The Ontario general election, 1919 was the 15th general election held in the Province of Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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. It was held on October 20, 1919, to elect the 111 Members of the 15th Legislative Assembly of Ontario

15th Legislative Assembly of Ontario

The 15th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from October 20, 1919 until May 10, 1923, just prior to the 1923 general election. The majority party was the newly formed United Farmers of Ontario; they formed a coalition government with the 11 Labour MLAs. The party approached Ernest...

 ("MLAs").

The Ontario Conservative Party, led by Sir William Hearst, was soundly defeated in a bid for a fifth consecutive term in office by the newly formed United Farmers of Ontario

United Farmers of Ontario

The United Farmers of Ontario was a political party in Ontario, Canada. It was the Ontario provincial branch of the United Farmers movement of the early part of the 20th century.- Foundation and rise :...

.

This election put an end to 14 years of continuous Ontario Conservative Party rule, much of it under James Whitney

James Whitney

Sir James Pliny Whitney, KCMG was a politician in the Canadian province of Ontario. Whitney was a lawyer in eastern Ontario, Conservative member for Dundas from 1888 to 1914, and the sixth Premier of Ontario from 1905 to 1914.- Early life :Whitney was born in Williamsburgh Township in 1843 and...

. Whitney had died in 1914.

The UFO ran in the election without a party leader and with only one incumbent MLA, Beniah Bowman

Beniah Bowman

Beniah Bowman was an Ontario farmer and political figure. He represented Manitoulin in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from October 24, 1918 to October 18, 1926 and Algoma East in the Canadian House of Commons from 1926 to 1930 as a United Farmers member.He was born in Waterloo County, Ontario...

, who had entered the legislature the previous year by winning a by-election in Manitoulan. When they emerged from the vote with the largest bloc of seats, they joined the eleven Labour MLAs to form a coalition

Coalition government

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 and approached Ernest C. Drury to lead the new government as Premier

Premier

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 of Ontario. Drury had not been a candidate in the election and had to run in a by-election

By-election

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 to enter the legislature following his appointment to the office of Premier. Liberal-UFO MLA David James Taylor

David James Taylor

David James Taylor was an Ontario farmer and political figure. He represented Grey North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1919 to 1934 as a Liberal-United Farmers, United Farmers, Progressive and finally Liberal-Progressive member.He was born in Keppel Township, Ontario, the son of...

 of Grey North

Grey North

Grey North was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867, which divided the County of Grey into two ridings: Grey South and Grey North...

 and "Soldier" MLA Joseph McNamara

Joseph McNamara

Joseph McNamara was an Ontario political figure. He represented Riverdale in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1919 to 1923 as the only member of the Soldier Party and supported the United Farmers of Ontario-Independent Labour Party government of E.C. Drury that took office following the...

 of Riverdale and Labour-UFO MLA Karl Homuth of Waterloo South

Waterloo South

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 were also members of the governing caucus giving Drury's coalition 58 seats in total.

The Ontario Liberal Party

Ontario Liberal Party

The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and...

, led by Hartley Dewart

Hartley Dewart

Herbert Hartley Dewart was an Ontario lawyer and politician.He was born in St. Johns, Canada East. The son of Edward Hartley Dewart, a Methodist minister who was a staunch advocate of prohibition, the younger Dewart inherited his Liberal politics but broke with his father on the temperance issue...

, was able to maintain and increase its caucus by a small number. It was the Conservative Party that lost the most ground to the UFO and Labour.

Results

	Party	Leader	1914 Ontario general election, 1914 The Ontario general election, 1914 was the 14th general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on June 29, 1914, to elect the 111 Members of the 14th Legislative Assembly of Ontario ....	Elected	% change	Popular vote
%	change	United Farmers United Farmers of Ontario The United Farmers of Ontario was a political party in Ontario, Canada. It was the Ontario provincial branch of the United Farmers movement of the early part of the 20th century.- Foundation and rise :...		*	44	*	21.7%	*	Liberal Ontario Liberal Party The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and...	Hartley Dewart Hartley Dewart Herbert Hartley Dewart was an Ontario lawyer and politician.He was born in St. Johns, Canada East. The son of Edward Hartley Dewart, a Methodist minister who was a staunch advocate of prohibition, the younger Dewart inherited his Liberal politics but broke with his father on the temperance issue...	24	27	+12.5%	26.9%	-11.7	Conservative	William Hearst William Hearst (politician) Sir William Howard Hearst, KCMG was the seventh Premier of the Canadian province of Ontario from 1914 to 1919....	84	25	-70.2%	34.9%	-20.4%	Labour	Walter Rollo	1	11	+1000%	11.6%	+10.3%	Liberal Ontario Liberal Party The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and... -United Farmers United Farmers of Ontario The United Farmers of Ontario was a political party in Ontario, Canada. It was the Ontario provincial branch of the United Farmers movement of the early part of the 20th century.- Foundation and rise :...		*	1 David James Taylor David James Taylor was an Ontario farmer and political figure. He represented Grey North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1919 to 1934 as a Liberal-United Farmers, United Farmers, Progressive and finally Liberal-Progressive member.He was born in Keppel Township, Ontario, the son of...	*			Labour-United Farmers United Farmers of Ontario The United Farmers of Ontario was a political party in Ontario, Canada. It was the Ontario provincial branch of the United Farmers movement of the early part of the 20th century.- Foundation and rise :...		*	1	*			Soldier Soldier (party) During and following the First World War, several people ran in Canadian elections as soldiers. They had themselves listed on the ballot as Soldier Party, "Soldier-Farmer Party", "Soldier-Labour Party", or “Independent Soldier”....		*	1 Joseph McNamara Joseph McNamara was an Ontario political figure. He represented Riverdale in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1919 to 1923 as the only member of the Soldier Party and supported the United Farmers of Ontario-Independent Labour Party government of E.C. Drury that took office following the...	*			Liberal Independent		1	1	-			Liberal Ontario Liberal Party The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and... -Temperance		1	-	-
Total Seats			111	111	-	100%

Note:

* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

See also

• Politics of Ontario
  Politics of Ontario
  The Province of Ontario is governed by a unicameral legislature, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, which operates in the Westminster system of government...
  
  
• List of Ontario political parties
• Premier of Ontario
  Premier of Ontario
  The Premier of Ontario is the first Minister of the Crown for the Canadian province of Ontario. The Premier is appointed as the province's head of government by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, and presides over the Executive council, or Cabinet. The Executive Council Act The Premier of Ontario...
  
  
• Leader of the Opposition (Ontario)
  Leader of the Opposition (Ontario)
  The Leader of the Opposition in Ontario is usually leader of the largest party in the Ontario legislature which is not the government. The current official opposition is formed by the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, and Tim Hudak is the current Leader of the Opposition.Ontario's first...