internal polling had by then clearly indicated the voters did not want another election and that even if the Lieutenant-Governor could have been convinced to call one, the Liberals would have been likely to win in a landslide. The actions of Aird, who was appointed by former Liberal Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, therefore allowed Miller to portray his relinquishing of the premiership as a grudging acquiescence that he was forced to undertake by a representative of the sovereign, who the PC's would subsequently claim had breached constitutional convention and inappropriately engaged in partisanship to elevate his second-place party to government. In any case, Miller resigned on June 26 and Peterson's minority government was sworn in on the same day. Results The Revolutionary Workers League fielded one candidate. Riding results Algoma: (incumbent) Bud Wildman (NDP) 7575 Jim Thibert (PC) 3694 Bryan McDougall (L) 2995 Algoma—Manitoulin: (incumbent) John Lane (PC) 7174 Tom Farquhar (L) 4704 Len Hembruf (NDP) 3309 Armourdale: (incumbent) Bruce McCaffrey (PC) 13394 Gino Matrundola (L) 13182 Bob Hebdon (NDP) 5429 Simon Srdarev (Lbt) 456 Beaches—Woodbine: (incumbent) Marion Bryden (NDP) 12672 Paul Christie (PC) 7301 Sally Kelly (L) 5065 Steve Thistle (Lbt) 396 Bellwoods: (incumbent) Ross McClellan (NDP) 8088 Walter Bardyn (L) 6655 Bento de Sao Jose (PC) 1964 Ronald Rodgers 324 Brampton: Bob Callahan (L) 25656 Jeff Rice (PC) 21239 Terry Gorman (NDP) 8313 Jim Bridgewood (Comm) 531 Dave Duqette 500 Brantford: (incumbent) Phil Gillies (PC) 13444 Jack Tubman (NDP) 12303 Herb German (L) 6533 Brant—Oxford—Haldimand: (incumbent) Robert Nixon (L) 15317 Ian Birnie (PC) 5817 Irene Heltner (NDP) 3487 Brock: Peter Partington (PC) 9741 Bill Andres (L) 9081 Robert Woolston (NDP) 3867 Brian Dolby (G) 755 Burlington South: Cam Jackson (PC) 16479 Doug Redfearn (L) 11822 Walter Mukewich (NDP) 10820 Cambridge: (incumbent) Bill Barlow (PC) 12888 Alec Dufresne (NDP) 11985 Bob Jeffrey (L) 7083 Carleton: (incumbent) Bob Mitchell (PC) 17732 Hans Daigeler (L) 15093 Bea Murray (NDP) 7165 Carleton East: Gilles Morin (L) 23221 (incumbent) Bob MacQuarrie (PC) 16188 Joan Gullen (NDP) 8829 Carleton-Grenville: (incumbent) Norm Sterling (PC) 15524 Dan Maxwell (L) 8019 Alan White (NDP) 3468 Chatham—Kent: Maurice Bossy (L) 10340 (incumbent) Andy Watson (PC) 9206 Ron Franko (NDP) 5535 Cochrane North: René Fontaine (L) 8793 (incumbent) René Piché (PC) 6883 Andre Philippe (NDP) 2878 Cochrane South: (incumbent) Alan Pope (PC) 13935 Roger Loiselle (NDP) 5662 Jim Martin (L) 4002 Cornwall: Luc Guindon (PC) 9430 Claude Poirier (L)