The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario fielded a full slate of 103 candidates in the 2003 Ontario general election. The party, which had been in power since 1995, won twenty-four seats to become the official opposition in the sitting of the legislature that followed.
Candidates
| Riding
 | 
Candidate's Name
 | 
Occupation
 | 
Votes
 | 
%
 | 
Rank
 | 
Notes
 | 
| Algoma—Manitoulin
 | 
Terry McCutcheon
 | 
 | 
5,168
 | 
17.33
 | 
3rd
 | 
 | 
| Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot
 | 
Mark Mullins
 | 
 | 
18,141
 | 
37.42
 | 
2nd
 | 
Ran for the Reform Party in Hamilton—Wentworth in the 1993 Canadian federal election.[1]
 | 
| Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford
 | 
Joe Tascona
 | 
 | 
31,529
 | 
51.78
 | 
1st
 | 
Incumbent
 | 
| Beaches—East York
 | 
Angela Kennedy
 | 
Registered Nurse[2]
 | 
8,157
 | 
19.67
 | 
3rd
 | 
Later chaired the Toronto Catholic District School Board on two occasions.[3]
 | 
| Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale
 | 
Raminder Gill
 | 
 | 
15,549
 | 
36.73
 | 
2nd
 | 
Incumbent
 | 
| Brampton Centre
 | 
Joe Spina
 | 
 | 
15,656
 | 
40.86
 | 
2nd
 | 
Incumbent
 | 
| Brampton West—Mississauga
 | 
Tony Clement
 | 
 | 
26,414
 | 
42.17
 | 
2nd
 | 
Incumbent; Minister of Health and Long-Term Care
 | 
| Brant
 | 
Alayne Sokoloski
 | 
 | 
13,618
 | 
30.65
 | 
2nd
 | 
Ran in the same division in the 1999 Ontario general election.[4]
 | 
| Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound
 | 
Bill Murdoch
 | 
 | 
23,338
 | 
52.07
 | 
1st
 | 
Incumbent
 | 
| Burlington
 | 
Cam Jackson
 | 
 | 
21,506
 | 
46.15
 | 
1st
 | 
Incumbent; resigned seat on 28 September 2006
 | 
| Cambridge
 | 
Gerry Martiniuk
 | 
 | 
19,996
 | 
42.50
 | 
1st
 | 
Incumbent
 | 
| Chatham-Kent—Essex
 | 
Dave Wilkinson
 | 
 | 
11,586
 | 
29.82
 | 
2nd
 | 
 | 
| Davenport
 | 
Tom Smith
 | 
 | 
1,977
 | 
7.46
 | 
3rd
 | 
 | 
| Don Valley East
 | 
Paul Sutherland
 | 
 | 
12,027
 | 
32.03
 | 
2nd
 | 
 | 
| Don Valley West
 | 
David Turnbull
 | 
 | 
17,394
 | 
38.95
 | 
2nd
 | 
Incumbent; Associate Minister of Enterprise, Opportunity and Innovation
 | 
| Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey
 | 
Ernie Eves
 | 
 | 
29,222
 | 
56.64
 | 
1st
 | 
Incumbent; party leader and Premier of Ontario; resigned seat on 1 February 2005
 | 
| Durham
 | 
John O'Toole
 | 
 | 
23,814
 | 
47.09
 | 
1st
 | 
Incumbent
 | 
| Eglinton—Lawrence
 | 
Corinne Korzen
 | 
 | 
12,402
 | 
29.72
 | 
2nd
 | 
 | 
| Elgin—Middlesex—London
 | 
