List of United Farmers/Labour MLAs in the Ontario legislature

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.

First elected in 1906 (by-election)

Labour 0+1
*Allan Studholme, Labour, Hamilton East, (1906, 1908, 1911, 1914. died 1919) succeeded by George Grant Halcrow (Labour)

First elected in 1918 (by-election)

UFO 0+1
*Beniah Bowman, Manitoulan, UFO, (1919, 1923) served as Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines in the UFO government (1919-1923). Succeeded (1926) by Thomas Farquhar, UFO.

First elected in 1919 (spring by-election)

UFO 1+1
*John Widdifield, UFO, Ontario N. (1919b, 1919g.e., 1923, 1926)


=First elected in 1919 (fall general election)=

The UFO won 44/111 seats and Labour won 11/111

UFO 2+42, Labour 1+10
*Frank Campbell Biggs, UFO, Wentworth N., (1919, 1923), Minister of Public Works and Highways (1919-1923)
*James C. Brown, UFO, Middlesex N., (1919)
*Peter Gow Cameron, UFO, Elgin W., (1919)
*Dougall Carmichael, UFO, Grey Centre, (1919, 1923)
*John Carty, UFO, Refrew South, (1919, 1923)
*William Casselman, UFO, Dundas, (1919)
*James B. Clark, UFO, Kent E., (1919, resigned 1920, Manning Doherty of UFO won by-election)
*Joseph Cridland, UFO, Norfolk S., (1919)
*Wilson Crockett, UFO, Wentworth S., (1919)
*James Bentram Cunningham, Labour, Sault Ste Marie (1919)
*Henry Denyes, UFO, Hastings E., (1919)
*Edgar James Evans, UFO, Simcoe S., (1919)
*William Henry Fenton, UFO, Bruce N., (1919, 1923)
*John Featherstone Ford, UFO, Halton, (1919), resigned January 1920 to provide seat for Premier Drury.
*Milton Fox, UFO, Essex S., (1919)
*John Freeborn, UFO, Middlesex E., (1919, 1923, returned as Liberal-Middlesex North, 1934, 1937)
*John Govenlock, Labour, Huron Centre, (1919)
*Robert Henry Grant, UFO, Carleton, (1919), Minister of Education
*Frank Greenlaw, Labour, St. Catharines, (1919)
*George Grant Halcrow, Labour, Hamilton East, (1919)
*Peter Heenan, Labour, Kenora, (1919, 1923, returned as Liberal 1934, 1937 see Liberal-Labour))
*Albert Hellyer, UFO, Wellington E., (1919, res. 1920 to provide seat for William Edgar Raney)
*Andrew Hicks, UFO, Huron S., (1919)
*Karl Homuth, Labour-UFO, Waterloo S., (1919, as Lab. 1923, 1926, Conservative 1929, d. 1930)
*John Benjamin Johnston, UFO, Simcoe E., (1919)
*George Leeson, UFO, Grey S., (1919)
*John Giles Lethbridge, UFO, Middlesex W., (1919, 1923, as Progressive 1926)
*Morrison MacBride, Labour, Brantford (1919, 1923, returned as Independent 1934, Ind. Liberal 1937 d. 1938)
*Malcolm MacVicar, UFO, Elgin E., (1919)
*Robert Neil McArthur, UFO, Wellington W., (1919)
*Hiram McCreary, UFO, Lanark N., (1919)
*Ernest McDonald, UFO, Peterborough E., (1919)
*Henry Mills, Labour, Ft. William, (1919)
*Wesley Montgomery, UFO, Northumberland E., (1919)
*Gilbert Murdoch, UFO, Simcoe Centre, (1919)
*Harry Nixon, UFO, Brant N., (1919, 1923, as Progressive 1926, 1929, Lib-Prog 1934, 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)
*Leslie Oke, UFO, Lambton E., (1919, 1923, 1926)
*Walter Rollo, Labour, Hamilton W., (1919) Minister of Labour (1919-1923)
*Duncan Alexander Ross, UFO, Glengarry, (1919)
*Frederick Sandy, UFO, Victoria S., (1919, def. 1923, returned as Lib-Progressive 1926)
*George David Sewell, UFO, Norfolk N., (1919, 1923)
*Thomas Slack, UFO, Dufferin, (1919, def. 1923, returned as Progressive 1926, 1929)
*Peter Smith, UFO, Perth S., (1919) Treasurer of Ontario (1919-1923)
*Samuel Staples, UFO, Durham E., (1919)
*Hugh Stevenson, Labour, London, (1919)
*Warren Stringer, UFO, Haldimand, (1919)
*Charles Swayze, Labour, Niagara Falls, (1919)
*David James Taylor, Liberal-United Farmers Association, Grey N., (1919, as UFO 1923, as Progressive 1926, as Lib-Progressive 1934, d. 1934)
*Alphonse Tisdelle, UFO, Essex N., (1919)
*Thomas Tooms, Labour, Peterborough W., (1919)
*Albert Thomas Walker, UFO, Oxford S., (1919)
*Ralph Warren, UFO, Renfrew N., (1919)
*Edgar Watson, UFO, Victoria N., (1919)
*Jonah Moorehouse Webster, UFO, Lambton W., (1919)

First elected in 1920 (by-elections)

*Ernest Charles Drury, UFO, Halton, (1920b), Premier of Ontario (1919-1923), replaced UFO MLA John Featherstone Ford
*Manning Doherty, UFO, Kent East (1920b, 1923) replaced James B. Clark of UFO, succeeded (1926) by Christopher Gardiner, Progressive.
*William Edgar Raney, UFO, Wellington E., (1920b, 1923, Prince Edward 1926, res. 1927 to accept judgeship), Attorney-General of Ontario (1919-1923), replaced Albert Hellyer as UFO MLA

First elected in 1921 (by-election)

UFO +1
*David Munroe Ross, UFO, Oxford N., (1921b, 1923, as Lib-Progressive 1926, 1929)


=First elected in 1923=

The UFO won 17/111 seats and Labour won 4/111

UFO -28, Labour -7
*Robert Kemp, UFO, Lincoln, (1923, as Progressive 1926)
*Malcolm McCallum, UFO, Bruce S., (1923, as Progressive 1926, d? 1927)
*William Medd, UFO, Huron S., (1923, 1926, 1929)


=First elected in 1926=

The Progressives won 10/112 seats (most ex-UFO), UFO won 3 seats and Labour won 1. 1 "Independent-Progressive" was elected.

UFO/Progressive +1 -5 (not including McLean), Labour -3
*Thomas Farquhar, UFO, Manitoulan, (1926)
*Christopher Gardiner, Progressive, Kent E., (1926)
*Alexander McLean, Independent-Progressive, Middlesex N., (1926)
*Farquhar Oliver, UFO, Grey S., (1926, 1929, 1934, 1937, as Liberal, 1943, 1945, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1959, 1963) joined Liberal cabinet 1941, served as Liberal leader twice.


=First elected in 1929=

Progressives won 4/112 seats, United Farmers won 1 seat, Labour won 1 seat

Progressive/UFO -8, Labour -1+1
*Earl Hutchinson, Labour, Kenora (1929, 1934, d. 1934)

In the 1934 provincial election 1 UFO member and 1 Labour were each re-elected while the Progressives ran as Liberal-Progressives, in alliance with the Ontario Liberal Party and elected 4 members. In 1937, 1 UFO, Farquhar Oliver, was re-elected. By the next election he had joined the Liberals.


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