1929 Ontario general election

1929 Ontario general election

← 1926 October 30, 1929 1934 →
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112 seats in the 18th Legislative Assembly of Ontario 57 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party   LIB Leader George Howard Ferguson W.E.N. Sinclair Party Conservative Liberal Leader since December 2, 1920 1923 Leader's seat Grenville Ontario South Last election 72 15 Seats won 90 13 Seat change 18 2 Percentage 56.7% 32.2% Swing 1.3% 15.0%   Third party Fourth party   Leader John Giles Lethbridge Leslie Oke Party Progressive United Farmers Leader since 1927 - Leader's seat Middlesex West (lost re-election) Lambton East (lost re-election) Last election 10 3 Seats won 4 1 Seat change 6 2 Percentage 3.4% 1.3% Swing 2.9% -
Premier before election George H. Ferguson Conservative Premier after election George H. Ferguson Conservative

The 1929 Ontario general election 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").^[1]

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[]

Elections to the 18th Parliament of Ontario (1929)

Political party		Party leader	MPPs					Votes
			Candidates	1926	Dissol.	1929	±	#	%	± (pp)
	Conservative	Howard Ferguson	112	72	72	90	18	574,730	56.66%	1.30
	Liberal	W.E.N. Sinclair	84	14	14	13	1	326,960	32.23%	14.99
	Progressive	William Raney	10	10	8	4	6	34,507	3.40%	2.92
	Liberal–Progressive		1	4	4	1	3	5,449	0.54%	3.45
	United Farmers	Leslie Oke	3	3	3	1	2	12,752	1.26%	0.08
	Labour		4	1	1	1		10,029	0.99%	0.30
	Independent Conservative		7	2	2	2		21,950	2.16%	0.49
	Independent Liberal		–	4	3	–	4	Did not campaign
	Independent Progressive		–	1	1	–	1	Did not campaign
	Liberal-Prohibitionist		–	1	1	–	1	Did not campaign
	Prohibitionist		8	–	–	–		25,807	2.54%	5.91
	Communist		5	–	–	–		1,542	0.15%	New
	Independent		2	–	–	–		587	0.06%	0.19
	Liberal-Labour		–	–	–	–		Did not campaign
	Progressive-Liberal		–	–	–	–		Did not campaign
	Liberal-Labour-Prohibitionist		–	–	–	–		Did not campaign
	Vacant				3
Total			236	112	112	112		1,014,313	100.00%
Blank and invalid ballots								7,749
Registered voters / turnout								1,804,937	56.63%	7.26

Seats that changed hands[]

There were 35 seats that changed allegiance in the election:

Notes[]

References[]

See also[]

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

Further reading[]

• The Editors, ed. (1930). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1929–30. Toronto: The Annual Review Company. {{cite book}}: |editor= has generic name (help)