Ontario New Democratic Party candidates in the 1975 Ontario provincial election
This is a list of candidates for the Ontario New Democratic Party in the 1975 Ontario general election.
| Riding |
Candidate's Name | Notes | Residence | Occupation | Votes | % | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dufferin–Simcoe | Ian Perkins | 3,317 | 11.61 | 3rd | |||
| Hastings—Peterborough | Bob Thompson | 2,961 | 13.08 | 3rd | |||
| Northumberland | John Taylor | 6,259 | 3rd | ||||
| Peterborough | Gillian Sandeman | Peterborough in the 1974 federal election[1]
|
16,169 | 1st | |||
| Simcoe Centre | Paul Wessenger | 11,623 | 2nd | ||||
| Simcoe East | Roger Pretty | 10,396 | 2nd | ||||
| Victoria—Haliburton | F. McLaughlin | 3,718 | 3rd |
| Riding |
Candidate's Name | Notes | Residence | Occupation | Votes | % | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carleton | Gordon Kritsch | 7,769 | 3rd | ||||
| Carleton East | Evelyn Gigantes | Radio/television broadcaster | 11,981 | 36.02 | 1st | ||
| Carleton—Grenville | Reg Willis | 5,741 | 24.94 | 2nd | |||
| Cornwall | George Samis | Teacher | 11,927 | 51.11 | 1st | ||
| Frontenac—Addington | Bill Barnes | 3,379 | 14.57 | 3rd | |||
| Kingston and the Islands | Lars Thompson | 6,134 | 24.54 | 3rd | |||
| Lanark | George Murray | 3,066 | 15.05 | 3rd | |||
| Leeds | John Fielding | 5,721 | 23.95 | 2nd | |||
| Ottawa Centre | Michael Cassidy | (1970–1972) | Ottawa | Journalist | 10,658 | 38.92 | 1st |
Ottawa East
|
Robert Cournoyer | 4,543 | 18.59 | 3rd | |||
| Ottawa South | Eileen Scotton | 11,099 | 32.43 | 2nd | |||
Ottawa West
|
Sue Findlay | 8,871 | 3rd | ||||
| Prescott and Russell | R. DesRochers | 5,027 | 3rd | ||||
| Prince Edward—Lennox | Jan Nicol | 3,250 | 3rd | ||||
| Quinte | C. McLaughlan | 4,744 | 3rd | ||||
| Renfrew North | Robert Cox | 5,938 | 3rd | ||||
| Renfrew South | Lawrence Smith | 3,479 | 3rd | ||||
Stormont—Dundas—Glengarry
|
Gerard Lussier | 2,801 | 3rd |
| Riding |
Candidate's Name | Notes | Residence | Occupation | Votes | % | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armourdale | M. Mocciola | 6,255 | 18.57 | 3rd | |||
| Beaches—Woodbine | Marion Bryden | Toronto | Researcher[3] | 10,500 | 45.67 | 1st | |
| Bellwoods | Ross McClellan | Social worker
|
4,921 | 38.15 | 1st | ||
| Brampton | John Deamer | 10,793 | 28.53 | 2nd | |||
| Burlington South | Bill Brown | 8,859 | 23.90 | 3rd | |||
| Don Mills | Bob Sherwood | 8,216 | 27.45 | 2nd | |||
| Dovercourt | Tony Lupusella | Toronto | 5,748 | 41.84 | 1st | ||
| Downsview | Odoardo Di Santo | Journalist/paralegal | 8,090 | 36.97 | 1st | ||
| Durham East | Doug Moffatt | Scugog | Teacher | 12,824 | 41.96 | 1st | |
| Durham North | Lesley Griffin | 6,189 | 21.73 | 3rd | |||
| Durham West | Charles Godfrey | Physician[4] | 11,539 | 39.16 | 1st | ||
| Eglinton | Eileen Elmy | 4,713 | 14.28 | 3rd | |||
| Etobicoke | Ed Philip | Rexdale | Educator[5] | 8,995 | 37.66 | 1st | |
| Halton—Burlington | Bill Johnson | 6,644 | 23.51 | 3rd | |||
| High Park—Swansea | Ed Ziemba | Candidate for Toronto City Council in the 1974 Toronto municipal election[6] | Toronto | 10,215 | 39.98 | 1st | |
| Humber | Bob Curran | 7,639 | 19.28 | 3rd | |||
| Lakeshore | Patrick Lawlor | Member of Provincial Parliament for Lakeshore (1967–1981)
|
Toronto | Lawyer | 14,271 | 51.01 | 1st |
| Mississauga East | Larry Taylor | 6,435 | 3rd | ||||
| Mississauga North | David Busby | 10,787 | 2nd | ||||
Mississauga South
|
Danny Dunleavy | 7,102 | 3rd | ||||
| Oakville | Doug Black | 5,969 | 3rd | ||||
| Oakwood | Tony Grande | Toronto | Teacher[7] | 7,388 | 39.25 | 1st | |
