Ontario general election, 1929

The Ontario general election, 1929 was the 18th general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on October 30, 1929, to elect the 112 Members of the 18th Legislative Assembly of Ontario ("MLAs").

The Ontario Conservative Party, led by George Howard Ferguson, was elected for a third consecutive term in government with an increased majority in the Legislature.

The Ontario Liberal Party, led by W.E.N. Sinclair, lost one seat, but continued to form the official opposition.

Conservative gains came at the expense of the Progressive Party and the United Farmers of Ontario.

Earl Hutchinson of Kenora is the sole Labour MLA elected.

Results

	Party	Leader	1926	Elected	% change	Popular vote
						%	change
	Conservative	George Howard Ferguson	72	90	+11.1%	58.8%	+1.2%
	Liberal	W.E.N. Sinclair	14	13	-7.1%	32.8%	+8.2%
	Liberal-Prohibitionist		1	-	*		*
	Progressive	John Giles Lethbridge	10	4	-60.0%	3.4%	-3.8%
	United Farmers2	Leslie Warner Oke	3	1	-66.7%	1.3%	-
	Conservative Independent		2	2	-
	Liberal-Progressive		4	1	-75.0%
	Labour1		1	1	-
	Liberal Independent		4	-	*		*
	Progressive Independent		1	-	*		*
Total			112	112	-	&100%

¹ Waterloo South Labour MLA Karl Homuth is re-elected as a Conservative in this election. Earl Hutchinson of Kenora replaced Hamuth as the sole Labour representative in the legislature ² There were only two UFO candidates in the election, Oke and Farquhar Oliver. Thomas Farquhar, who was elected as a UFO MLA in 1926, ran for re-election in 1929 as a Liberal.

See also

• Politics of Ontario
• List of Ontario political parties
• Premier of Ontario
• Leader of the Opposition (Ontario)