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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Ontario general election, 1990, New Zealand general election, 2002, Moldovan parliamentary election, July 2009, Western Australian state election, 2008, New Zealand general election, 1984, Moldovan parliamentary election, 2010, Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2007, Irish general election, 1989, Canadian federal election, 1958, Japanese general election, 2005, Alberta general election, 1982, Australian federal election, 1975, Alberta general election, 1989, Canadian federal election, 1911, Australian federal election, 1983, Kiev local election, 2008, Australian federal election, 1974, Australian federal election, 1987, Snap election, Irish general election, 1944, List of snap elections in Canada, Philippine presidential election, 1986, New Zealand general election, 1951, Quebec general election, 1962, Moldovan parliamentary election, 2001. Excerpt: The Ontario general election of 1990 was held on September 6, 1990, to elect members of the 35th Legislative Assembly of the province of Ontario, Canada. The governing Ontario Liberal Party led by Premier David Peterson, was defeated by a large unexpected protest vote. Peterson was accused of opportunism in calling an election just three years into his mandate, and in a shocking upset, the New Democratic Party, led by Bob Rae, won a majority government. This marked the first, and to date the only time the NDP formed the government in Ontario. Mike Harris's Progressive Conservative Party was unable to overcome voter distrust of the federal Progressive Conservative government of Brian Mulroney. His party managed to win four more seats than in the 1987 election, however. Although Harris was from northern Ontario, the PC Party was particularly weak in that region, placing fourth, behind the Liberals, NDP and the right-wing, fringe Confederation of Regions Party (CoR) in six ...
