Ontario general elections

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Ontario general elections (more commonly and colloquially referred to as Ontario provincial elections) are held for the purpose of determining the government of the province of Ontario, the most populous subnational jurisdiction in Canada through democratic means. A general election was most recently held in February 2025, through which the incumbent Progressive Conservative government led by Premier Doug Ford was re-elected with its third majority mandate. Like other Westminster-style parliamentary governments, Ontario voters exercise their democratic franchise indirectly by electing local representatives, known as Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs), to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, via plurality voting (or the "first-past-the-post" system). All Canadian citizens age eighteen or above who resides in Ontario are entitled to vote in elections held for the electoral district they reside in. Post secondary students temporary residing elsewhere for school may opt to exercise that...

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