Bruce Smith
 | 
 | 
13,149
 | 
30.25
 | 
2nd
 | 
 | 
| Erie—Lincoln
 | 
Tim Hudak
 | 
 | 
20,348
 | 
48.49
 | 
1st
 | 
Incumbent; Minister of Consumer and Business Services
 | 
| Essex
 | 
Patrick O'Neil
 | 
 | 
11,234
 | 
24.74
 | 
3rd
 | 
 | 
| Etobicoke Centre
 | 
Rose Andrachuk
 | 
 | 
17,610
 | 
39.43
 | 
2nd
 | 
 | 
| Etobicoke—Lakeshore
 | 
Morley Kells
 | 
 | 
14,524
 | 
32.59
 | 
2nd
 | 
Incumbent
 | 
| Etobicoke North
 | 
Baljit Gosal
 | 
 | 
6,978
 | 
22.52
 | 
2nd
 | 
 | 
| Glengarry—Prescott—Russell
 | 
Albert Bourdeau
 | 
 | 
10,921
 | 
24.88
 | 
2nd
 | 
 | 
| Guelph—Wellington
 | 
Brenda Elliott
 | 
 | 
20,735
 | 
37.08
 | 
2nd
 | 
Incumbent; Minister of Community, Family and Social Services
 | 
| Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant
 | 
Toby Barrett
 | 
 | 
20,109
 | 
46.10
 | 
1st
 | 
Incumbent
 | 
| Haliburton—Victoria—Brock
 | 
Laurie Scott
 | 
 | 
24,297
 | 
47.41
 | 
1st
 | 
 | 
| Halton
 | 
Ted Chudleigh
 | 
 | 
33,610
 | 
48.20
 | 
1st
 | 
Incumbent
 | 
| Hamilton East
 | 
Sohail Bhatti
 | 
 | 
4,033
 | 
13.13
 | 
3rd
 | 
 | 
| Hamilton Mountain
 | 
Shakil Hassan
 | 
 | 
8,637
 | 
19.02
 | 
3rd
 | 
 | 
| Hamilton West
 | 
Doug Brown
 | 
 | 
8,185
 | 
20.97
 | 
3rd
 | 
 | 
| Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington
 | 
Barry Gordon
 | 
Auctioneer[5]
 | 
13,709
 | 
33.01
 | 
2nd
 | 
Member of the Pittsburgh Township council from 1980 to 1988 and reeve from 1989 to 1994.[6] Ran for the Progressive Conservative Party in Kingston and the Islands in the 1993 Canadian federal election.[7]
 | 
| Huron—Bruce
 | 
Helen Johns
 | 
 | 
16,594
 | 
38.23
 | 
2nd
 | 
Incumbent; Minister of Agriculture and Food
 | 
| Kenora—Rainy River
 | 
Cathe Hoszowski
 | 
 | 
3,343
 | 
12.83
 | 
3rd
 | 
 | 
| Kingston and the Islands
 | 
Hans Westenberg
 | 
 | 
9,640
 | 
20.12
 | 
2nd
 | 
 | 
| Kitchener Centre
 | 
Wayne Wettlaufer
 | 
 | 
16,120
 | 
37.57
 | 
2nd
 | 
Incumbent
 | 
| Kitchener—Waterloo
 | 
Elizabeth Witmer
 | 
 | 
23,957
 | 
43.08
 | 
1st
 | 
Incumbent; Deputy Premier of Ontario and Minister of Education
 | 
| Lambton—Kent—Middlesex
 | 
Marcel Beaubien
 | 
 | 
15,060
 | 
36.66
 | 
2nd
 | 
Incumbent
 | 
| Lanark—Carleton
 | 
Norm Sterling
 | 
 | 
29,641
 | 
48.99
 | 
1st
 | 
Incumbent; Attorney General and Minister responsible for Native Affairs
 | 
| Leeds—Grenville
 | 
Bob Runciman
 | 
 | 
21,443
 | 
48.70
 | 
1st
 | 
Incumbent; Minister of Public Safety and Security
 | 
| London—Fanshawe
 | 
Frank Mazzilli
 | 
 | 
11,777
 | 
30.35
 | 
3rd
 | 
