2007 Ontario general election

The **2007 Ontario general election** was held on October 10, 2007, to elect members (MPPs) of the 39th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada. The Liberals under Premier Dalton McGuinty won the election with a majority government, winning 71 out of a possible 107 seats with 42.2% of the popular vote. The election set a record for the lowest voter turnout in an Ontario provincial election; only 52.8% people who were eligible voted. This broke the previous record of 54.7% in the 1923 election.

## Results

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## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: 2007 Ontario general election
- **country**: Ontario
- **type**: parliamentary
- **ongoing**: no
- **party colour**: no
- **party name**: no
- **previous election**: 2003 Ontario general election
- **previous year**: 2003
- **previous mps**: 38th Legislative Assembly of Ontario
- **next election**: 2011 Ontario general election
- **next year**: 2011
- **seats for election**: 107 seats in the 39th Legislative Assembly of Ontario
 54 seats were needed for a majority
- **election date**: October 10, 2007
- **image1**:
- **leader1**: Dalton McGuinty
- **leader since1**: 1996 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election, December 1, 1996
- **leaders seat1**: Ottawa South (provincial electoral district), Ottawa South
- **last election1**: 72
- **seats1**: 71
- **seat change1**: 1
- **popular vote1**: 1,867,273
- **percentage1**: 42.25%
- **swing1**: 4.15Percentage points, pp
- **image2**:
- **leader2**: John Tory
- **leader since2**: 2004 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election, September 18, 2004
- **leaders seat2**: Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey (provincial electoral district), Dufferin—Peel—
Wellington—Grey
<small>_ran in Don Valley West (provincial electoral district), Don Valley West (lost)_</small>
- **last election2**: 24
- **seats2**: 26
- **seat change2**: 2
- **popular vote2**: 1,398,806
- **percentage2**: 31.62%
- **swing2**: 2.98Percentage points, pp
- **image4**:
- **leader4**: Howard Hampton
- **leader since4**: Ontario CCF/NDP leadership elections#Ontario NDP leadership convention, 1996, June 22, 1996
- **leaders seat4**: Kenora—Rainy River (provincial electoral district), Kenora—Rainy River
- **last election4**: 7
- **seats4**: 10
- **seat change4**: 3
- **popular vote4**: 741,465
- **percentage4**: 16.76%
- **swing4**: 2.06Percentage points, pp
- **image5**:
- **leader5**: Frank de Jong
- **leader since5**: 1993 Green Party of Ontario leadership elections#Green Party of Ontario leadership election, 1993
- **leaders seat5**: _ran in Davenport (provincial electoral district), Davenport (lost)_
- **last election5**: 0
- **seats5**: 0
- **popular vote5**: 354,897
- **percentage5**: 8.02%
- **swing5**: 5.20Percentage points, pp
- **map image**: Ontario_Election_2007_Riding_Results_Map.svg
- **map size**: 430px
- **map caption**: Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. Riding names are listed at the bottom.
- **title**: Premier
- **posttitle**: Premier after election
- **before election**: Dalton McGuinty
- **after election**: Dalton McGuinty