Ontario general election, 1975
The
Ontario general election of 1975 was held on
September 18,
1975, to elect the 125 members of the
Legislative Assembly (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the Province of
Ontario,
Canada.
The
Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, led by
Bill Davis and campaiging under the slogan, "Your Future. Your choice.", won a ninth consecutive term in office. It lost its majority in the legislature, however, for the first time since the
1945 election. The PC Party lost 27 seats from its result in the
previous election.
The
social democratic Ontario New Democratic Party, led by
Stephen Lewis, doubled its representation in the legislature, and became the official opposition on the strength of a campaign which called for
rent control and highlighted horror stories of individuals bad landlords and exorbitant rent increases. The campaign forced the Davis Tories to promise shortly before the election to implement rent controls.
The
Ontario Liberal Party, led by
Robert Nixon, won 15 additional seats, but lost the role of
official opposition to the NDP. One member of its caucus was elected as a
Liberal-Labour candidate.