Incumbent
 | 
| London North Centre
 | 
Dianne Cunningham
 | 
 | 
13,460
 | 
28.92
 | 
2nd
 | 
Incumbent; Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities and Minister responsible for Women's Issues
 | 
| London West
 | 
Bob Wood
 | 
 | 
15,463
 | 
31.11
 | 
2nd
 | 
Incumbent
 | 
| Markham
 | 
David Tsubouchi
 | 
 | 
21,257
 | 
40.33
 | 
2nd
 | 
Incumbent; Minister of Culture
 | 
| Mississauga Centre
 | 
Rob Sampson
 | 
 | 
15,846
 | 
40.72
 | 
2nd
 | 
Incumbent
 | 
| Mississauga East
 | 
Carl DeFaria
 | 
 | 
13,832
 | 
40.35
 | 
2nd
 | 
Incumbent; Minister of Citizenship and Minister responsible for Senior Citizens
 | 
| Mississauga South
 | 
Margaret Marland
 | 
 | 
16,977
 | 
43.20
 | 
2nd
 | 
Incumbent
 | 
| Mississauga West
 | 
Nina Tangri
 | 
 | 
20,406
 | 
37.18
 | 
2nd
 | 
 | 
| Nepean—Carleton
 | 
John Baird
 | 
 | 
31,662
 | 
54.06
 | 
1st
 | 
Incumbent; Government House Leader and Minister of Energy; resigned seat on 29 November 2005
 | 
| Niagara Centre
 | 
Ann Gronski
 | 
 | 
12,526
 | 
26.70
 | 
3rd
 | 
 | 
| Niagara Falls
 | 
Bart Maves
 | 
 | 
15,353
 | 
38.06
 | 
2nd
 | 
Incumbent
 | 
| Nickel Belt
 | 
Dave Kilgour
 | 
 | 
4,804
 | 
13.49
 | 
3rd
 | 
 | 
| Nipissing
 | 
Al McDonald
 | 
 | 
14,978
 | 
41.47
 | 
2nd
 | 
Incumbent
 | 
| Northumberland
 | 
Doug Galt
 | 
 | 
17,816
 | 
39.37
 | 
2nd
 | 
Incumbent; Chief Government Whip and Minister without Portfolio
 | 
| Oak Ridges
 | 
Frank Klees
 | 
 | 
32,647
 | 
47.27
 | 
1st
 | 
Incumbent; Minister of Transportation
 | 
| Oakville
 | 
Kurt Franklin
 | 
 | 
18,991
 | 
42.18
 | 
2nd
 | 
 | 
| Oshawa
 | 
Jerry Ouellette
 | 
 | 
14,566
 | 
37.32
 | 
1st
 | 
Incumbent; Minister of Natural Resources
 | 
| Ottawa Centre
 | 
Joe Varner
 | 
Policy Advisor[8]
 | 
11,217
 | 
22.69
 | 
3rd
 | 
Spouse of Lisa MacLeod
 | 
| Ottawa—Orléans
 | 
Brian Coburn
 | 
 | 
20,762
 | 
41.32
 | 
2nd
 | 
Incumbent; Minister of Tourism and Recreation
 | 
| Ottawa South
 | 
Richard Raymond
 | 
 | 
16,413
 | 
34.43
 | 
2nd
 | 
 | 
| Ottawa—Vanier
 | 
Maurice Lamirande
 | 
 | 
10,878
 | 
26.24
 | 
2nd
 | 
Ran in the same division in the 1999 Ontario general election.[9]
 | 
| Ottawa West—Nepean
 | 
Garry Guzzo
 | 
 | 
20,277
 | 
41.24
 | 
2nd
 | 
Incumbent
 | 
| Oxford
 | 
Ernie Hardeman
 | 
 | 
18,656
 | 
44.06
 | 
1st
 | 
Incumbent; Associate Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing with responsibility for Rural Affairs
 | 
| Parkdale—High Park
 | 
Stephen Snell
 | 
 | 
6,436
 | 
16.18
 | 
2nd
 | 
 | 
| Parry Sound—Muskoka
 | 
Norm Miller
