Held on October 2, 2003, to elect the 103 members of the 38th Legislative Assembly
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2003 Ontario general election
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103 seats in the 38th Legislative Assembly of Ontario 52 seats were needed in a majority
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Dalton McGuinty
Ernie Eves
Howard Hampton
Party
Liberal
Progressive Conservative
New Democratic
Leader since
December 1, 1996
March 23, 2002
June 22, 1996
Leader's seat
Ottawa South
Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey
Kenora—Rainy River
Last election
35
59
9
Seats won
72
24
7
Seat change
37
35
2
Popular vote
2,090,001
1,559,181
660,730
Percentage
46.4%
34.6%
14.7%
Swing
6.6pp
10.5pp
2.1pp
Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. Click the map for more details.
Premier before election
Ernie Eves
Progressive Conservative
Premier after election
Dalton McGuinty
Liberal
The 2003 Ontario general election was held on October 2, 2003, to elect the 103 members of the 38th Legislative Assembly (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the Province of Ontario, Canada.
The election was called on September 2 by Premier Ernie Eves in the wake of supporting polls[1] for the governing Ontario Progressive Conservative Party in the days following the 2003 North American blackout. The election resulted in a majority government won by the Ontario Liberal Party, led by Dalton McGuinty.
^"Blackout gives Eves boost: poll". Globe and Mail. August 21, 2003. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
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