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- Ontario_general_election,_1990 abstract "The Ontario general election of 1990 was held on September 6, 1990, to elect members of the 35th Legislative Assembly of the province of Ontario, Canada.The governing Ontario Liberal Party led by Premier David Peterson was unexpectedly defeated. Although the Peterson government was very popular, he was accused of opportunism in calling an election just three years into his mandate. In a shocking upset, the New Democratic Party, led by Bob Rae, won a majority government. This marked the first time the NDP had won government east of Manitoba, and to date the only time the NDP formed the government in Ontario.The NDP had not expected to come close to winning power; indeed, Rae had already made plans to retire from politics after the election. However, the NDP managed to take many seats in the Greater Toronto Area (Rae himself represented York South, in Metro Toronto) from the Liberals. They also did better than ever before (or in some cases, since) in many other cities and rural areas. The NDP only finished five points ahead of the Liberals in the popular vote. However, due to the nature of the first-past-the-post electoral system, which ignores the popular vote and only awards power based on the number of ridings won, the NDP's gains in the GTA decimated the Liberal caucus. The Liberals lost 59 seats, the worst defeat in their history and the second-worst defeat for a governing party in Ontario. Peterson himself was heavily defeated in London Centre by NDP challenger Marion Boyd, losing by 8,200 votes—one of the few times a provincial premier has lost his own seat.Although Mike Harris's Progressive Conservative Party was unable to overcome voter distrust of the federal Progressive Conservative government of Brian Mulroney, his party did manage to make a net gain of four seats.Although Harris was from northern Ontario, the Tories were particularly weak in that region, placing fourth, behind the Liberals, NDP and the right-wing, Confederation of Regions Party (CoR) in six northern Ontario ridings (Algoma, Cochrane South, Nickel Belt, Sudbury, Sudbury East and Sault Ste. Marie). The CoR Party also placed ahead of the PC Party in the Renfrew North and Cornwall ridings in eastern Ontario. Although they only received 1.9% of the vote provincewide, they managed 7.8% in the 33 ridings in which they actually fielded a candidate.The Green Party of Ontario placed third, ahead of the NDP, in Parry Sound riding, where former Liberal leadership candidate Richard Thomas was the party's candidate.".
- Ontario_general_election,_1990 country Ontario.
- Ontario_general_election,_1990 firstLeader Bob_Rae.
- Ontario_general_election,_1990 secondLeader David_Peterson.
- Ontario_general_election,_1990 startDate "1990-09-06".
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- Ontario_general_election,_1990 title "Ontario general election, 1990".
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- Ontario_general_election,_1990 wikiPageWikiLink Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing.
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- Ontario_general_election,_1990 wikiPageWikiLink Beaches—Woodbine_(provincial_electoral_district).
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- Ontario_general_election,_1990 wikiPageWikiLink Carleton_(Ontario_provincial_electoral_district).
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- Ontario_general_election,_1990 wikiPageWikiLink Casino.
- Ontario_general_election,_1990 wikiPageWikiLink Category:1990_elections_in_Canada.
- Ontario_general_election,_1990 wikiPageWikiLink Category:General_elections_in_Ontario.
- Ontario_general_election,_1990 wikiPageWikiLink Category:Snap_elections.
- Ontario_general_election,_1990 wikiPageWikiLink Charles_Beer.
- Ontario_general_election,_1990 wikiPageWikiLink Charles_Harnick.
- Ontario_general_election,_1990 wikiPageWikiLink Charlie_Tatham.
- Ontario_general_election,_1990 wikiPageWikiLink Chatham—Kent_(provincial_electoral_district).
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- Ontario_general_election,_1990 wikiPageWikiLink Chris_Ward_(politician).
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- Ontario_general_election,_1990 wikiPageWikiLink Christine_Hart.
- Ontario_general_election,_1990 wikiPageWikiLink Cindy_Nicholas.
- Ontario_general_election,_1990 wikiPageWikiLink Claudio_Polsinelli.
- Ontario_general_election,_1990 wikiPageWikiLink Cochrane_(electoral_district).
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- Ontario_general_election,_1990 wikiPageWikiLink Cornwall_(provincial_electoral_district).
- Ontario_general_election,_1990 wikiPageWikiLink Dalton_McGuinty.
- Ontario_general_election,_1990 wikiPageWikiLink Dalton_McGuinty,_Sr..
- Ontario_general_election,_1990 wikiPageWikiLink Dan_Waters.
- Ontario_general_election,_1990 wikiPageWikiLink Dave_Cooke.
- Ontario_general_election,_1990 wikiPageWikiLink Dave_Neumann.
- Ontario_general_election,_1990 wikiPageWikiLink David_Christopherson.
- Ontario_general_election,_1990 wikiPageWikiLink David_Fleet.
- Ontario_general_election,_1990 wikiPageWikiLink David_Johnson_(Canadian_politician).
- Ontario_general_election,_1990 wikiPageWikiLink David_Peterson.
- Ontario_general_election,_1990 wikiPageWikiLink David_R._Cooke.
- Ontario_general_election,_1990 wikiPageWikiLink David_Ramsay_(Ontario_politician).
- Ontario_general_election,_1990 wikiPageWikiLink David_Reville.
- Ontario_general_election,_1990 wikiPageWikiLink David_Tilson.
- Ontario_general_election,_1990 wikiPageWikiLink David_Turnbull_(politician).
- Ontario_general_election,_1990 wikiPageWikiLink David_William_Smith.
- Ontario_general_election,_1990 wikiPageWikiLink David_William_Warner.
- Ontario_general_election,_1990 wikiPageWikiLink David_Winninger.
- Ontario_general_election,_1990 wikiPageWikiLink Dean_Wasson.
- Ontario_general_election,_1990 wikiPageWikiLink Dennis_Drainville.
- Ontario_general_election,_1990 wikiPageWikiLink Derek_Fletcher.