# Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario candidates in the 1975 Ontario provincial election

The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario fielded a full slate of 125 candidates in the 1975 Ontario general election. The party, which had been in power since 1943, won a plurality victory with fifty-one seats and led a minority government for the next two years.

## Candidates

| Riding | Candidate's Name | Votes | % | Rank | Notes |
| Algoma | Bernt Gilbertson | 4,525 | 35.45 | 2nd | Incumbent |
| Algoma—Manitoulin | John Lane | 5,452 | 40.79 | 1st | Incumbent |
| Armourdale | Melvin Lastman | 11,824 | 35.74 | 2nd | Mayor of North York (1973–97) and future mayor of Toronto (1997–2003) |
| Beaches—Woodbine | Thomas Wardle | 8,576 | 34.10 | 2nd | Incumbent |
| Bellwoods | Elio Madonia | 3,234 | 25.15 | 3rd | Co-creator of the Brio soft drink. |
| Brampton | Bill Davis | 16,432 | 43.66 | 1st | Incumbent for Peel North; party leader and Premier of Ontario |
| Brantford | Richard Beckett | 9,063 | 29.47 | 3rd | Incumbent |
| Brant—Oxford—Norfolk | Donald Harder | 6,424 | 24.84 | 2nd | |
| Brock | Bob Welch | 10,978 | 48.31 | 1st | Incumbent for Lincoln; Minister of Culture and Recreation |
| Burlington South | George Kerr | 17,093 | 45.83 | 1st | Incumbent for Halton West |
| Cambridge | Ruggles Constant | 8,595 | 29.12 | 3rd | |
| Carleton | Sidney Handleman | 12,653 | 38.87 | 1st | Incumbent; Minister of Consumer and Commercial Relations |
| Carleton East | Darwin Kealey | 9,579 | 28.80 | 3rd | |
| Carleton—Grenville | Donald Irvine | 12,759 | 53.80 | 1st | Incumbent for Grenville-Dundas; Minister of Housing |
| Chatham—Kent | Darcy McKeough | 10,146 | 43.73 | 1st | Incumbent; Minister of Energy |
| Cochrane North | René Brunelle | 9,987 | 61.74 | 1st | Incumbent; Minister of Community and Social Services |
| Cochrane South | Alan Pope | 9,781 | 42.29 | 2nd | Future legislator (1977–90) and minister (1979–85) |
| Cornwall | Rudy Villeneuve | 9,276 | 39.60 | 2nd | |
| Don Mills | Dennis Timbrell | 14,007 | 46.59 | 1st | Incumbent; Minister without portfolio responsible for Youth |
| Dovercourt | George Nixon | 4,618 | 31.96 | 2nd | Incumbent |
| Downsview | Barbara Greene | 5,814 | 26.51 | 3rd | Member of the North York Board of Control (1972–80, 1982–85) |
| Dufferin–Simcoe | George McCague | 14,201 | 45.88 | 1st | Future cabinet minister (1977–85) |
| Durham East | Charles McIlveen | 10,664 | 34.95 | 2nd | Incumbent for Oshawa |
| Durham North | William Newman | 11,206 | 39.28 | 1st | Incumbent for Ontario South; Minister of Environment |
| Durham West | Bill Pilkington | 7,579 | 26.02 | 3rd | |
| Eglinton | Roy McMurtry | 16,679 | 50.97 | 1st | Future cabinet minister (1975–85) |
| Elgin | Ron McNeil | 11,880 | 43.98 | 1st | Incumbent |
| Erie | John Buscarino | 4,646 | 22.01 | 3rd | |
| Essex North | Frederick Cada | 4,451 | 20.53 | 3rd | |
| Essex South | Frank Klees | 7,395 | 32.12 | 2nd | Future legislator (1995–2014) and minister (1999–2001 and 2002–03) |
| Etobicoke | William Stockwell | 7,191 | 30.00 | 3rd | Father of Chris Stockwell |
| Fort William | James Jessiman | 8,220 | 32.79 | 2nd | Incumbent |
| Frontenac—Addington | Wilmer Nuttall | 8,957 | 38.54 | 2nd | Incumbent |
