Ontario general election, 1971

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October 21, 1971

1975 →

117 seats in the 29th Legislative Assembly of Ontario
59 seats were needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Bill Davis	Robert Nixon	Stephen Lewis
Party	Progressive Conservative	Liberal	New Democratic
Leader since	February 12, 1971	January 6, 1967	October 4, 1970
Leader's seat	Brampton	Brant	Scarborough West
Last election	69	28	20
Seats won	78	20	19
Seat change	9	8	1
Percentage	44.5%	27.8%	27.1%
Swing	2.2pp	3.8pp	1.2pp

Premier before election

Bill Davis
Progressive Conservative

Premier-designate

Bill Davis
Progressive Conservative

The Ontario general election of 1971 was held on October 21, 1971, to elect the 117 members of the 29th Legislative Assembly of Ontario (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the Province of Ontario, Canada.

The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, led by Bill Davis, who had replaced John Robarts as PC leader and premier earlier in the year, won a ninth consecutive term in office, and maintained its majority in the legislature, increasing its caucus in the legislature by eight seats from its result in the previous election.

The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Robert Nixon, lost seven seats, but continued in the role of official opposition.

The social democratic Ontario New Democratic Party, led by Stephen Lewis, lost one seat.

This election marked the first time that the provincial election was held on a Thursday. Subsequently, every provincial election has also been held on a Thursday, with the exception of the 2007 Ontario general election, which was held on a Wednesday.

¹ Includes T. Patrick Reid of Rainy River who was elected in 1967 as "Liberal-Labour" but was re-elected in 1971 as a Liberal.

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