The 1886 Ontario general election was the sixth general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on December 28, 1886, to elect the 90 Members of the 6th Legislative Assembly of Ontario ("MLAs"). The election results were characterized a "crushing defeat for the Conservatives. The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Oliver Mowat, won a fifth consecutive term in government and an increased majority in the Legislature. The Ontario Conservative Party, led by William Ralph Meredith lost five of its seats. In Toronto, this and the next election (1890) were held under the Limited Vote system wherein Toronto voters had two votes for the three MPPs in their district. This allowed a degree of minority representation. Redistribution of ridings The Assembly was increased from 88 to 90 members, through the following changes: Results |- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=5 | MPPs ! colspan=3 | Votes |- ! Candidates !1883 !Dissol. !1886 !± !# !% ! ± (pp) |style="text-align:left;"|Oliver Mowat |88 |48 | |57 |9 |153,282 |48.41% |0.21 |style="text-align:left;"|William Ralph Meredith |83 |37 | |32 |5 |148,969 |47.05% |0.46 |style="text-align:left;"| |5 |1 | |1 | |2,145 |0.68% |0.85 |style="text-align:left;"| | |2 | |– |2 |colspan="3"|Did not campaign |style="text-align:left;"| |5 |– |– |– | |12,196 |3.85% |2.32 |style="text-align:left;"| |1 |– |– |– | |14 |– | |style="text-align:left;"| | |– |– |– | |colspan="3"|Did not campaign |colspan="3"| | |colspan="5"| |-style="background:#E9E9E9;" |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Total |182 |88 |88 |90 | |316,606 |100.00% | |- |colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"|Blank and invalid ballots |align="right"|3,622 |style="background:#E9E9E9;" colspan="2"| |-style="background:#E9E9E9;" |colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"|Registered voters / turnout |459,495 |69.69% |6.23 |} See also Politics of Ontario List of Ontario political parties Premier of Ontario Leader of the Opposition (Ontario) References 1886 1886 elections in Canada 1886 in Ontario December 1886 events