| Grey | Eric Winkler | 11,409 | 43.95 | 2nd | Incumbent; Chair of the Management Board of Cabinet |
| Grey-Bruce | Gary Harron | 8,229 | 32.11 | 2nd | |
| Haldimand—Norfolk | James Allan | 12,021 | 39.02 | 2nd | Incumbent |
| Halton—Burlington | Gary Dawkins | 10,535 | 37.49 | 2nd | |
| Hamilton Centre | Maurice Carter | 5,256 | 24.90 | 3rd | |
| Hamilton East | Bob Hodgson | 6,407 | 21.28 | 3rd | |
| Hamilton Mountain | John Smith | 12,769 | 38.80 | 1st | Incumbent |
| Hamilton West | Bob Morrow | 10,041 | 36.38 | 2nd | Future mayor of Hamilton (1982–2000) |
| Hastings—Peterborough | Clarke Rollins | 10,912 | 47.89 | 1st | Incumbent for Hastings |
| High Park—Swansea | Yuri Shymko | 8,328 | 32.62 | 2nd | Future provincial legislator (1981–87) |
| Humber | John MacBeth | 17,739 | 44.51 | 1st | |
| Huron—Bruce | William Walden | 5,883 | 23.75 | 2nd | |
| Huron—Middlesex | Jim Hayter | 8,098 | 36.79 | 2nd | |
| Kenora | Leo Bernier | 9,584 | 52.57 | 1st | Incumbent; Minister of Natural Resources |
| Kent—Elgin | Donald Luckham | 7,561 | 33.43 | 2nd | |
| Kingston and the Islands | Keith Norton | 9,442 | 37.82 | 1st | |
| Kitchener | William Pernfuss | 8,326 | 28.63 | 2nd | |
| Kitchener—Wilmot | Colin O'Brian | 6,275 | 25.73 | 3rd | |
| Lake Nipigon | Ernest Caccamo | 1,766 | 14.74 | 3rd | |
| Lakeshore | Helen Wursta | 6,281 | 22.45 | 3rd | |
| Lambton | Lorne Henderson | 11,042 | 51.53 | 1st | Incumbent |
| Lanark | Douglas Wiseman | 11,641 | 56.58 | 1st | Incumbent |
| Leeds | James Auld | 13,913 | 58.21 | 1st | Incumbent; Minister of Colleges and Universities |
| Lincoln | Paul Prince | 7,901 | 37.63 | 2nd | |
| London Centre | Earle Terry | 9,003 | 31.41 | 2nd | |
| London North | Gordon Walker | 11,407 | 37.21 | 2nd | Incumbent |
| London South | John Eberhard | 13,937 | 39.37 | 2nd | |
| Middlesex | Robert Eaton | 10,092 | 44.97 | 1st | Incumbent for Middlesex South |
| Mississauga East | Bud Gregory | 9,973 | 39.05 | 1st | |
| Mississauga North | Terry Jones | 11,001 | 35.55 | 1st | |
| Mississauga South | Doug Kennedy | 11,870 | 43.04 | 1st | Incumbent for Peel South |
| Muskoka | Frank Miller | 7,061 | 43.97 | 1st | Incumbent; Minister of Health |
| Niagara Falls | John Clement | 10,422 | 37.18 | 2nd | Incumbent; Solicitor General |
| Nickel Belt | Gilles Pelland | 4,034 | 23.66 | 2nd | |
| Nipissing | John Valiquette | 7,239 | 25.41 | 2nd | |
| Northumberland | Russell Rowe | 13,328 | 44.58 | 1st | Incumbent; Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| Oakville | James Snow | 12,933 | 45.84 | 1st | Incumbent for Halton East; Minister of Government Services |
| Oakwood | Joseph Marrese | 4,637 | 24.63 | 3rd | Chair of the Metropolitan Separate School Board |
| Oriole | John Williams | 12,297 | 38.71 | 1st | |
| Oshawa | Alan Dewar | 6,851 | 27.58 | 2nd | |
| Ottawa Centre | Gale Kerwin | 8,978 | 31.62 | 2nd | |
| Ottawa East | David Dehler | 5,001 | 20.46 | 2nd | |
| Ottawa South | Claude Bennett | 14,767 | 43.15 | 1st | Incumbent; Ministry of Industry and Tourism |
| Ottawa West | Donald Morrow | 14,889 | 44.34 | 1st | Incumbent |
| Oxford | Harry Parrott | 17,776 | 50.72 | 1st | Incumbent |
| Parkdale | Robert Orr | 3,816 | 22.23 | 3rd | |
| Parry Sound | Lorne Maeck | 8,154 | 44.56 | 1st | Incumbent |
| Perth | Robert Smith | 7,387 | 26.20 | 2nd | |
