4418 Windsor—Sandwich: (incumbent) Bill Wrye (L) 10730 Paul Forder (NDP) 7583 Ron Arkell (PC) 3681 Mike Longmoore (Comm) 197 Windsor—Walkerville: (incumbent) Bernard Newman (L) 9130 Jane Boyd (PC) 6980 Gary Parent (NDP) 6698 York Centre: (incumbent) Don Cousens (PC) 25022 Ron Maheu (L) 19776 Diane Meaghan (NDP) 7171 Stewart Cole 2644 York East: (incumbent) Robert Elgie (PC) 11459 Gord Crann (NDP) 9183 Omar Chaudhery (L) 6629 Ed McDonald (Comm) 929 Kathy Sorensen (Lbt) 410 York Mills: (incumbent) Bette Stephenson (PC) 17943 Gunnar Tannis (L) 10078 Gord Doctorow (NDP) 6872 Scott Bell (Lbt) 2339 York North: Greg Sorbara (L) 21291 (incumbent) William Hodgson (PC) 17196 Keith Munro (NDP) 7026 York South: (incumbent) Bob Rae (NDP) 16373 Horace Hale (L) 6807 Toomas Dunapuu (PC) 5321 Paul Schulze 1063 Lucille Boikoff 402 Dusan Kubias (Lbt) 343 York West: (incumbent) Nick Leluk (PC) 14595 Leonard Braithwaite (L) 13880 Phil Jones (NDP) 6980 Bob Dunk (Lbt) 1099 Yorkview: Claudio Polsinelli (L) 15986 Mike Foster (NDP) 12658 Leslie Soobrian (PC) 3431 Post-election changes York East (res. Robert Elgie, September 26, 1985), April 17, 1986: Christine Hart (L) 9347 Gina Brannan (PC) 7956 Gord Crann (NDP) 7928 Jim McIntosh (Lbt) 243 John MacLennan (Comm) 100 Mark Adair (G) 60 John Turmel (SC) 44 Jack Arshawsky 27 Cochrane North (res. René Fontaine, 1986), August 14, 1986: René Fontaine (L) 8463 Bertrand Proulx 766 Judy Cole 606 Graham McCready 185 Kaye Sargent (Lbt) 99 John Turmel 75 David Ramsay, elected as a New Democrat, joined the Liberal Party on October 6, 1986. Tony Lupusella, also elected as a New Democrat, joined the Liberal Party on December 17, 1986. After Lupusella's defection, the Liberals held as many seats in the legislative assembly as the Progressive Conservatives, at 51, (if the Speaker of the Legislature is included as a Liberal). Paul Yakabuski, PC MPP for Renfrew South died July 31, 1987 See also Politics of Ontario List of Ontario political parties Premier of Ontario Leader of the Opposition (Ontario) Independent candidates, 1985 Ontario provincial election Notes Replaced as Premier by David Peterson on June 26, 1985 Turmel ran as a "Social Credit Party of Ontario" candidate despite the fact that the party was long since defunct References Further reading 1985 elections in Canada 1985 1985 in Ontario May 1985 events in Canada