Ontario New Democratic Party candidates in the 1987 Ontario provincial election

The New Democratic Party of Ontario ran a full slate of candidates in the 1987 provincial election, and won 19 out of 130 seats to become the second-largest party in the Ontario legislature. Some of the party's candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here.

Central Ontario RidingCandidate's NameNotes Residence Occupation Votes % RankDufferin—PeelSandra Crane4,1953rdHastings—PeterboroughElmer BuchananTeacher6,5793rdMuskoka–Georgian BayDan WatersSmall business owner7,0593rdNorthumberlandJudi Armstrong4,3723rdPeterboroughLinda Slavin10,6412ndSimcoe CentreFrederick Ruemper7,2653rdSimcoe EastFayne Bullen9,6993rdSimcoe WestNoel St-Laurent4,7883rdVictoria—HaliburtonIvan Moore4,2513rdYork—MackenzieSusan Wakeling6,0923rd

Eastern Ontario/Ottawa RidingCandidate's NameNotes Residence Occupation Votes % RankCarletonElaine Gibson4,5903rdCarleton EastJoan Gullen6,1052ndCornwallBob Roth6,7563rdFrontenac—AddingtonLars Thompson4,9963rdKingston and the IslandsJohn Wilson6,4022ndLanark—RenfrewDonald Page5,4863rdLeeds—GrenvilleGeraldine Sheedy4,8693rdNepeanLarry Jones4,5263rdOttawa CentreEvelyn GigantesMember of Provincial Parliament for Ottawa Centre (1985–1987) Member of Provincial Parliament for Carleton East (1975–1981)Radio/television broadcaster11,7802ndOttawa EastAlexander Connelly4,1372ndOttawa–RideauBeatrice Murray6,0003rdOttawa SouthPenina Coopersmith6,0383rdOttawa WestPaul Weinzweig4,4033rdPrince Edward—LennoxPaul JohnsonPrince EdwardLawyer4,724 3rdQuinteEugene Morosan3,5203rdRenfrew NorthFrederick Theilheimer3,9583rdStormont—Dundas—Glengarry and East GrenvilleJames Carkner2,3454th

Greater Toronto Area RidingCandidate's NameNotes Residence Occupation Votes % RankBeaches—Woodbine Frances Lankin11,9481stBrampton North John Deamer6,6673rdBrampton South Paul Ledgister5,7863rdBurlington South Judy Worsley4,6943rdDon Mills Margery Ward6,4243rdDovercourt Ross McClellan9,7272ndDownsview Maria AugimeriMember of North York City Council for Ward 5 (1985–1988)11,65846.112ndDurham Centre Sarah Kelly9,8812ndDurham East Marg Wilbur6,8053rdDurham West Jim WisemanAjaxTeacher5,7793rdDurham—York Donna Kelly5,5493rdEglinton Michael Lee3,7893rdEtobicoke–Humber Peter Sutherland4,5113rdEtobicoke—Lakeshore Ruth GrierMember of Etobicoke City Council for Mimico (1969–1985)14,8211stEtobicoke—Rexdale Ed PhilipRexdaleTeacher13,8921stEtobicoke West Phil Jones5,7843rdFort York Joe PantaloneMember of Toronto City Council for Ward 4 (1980–1997)TorontoLegal aid worker9,4562ndHalton Centre Richard Banigan4,4873rdHalton North Fern Wolf5,796 3rdHigh Park—Swansea Elaine ZiembaONDP candidate for High Park—Swansea in the 1985 provincial election Candidate for Ward 2 in the 1980 Toronto municipal electionToronto8,76431.433rdLawrence Evelyn Murialdo8,2012ndMarkham Anne SwarbrickCivil servant4,3233rdMississauga East Salvatore Manni4,8643rdMississauga North John Moszynski6,1532ndMississauga South Barry Stevens4,9763rdMississauga West Paul Simon6,2803rdOakville South Ronald Cooper3,0803rdOakwood Tony GrandeMember of Provincial Parliament for Oakwood (1975–1987)TorontoTeacher9,86142.542ndOriole Judy Rebick4,4703rdOshawa Michael BreaughMember of Provincial Parliament for Oshawa (1975–1990)Teacher12,9571stParkdale Vasco Dos Santos3,9612ndRiverdale David RevilleMember of Provincial Parliament for Riverdale (1985–1990) Member of Toronto City Council for Ward 7 (1980–1985)10,32144.91stScarborough—Agincourt David Kho7,0212ndScarborough Centre Menno Vorster8,5252ndScarborough East Mary Cook7,0482ndScarborough—Ellesmere David WarnerMember of Provincial Parliament for Scarborough—Ellesmere (1985–1987 & 1975–1981)Teacher11,9412ndScarborough North Nicholas Summers4,5093rdScarborough West Richard JohnstonMember of Provincial Parliament for Scarborough West (1979–1990)Social worker13,3301stSt. Andrew—St. Patrick Gladys Rothman5,6083rdSt. George—St. David John Campey5,6583rdWillowdale Batya Hebdon5,7743rdWilson Heights Jennifer Paton6,6972ndYork Centre Joseph Licastro7,6923rdYork East Sophia Apostolides7,056 3rdYork Mills Steve Shorter3,1953rdYork South Bob RaeLeader 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) Lawyer13,1901stYorkview Sheila Lambrinos6,1482nd

