Arthur Nelson Alles was a member of the

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from 1943 to 1945. After graduating from

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, Alles moved to

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where he found work with Ford. He was elected as the MPP for Essex North representing the

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (Ontario Section) The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (Ontario Section) – The Farmer-Labor Party of Ontario, more commonly known as the Ontario CCF, was a democratic socialism, democratic socialist provincial political party in Ontario that existed from 1932 ...

. In late 1944, he and fellow CCF MPP Leslie Hancock endorsed a proposal by A. A. MacLeod, leader of the Communist

Labor-Progressive Party The Labor-Progressive Party (LPP; ) was the legal Front organization, front of the Communist Party of Canada and its provincial wings from 1943 to 1959. It was established amid World War II after a number of prominent Communist Party members w ...

for a coalition between the LPP, the Liberals and the CCF to oust the

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government of George A. Drew. Hancock and Alles left the CCF caucus to sit as Independent Labour MPPs after CCF party leader

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rejected the LPP proposal. Alles did not run in the

1945 Ontario general election The 1945 Ontario general election was held on June 4, 1945, to elect the 90 members of the 22nd Legislative Assembly of Ontario (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the province of Ontario. Background The Legislature was dissolved o ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alles, Arthur Nelson 1915 births 1979 deaths Ontario Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MPPs Labour MPPs in Ontario 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario