Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario candidates in the 1975 Ontario provincial election

The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario fielded a full slate of 125 candidates in the 1975 Ontario general election. The party, which had been in power since 1943, won a plurality victory with fifty-one seats and led a minority government for the next two years.

Candidates

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Riding Candidate's Name Occupation Votes % Rank Notes
Algoma Bernt Gilbertson 4,525 35.45 2nd Incumbent
Algoma—Manitoulin John Lane 5,452 40.79 1st Incumbent
Armourdale Melvin Lastman 11,824 35.74 2nd Mayor of North York (1973–97) and future mayor of Toronto (1997–2003)
Beaches—Woodbine Thomas Wardle 8,576 34.10 2nd Incumbent
Bellwoods Elio Madonia 3,234 25.15 3rd Co-creator of the Brio soft drink.[1]
Brampton Bill Davis 16,432 43.66 1st Incumbent for Peel North; party leader and Premier of Ontario
Brantford Richard Beckett 9,063 29.47 3rd Incumbent
Brant—Oxford—Norfolk Donald Harder 6,424 24.84 2nd
Brock Bob Welch 10,978 48.31 1st Incumbent for Lincoln; Minister of Culture and Recreation
Burlington South George Kerr 17,093 45.83 1st Incumbent for Halton West
Cambridge Ruggles Constant 8,595 29.12 3rd
Carleton Sidney Handleman 12,653 38.87 1st Incumbent; Minister of Consumer and Commercial Relations
Carleton East Darwin Kealey 9,579 28.80 3rd
Carleton—Grenville Donald Irvine 12,759 53.80 1st Incumbent for Grenville-Dundas; Minister of Housing
Chatham—Kent Darcy McKeough 10,146 43.73 1st Incumbent; Minister of Energy
Cochrane North René Brunelle 9,987 61.74 1st Incumbent; Minister of Community and Social Services
Cochrane South Alan Pope 9,781 42.29 2nd Future legislator (1977–90) and minister (1979–85)
Cornwall Rudy Villeneuve 9,276 39.60 2nd
Don Mills Dennis Timbrell 14,007 46.59 1st Incumbent; Minister without portfolio responsible for Youth
Dovercourt George Nixon 4,618 31.96 2nd Incumbent
Downsview Barbara Greene 5,814 26.51 3rd Member of the North York Board of Control (1972–80, 1982–85)
Dufferin–Simcoe George McCague 14,201 45.88 1st Future cabinet minister (1977–85)
Durham East Charles McIlveen 10,664 34.95 2nd Incumbent for Oshawa
Durham North William Newman 11,206 39.28 1st Incumbent for Ontario South; Minister of Environment
Durham West Bill Pilkington 7,579 26.02 3rd
Eglinton Roy McMurtry 16,679 50.97 1st Future cabinet minister (1975–85)
Elgin Ron McNeil 11,880 43.98 1st Incumbent
Erie John Buscarino 4,646 22.01 3rd
Essex North Frederick Cada 4,451 20.53 3rd
Essex South Frank Klees 7,395 32.12 2nd Future legislator (1995–2014) and minister (1999–2001 and 2002–03)
Etobicoke William Stockwell 7,191 30.00 3rd Father of Chris Stockwell
Fort William James Jessiman 8,220 32.79 2nd Incumbent
Frontenac—Addington Wilmer Nuttall 8,957 38.54 2nd Incumbent
Grey Eric Winkler 11,409 43.95 2nd Incumbent; Chair of the Management Board of Cabinet
Grey-Bruce Gary Harron 8,229 32.11 2nd
Haldimand—Norfolk James Allan 12,021 39.02 2nd Incumbent
Halton—Burlington Gary Dawkins 10,535 37.49 2nd
Hamilton Centre Maurice Carter 5,256 24.90 3rd
Hamilton East Bob Hodgson 6,407 21.28 3rd
Hamilton Mountain John Smith 12,769 38.80 1st Incumbent
Hamilton West Bob Morrow 10,041 36.38 2nd Future mayor of Hamilton (1982–2000)
Hastings—Peterborough Clarke Rollins 10,912 47.89 1st Incumbent for Hastings
High Park—Swansea Yuri Shymko 8,328 32.62 2nd Future provincial legislator (1981–87)
Humber John MacBeth 17,739 44.51 1st
Huron—Bruce William Walden 5,883 23.75 2nd
Huron—Middlesex Jim Hayter 8,098 36.79 2nd
Kenora Leo Bernier 9,584 52.57 1st Incumbent; Minister of Natural Resources
Kent—Elgin Donald Luckham 7,561 33.43 2nd
Kingston and the Islands Keith Norton 9,442 37.82 1st
Kitchener William Pernfuss 8,326 28.63 2nd
Kitchener—Wilmot Colin O'Brian 6,275 25.73 3rd
Lake Nipigon Ernest Caccamo 1,766 14.74 3rd
Lakeshore Helen Wursta 6,281 22.45 3rd
Lambton Lorne Henderson 11,042 51.53 1st Incumbent
Lanark Douglas Wiseman 11,641 56.58 1st Incumbent
Leeds James Auld 13,913 58.21 1st Incumbent; Minister of Colleges and Universities
Lincoln Paul Prince 7,901 37.63 2nd
London Centre Earle Terry 9,003 31.41 2nd
