ontario general election, 1951

The Ontario general election of 1951 was held to elect the 90 members of the Legislative Assembly (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the Province of Ontario, Canada. The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, led by Leslie Frost, won a fourth consecutive term in office, increasing its caucus in the legislature from 53 in the previous election to 79 -- a solid majority. The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Walter Thomson, lost six seats, but regained the role of official opposition because of the collapse of the CCF vote. One member of its caucus was elected as a Liberal-Labour candidate. The social democratic Cooperative Commonwealth Federation, led by Ted Jolliffe, lost all but two of its previous 21. One seat was won by the Labour-Progressive Party (which was the Communist Party of Ontario).

Results

nbsp;	Party	Leader	align="center"\|Previous	Seats won	align="center"\|% change	Progressive Conservateive	Leslie Frost	align="right"\|53	align="right"\|79	align="right"\|+49.1%	Liberal	rowspan="2"\|Walter Thomson	align="right"\|13	align="right"\|7	align="right"\|-46.2%	Liberal-Labour	align="right"\|1	align="right"\|1	align="right"\|-	Cooperative Commonwealth	Ted Jolliffe	align="right"\|21	align="right"\|2	align="right"\|-90.5%	Labour-Progressive Party		align="right"\|2	align="right"\|1	align="right"\|-50%
olspan="3"\|Total Seats	align="right"\|90	align="right"\|90	align="right"\|-