# Ontario New Democratic Party candidates in the 1985 Ontario provincial election

The New Democratic Party of Ontario ran a full slate of candidates in the 1985 Ontario provincial election, and won 25 out of 130 seats to become the third-largest party in the legislature. Many of the party's candidates have their own biography pages; information on others may be found here.

## Central Ontario

| Riding | Candidate's Name | Occupation | Votes | Rank |
| Dufferin—Simcoe | Goetz Koechlin | | 4,316 | 3rd |
| Hastings—Peterborough | Elmer Buchanan | | 4,492 | 3rd |
| Muskoka–Georgian Bay | Robert Maguire | | 2,836 | 3rd |
| Northumberland | Judi Armstrong | | 3,247 | 3rd |
| Peterborough | Linda Slavin | | 11,941 | 2nd |
| Simcoe Centre | Paul Wessenger | Lawyer | 9,639 | 3rd |
| Simcoe East | Fayne Bullen | | 11,002 | 2nd |
| Victoria—Haliburton | Arthur Field | | 3,209 | 3rd |

## Eastern Ontario/Ottawa

| Riding | Candidate's Name | Notes | Occupation | Votes | Rank |
| Carleton | Beatrice Murray | | | 7,165 | 3rd |
| Carleton East | Joan Gullen | | | 8,829 | 3rd |
| Cornwall | Stephen Corrie | | | 5,828 | 3rd |
| Frontenac—Addington | Lars Thompson | | | 3,723 | 3rd |
| Kingston and the Islands | Pamela Cross | | | 3,892 | 3rd |
| Lanark | Donald Page | | | 3,297 | 3rd |
| Leeds | Robert Smith | | | 3,583 | 3rd |
| Ottawa Centre | Evelyn Gigantes | Member of Provincial Parliament for Carleton East (1975–1981) | Radio/television broadcaster | 11,890 | 1st |
| Ottawa East | Kathryn Barnard | | | 3,971 | 2nd |
| Ottawa South | John Smart | | | 8,311 | 3rd |
| Ottawa West | Gregory Ross | | | 4,427 | 3rd |
| Prescott and Russell | Maurice Landry | | | 2,625 | 3rd |
| Prince Edward—Lennox | Henry Plummer | | | 2,307 | 3rd |
| Quinte | Eugene Morosan | | | 1,817 | 3rd |
| Renfrew North | Robert Cottingham | | | 740 | 3rd |
| Renfrew South | Frederick Theilheimer | | | 3,420 | 3rd |
| Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry | Ruediger Derstroff | | | 1,700 | 3rd |