London North Gordon Walker 11,407 37.21 2nd Incumbent
London South John Eberhard 13,937 39.37 2nd
Middlesex Robert Eaton 10,092 44.97 1st Incumbent for Middlesex South
Mississauga East Bud Gregory 9,973 39.05 1st
Mississauga North Terry Jones 11,001 35.55 1st
Mississauga South Doug Kennedy 11,870 43.04 1st Incumbent for Peel South
Muskoka Frank Miller 7,061 43.97 1st Incumbent; Minister of Health
Niagara Falls John Clement 10,422 37.18 2nd Incumbent; Solicitor General
Nickel Belt Gilles Pelland 4,034 23.66 2nd
Nipissing John Valiquette 7,239 25.41 2nd
Northumberland Russell Rowe 13,328 44.58 1st Incumbent; Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Oakville James Snow 12,933 45.84 1st Incumbent for Halton East; Minister of Government Services
Oakwood Joseph Marrese 4,637 24.63 3rd Chair of the Metropolitan Separate School Board
Oriole John Williams 12,297 38.71 1st
Oshawa Alan Dewar 6,851 27.58 2nd
Ottawa Centre Gale Kerwin 8,978 31.62 2nd
Ottawa East David Dehler 5,001 20.46 2nd
Ottawa South Claude Bennett 14,767 43.15 1st Incumbent; Ministry of Industry and Tourism
Ottawa West Donald Morrow 14,889 44.34 1st Incumbent
Oxford Harry Parrott 17,776 50.72 1st Incumbent
Parkdale Robert Orr 3,816 22.23 3rd
Parry Sound Lorne Maeck 8,154 44.56 1st Incumbent
Perth Robert Smith 7,387 26.20 2nd
Peterborough John Turner 15,649 38.29 2nd Incumbent
Port Arthur William Morgan 7,595 30.93 2nd
Prescott and Russell Joseph Belanger 11,006 43.93 1st Incumbent
Prince Edward—Lennox James Taylor 9,628 44.32 1st Incumbent
Quinte Robin Jeffrey 11,781 40.79 2nd
Rainy River Allan Avis 3,235 28.32 2nd
Renfrew North Robert Cotnam 6,875 34.49 2nd
Renfrew South Paul Yakabuski 13,886 54.20 1st Incumbent
Riverdale Richard Perdue 4,865 26.78 2nd
St. Andrew—St. Patrick Larry Grossman 8,054 36.66 1st Future cabinet minister (1977–85)
St. Catharines Robert Johnston 10,064 34.74 1st Incumbent
St. David Margaret Scrivener 10,536 40.27 1st Incumbent
St. George Frank Vasilkioti 8,577 32.70 2nd
Sarnia Carl Fleck 8,773 31.10 2nd
Sault Ste. Marie John Rhodes 14,415 42.46 1st Incumbent; Minister of Transportation and Communications
Scarborough Centre James Drea 10,399 41.15 1st Incumbent; future cabinet minister (1977–85)
Scarborough East Margaret Birch 12,645 42.59 1st Incumbent; Provincial Secretary for Social Development
Scarborough—Ellesmere Brian Harrison 9,226 34.03 2nd
Scarborough North Thomas Wells 16,512 43.41 1st Incumbent; Minister of Education
Scarborough West Sydney Brown 7,212 26.17 2nd
Simcoe Centre Art Evans 13,557 39.52 1st Incumbent
Simcoe East Gordon Smith 11,622 39.48 1st Incumbent
Stormont—Dundas—Glengarry Osie Villeneuve 10,833 52.54 1st Incumbent for Glengarry
Sudbury Joseph Fabbro 9,549 29.88 2nd Mayor of Sudbury (1957–1959, 1964—65, 1968–75)
Sudbury East Ray Plourde 3,837 12.03 3rd
Timiskaming Edward Havrot 7,169 36.26 2nd Incumbent
Victoria—Haliburton Ronald Hodgson 9,884 39.45 2nd Incumbent
Waterloo North Robert Gramlow 7,144 27.34 2nd
Welland Allan Pietz 8,879 32.77 2nd Mayor of Welland (1965–76)
Wellington-Dufferin-Peel Jack Johnson 12,110 40.61 1st
Wellington South Clara Marett 7,063 22.87 3rd
Wentworth Matthew Blair 5,270 20.85 2nd
Wentworth North Donald Ewen 11,265 34.51 2nd Incumbent
Wilson Heights David Rotenberg 8,739 32.46 2nd Future provincial legislator (1977–85) and minister (1985)
Windsor—Riverside William Woolson 3,671 13.23 3rd
Windsor—Sandwich Anthony Vandereerden 2,732 12.79 3rd
Windsor—Walkerville Ronald Moro 3,979 16.94 3rd
York Centre Anthony Roman 13,083 35.93 2nd Mayor of Markham (1970–84)
York East Arthur Meen 14,487 47.42 1st Incumbent; Minister of Revenue
York Mills Bette Stephenson 17,365 46.46 1st Future cabinet minister (1975–85)
York North William Hodgson 12,891 39.65 1st Incumbent
York South James Trimbee 7,064 25.78 2nd
York West Nicholas Leluk 13,871 38.70 1st Incumbent for Humber
Yorkview Dorlene Hewitt 3,498 13.67 3rd

Source for election results: Election Results, Elections Ontario, accessed 2 November 2021.

References

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  1. ^ Imagiamedia.ca (January 16, 2017). "Elio Madonia - Community builder - Panoram Italia". www.panoramitalia.com. Archived from the original on June 30, 2018.