberal	Conservative	Co-operative Commonwealth
Leader since	December 17, 1930	May 28, 1936	April 14, 1934
Leader's seat	Elgin	Ran in Simcoe Centre(Lost)	Ran in Waterloo South(Lost)
Last election	65	17	1
Seats won	63	23	0
Seat change	-2	+6	-1
Percentage	51.6%	40.0%	5.6%
Swing	+1.2	+0.2%	-1.4%

Premier before election

Mitchell Hepburn
Liberal

Premier-designate

Mitchell Hepburn
Liberal

The Ontario general election, 1937 was held on October 6, 1937, to elect the 90 Members of the 20th Legislative Assembly of Ontario ("MLAs"). It was the 20th general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada.

The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Mitchell Hepburn, was re-elected for a second term in government, with a slightly reduced majority in the Legislature.

The Ontario Conservative Party, led by William Earl Rowe, was able to win six additional seats, and continued to form the official opposition.

Meanwhile, the fledgling democratic socialist Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) ran 37 candidates out of a possible 90, led by party president John Mitchell running in Waterloo South, who also campaigned throughout the province on the party's behalf. The election, however, resulted in a modest decline in popular vote and the loss of the party's sole MLA, Sam Lawrence in Hamilton East.

Incumbent MLA Farquahar Oliver was the last remaining United Farmers of Ontario MLA and ran as the party's sole candidate in the election. In practice, however, he had been a supporter of the Liberal government and would join Hepburn's cabinet in 1940, formally joining the Liberal Party.

In 1938, MLAs voted to adopt the title "Member of Provincial Parliament", and became known as "MPPs".

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