## Greater Toronto Area

| Riding | Candidate's Name | Notes | Residence | Occupation | Votes | Rank |
| Armourdale | Robert Hebdon | | | | 5,429 | 3rd |
| Beaches—Woodbine | Marion Bryden | Member of Provincial Parliament for Beaches—Woodbine (1975–1990) | | Researcher/statistician | 12,672 | 1st |
| Bellwoods | Ross McClellan | Member of Provincial Parliament for Bellwoods (1975–1987) | | Social worker | 8,088 | 1st |
| Brampton | Terence Gorman | | | | 8,313 | 3rd |
| Burlington South | Walter Mulkewich | | | | 10,820 | 3rd |
| Don Mills | Michael Wyatt | | | | 6,153 | 3rd |
| Dovercourt | Tony Lupusella | Member of Provincial Parliament for Dovercourt (1975–1990) | | | 6,677 | 2nd |
| Downsview | Odoardo Di Santo | Member of Provincial Parliament for Downsview (1975–1985) | | Paralegal | 11,013 | 2nd |
| Durham East | Douglas Smith | | | | 9,832 | 2nd |
| Durham West | Donald Stewart | | | | 8,495 | 3rd |
| Durham—York | Margaret Wilbur | | | | 5,440 | 3rd |
| Eglinton | John Goodfellow | | | | 4,880 | 3rd |
| Etobicoke | Ed Philip | Member of Provincial Parliament for Etobicoke (1975–1987) | Rexdale, Toronto | | 16,792 | 1st |
| Halton—Burlington | Douglas Hamilton | | | | 4,871 | 3rd |
| High Park—Swansea | Elaine Ziemba | | | | 9,630 | 2nd |
| Humber | Peter Sutherland | | | | 5,160 | 3rd |
| Lakeshore | Ruth Grier | Member of Etobicoke City Council for Mimico (1969–1985) | | | 11,539 | 1st |
| Mississauga East | Larry Taylor | | | | 12,015 | 3rd |
| Mississauga North | Sylvia Weylie | | | | 9,943 | 3rd |
| Mississauga South | Barry Stevens | | | | 4,770 | 3rd |
| Oakville | Kevin Flynn | | | | 4,390 | 3rd |
| Oakwood | Tony Grande | Member of Provincial Parliament for Oakwood (1975–1987) | | Teacher | 10,407 | 1st |
| Oriole | Lorne Strachan | | | | 3,660 | 3rd |
| Oshawa | Michael Breaugh | Member of Provincial Parliament for Oshawa (1975–1990) | | Teacher | 12,686 | 1st |
| Parkdale | Richard Gilbert | | | | 5,136 | 2nd |
| Riverdale | David Reville | Member of Toronto City Council for Ward 7 (1980–1985) | | | 9,869 | 1st |
| Scarborough Centre | Sydney Christensen | | | | 7,577 | 3rd |
| Scarborough East | Alawi Mohideen | | | | 4,381 | 3rd |
| Scarborough—Ellesmere | David Warner | Member of Provincial Parliament for Scarborough—Ellesmere (1975–1981) | | Teacher | 10,119 | 1st |
| Scarborough North | Jerry Daca | | | | 9,072 | 3rd |
| Scarborough West | Richard Johnston | Member of Provincial Parliament for Scarborough West (1979–1990) | | Social worker | 12,889 | 1st |
| St. Andrew—St. Patrick | Margaret Griffiths | | | | 8,373 | 2nd |
| St. David | Barbara Hall | | | | 4,878 | 3rd |
| St. George | Diana Hunt | | | | 10,543 | 2nd |
| Wilson Heights | Howard Moscoe | Member of North York City Council for Ward 4 (1978–1985) | Toronto | Teacher | 7,793 | 3rd |
| York East | Gordon Crann | | | | 9,183 | 2nd |
| York Mills | Gordon Doctorow | | | | 6,872 | 3rd |
| York South | Bob Rae | Leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party (1982–1996) Member of Provincial Parliament for York South (1982–1996) Member of Parliament for Broadview–Greenwood (1978–1982) Member of Parliament for Broadview (1978–1979) | | Lawyer | 16,373 | 1st |
| York West | Philip Jones | | | | 6,930 | 3rd |
| Yorkview | Michael Foster | | | | 12,658 | 2nd |

## Hamilton/Niagara

| Riding | Candidate's Name | Notes | Residence | Occupation | Votes | Rank |
| Brock | Robert Woolston | | | | 3,867 | 3rd |
| Erie | Shirley Summers | | | | 3,191 | 3rd |
| Hamilton Centre | Michael Davison | | | | 8,800 | 2nd |
| Hamilton East | Robert W. Mackenzie | Member of Provincial Parliament for Hamilton East (1975–1995) | | Union leader (United Steelworkers) | 13,774 | 1st |
| Hamilton Mountain | Brian Charlton | Member of Provincial Parliament for Hamilton Mountain (1977–1995) | Hamilton | Property assessor | 13,871 | 1st |
| Hamilton West | Richard Allen | Member of Provincial Parliament for Hamilton West (1982–1995) | Dundas | Professor at McMaster University | 10,182 | 1st |
| Lincoln | Barbara Mersereau | | | | 2,264 | 3rd |
| Niagara Falls | Deloris Skilton | | | | 6,778 | 3rd |
| St. Catharines | Michael Cormier | | | Lawyer/Professor at the University of Western Ontario | 5,624 | 3rd |
| Welland–Thorold | Mel Swart | Member of Provincial Parliament for Welland–Thorold (1977–1988) Member of Provincial Parliament for Welland (1975–1977) Mayor of Thorold (1955–1965) Member of Thorold Town Council (1948–1954) | | | 17,065 | 1st |
| Wentworth | Sharon Lehnert | | | | 8,571 | 2nd |
| Wentworth North | Linda Spencer | | | | 6,158 | 3rd |

