Ontario General Election, 1985 - Results

Results

Party Leader 1981 Elected % change Popular vote
% change
Progressive Conservative Frank Miller 70 52 -25.7% 37.0% -7.4%
Liberal David Peterson 34 48 +41.2% 37.9% +4.2%
New Democratic Bob Rae 21 25 +19.0% 23.8% +2.7%
Libertarian Scott Bell - 0.4%
Green - 0.1%
Communist Gordon Massie - 0.1% -0.06%
Freedom none (Robert Metz, President) - 0.1%
Others - 0.7% -0.1%
Total Seats 125 125 - 100%

The Revolutionary Workers League fielded one candidate.

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