Introduction
(Wikipedia)
The 2007 Ontario General
Elections
The Ontario
general election of 2007 is scheduled to be held on October 10, 2007 to
elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario,
Canada.
As a result of
legislation passed by the Legislature in 2004, election dates are now fixed
by formula so that an election is held approximately four years after the
previous election, unless the government is defeated by a vote of "no
confidence" in the Legislature. Previously, the governing party had
considerable flexibility to determine the date of an election within three
to five years of being elected.
The date of this
election was originally presumed to be October 4, 2007, however the law
fixes the date on the first Thursday of October or on any day within seven
days thereof if required to accommodate a date of "religious or
cultural significance". The date was set as October 10, 2007 to avoid a
conflict with the Jewish holiday of Shemini
Atzeret which falls on October 4, 2007.
The general
election will elect Ontario's
39th Legislative Assembly. The leader of the party with the most seats
normally becomes the next premier
of the province, unless other political parties together hold a majority
of seats and decide to form a coalition government.
