Mitchell Frederick Hepburn was the 11th premier of Ontario,from 1934 to 1942. He was the youngest premier in Ontario history,becoming premier at age 37. He was the only Ontario Liberal Party leader in the 20th century to lead his party to two majorities.
There have been various groups in Canada that have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party,or other variations from the 1870s until the 1960s. These were usually local or provincial groups using the Labour Party or Independent Labour Party name,backed by local labour councils made up of many union locals in a particular city,or individual trade unions. There was an attempt to create a national Canadian Labour Party in the late 1910s and in the 1920s,but these were only partly successful.
Harry Corwin Nixon was a Canadian politician and briefly the 13th premier of Ontario in 1943. He is both the longest-serving member in the history of the Ontario legislature and the shortest-serving premier of Ontario.
Liberal-Progressive was a label used by a number of candidates in Canadian elections between 1925 and 1953. In federal and Ontario politics there was no Liberal-Progressive Party,as such. The term generally referred to candidates endorsed by Liberal and Progressive constituency associations or to individual candidates who claimed the label,sometimes running against a straight Liberal or straight Progressive candidate. In Manitoba,a party existed with this name provincially,and Liberal-Progressives ran federally in Manitoba under the leadership of Robert Forke,with the support of the Liberal Party.
William Edmund Newton Sinclair,known as W. E. N. Sinclair,was a Canadian barrister,solicitor and interim leader of the Ontario Liberal Party.
George Stewart Henry was a farmer,businessman and politician in Ontario,Canada. He served as the tenth premier of Ontario from 1930 to 1934. He had acted as minister of highways while Ontario greatly expanded its highway system. Henry continued the expansion as premier,but his party did not provide relief during the Great Depression and lost the 1934 election.
The Liberal–Labour banner has been used several times by candidates in Canadian elections:
David Arnold Croll,was a Canadian politician. He served as the mayor of Windsor,Ontario twice. He entered provincial politics in the 1930s,and served as minister of public works and municipal affairs in the Mitch Hepburn government. He won election to the House of Commons of Canada in 1945. In 1955 he was appointed to the Senate of Canada,becoming the first Jewish Senator. He served as a senator until his death,on June 11,1991,a few hours after what would be his last senate sitting.
John Campbell Elliott,was a Canadian lawyer and politician.
Charles Winnans Cox was a politician and timber contractor in Ontario,Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario representing the riding of Port Arthur from 1934 to 1943 and the riding of Fort William from 1948 to 1951. He was a member of Mitchell Hepburn's cabinet from 1936 to 1937. He also served as mayor of Port Arthur,Ontario from 1934 to 1948 and again in 1952.
The 1945 Ontario general election was held on June 4,1945,to elect the 90 members of the 22nd Legislative Assembly of Ontario of the province of Ontario.
The 1943 Ontario general election was held on August 4,1943,to elect the 90 Members of the 21st Legislative Assembly of Ontario of the Province of Ontario.
The 1934 Ontario general election was the 19th general election held in the Province of Ontario,Canada. It was held on June 19,1934,to elect the 19th Legislative Assembly of Ontario ("MLAs").
Bellwoods was a provincial riding in Ontario,Canada in the old City of Toronto's west-end. It was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1926 until 1987,when it was abolished and redistributed into the Dovercourt,and Fort York districts.
The Ontario Liberal Party held a leadership election in 1943 to choose a permanent replacement to Mitchell Hepburn who had been forced to resign at the end of 1942. Because the Ontario Liberal Party was in power,the winner of the race would also become premier of the province. Initially,Hepburn attempted to anoint Gordon Daniel Conant as his permanent successor but the caucus did not accept this and forced a full leadership convention which was won on the first ballot by former Provincial Secretary Harry Nixon.
Duncan McLean Marshall was a Canadian journalist,publisher,rancher and politician in the provinces of Ontario and Alberta.
George Taylor Fulford was a Canadian businessman and politician who was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. Fulford was born in Brockville,Ontario,and he became an executive and manufacturer,particularly as president of the medicine manufacturer G. T. Fulford Co.
Thomas Hamilton Bell was a politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1929 to 1934 who represented the downtown Toronto riding of Bellwoods.
Kenora was an Ontario provincial electoral district in northwestern Ontario until 1999.
Robert Aloysius Allen was a Canadian businessman and politician in Ontario. He was a Liberal member in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1934 to 1937 who represented the downtown Toronto riding of Riverdale.
