The Progressive Party of Canada was a federal-level political party in Canada in the 1920s until 1930. It was linked with the provincial United Farmers parties in several provinces,and it spawned the Progressive Party of Saskatchewan,and the Progressive Party of Manitoba,which formed the government of that province. The Progressive Party was part of the farmers' political movement that included federal and provincial Progressive and United Farmers' parties.
The Ontario Liberal Party is a political party in the province of Ontario,Canada. The party has been led by Steven Del Duca since March 2020.
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 the longest-serving in the history of the Ontario legislature.
The United Farmers of Ontario (UFO) was an agrarian and populist provincial political party in Ontario,Canada. It was the Ontario provincial branch of the United Farmers movement of the early part of the 20th century.
Farquhar Robert Oliver was a politician in Ontario,Canada.
Ernest Charles Drury was a farmer,politician and writer who served as the eighth premier of Ontario,from 1919 to 1923 as the head of a United Farmers of Ontario–Labour coalition government.
Lawrence Sheldon "Larry" Grossman,was a politician in Ontario,Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly as a Progressive Conservative from 1975 to 1987,and was a cabinet minister in the governments of Bill Davis and Frank Miller. Grossman was leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservatives from 1985 to 1987.
Andrew S. Brandt is a former politician and public administrator who has served in a number of roles in the province of Ontario,Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Progressive Conservative from 1981 to 1990,and was a cabinet minister in the governments of Bill Davis and Frank Miller. He later served as interim leader of the Progressive Conservative Party from 1987 to 1990 before being appointed as chairman and CEO of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario.
The Leader of the Official Opposition in Ontario,officially Leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition,is the leader of the largest party in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario which is not part of the government. The current Leader of the Opposition is Peter Tabuns,interim leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party,because the NDP won the second largest number of seats as a result of the 2022 election. This is the sixth time the CCF/NDP has formed Ontario's official opposition.
Robert William Runciman,is a veteran Canadian politician and former provincial Leader of the Opposition in the Ontario Legislature. First elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1981,he held the seat continuously for Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario for the next 29 years. On January 29,2010,he was appointed to the Senate of Canada as a Conservative,where he served until August 10,2017.
Joseph Cordiano is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 2006 who represented the riding of Downsview. He served as a cabinet minister in the government of Dalton McGuinty.
Noble Alfred Villeneuve was a politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1983 to 1999,and served as a cabinet minister in the governments of Frank Miller and Mike Harris.
The 1926 Ontario general election was the 17th general election held in the Province of Ontario,Canada. It was held on December 1,1926,to elect the 112 Members of the 17th Legislative Assembly of Ontario ("MLAs").
William Edgar Raney (1859–1933) 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.
Kenneth Ross Stevenson is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1981 to 1987,and was briefly a cabinet minister in the government of Frank Miller. He later served in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1993. Stevenson was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.
Julian Alexander Arnott Reed was a politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1975 to 1985 representing the riding of Halton—Burlington. He was also a Federal Liberal MP in the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 2004.
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.
The 16th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from June 25,1923,until October 18,1926,just prior to the 1926 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Conservative Party led by George Howard Ferguson.
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.