 | 
 | 
18,776
 | 
48.51
 | 
1st
 | 
Incumbent
 | 
| Perth—Middlesex
 | 
Bert Johnson
 | 
 | 
15,680
 | 
39.36
 | 
2nd
 | 
Incumbent
 | 
| Peterborough
 | 
Gary Stewart
 | 
 | 
18,418
 | 
33.46
 | 
2nd
 | 
Incumbent
 | 
| Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge
 | 
Janet Ecker
 | 
 | 
23,960
 | 
43.91
 | 
2nd
 | 
Incumbent; Minister of Finance
 | 
| Prince Edward—Hastings
 | 
John Williams
 | 
 | 
12,800
 | 
32.02
 | 
2nd
 | 
 | 
| Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke
 | 
John Yakabuski
 | 
 | 
19,274
 | 
44.14
 | 
1st
 | 
 | 
| Sarnia—Lambton
 | 
Henk Vanden Ende
 | 
 | 
11,852
 | 
30.99
 | 
2nd
 | 
 | 
| Sault Ste. Marie
 | 
Bruce Willson
 | 
 | 
2,674
 | 
7.61
 | 
3rd
 | 
 | 
| Scarborough—Agincourt
 | 
Yolanda Chan
 | 
 | 
11,337
 | 
30.08
 | 
2nd
 | 
 | 
| Scarborough Centre
 | 
Marilyn Mushinski
 | 
 | 
11,686
 | 
28.04
 | 
2nd
 | 
Incumbent
 | 
| Scarborough East
 | 
Steve Gilchrist
 | 
 | 
14,323
 | 
33.84
 | 
2nd
 | 
Incumbent
 | 
| Scarborough—Rouge River
 | 
Kevin Moore
 | 
 | 
9,468
 | 
25.21
 | 
2nd
 | 
 | 
| Scarborough Southwest
 | 
Dan Newman
 | 
 | 
11,826
 | 
31.71
 | 
2nd
 | 
Incumbent; Associate Minister of Health and Long-Term Care
 | 
| Simcoe—Grey
 | 
Jim Wilson
 | 
 | 
26,114
 | 
51.47
 | 
1st
 | 
Incumbent; Minister of Northern Development and Mines and Minister of Environment
 | 
| Simcoe North
 | 
Garfield Dunlop
 | 
 | 
23,393
 | 
46.13
 | 
1st
 | 
Incumbent
 | 
| St. Catharines
 | 
Mark Brickell
 | 
Regional Councillor[10]
 | 
12,932
 | 
29.34
 | 
2nd
 | 
 | 
| St. Paul's
 | 
Charis Kelso
 | 
 | 
11,203
 | 
24.65
 | 
2nd
 | 
 | 
| Stoney Creek
 | 
Brad Clark
 | 
 | 
19,517
 | 
38.58
 | 
2nd
 | 
Incumbent; Minister of Labour
 | 
| Stormont—Dundas—Charlottenburgh
 | 
Todd Lalonde
 | 
 | 
13,948
 | 
36.50
 | 
2nd
 | 
 | 
| Sudbury
 | 
Mila Wong
 | 
Executive Director[11]
 | 
5,068
 | 
14.19
 | 
2nd
 | 
Ran in the same division in the 1999 Ontario general election.[12] Also ran for the Greater Sudbury municipal council in the 2000 Greater Sudbury municipal election.[13]
 | 
| Thornhill
 | 
Tina Molinari
 | 
 | 
20,623
 | 
45.16
 | 
2nd
 | 
Incumbent; Associate Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing with responsibility for Urban Affairs
 | 
| Thunder Bay—Atikokan
 | 
Brian McKinnon
 | 
 | 
5,365
 | 
17.62
 | 
3rd
 | 
 | 
| Thunder Bay—Superior North
 | 
Brent Sylvester
 | 
 | 
2,912
 | 
9.62
 | 
3rd
 | 
 | 
| Timiskaming—Cochrane
 | 
Rick Brassard
 | 
 | 
6,330
 | 
20.38
 | 
2nd
 | 
 | 
| Timmins—James Bay
 | 
