Ontario New Democratic Party candidates in the 1985 Ontario provincial election

The New Democratic Party of Ontario ran a full slate of candidates in the 1985 Ontario provincial election, and won 25 out of 130 seats to become the third-largest party in the legislature. Many of the party's candidates have their own biography pages; information on others may be found here.

Central Ontario RidingCandidate's NameNotes Residence Occupation Votes % RankDufferin—SimcoeGoetz Koechlin4,3163rdHastings—PeterboroughElmer Buchanan4,4923rdMuskoka–Georgian BayRobert Maguire2,8363rdNorthumberlandJudi Armstrong3,2473rdPeterboroughLinda Slavin11,9412ndSimcoe CentrePaul WessengerLawyer9,6393rdSimcoe EastFayne Bullen11,0022ndVictoria—HaliburtonArthur Field3,2093rd

Eastern Ontario/Ottawa RidingCandidate's NameNotes Residence Occupation Votes % RankCarletonBeatrice Murray7,1653rdCarleton EastJoan Gullen8,8293rdCornwallStephen Corrie5,8283rdFrontenac—AddingtonLars Thompson3,7233rdKingston and the IslandsPamela Cross3,8923rdLanarkDonald Page3,2973rdLeedsRobert Smith3,5833rdOttawa CentreEvelyn GigantesMember of Provincial Parliament for Carleton East (1975–1981)Radio/television broadcaster11,8901stOttawa EastKathryn Barnard3,9712ndOttawa SouthJohn Smart8,3113rdOttawa WestGregory Ross4,4273rdPrescott and RussellMaurice Landry2,6253rdPrince Edward—LennoxHenry Plummer2,3073rdQuinteEugene Morosan1,8173rdRenfrew NorthRobert Cottingham7403rdRenfrew SouthFrederick Theilheimer3,4203rdStormont, Dundas, and GlengarryRuediger Derstroff1,7003rd

Greater Toronto Area RidingCandidate's NameNotes Residence Occupation Votes % RankArmourdale Robert Hebdon5,4293rdBeaches—Woodbine Marion BrydenMember of Provincial Parliament for Beaches—Woodbine (1975–1990)Researcher/statistician12,6721stBellwoods Ross McClellanMember of Provincial Parliament for Bellwoods (1975–1987)Social worker8,0881stBrampton Terence Gorman8,3133rdBurlington South Walter Mulkewich10,8203rdDon Mills Michael Wyatt6,1533rdDovercourt Tony LupusellaMember of Provincial Parliament for Dovercourt (1975–1990)6,6772ndDownsview Odoardo Di SantoMember of Provincial Parliament for Downsview (1975–1985)Paralegal11,0132ndDurham East Douglas Smith9,8322ndDurham West Donald Stewart8,4953rdDurham—York Margaret Wilbur5,4403rdEglinton John Goodfellow4,8803rdEtobicoke Ed PhilipMember of Provincial Parliament for Etobicoke (1975–1987)Rexdale, Toronto16,7921stHalton—Burlington Douglas Hamilton4,871 3rdHigh Park—Swansea Elaine Ziemba9,6302ndHumber Peter Sutherland5,1603rdLakeshore Ruth GrierMember of Etobicoke City Council for Mimico (1969–1985)11,5391stMississauga East Larry Taylor12,0153rdMississauga North Sylvia Weylie9,9433rdMississauga South Barry Stevens4,7703rdOakville Kevin Flynn4,3903rdOakwood Tony GrandeMember of Provincial Parliament for Oakwood (1975–1987)Teacher10,4071stOriole Lorne Strachan3,6603rdOshawa Michael BreaughMember of Provincial Parliament for Oshawa (1975–1990)Teacher12,6861stParkdale Richard Gilbert5,1362ndRiverdale David RevilleMember of Toronto City Council for Ward 7 (1980–1985)9,8691stScarborough Centre Sydney Christensen7,5773rdScarborough East Alawi Mohideen4,3813rdScarborough—Ellesmere David WarnerMember of Provincial Parliament for Scarborough—Ellesmere (1975–1981)Teacher10,1191stScarborough North Jerry Daca9,0723rdScarborough West Richard JohnstonMember of Provincial Parliament for Scarborough West (1979–1990)Social worker12,8891stSt. Andrew—St. Patrick Margaret Griffiths8,3732ndSt. David Barbara Hall4,8783rdSt. George Diana Hunt10,5432ndWilson Heights Howard MoscoeMember of North York City Council for Ward 4 (1978–1985)TorontoTeacher7,7933rdYork East Gordon Crann9,1832ndYork Mills Gordon Doctorow6,8723rdYork 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) Lawyer16,3731stYork West Philip Jones6,9303rdYorkview Michael Foster12,6582nd

