1929 Ontario general election

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1929 Ontario general election
Flag of Ontario.svg
  1926 October 30, 1929 1934  

112 seats in the 18th Legislative Assembly of Ontario
57 seats were needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  Howard Ferguson.jpg 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 election7215
Seats won9013
Seat changeIncrease2.svg18Decrease2.svg2
Percentage56.7%32.2%
SwingIncrease2.svg1.3pp Increase2.svg15.0pp

 Third partyFourth party
 
Leader John Giles Lethbridge Leslie Oke
Party Progressive United Farmers
Leader since1927-
Leader's seat Middlesex West (lost re-election) Lambton East (lost re-election)
Last election103
Seats won41
Seat changeDecrease2.svg6Decrease2.svg2
Percentage3.4%1.3%
SwingDecrease2.svg2.9pp -

Premier before election

G. Howard Ferguson
Conservative

Premier after election

G. Howard 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]

Contents

Campaign

Every party, including the Ontario Prohibition Union and the English Language School League, issued their own manifesto during the campaign, to the extent that the Press called it the "battle of the manifestos". [2]

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 acclamation. 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.

Riding contests, by number of candidates (1929)
CandidatesConLibProgL-PUFOLabI-ConCommIndProhTotal
188
28665442236172
31616511241248
4222118
Total1128394337528236

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 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 partyParty leaderMPPsVotes
Candidates 1926 Dissol. 1929±#%± (pp)
Conservative Howard Ferguson 11273729017Increase2.svg574,73056.66%0.79Increase2.svg
Liberal W.E.N. Sinclair 831314112Decrease2.svg319,48731.50%14.33Increase2.svg
Progressive William Raney 910846Decrease2.svg30,7953.04%3.26Decrease2.svg
Liberal–Progressive 45432Decrease2.svg17,9661.77%2.47Decrease2.svg
United Farmers Leslie Oke 33312Decrease2.svg12,7521.26%0.08Decrease2.svg
Labour 3111Steady2.svg8,6640.85%0.44Decrease2.svg
Independent Conservative71221Increase2.svg21,9502.16%0.40Increase2.svg
Independent Liberal434Decrease2.svgDid not campaign
Independent Progressive111Decrease2.svgDid not campaign
 Liberal-Prohibitionist111Decrease2.svgDid not campaign
Prohibitionist825,8072.54%5.52Decrease2.svg
Communist 51,5420.15%New
Independent 25870.06%New
 Liberal-LabourDid not campaign
 Progressive-LiberalDid not campaign
 Liberal-Labour-ProhibitionistDid not campaign
Vacant3
Total2361121121121,014,310100.00%
Blank and invalid ballots7,720
Registered voters / turnout1,804,93256.62%7.33Decrease2.svg
Seats and popular vote by party
PartySeatsVotesChange (pp)
  Conservative
90 / 112
56.66%
0.790.79
 
  Liberal
11 / 112
31.50%
14.3314.33
 
 Progressive
4 / 112
3.04%
-3.26
 
  Liberal–Progressive
3 / 112
1.77%
-2.47
 
  United Farmers
1 / 112
1.26%
-0.08
 
  Labour
1 / 112
0.85%
-0.44
 
 Independent-Conservative
2 / 112
2.16%
0.400.4
 
 Prohibitionist
0 / 112
2.54%
-5.52
 
 Other
0 / 112
0.22%
-3.75
 

Synopsis of results

Results by riding - 1929 Ontario general election
RidingWinning partyTurnout
[a 1]
Votes
#Name 1926 PartyVotesShareMargin
#
Margin
%
ConLibProgProhI-ConL-ProgUFOLabourCommIndTotal
 