## Northern Ontario

| Riding | Candidate's Name | Notes | Residence | Occupation | Votes | Rank |
| Algoma | Bud Wildman | Member of Provincial Parliament for Algoma (1975–1999) | Echo Bay | Teacher | 7,575 | 1st |
| Algoma—Manitoulin | Leonard Hembruff | | | | 3,309 | 3rd |
| Cochrane North | Andre-Maurice Philippe | | | | 2,878 | 3rd |
| Cochrane South | Roger Loiselle | | | | 5,662 | 2nd |
| Fort William | Donald Smith | | | | 7,071 | 2nd |
| Kenora | Colin Wasacase | | | | 4,025 | 2nd |
| Lake Nipigon | Gilles Pouliot | Mayor of Manitouwadge | Manitouwadge | Miner | 5,708 | 1st |
| Nickel Belt | Floyd Laughren | Member of Provincial Parliament for Nickel Belt (1971–1998) | Sudbury | Professor at Cambrian College | 8,912 | 1st |
| Nipissing | Lynne Bennett | | | | 3,984 | 3rd |
| Parry Sound | Leo Gagne | | | | 1,130 | 3rd |
| Port Arthur | Jim Foulds | Member of Provincial Parliament for Port Arthur (1971–1987) | | Teacher | 13,084 | 1st |
| Rainy River | Howard Hampton | | | Lawyer | 4,775 | 2nd |
| Sault Ste. Marie | Karl Morin-Strom | | | Financial analyst | 16,362 | 1st |
| Sudbury | Ernest St. Jean | | | | 7,010 | 2nd |
| Sudbury East | Elie Martel | Member of Provincial Parliament for Sudbury East (1967–1987) | Sudbury | Teacher | 17,241 | 1st |
| Timiskaming | David Ramsay | | Belle Vallée | Farmer | 10,765 | 1st |

## Southwestern Ontario

| Riding | Candidate's Name | Notes | Residence | Occupation | Votes | Rank |
| Brant—Oxford—Norfolk | Irene Heltner | | | | 3,487 | 3rd |
| Brantford | Jack Tubman | Candidate for Brantford City Council (Ward 3) in the 1974 Brantford municipal election | Brantford | President of the Canadian Auto Workers Local 397 | 12,303 | 2nd |
| Cambridge | Alexander Dufresne | | | | 11,985 | 2nd |
| Chatham—Kent | Ronald Franko | | | | 5,535 | 3rd |
| Elgin | James Campbell | | | | 5,315 | 3rd |
| Essex North | Pat Hayes | | | Work safety professional/Union official (CAW) | 7,901 | 1st |
| Essex South | Paul Hertel | | | | 2,677 | 4th |
| Grey | Rhonda Green | | | | 2,402 | 3rd |
| Grey–Bruce | Jo-Anne Shaw | | | | 2,340 | 3rd |
| Haldimand—Norfolk | Wayne Pierce | | | | 3,821 | 3rd |
| Huron–Bruce | Norma Peterson | | | | 1,992 | 3rd |
| Huron–Middlesex | Paul Klopp | | Bluewater | Farmer | 1,148 | 3rd |
| Kent–Elgin | Donald Alexander | | | | 1,916 | 3rd |
| Kitchener | Timothy Little | | | | 5,654 | 3rd |
| Kitchener—Wilmot | Mike Cooper | | | Rubber worker | 4,673 | 3rd |
| Lambton | Grant Reynolds | | | | 1,987 | 3rd |
| London Centre | Peter Cassidy | | | | 4,340 | 3rd |
| London North | Marion Boyd | | London | | 5,191 | 3rd |
| London South | David Winninger | | | Lawyer | 5,080 | 3rd |
| Middlesex | Larry Green | | | | 2,169 | 3rd |
| Oxford | Wayne Colbran | | | | 5,660 | 3rd |
| Perth | Warren Ham | | | | 2,796 | 3rd |
| Sarnia | Duncan Longwell | | | | 3,572 | 3rd |
| Waterloo North | Richard Gerson | | | | 6,158 | 3rd |
| Wellington—Dufferin—Peel | William Young | | | | 6,395 | 3rd |
| Wellington South | Derek Fletcher | | | Press operator | 6,641 | 3rd |
| Windsor—Riverside | Dave Cooke | Member of Provincial Parliament for Windsor—Riverside (1977–1997) | Windsor | Social worker | 17,883 | 1st |
| Windsor—Sandwich | Paul Forder | | | | 7,583 | 2nd |
| Windsor—Walkerville | Gary Parent | | | | 6,698 | 3rd |