| Oriole | Ken Crooke | 7,409 | 23.3 | 3rd | |||
| Oshawa | Michael Breaugh | Oshawa | Teacher | 14,442 | 1st | ||
| Parkdale | Jan Dukszta | Member of Provincial Parliament for Parkdale (1971–1981)
|
Psychiatrist[8] | 7,158 | 41.71 | 1st | |
| Riverdale | Jim Renwick | (1967–1969) | Lawyer | 9,133 | 50.3 | 1st | |
| Scarborough Centre | Dave Gracey | 5,595 | 26.28 | 2nd | |||
| Scarborough East | Ann Marie Hill | 7,271 | 20.9 | 3rd | |||
| Scarborough—Ellesmere | David Warner | Teacher | 9,452 | 39.2 | 1st | ||
| Scarborough North | Guy Beaulieu | 7,268 | 19.1 | 3rd | |||
| Scarborough West | Stephen Lewis | Leader of the Member of Provincial Parliament for Scarborough West (1963–1978)
|
15,717 | 56.1 | 1st | ||
| St. Andrew—St. Patrick | B. Beardsley | 7,627 | 34.6 | 2nd | |||
| St. David | Jim Lemon | 7,990 | 30.5 | 2nd | |||
| St. George | Lukin Robinson | 5,858 | 22.9 | 3rd | |||
| Wilson Heights | Howard Moscoe | Toronto | Teacher | 7,476 | 3rd | ||
| York Centre | Tony Snedker | 7,748 | 21.99 | 3rd | |||
| York East | Ed Chmielewski | 5,918 | 3rd | ||||
York Mills
|
Allan Millard | 7,252 | 18.5 | 3rd | |||
| York North | Robert Lewis | 9,263 | 3rd | ||||
York South
|
Donald C. MacDonald | York South (1955–1982) (1953–1970)
President of the New Democratic Party (1971–1975) Leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party |
Toronto | Journalist/teacher | 13,365 | 48.50 | 1st |
York West
|
Ian Barrett | 9,454 | 26.38 | 3rd | |||
| Yorkview | Fred Young | United Church minister | 13,406 | 52.40 | 1st |
| Riding |
Candidate's Name | Notes | Residence | Occupation | Votes | % | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brock | Fred Lindal | 5,969 | 24.40 | 2nd | |||
| Erie | Maurice Keck | 6,906 | 33.30 | 2nd | |||
| Hamilton Centre | Mike Davison | Hamilton | 8,778 | 38.14 | 1st | ||
| Hamilton East | Robert W. Mackenzie | NDP candidate for Hamilton—Wentworth in the 1974 and 1972 federal elections
CCF candidate for Windsor—Walkerville in the 1955 provincial election |
Hamilton | Union leader (United Steelworkers )
|
13,971 | 47.83 | 1st |
| Hamilton Mountain | Brian Charlton | Hamilton | 11,075 | 33.77 | 2nd | ||
| Hamilton West | Ray Fazakas | 7,243 | 25.67 | 3rd | |||
| Lincoln | Ron Leavens | 4,092 | 19.50 | 3rd | |||
| Niagara Falls | Peter Sobol | 7,003 | 3rd | ||||
| Welland | Mel Swart | 10,209 | 1st | ||||
| St. Catharines | Fred Dickson | 9,215 | 31.81 | 3rd | |||
| Wentworth | Ian Deans | Member of Provincial Parliament for Wentworth (1967–1979)
|
Firefighter | 14,791 | 1st | ||
| Wentworth North | C. Faulknor | 8,180 | 3rd |
| Riding |
Candidate's Name | Notes | Residence | Occupation | Votes | % | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algoma | Bud Wildman | Echo Bay | Teacher | 4,962 | 38.54 | 1st | |
| Algoma—Manitoulin | Winston Baker | 4,352 | 32.49 | 2nd | |||
| Cochrane North | René Brixhe | 3,728 | 23.63 | 2nd | |||
| Cochrane South | Bill Ferrier | Member of Provincial Parliament for Cochrane South (1967–1977)
|
United Church minister | 10,784 | 46.62 | 1st | |
| Fort William | Iain Angus | Thunder Bay | 9,173 | 36.59 | 1st | ||
| Kenora | Bill Watkins | 5,165 | 30.25 | 2nd | |||
| Lake Nipigon | Jack Stokes | Member of Provincial Parliament for Thunder Bay (1967–1975)
|
6,603 | 50.50 | 1st | ||
Muskoka
|
Ken Cargill | 5,760 | 2nd | ||||
Nickel Belt
|
Floyd Laughren | Nickel Belt (1971–1998)
|
Sudbury | Economist/Professor at Cambrian College | 10,481 | 1st | |
Nipissing
|
Mike O'Hallarn | 5,054 | 3rd | ||||
| Parry Sound | Larry Labine | 2,973 | 3rd | ||||
| Port Arthur | Jim Foulds | Member of Provincial Parliament for Port Arthur (1971–1987)
