List of United Farmers/Labour MLAs in the Ontario legislature

The United Farmers of Ontario entered politics by contesting a 1918 by-election which was won by UFO candidate Beniah Bowman. The next year, in the 1919 provincial election in Ontario they achieved a major political upset by winning enough seats to form a government in alliance with Labour MLAs in the Ontario legislature (also listed). The UFO did not have a leader until after the 1919 election when Ernest Charles Drury was asked by the caucus to serve as Premier of Ontario. As he did not have a seat in the legislature he had to enter via a by-election.

1874 by-election
  • Daniel John O'Donoghue, was the first Labour candidate elected to the Ontario legislature. He won an 1874 by-election in Ottawa. Though he supported the Liberals in the legislature he was defeated in the 1875 general election in a three way race against Conservative and Liberal opponents.

Patrons of Industry (1894)

Three candidates were elected under the Patrons of Industry banner in the 1894 general election:

Twelve Liberals and one Conservative were also elected on a joint ticket with the Patrons. The party did not elect any candidates in the 1898 election.

Rise and fall of UFO and Labour
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Constituency MLA 1906 1908 1911 1914 1919 1923 1926 1929 1934 1937
Hamilton East Allan Studholme
George Grant Halcrow
Manitoulin Beniah Bowman[a 1]
Thomas Farquhar[a 2]
Ontario North John Widdifield[a 3]
Wentworth North Frank Campbell Biggs
Middlesex North James C. Brown
Alexander McLean
Elgin West Peter Gow Cameron
Grey Centre Dougall Carmichael
Renfrew South John Carty
Dundas William Casselman
Kent East James B. Clark[a 4]
Manning Doherty[a 5]
Christopher Gardiner
Norfolk South Joseph Cridland
Wentworth South Wilson Crockett
Sault Ste Marie James Bertram Cunningham
Hastings East Henry Denyes
Simcoe South Edgar James Evans
Bruce North William Henry Fenton
Halton John Featherstone Ford[a 6]
Ernest Charles Drury[a 7]
Essex South Milton Fox
Middlesex East John Freeborn[a 8]
Huron Centre John Govenlock
Carleton Robert Henry Grant
St. Catharines Frank Greenlaw
Kenora Peter Heenan[a 9]
Earl Hutchinson[a 10]
Wellington East Albert Hellyer[a 11]
William Edgar Raney[a 12]
Huron South Andrew Hicks
William Medd
Waterloo South Karl Homuth[a 13]
Simcoe East John Benjamin Johnston
Grey South George Leeson
Farquhar Oliver[a 14]
Middlesex West John Giles Lethbridge
Brantford Morrison MacBride[a 15]
Elgin East Malcolm MacVicar
Wellington West Robert Neil McArthur
Lanark North Hiram McCreary
Peterborough East Ernest McDonald
Fort William Harry (Henry) Mills
Northumberland East Wesley Montgomery
Simcoe Centre Gilbert Murdoch
Brant North Harry Nixon[a 16]
Lambton East Leslie Oke
Hamilton West Walter Rollo[a 17]
Oxford North David Munroe Ross[a 18]
Glengarry Duncan Alexander Ross
Victoria South Frederick Sandy
Norfolk North George David Sewell
Dufferin Thomas Slack
Perth South Peter Smith
Durham East Samuel Staples
London Hugh Stevenson
Haldimand Warren Stringer
Niagara Falls Charles Swayze
Grey North David James Taylor[a 19]
Essex North Alphonse Tisdelle
Peterborough West Thomas Tooms
Oxford South Albert Thomas Walker
Renfrew North Ralph Warren
Victoria North Edgar Watson
Lambton West Jonah Moorehouse Webster
Lincoln Robert Kemp
Bruce South Malcolm McCallum[a 20]
  1. elected in 1918 byelection
  2. defeated in 1929 when he ran for re-election as a Liberal
  3. elected in 1919 byelection
  4. resigned in 1920 to allow byelection
  5. elected in 1920 byelection
  6. resigned in 1920 to allow byelection
  7. elected in 1920 byelection
  8. returned as Liberal for Middlesex North, 1934, 1937
  9. returned as Liberal, 1934, 1937 (see Liberal-Labour)
  10. resigned 1934 to accept a government appointment
  11. resigned in 1920 to allow byelection
  12. elected in 1920 byelection, subsequently elected in Prince Edward in 1926
  13. reelected as Conservative in 1929, died 1930
  14. returned as Liberal, 1943, 1945, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1959, 1963, joined Liberal cabinet 1941, served as Liberal leader twice
  15. returned as Independent 1934, Independent Liberal 1937, died 1938
  16. Liberal 1937, 1943, 1945, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1959, d. 1961. Provincial Secretary (1919–1923), also served in Liberal cabinets (1934–1943) and as Liberal Premier (1943)
  17. leader of Independent Labour Party
  18. elected in 1921 byelection
  19. died 1934
  20. d? 1927
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