The 1929 Ontario general election was the 18th general election held in the province of

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

Campaign

Every party, including the Ontario Prohibition Union and the English Language School League, issued their own

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during the campaign, to the extent that the Press called it the "battle of the manifestos". The Liberals continued to use their strategy from the previous election of coordinating their efforts with other pro-temperance forces in order to minimize vote splits. Only the Conservatives fielded candidates in all ridings, and eight of them were returned by

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. In 21 two-way contests, the Liberals declined to field a candidate in favour of an ally considered more likely to gain votes. There were only 16 three-cornered races and 2 four-way battles.

Outcome

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

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, led by W.E.N. Sinclair, lost one seat, but continued to form the

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. Conservative gains came at the expense of the Progressive Party and the

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. Earl Hutchinson of

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is the sole Labour MLA elected.

Results

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Howard Ferguson George Howard Ferguson (June 18, 1870 – February 21, 1946) was the ninth premier of Ontario, from 1923 to 1930. He was a Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1905 to ...

, 112 , 73 , 72 , 90 , 17 , 574,730 , 56.66% , 0.79 , style="text-align:left;", W.E.N. Sinclair , 83 , 13 , 14 , 11 , 2 , 319,487 , 31.50% , 14.33 , style="text-align:left;", William Raney , 9 , 10 , 8 , 4 , 6 , 30,795 , 3.04% , 3.26 , , 4 , 5 , 4 , 3 , 2 , 17,966 , 1.77% , 2.47 , style="text-align:left;", Leslie Oke , 3 , 3 , 3 , 1 , 2 , 12,752 , 1.26% , 0.08 , , 3 , 1 , 1 , 1 , , 8,664 , 0.85% , 0.44 , style="text-align:left;", , 7 , 1 , 2 , 2 , 1 , 21,950 , 2.16% , 0.40 , style="text-align:left;", , – , 4 , 3 , – , 4 , colspan="3" style="text-align:center;", ''Did not campaign'' , style="text-align:left;", , – , 1 , 1 , – , 1 , colspan="3" style="text-align:center;", ''Did not campaign'' , style="text-align:left;", Liberal-Prohibitionist , style="text-align:left;", , – , 1 , 1 , – , 1 , colspan="3" style="text-align:center;", ''Did not campaign'' , style="text-align:left;", , 8 , – , – , – , – , 25,807 , 2.54% , 5.52 , style="text-align:left;", , 5 , – , – , – , – , 1,542 , 0.15% , , style="text-align:left;", , 2 , – , – , – , , 587 , 0.06% , , style="text-align:left;", Liberal-Labour , style="text-align:left;", , – , – , – , – , , colspan="3" style="text-align:center;", ''Did not campaign'' , style="text-align:left;", Progressive-Liberal , style="text-align:left;", , – , – , – , – , , colspan="3" style="text-align:center;", ''Did not campaign'' , style="text-align:left;", Liberal-Labour-Prohibitionist , style="text-align:left;", , – , – , – , – , , colspan="3" style="text-align:center;", ''Did not campaign'' , colspan="3", , 3 , colspan="5", , -style="background:#E9E9E9;" , colspan="3" style="text-align:left;", Total , 236 , 112 , 112 , 112 , , 1,014,310 , 100.00% , , - , colspan="8" style="text-align:left;", Blank and invalid ballots , align="right", 7,720 , style="background:#E9E9E9;" colspan="2", , -style="background:#E9E9E9;" , colspan="8" style="text-align:left;", Registered voters / turnout , 1,804,932 , 56.62% , 7.33

Synopsis of results

: = turnout is above provincial average : = incumbent re-elected under the same party banner : = incumbent switched allegiance for the election : = incumbency arose from byelection gain : = other incumbents renominated

Seats that changed hands

There were 35 seats that changed allegiance in the election: Conservative to Liberal *

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* Renfrew South * Simcoe Centre *

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Conservative to Liberal-Progressive * Halton Conservative to Labour *

Conservative to Independent-Conservative * Rainy River Liberal to Conservative * Elgin East * Essex South * Frontenac—Lennox * Haldimand *

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* Perth South *

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Progressive to Conservative * Kent East * Lincoln * Middlesex West * Ontario North * Prince Edward Progressive to Liberal * Bruce South Liberal-Progressive to Conservative * Simcoe Southwest * Victoria South Liberal-Progressive to Liberal * Oxford South UFO to Conservative * Lambton East * Manitoulin Labour to Conservative * Waterloo South Independent-Liberal to Conservative * Ottawa East * Russell *

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Independent-Liberal to Independent-Conservative * Prescott Independent-Conservative to Conservative *

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Independent-Progressive to Conservative * Middlesex North Liberal-Prohibitionist to Conservative * Dundas

Campaign

Outcome

Results

Synopsis of results

Seats that changed hands

Notes

References

See also

Further reading