John M. Govenlock was a Canadian politician from the Labour Party. He represented Huron Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1919 to 1923. [1]
The 1921 Canadian federal election was held on December 6,1921,to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 14th Parliament of Canada. The Union government that had governed Canada through the First World War was defeated,and replaced by a Liberal government under the young leader William Lyon Mackenzie King. A new third party,the Progressive Party,won the second most seats in the election.
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.
John Campbell Elliott,was a Canadian lawyer and politician.
The 1967 Ontario general election was held on October 17,1967,to elect the 117 members of the 28th Legislative Assembly of Ontario of the Province of Ontario,Canada.
The 1894 Ontario general election was the eighth general election held in the Province of Ontario,Canada. It was held on June 26,1894,to elect the 94 Members of the 8th Legislative Assembly of Ontario ("MLAs").
The 1919 Ontario general election,held on October 20,1919,elected 111 Members of the 15th Legislative Assembly of Ontario ("MLAs"). The United Farmers of Ontario captured the most seats but only a minority of the legislature. They joined with 11 Labour MPPs and three others to form a coalition government,ending the 14-year rule of Ontario's Conservatives. This is one of the few examples of coalition government in Canadian history.
The 1923 Ontario general election was the 16th general election held in the Province of Ontario,Canada. It was held on June 25,1923,to elect the 111 Members of the 16th Legislative Assembly of Ontario ("MLAs").
The Ministry of Labour,Immigration,Training and Skills Development is responsible for labour issues in the Canadian province of Ontario.
William Edgar Raney was a lawyer,politician and judge in Ontario,Canada,in the early twentieth century. He was known for his opposition to gambling on horse racing and the sale of alcohol.
Hamilton East is a former provincial electoral district in Ontario,Canada. It was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1894 to 2007,when it was redistributed between the new ridings of Hamilton Centre and Hamilton East—Stoney Creek. It was originally created from the old riding of Hamilton,split in 1894 to create Hamilton East and Hamilton West.
During and following the First World War,several people ran in Canadian elections as soldiers. They had themselves listed on the ballot as Soldier Party,"Soldier-Farmer Party","Soldier-Labour Party",or “Independent Soldier”.
Findlay (Finlay) George MacDiarmid was an Ontario farmer and political figure. He represented Elgin West in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member in 1898 and from 1900 to 1919 and from 1923 to 1929.
Harold Arthur Clement Machin was an Ontario lawyer and political figure. He represented Kenora in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member from 1908 to 1919. He was also a Ku Klux Klan organizer who attempted to start a chapter in Winnipeg,but was unsuccessful.
The 15th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from October 20,1919,until May 10,1923. The parliament was elected in the 1919 Ontario general election and was dissolved prior to the 1923 general election. The leading party in the chamber after the election was the United Farmers of Ontario (UFO). It formed a coalition government with 11 Labour MLAs and three Independent candidates of varying stripes.
Morrison Mann MacBride was a politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who represented the riding of Brant South from 1919 to 1926 and the riding of Brantford from 1934 to 1938. He served in the cabinet of Mitchell Hepburn. He entered politics as a member of the Labour party. From 1934 to 1937 he served as an Independent and from 1937 to 1938 he was a member of the Liberal party.
Leslie Warner Oke was an Ontario farmer and political figure. He represented Lambton East in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1919 to 1929 as a United Farmers member.
Henry Mills,better known as Harry Mills,was a locomotive engineer before being elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as the Labour candidate for the riding of Fort William in the October 1919 election. He was appointed to the cabinet as its first Minister of Mines and served until his defeat in the general election of June 1923.
John Morrow Robb was a physician and political figure in Ontario. He represented Algoma in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1916 to 1919 and from 1926 to 1934 as a Conservative member.
Kenora was an Ontario provincial electoral district in northwestern Ontario until 1999.
Huron Centre was an electoral riding in Ontario,Canada. It existed from 1908 to 1926. It consisted of the central areas of Huron County.
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