Merv Russell
 | 
 | 
2,527
 | 
8.41
 | 
3rd
 | 
 | 
| Toronto Centre—Rosedale
 | 
John Adams
 | 
 | 
9,968
 | 
22.04
 | 
2nd
 | 
 | 
| Toronto—Danforth
 | 
George Sardelis
 | 
 | 
6,562
 | 
16.95
 | 
3rd
 | 
 | 
| Trinity—Spadina
 | 
Helena Guergis
 | 
 | 
4,985
 | 
12.29
 | 
3rd
 | 
 | 
| Vaughan—King—Aurora
 | 
Carmine Iacono
 | 
 | 
21,744
 | 
33.06
 | 
2nd
 | 
 | 
| Waterloo—Wellington
 | 
Ted Arnott
 | 
 | 
22,550
 | 
48.97
 | 
1st
 | 
Incumbent
 | 
| Whitby—Ajax
 | 
Jim Flaherty
 | 
 | 
27,240
 | 
48.33
 | 
1st
 | 
Incumbent; Minister of Enterprise, Opportunity and Innovation; resigned seat in November 2005
 | 
| Willowdale
 | 
David Young
 | 
 | 
19,957
 | 
42.95
 | 
2nd
 | 
Incumbent; Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing
 | 
| Windsor—St. Clair
 | 
Matt Bufton
 | 
Marketing Coordinator[14]
 | 
4,162
 | 
11.61
 | 
3rd
 | 
 | 
| Windsor West
 | 
Derek Insley
 | 
 | 
4,187
 | 
11.90
 | 
3rd
 | 
Ran in Ottawa West in 1987 Ontario general election.[15]
 | 
| York Centre
 | 
Dan Cullen
 | 
 | 
7,862
 | 
24.83
 | 
2nd
 | 
 | 
| York North
 | 
Julia Munro
 | 
 | 
24,517
 | 
47.19
 | 
1st
 | 
Incumbent
 | 
| York South—Weston
 | 
Stephen Halicki
 | 
 | 
4,930
 | 
15.23
 | 
3rd
 | 
 | 
| York West
 | 
Ted Aver
 | 
 | 
2,330
 | 
10.03
 | 
3rd
 | 
 | 
Candidates in by-elections held between 2003 and 2007
| Date
 | 
Riding
 | 
Candidate's Name
 | 
Occupation
 | 
Votes
 | 
%
 | 
Rank
 | 
Notes
 | 
| 2004 05 13
 | 
Hamilton East
 | 
Tara Crugnale
 | 
 | 
1,772
 | 
7.42
 | 
3rd
 | 
 | 
| 2005 03 17
 | 
Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey
 | 
John Tory
 | 
 | 
15,893
 | 
56.67
 | 
1st
 | 
Party leader
 | 
| 2005 11 25
 | 
Scarborough—Rouge River
 | 
Cynthia Lai
 | 
 | 
4,268
 | 
25.86
 | 
2nd
 | 
 | 
| 2006 03 30
 | 
Nepean—Carleton
 | 
Lisa MacLeod
 | 
 | 
17,312
 | 
57.57
 | 
1st
 | 
 | 
| 2006 03 30
 | 
Scarborough—Rouge River
 | 
Georgina Blanas
 | 
 | 
2,740
 | 
10.03
 | 
3rd
 | 
 | 
| 2006 03 30
 | 
Whitby—Ajax
 | 
Christine Elliott
 | 
 | 
15,799
 | 
46.21
 | 
1st
 | 
 | 
| 2006 09 14
 | 
Parkdale—High Park
 | 
David Hutcheon
 | 
 | 
4,943
 | 
17.33
 | 
3rd
 | 
 | 
| 2007 02 08
 | 
Burlington
 | 
Joyce Savoline
 | 
 | 
11,146
 | 
49.00
 | 
1st
 | 
 | 
| 2007 02 08
 | 
Markham
 | 
Alex Yuan
 | 
 | 
6,426
 | 
34.89
 | 
2nd
 | 
 | 
| 2007 02 08
 | 
York South—Weston
 | 
Pina Martino
 | 
 | 
1,917
 | 
10.18
 | 
3rd
 | 
 | 
Source for election results: Election Results, Elections Ontario, accessed 2 November 2021.
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