001 Addington ConCon4,27367.47%2,21334.94%61.09%4,2732,0606,333
002 Algoma ConCon4,56567.49%2,36634.98%63.45%4,5652,1996,764
003 Brant County ProgProg3,83153.42%4906.83%71.65%3,3413,8317,172
004 Brantford ConCon7,74057.93%2,11915.86%65.98%7,7405,62113,361
005 Brockville ConCon4,63360.73%1,63721.46%61.22%4,6332,9967,629
006 Bruce North LibLib4,52052.09%3624.17%70.52%4,1584,5208,678
007 Bruce South ProgLib4,98353.04%5716.08%69.43%4,4124,9839,395
008 Carleton ConCon3,78167.16%1,93234.32%47.76%3,7811,8495,630
009 Cochrane North ConCon3,12143.60%5878.20%63.76%3,1211,2982,5342057,158
010 Cochrane South ConCon5,68652.76%5945.51%57.02%5,6865,09210,778
011 Dufferin ProgProg3,77850.30%450.60%76.42%3,7333,7787,511
012 Dundas L-ProhCon3,36244.31%99913.17%73.23%3,3621,8622,3637,587
013 Durham LibLib5,86050.04%100.09%71.73%5,8505,86011,710
014 Elgin East LibCon4,06851.83%2883.67%76.56%4,0683,7807,848
015 Elgin West ConCon6,57956.17%1,44512.34%63.29%6,5795,13411,713
016 Essex North ConCon8,04355.97%1,71511.93%63.61%8,0436,32814,371
017 Essex South LibCon4,54853.09%5296.17%65.84%4,5484,0198,567
018 Fort William ConCon5,46758.73%1,62617.47%62.52%5,4673,8419,308
019 Frontenac—Lennox LibCon4,41954.77%7699.53%66.19%4,4193,6508,069
020 Glengarry ConLib3,29050.34%450.69%61.20%3,2453,2906,535
021 Grenville ConCon4,45264.81%2,03529.63%65.93%4,4522,4176,869
022 Grey North ProgProg6,91252.15%5714.31%68.85%6,3416,91213,253
023 Grey South UFOUFO6,60753.07%7646.14%71.06%5,8436,60712,450
024 Haldimand LibCon4,99350.14%280.28%74.85%4,9934,9659,958
025 Halton ConL-Prog5,69650.32%720.64%68.70%5,6245,69611,320
026 Hamilton Centre ConCon7,56875.54%5,11751.07%46.44%7,5682,45110,019
027 Hamilton East ConCon8,28762.64%3,81828.86%53.20%8,2874,46947313,229
028 Hamilton West ConCon6,97475.93%4,76351.86%51.54%6,9742,2119,185
029 Hastings East ConConacclaimed
030 Hastings North ConConacclaimed
031 Hastings West ConCon5,30466.20%2,59632.40%56.13%5,3042,7088,012
032 Huron North LibLib5,79557.18%1,45514.36%69.69%4,3405,79510,135
033 Huron South ProgProg4,78550.17%320.34%66.20%4,7534,7859,538
034 Kent East ProgCon3,15738.56%4355.31%69.32%3,1572,7222,3098,188
035 Kent West ConCon6,91150.81%2211.62%58.71%6,9116,69013,601
036 Kenora ConLab3,52853.04%4046.07%68.32%3,1243,5286,652
037 Kingston ConConacclaimed
038 Lambton East UFOCon4,63243.93%7757.35%68.67%4,6322,0563,85710,545
039 Lambton West ConCon5,72454.97%1,0359.94%61.88%5,7244,68910,413
040 Lanark North ConCon4,03856.64%94713.28%73.69%4,0383,0917,129
041 Lanark South ConCon4,30857.40%1,11114.80%67.06%4,3083,1977,505
042 Leeds ConCon3,75549.27%1,55020.34%73.69%3,7552,2051,6617,621
043 Lincoln ProgCon3,55743.42%6688.15%71.09%3,5572,8891,7468,192
044 London North ConCon6,22168.04%3,29936.08%47.12%6,2212,9229,143
045 London South ConCon6,80158.48%1,97216.96%52.76%6,8014,82911,630
046 Manitoulin UFOCon2,29150.03%30.07%74.57%2,2912,2884,579
047 Middlesex North I-ProgCon5,28850.80%1671.60%70.40%5,2885,12110,409
048 Middlesex West ProgCon3,37134.81%1861.92%72.71%3,3713,1293,1859,685
049 Muskoka ConConacclaimed
050 Niagara Falls ConCon6,71364.94%3,08829.87%45.50%6,7133,62510,338
051 Nipissing ConCon4,85957.99%1,33915.98%62.41%4,8593,5208,379
052 Norfolk ConCon7,20655.39%1,40310.78%78.42%7,2065,80313,009
053 Northumberland LibCon7,10852.52%6835.05%70.09%7,1086,42513,533
054 Ontario North ProgCon3,07247.33%87613.50%71.69%3,0721,2222,1966,490
055 Ontario South LibLib9,79153.80%1,3837.60%65.35%8,4089,79118,199
056 Ottawa East I-LibCon7,81357.72%2,08915.43%50.47%7,8135,72413,537
057 Ottawa North ConCon5,19867.64%2,71135.28%29.30%5,1982,4877,685
058 Ottawa South ConConacclaimed
059 Oxford North L-ProgL-Prog5,44950.47%1020.94%70.82%5,3475,44910,796
060 Oxford South L-ProgLib5,21752.49%4954.98%72.03%4,7225,2179,939
061 Parry Sound ConCon4,50756.48%1,03412.96%61.37%4,5073,4737,980
062 Peel ConCon6,73754.27%1,0608.54%69.65%6,7375,67712,414
063 Perth North ConCon7,27353.04%8346.08%66.36%7,2736,43913,712
064 Perth South LibCon3,42844.73%1,24616.26%71.07%3,4282,1822,0537,663
065 Peterborough City ConCon5,93151.97%4503.94%69.89%5,9315,48111,412
066 Peterborough County LibCon3,11750.23%290.47%70.71%3,1173,0886,205
