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John Campbell Elliott,was a Canadian lawyer and politician.
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.
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Isaac Benson Lucas,was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as a Conservative Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Grey Centre from 1898 to 1919.
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David Edgar Jamieson was a physician and politician in Ontario,Canada. He was speaker of the Legislature of Ontario from 1915 to 1919 and served as Conservative MLA for Grey South from 1898 to 1919 and from 1923 to 1926.
George Harry Webster was a politician and transportation expert in Alberta,Canada. He served as the 22nd Mayor of the city of Calgary from 1923 to 1926 then served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1926 to his death in 1933. Webster was popularly known as the "Cowboy Mayor".
Davenport is a provincial riding in Toronto,Ontario,Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
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Toronto Southwest was an Ontario provincial electoral district in the old City of Toronto's west-end. It was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1914 until 1926,when it was abolished and redistributed into the Brockton,Dovercourt,Bracondale,Bellwoods,St. Andrew,and St. Patrick districts. It had two seats in the Legislature:Seat A and Seat B.
Moorehouse is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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- ↑ "Jonah Moorehouse Webster | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. 1919-10-20. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