| Peterborough | John Turner | 15,649 | 38.29 | 2nd | Incumbent |
| Port Arthur | William Morgan | 7,595 | 30.93 | 2nd | |
| Prescott and Russell | Joseph Belanger | 11,006 | 43.93 | 1st | Incumbent |
| Prince Edward—Lennox | James Taylor | 9,628 | 44.32 | 1st | Incumbent |
| Quinte | Robin Jeffrey | 11,781 | 40.79 | 2nd | |
| Rainy River | Allan Avis | 3,235 | 28.32 | 2nd | |
| Renfrew North | Robert Cotnam | 6,875 | 34.49 | 2nd | |
| Renfrew South | Paul Yakabuski | 13,886 | 54.20 | 1st | Incumbent |
| Riverdale | Richard Perdue | 4,865 | 26.78 | 2nd | |
| St. Andrew—St. Patrick | Larry Grossman | 8,054 | 36.66 | 1st | Future cabinet minister (1977–85) |
| St. Catharines | Robert Johnston | 10,064 | 34.74 | 1st | Incumbent |
| St. David | Margaret Scrivener | 10,536 | 40.27 | 1st | Incumbent |
| St. George | Frank Vasilkioti | 8,577 | 32.70 | 2nd | |
| Sarnia | Carl Fleck | 8,773 | 31.10 | 2nd | |
| Sault Ste. Marie | John Rhodes | 14,415 | 42.46 | 1st | Incumbent; Minister of Transportation and Communications |
| Scarborough Centre | James Drea | 10,399 | 41.15 | 1st | Incumbent; future cabinet minister (1977–85) |
| Scarborough East | Margaret Birch | 12,645 | 42.59 | 1st | Incumbent; Provincial Secretary for Social Development |
| Scarborough—Ellesmere | Brian Harrison | 9,226 | 34.03 | 2nd | |
| Scarborough North | Thomas Wells | 16,512 | 43.41 | 1st | Incumbent; Minister of Education |
| Scarborough West | Sydney Brown | 7,212 | 26.17 | 2nd | |
| Simcoe Centre | Art Evans | 13,557 | 39.52 | 1st | Incumbent |
| Simcoe East | Gordon Smith | 11,622 | 39.48 | 1st | Incumbent |
| Stormont—Dundas—Glengarry | Osie Villeneuve | 10,833 | 52.54 | 1st | Incumbent for Glengarry |
| Sudbury | Joseph Fabbro | 9,549 | 29.88 | 2nd | Mayor of Sudbury (1957–1959, 1964—65, 1968–75) |
| Sudbury East | Ray Plourde | 3,837 | 12.03 | 3rd | |
| Timiskaming | Edward Havrot | 7,169 | 36.26 | 2nd | Incumbent |
| Victoria—Haliburton | Ronald Hodgson | 9,884 | 39.45 | 2nd | Incumbent |
| Waterloo North | Robert Gramlow | 7,144 | 27.34 | 2nd | |
| Welland | Allan Pietz | 8,879 | 32.77 | 2nd | Mayor of Welland (1965–76) |
| Wellington-Dufferin-Peel | Jack Johnson | 12,110 | 40.61 | 1st | |
| Wellington South | Clara Marett | 7,063 | 22.87 | 3rd | |
| Wentworth | Matthew Blair | 5,270 | 20.85 | 2nd | |
| Wentworth North | Donald Ewen | 11,265 | 34.51 | 2nd | Incumbent |
| Wilson Heights | David Rotenberg | 8,739 | 32.46 | 2nd | Future provincial legislator (1977–85) and minister (1985) |
| Windsor—Riverside | William Woolson | 3,671 | 13.23 | 3rd | |
| Windsor—Sandwich | Anthony Vandereerden | 2,732 | 12.79 | 3rd | |
| Windsor—Walkerville | Ronald Moro | 3,979 | 16.94 | 3rd | |
| York Centre | Anthony Roman | 13,083 | 35.93 | 2nd | Mayor of Markham (1970–84) |
| York East | Arthur Meen | 14,487 | 47.42 | 1st | Incumbent; Minister of Revenue |
| York Mills | Bette Stephenson | 17,365 | 46.46 | 1st | Future cabinet minister (1975–85) |
| York North | William Hodgson | 12,891 | 39.65 | 1st | Incumbent |
| York South | James Trimbee | 7,064 | 25.78 | 2nd | |
| York West | Nicholas Leluk | 13,871 | 38.70 | 1st | Incumbent for Humber |
| Yorkview | Dorlene Hewitt | 3,498 | 13.67 | 3rd | |
Source for election results: Election Results, Elections Ontario, accessed 2 November 2021.