067 Port Arthur ConConacclaimed
068 Prescott I-LibI-Con3,99643.15%96810.45%76.93%3,0282,2363,9969,260
069 Prince Edward ProgCon4,45753.72%6177.44%80.37%4,4573,8408,297
070 Rainy River ConI-Con3,14251.96%2373.92%78.05%2,9053,1426,047
071 Renfrew North ConConacclaimed
072 Renfrew South ConLib4,99050.44%870.88%67.43%4,9034,9909,893
073 Russell I-LibCon6,19051.20%2912.41%65.03%6,1905,89912,089
074 St. Catharines I-ConCon5,56253.99%8227.98%49.54%5,5624,74010,302
075 Sault Ste. Marie ConCon6,21677.52%4,41355.03%51.55%6,2161,8038,019
076 Simcoe Centre ConLib5,19951.08%2202.16%77.06%4,9795,19910,178
077 Simcoe East ConCon7,98061.63%3,01123.25%70.75%7,9804,96912,949
078 Simcoe Southwest L-ProgCon6,21354.44%1,0138.88%69.56%6,2135,20011,413
079 Stormont ConCon6,54676.82%4,57153.64%52.29%6,5461,9758,521
080 Sturgeon Falls I-LibCon3,05158.92%92417.84%67.64%3,0512,1275,178
081 Sudbury ConConacclaimed
082 Temiskaming ConCon4,88858.21%1,37916.42%62.70%4,8883,5098,397
083 Victoria North L-ProgL-Prog3,13950.25%310.50%72.72%3,1083,1396,247
084 Victoria South L-ProgCon4,60755.38%89510.76%72.91%4,6073,7128,319
085 Waterloo North ConLib6,08036.92%3952.40%56.76%5,6856,0804,70416,469
086 Waterloo South LabCon7,70755.77%1,59511.54%62.88%7,7076,11213,819
087 Welland ConCon6,66371.54%4,01243.07%52.08%6,6632,6519,314
088 Wellington Northeast LibLib6,28863.95%2,74427.91%71.75%3,5446,2889,832
089 Wellington South ConCon7,55455.39%1,47110.79%67.84%7,5546,08313,637
090 Wentworth North ConCon4,75056.31%1,37216.27%31.83%4,7503,3783078,435
091 Wentworth South ConCon8,46071.59%5,10243.17%51.49%8,4603,35811,818
092 Windsor East ConCon6,22465.25%3,24734.84%36.98%6,2242,9773379,538
093 Windsor West ConCon6,41964.11%2,82538.94%37.71%6,4193,59410,013
094 Beaches ConCon8,03475.55%5,43451.10%40.40%8,0342,60010,634
095 Woodbine ConCon6,83979.56%5,08259.12%35.55%6,8391,7578,596
096 Greenwood ConCon5,78379.04%4,24958.07%35.97%5,7831,5347,317
097 Riverdale ConCon5,60472.70%3,50045.41%36.98%5,6042,1047,708
098 Eglinton ConCon10,00959.30%3,14018.60%47.39%10,0096,86916,878
099 St. David ConCon7,19974.60%4,74849.20%36.97%7,1992,4519,650
100 St. George ConCon6,45068.76%3,52037.53%33.04%6,4502,9309,380
101 St. Patrick ConCon4,47366.77%3,23148.23%46.22%4,4731,2428591256,699
102 St. Andrews ConCon3,43663.64%1,47327.28%37.71%3,4361,9635,399
103 Bellwoods ConCon5,11474.40%3,74954.54%35.11%5,1141,3653956,874
104 Bracondale ConCon7,10870.54%4,35243.19%42.79%7,1082,75621210,076
105 Dovercourt ConCon4,31666.94%2,18433.87%43.98%4,3162,1326,448
106 Brockton ConCon8,73171.06%5,17642.13%40.42%8,7313,55512,286
107 Parkdale ConCon6,20370.48%3,98745.30%45.52%6,2032,2163828,801
108 High Park ConCon8,44764.39%3,77528.78%48.30%8,4474,67213,119
109 York East ConCon9,61964.42%4,30728.85%42.86%9,6195,31214,931
110 York North LibCon5,44850.91%1951.82%75.67%5,4485,25310,701
111 York South ConCon7,86268.64%4,27037.28%36.85%7,8623,59211,454
112 York West ConCon8,29665.29%3,88530.57%44.67%8,2964,41112,707
  1. including spoilt ballots
  = 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
Resulting composition of the 18th Legislative Assembly of Ontario
SourceParty
ConLibProgL-PUFOLabI-ConTotal
Seats retainedIncumbents returned47442158
Open seats held11112
Acclamation88
Seats changing handsIncumbents defeated18211123
Open seats gained3317
Byelection gain held11
Ouster of byelection gain by third party11
Change in affiliation22
Total901143112112

Seats that changed hands

Elections to the 18th Parliament of Ontario – seats won/lost by party, 1926–1929
Party1926Gain from (loss to)1929
ConLibProL-ProUFOLabI-LibI-ConI-ProL-Prb
Conservative 738(4)52(1)21(1)31(1)1190
Liberal 134(8)1111
Progressive10(5)(1)4
Liberal–Progressive 51(2)(1)3
United Farmers 3(2)1
Labour 11(1)1
Independent-Liberal4(3)(1)
Independent-Conservative11(1)12
Independent-Progressive1(1)
Liberal-Prohibitionist1(1)
Total1127(24)8(6)63(1)21(1)41(2)11112

There were 35 seats that changed allegiance in the election:

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    2. Canadian Annual Review 1930, p. 358.

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