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Ontario New Democratic Party candidates in the 1975 Ontario provincial election

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This is a list of candidates for the Ontario New Democratic Party in the 1975 Ontario general election.

Central Ontario

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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 NDP candidate for 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

Eastern Ontario/Ottawa

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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 Member of Provincial Parliament for Cornwall (1974–1985)[2] 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 Member of Provincial Parliament for Cornwall (1971–1984)
Member of Ottawa City Council (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

Greater Toronto Area

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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 Member of Provincial Parliament for Riverdale (1964–1984)
President of the New Democratic Party (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 NDP candidate for York—Scarborough in the 1974 and 1972 federal elections Teacher 9,452 39.2 1st
Scarborough North Guy Beaulieu 7,268 19.1 3rd
Scarborough West Stephen Lewis Leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party (1970–1978)
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 Member of Provincial Parliament for York South (1955–1982)
President of the New Democratic Party (1971–1975)
Leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party (1953–1970) 		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

Hamilton/Niagara

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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

Northern Ontario

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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 Member of Provincial Parliament for 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 Member of Provincial Parliament for Sudbury (1971–1981)
Member of Parliament for Sudbury (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

Southwestern Ontario

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Riding
 Candidate's Name Notes Residence Occupation Votes % Rank
Brant—Oxford—Norfolk Jim Schneider 4,791 18.36 3rd
Brantford Mac Makarchuk Member of Provincial Parliament for Brantford (1967–1971)[9] 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

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  1. ^ "How the party candidates fared across the country". Toronto Star. 1974-07-09. p. A12.
  2. ^ Prager, Bill (1974-10-18). "Premier Davis 'in Trouble in Stormont'". Windsor Star. Windsor. Retrieved 2025-02-16.
  3. ^ "Marion Bryden Obituary". Legacy.com. Toronto. 2013-02-18. Retrieved 2025-02-16.
  4. ^ Alberga, Hannah (2022-08-03). "'Renowned' Ontario doctor who worked until 102 dies". Toronto: CTV News. Retrieved 2025-02-16.
  5. ^ "123 candidates seeking Metros 29 seats". Toronto Star. Toronto. September 12, 1975. p. A8. Retrieved 2025-02-16.
  6. ^ "Election '74: Voting results". Toronto Star. Toronto. 1974-12-03. p. A11. Retrieved 2025-02-16.
  7. ^ "123 candidates seeking Metro's 29 seats". Toronto Star. Toronto. 1975-09-12. p. A8.
  8. ^ Coyle, Jim (1982-08-06). "Suffered nervous breakdown, New Democrat tries comeback". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. p. 5.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ MacDonald, Donald C. (1998). The Happy Warrior: Political Memoirs. Toronto: Dundurn Press. ISBN 9781550023077.
  11. ^ Pink, Dave (2003-08-30). "Labouring on; Fewer industries means fewer unions, but times are changing, organizers say". Kitchener-Waterloo Record. p. J1.
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