Hamilton/Niagara RidingCandidate's NameNotesResidenceOccupationVotes%RankBrock Robert Woolston3,8673rdErie Shirley Summers3,1913rdHamilton Centre Michael Davison8,8002ndHamilton East Robert W. MackenzieMember of Provincial Parliament for Hamilton East (1975–1995)Union leader (United Steelworkers)13,7741stHamilton Mountain Brian CharltonMember of Provincial Parliament for Hamilton Mountain (1977–1995)HamiltonProperty assessor 13,8711stHamilton West Richard AllenMember of Provincial Parliament for Hamilton West (1982–1995)DundasProfessor at McMaster University10,1821stLincoln Barbara Mersereau2,2643rdNiagara Falls Deloris Skilton6,7783rdSt. Catharines Michael CormierLawyer/Professor at the University of Western Ontario 5,6243rdWelland–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)17,0651stWentworth Sharon Lehnert8,5712ndWentworth North Linda Spencer6,1583rd

Northern Ontario RidingCandidate's NameNotesResidenceOccupationVotes%RankAlgoma Bud WildmanMember of Provincial Parliament for Algoma (1975–1999)Echo BayTeacher7,5751stAlgoma—Manitoulin Leonard Hembruff3,3093rdCochrane North Andre-Maurice Philippe2,8783rdCochrane South Roger Loiselle5,6622ndFort William Donald Smith7,0712ndKenora Colin Wasacase4,0252ndLake Nipigon Gilles PouliotMayor of ManitouwadgeManitouwadgeMiner5,7081stNickel Belt Floyd LaughrenMember of Provincial Parliament for Nickel Belt (1971–1998)SudburyProfessor at Cambrian College8,9121stNipissing Lynne Bennett3,9843rdParry Sound Leo Gagne1,1303rdPort Arthur Jim FouldsMember of Provincial Parliament for Port Arthur (1971–1987)Teacher13,084 1stRainy River Howard HamptonLawyer4,7752ndSault Ste. Marie Karl Morin-StromFinancial analyst16,3621stSudbury Ernest St. Jean7,0102ndSudbury East Elie MartelMember of Provincial Parliament for Sudbury East (1967–1987)SudburyTeacher17,2411stTimiskaming David RamsayBelle ValléeFarmer10,7651st

Southwestern Ontario RidingCandidate's NameNotesResidenceOccupationVotes%RankBrant—Oxford—Norfolk Irene Heltner3,4873rdBrantford Jack TubmanCandidate 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, A4.12,3032ndCambridge Alexander Dufresne11,9852ndChatham—Kent Ronald Franko5,5353rdElgin James Campbell5,3153rdEssex North Pat HayesWork safety professional/Union official (CAW)7,9011stEssex South Paul Hertel2,6774thGrey Rhonda Green2,4023rdGrey–Bruce Jo-Anne Shaw2,3403rdHaldimand—Norfolk Wayne Pierce3,8213rdHuron–Bruce Norma Peterson1,9923rdHuron–Middlesex Paul KloppBluewaterFarmer1,1483rdKent–Elgin Donald Alexander1,9163rdKitchener Timothy Little5,6543rdKitchener—Wilmot Mike CooperRubber worker4,6733rdLambton Grant Reynolds1,9873rdLondon Centre Peter Cassidy4,3403rdLondon North Marion BoydLondon5,1913rdLondon South David WinningerLawyer5,0803rdMiddlesex Larry Green2,1693rdOxford Wayne Colbran5,6603rdPerth Warren Ham2,7963rdSarnia Duncan Longwell3,5723rdWaterloo North Richard Gerson6,1583rdWellington—Dufferin—Peel William Young6,3953rdWellington South Derek FletcherPress operator6,6413rdWindsor—Riverside Dave CookeMember of Provincial Parliament for Windsor—Riverside (1977–1997)WindsorSocial worker17,8831stWindsor—Sandwich Paul Forder7,5832ndWindsor—Walkerville Gary Parent6,6983rd

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