Hamilton/Niagara RidingCandidate's NameNotesResidenceOccupationVotes%RankHamilton Centre Brian Hinkley10,3332ndHamilton East Robert W. MackenzieMember of Provincial Parliament for Hamilton East (1975–1995)Union leader (United Steelworkers)16,4211stHamilton Mountain Brian CharltonMember of Provincial Parliament for Hamilton Mountain (1977–1995)HamiltonProperty assessor 14,7431stHamilton West Richard AllenMember of Provincial Parliament for Hamilton West (1982–1995)DundasProfessor at McMaster University13,4301stLincoln Ron HansenEngineer6,2073rdNiagara Falls Margaret Harrington7,9362ndNiagara South Camilla Gyorffy4,3963rdSt. Catharines Robert West5,5662ndSt. Catharines—Brock Christel HaeckLibrarian6,5143rdWelland–Thorold Mel SwartMember 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)17,4901stWentworth East Sharon Lehnert8,6762ndWentworth North Linda Spencer6,6413rd

Northern Ontario RidingCandidate's NameNotesResidenceOccupationVotes%RankAlgoma Bud WildmanMember of Provincial Parliament for Algoma (1975–1999)Echo BayTeacher8,5621stAlgoma—Manitoulin Ronald Boucher4,3852ndCochrane North Len WoodMechanic5,6752ndCochrane South Gilles Renaud6,0103rdFort William Donald Smith7,8613rdKenora Doug Miranda6,8452ndLake Nipigon Gilles PouliotMember of Provincial Parliament for Lake Nipigon (1985–1999) Mayor of ManitouwadgeManitouwadgeMiner8,4461stNickel Belt Floyd LaughrenMember of Provincial Parliament for Nickel Belt (1971–1998)SudburyProfessor at Cambrian College9,8491stNipissing Sandra Clifford2,9613rdParry Sound William Pabst2,2313rdPort Arthur Christopher Southcott11,8282ndRainy River Howard HamptonLawyer5,5381stSault Ste. Marie Karl Morin-Strom19,0641stSudbury Sharon MurdockLawyer9,2603rdSudbury East Shelley MartelInsurance professional15,1791stTimiskaming Ollie Rivard5,8712nd

Southwestern Ontario RidingCandidate's NameNotesResidenceOccupationVotes%RankBrant—Haldimand Tracy Macdonnell4,9922ndBrantford Jack TubmanONDP candidate for Brantford in the 1985 provincial election Candidate for Brantford City Council (Ward 3) in the 1974 Brantford municipal election BrantfordPresident of the Canadian Auto Workers Local 397CAW President Buzz Hargrove speech to CAW Council , 2–4 December 2005, accessed 19 October 2010.Vincent Ball, "Labour activist 'wanted to make life better for everyone'," Brantford Expositor, 17 November 2005, A4.12,1122ndBruce Norma Peterson3,9863rdCambridge Mike FarnanTeacher11,2841stChatham—Kent Brian Rice7,6232ndElgin Gord Campbell7,6743rdEssex–Kent Pat HayesMember of Provincial Parliament for Essex North (1985–1987)Work safety professional/Union official (CAW)11,4782ndEssex South Marv Ewing7,3122ndGuelph Derek FletcherWellington County Public School Board Trustee (1985–1990)GuelphPress operator9,1192ndHuron Paul KloppONDP candidate for Huron–Middlesex in the 1985 provincial election BluewaterFarmer3,8413rdKitchener Susan Coulter8,3792ndKitchener—Wilmot Mike CooperONDP candidate for Kitchener—Wilmot in the 1985 provincial election Rubber worker7,5032ndLambton Grant Reynolds2,9143rdLondon Centre Marion BoydONDP candidate for London North in the 1985 provincial election London9,2662ndLondon North Diane Whiteside7,9612ndLondon South David WinningerONDP candidate for London South in the 1985 provincial election Lawyer7,0743rdMiddlesex Michael Wyatt5,7203rdNorfolk Norm JamisonMetalworker8,3462ndOxford Wayne Colbran6,6063rdPerth Warren Ham6,0802ndSarnia Catherine Giles4,5523rdWaterloo North James Hastings5,7853rdWellington Burna Wilton5,1593rdWindsor—Riverside Dave CookeMember of Provincial Parliament for Windsor—Riverside (1977–1997)WindsorSocial worker17,1621stWindsor—Sandwich George DadamoWindsorRadio broadcaster12,5352ndWindsor—Walkerville Donna Champagne13,4152nd

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