|
Port Arthur | Teacher | 12,213 | 49.74 | 1st |
| Rainy River | M. Lichtenstein | 2,259 | 3rd | ||||
| Sault Ste. Marie | Ron Moreau | 13,470 | 39.67 | 2nd | |||
| Sudbury | Bud Germa | (1967–1968) | 11,511 | 1st | |||
| Sudbury East | Elie Martel | Member of Provincial Parliament for Sudbury East (1967–1987)
|
Sudbury | Teacher | 18,650 | 1st | |
| Timiskaming | Robert Bain | Small business owner | 1st |
| Riding |
Candidate's Name | Notes | Residence | Occupation | Votes | % | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brant—Oxford—Norfolk | Jim Schneider | 4,791 | 18.36 | 3rd | |||
| Brantford | Mac Makarchuk | Brantford | Journalist[10] | 12,048 | 39.05 | 1st | |
| Cambridge | Monty Davidson | Union leader (Textile Workers Union of America)[11]
|
11,399 | 38.20 | 1st | ||
| Chatham—Kent | Ron Franko | 5,728 | 24.67 | 3rd | |||
| Essex North | Lucien Lacasse | 7,678 | 35.42 | 2nd | |||
| Essex South | Ralph Wensley | 6,058 | 26.36 | 3rd | |||
| Grey | Colin L. Swan | 2,835 | 10.98 | 3rd | |||
| Grey–Bruce | Lorne Creighton | 1,235 | 5.18 | 3rd | |||
| Haldimand—Norfolk | Norm Walpole | 4,967 | 15.82 | 3rd | |||
| Huron—Bruce | Donald Milne | 2,635 | 10.48 | 3rd | |||
| Huron—Middlesex | Paul Carroll | 1,967 | 9.02 | 3rd | |||
| Kent—Elgin | Ray McGaffey | 2,242 | 9.92 | 3rd | |||
| Kitchener | Meg Young | 7,367 | 25.14 | 3rd | |||
| Kitchener—Wilmot | M. Rosenberg | 8,184 | 33.42 | 2nd | |||
| Lambton | Maurice Payne | 1,181 | 5.52 | 3rd | |||
| London Centre | Pat Chefurka | 7,896 | 27.46 | 3rd | |||
| London North | Mike Warren | 5,570 | 18.05 | 3rd | |||
| London South | Edith Welch | 7,171 | 19.88 | 3rd | |||
| Middlesex | H. Aitkenhead | 3,127 | 3rd | ||||
| Oxford | Peter Klynstra | 4,675 | 3rd | ||||
| Perth | Larry J. Wraith | 2,989 | 3rd | ||||
| Sarnia | Ivan Hillier | 2,957 | 10.48 | 3rd | |||
| Waterloo North | Jack Kersell | 6,880 | 3rd | ||||
| Wellington South | Carl Hamilton | 6,833 | 2nd | ||||
| Wellington—Dufferin—Peel | Gerry Campbell | 6,169 | 3rd | ||||
| Windsor—Riverside | Fred Burr | Teacher | 13,273 | 47.85 | 1st | ||
| Windsor—Sandwich | Ted Bounsall | Member of Provincial Parliament for Windsor West (1971–1975)
|
Windsor | Professor at the University of Windsor | 10,543 | 1st | |
| Windsor—Walkerville | David Burr | 6,923 | 2nd |
References
- ^ "How the party candidates fared across the country". Toronto Star. 1974-07-09. p. A12.
- ^ Prager, Bill (1974-10-18). "Premier Davis 'in Trouble in Stormont'". Windsor Star. Windsor. Retrieved 2025-02-16.
- ^ "Marion Bryden Obituary". Legacy.com. Toronto. 2013-02-18. Retrieved 2025-02-16.
- ^ Alberga, Hannah (2022-08-03). "'Renowned' Ontario doctor who worked until 102 dies". Toronto: CTV News. Retrieved 2025-02-16.
- ^ "123 candidates seeking Metros 29 seats". Toronto Star. Toronto. September 12, 1975. p. A8. Retrieved 2025-02-16.
- ^ "Election '74: Voting results". Toronto Star. Toronto. 1974-12-03. p. A11. Retrieved 2025-02-16.
- ^ "123 candidates seeking Metro's 29 seats". Toronto Star. Toronto. 1975-09-12. p. A8.
- ^ Coyle, Jim (1982-08-06). "Suffered nervous breakdown, New Democrat tries comeback". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. p. 5.
- ^ Walter John Joseph Szmigielski (1977). "Constituency level politics: A case study of the Co-operative Federation and New Democratic Party in Brantford, Ontario" (PDF). Hamilton, Ontario: McMaster University.
- ISBN 9781550023077.
- ^ Pink, Dave (2003-08-30). "Labouring on; Fewer industries means fewer unions, but times are changing, organizers say". Kitchener-Waterloo Record. p. J1.