Ontario general election, 1948

1945 ←

June 7, 1948

→ 1951

90 seats in the 23rd Legislative Assembly of Ontario 46 seats were needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	George Drew	Ted Jolliffe
Party	Progressive Conservative	Co-operative Commonwealth
Leader since	December 9, 1938	April 3, 1942
Leader's seat	High Park (lost re-election)	York South
Last election	66	8
Seats won	53	21
Seat change	-13	+13
Percentage	41.5%	27.0%
Swing	-2.8pp	+4.6pp

	Third party	Fourth party
		LP
Leader	Farquhar Oliver	A. A. MacLeod
Party	Liberal	Labor-Progressive
Leader since	May 16, 1947	1945
Leader's seat	Grey South	Bellwoods
Last election	14	2
Seats won	14	2
Seat change	±0	±2
Percentage	29.8%	1.0%
Swing	±0.0pp	-1.4pp

Premier before election

George Drew
Progressive Conservative

Premier-designate

George Drew
Progressive Conservative

The Ontario general election of 1948 was held on June 7, 1948, to elect the 90 members of the 23rd Legislative Assembly of Ontario (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the Province of Ontario, Canada.

The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, led by George Drew, won a third consecutive term in office, winning a solid majority of seats in the legislature—53, down from 66 in the previous election.

Despite winning a majority, Drew lost his own seat to temperance crusader Bill Temple. Instead of seeking a seat in a by-election, Drew left provincial politics to run for, and win, the leadership of the federal Progressive Conservative Party.

Drew was replaced as Ontario PC leader and premier by Thomas Kennedy on an interim basis, and then by Leslie Frost.

The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Farquhar Oliver, increased its caucus from 11 to 14, but lost the role of official opposition. Only one of the three Liberal-Labour MPPs sitting with the Liberal caucus, James Newman, was re-elected.

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