1926 Ontario general election

1926 Ontario general election

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112 seats in the 17th Legislative Assembly of Ontario 57 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party   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 election 75 14 Seats won 72 14 Seat change 3 Percentage 57.6% 17.2% Swing 7.8pp 4.1pp   Third party Fourth party   UFO Leader William Raney Leslie Oke Party Progressive United Farmers Leader since January 1925 - Leader's seat Prince Edward Lambton East Last election split from UFO 17 Seats won 10 3 Seat change 10 14 Percentage 6.3% 1.3% Swing – 19.8pp
Premier before election G. Howard Ferguson Conservative Premier after election G. Howard Ferguson Conservative

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"). ^[1]

Campaign

The United Farmers of Ontario decided to withdraw from electoral politics after having been defeated in the 1923 election, and most of its MPPs redesignated themselves as Progressives with former UFO Attorney-General William Edgar Raney becoming party leader. Nevertheless, several MPPs, including Raney himself, continued to run as candidates endorsed by local UFO associations.

Leslie Oke and Beniah Bowman were opposed to Raney's leadership as he was not a farmer. They were also opposed to the creation of a new Progressive Party which would not focus exclusively on farmers' issues, so they chose to remain as UFO MPPs. Bowman later resigned from the legislature before the election.

The Ontario Conservative Party, led by Howard Ferguson, was re-elected for a second term in government. There were several disputes in the selection of candidates: in Port Arthur, Donald Hogarth was one of two Conservative candidates—the other being the incumbent Francis Keefer —who were selected in parallel meetings arising from a dispute over the validity of the list of delegates. ^[2]

The principal issue of the campaign was the government's proposal to repeal the Ontario Temperance Act , replacing prohibition with government control of liquor sales. The Daily British Whig described it as "the greatest issue that has ever been placed before [the voters]". ^[3] The Liberal and Progressive parties both campaigned against repeal, and one of Ferguson's ministers, William Folger Nickle, resigned from the cabinet and ran for re-election against the government as a Prohibitionist candidate. Raney proposed that the Progressives and Liberals work in concert to support a single dry ticket in certain ridings, which led to the nomination of 27 Prohibitionist candidates. ^[3] In other ridings, the two parties tended to avoid campaigning against each other, in order to minimize the split of the temperance vote. ^[4]

The Conservatives fielded candidates in all but two ridings, and three of them were returned by acclamation. In 54 two-way contests, the Liberals declined to field a candidate in favour of an ally considered more likely to gain votes. There were only 15 three-cornered races, one four-way and one five-way battles.

Riding contests, by number of candidates (1926)

Candidates	Con	Lib	Prog	L-P	UFO	Lab	I-Con	I-Lib	Ind-Prog	Proh	LL	L-Proh	LLP	Total
1	3													3
2	90	38	13	10	3	2	1	1	1	20	1	3	1	184
3	17	8	3			1	3	6	1	5	1			45
4	1	1					1			1				4
5	1	1					2			1				5
Total	112	48	16	10	4	3	7	7	2	27	2	3	1	241

Several Liberals, protesting their party's temperance stand, chose to stand as Independent-Liberals. ^[3]

Outcome

The Ontario Liberal Party, led by W.E.N. Sinclair, obtained 13 seats, while the Progressives won 10. Five Liberal-Progressive candidates were also elected, along with several independents. The selection of Liberal-Progressive candidates was complex in some cases: in Victoria North, William Newman was selected by the Progressives, while W.G. Carley was the Liberal nominee. Newman was named as the L-P candidate in a joint meeting of the local parties. ^{[5] [lower-alpha 1]}

Oke was the only UFO MPP who was re-elected as such, and he was joined by Thomas Farquhar from Manitoulin and Farquhar Oliver from Grey South. The latter won with the assistance of federal MP Agnes MacPhail.

Karl Homuth of Waterloo South was the only Labour MPP returned. His support of the government (and eventual admission to the Conservative caucus after the election) led to Labour's collapse as a party. ^[4]

The fracture of the UFO, together with a large number of resignations from MPPs (of which five chose to run federally in 1925, and two more in 1926) significantly changed the composition of the Assembly.

Post-election scandals

After the election, the Toronto Star reported accusations of corrupt payments during the campaign: ^[7]

• In Bruce South, the Liberal candidate (and former MLA in 1911-1914) J.G. Anderson consented to withdraw his nomination upon being paid $1,250 by the Prohibition Union to cover expenses related to the election.
• In Kent East, the former Progressive Candidate W.J.Cryderman stated that an unnamed Liberal had offered him $500 cash plus a Dominion government position if he withdrew his nomination.
• In Perth South, the Progressive candidate W.A. McKenzie was twice offered payments by the Prohibition Union if he withdrew his nomination. He did withdraw, but returned both cheques because of their blatant illegality.

The election in Bruce South was later declared void in June 1927. ^[8]

Pre-election timeline

Changes in seats held (1923–1926)

Seat	Before				Change
	Date	Member	Party	Reason	Date	Member	Party
Lennox	August 23, 1923	John Perry Vrooman	█  Liberal	Died in office	October 22, 1923	Charles Wesley Hambly	█  Conservative
Toronto Northwest - A	May 15, 1924	Thomas Crawford	█  Conservative	Accepted provincial appointment	July 7, 1924	William Henry Edwards	█  Conservative
Simcoe South	April 14, 1925	William Earl Rowe	█  Conservative	Resigned to run in 1925 federal election			█ Vacant
Kenora	April 14, 1925	Peter Heenan	█  Labour	Resigned to run in 1925 federal election			█ Vacant
Cochrane	April 14, 1925	Malcolm Lang	█  Liberal	Resigned to run in 1925 federal election			█ Vacant
Norfolk North	April 14, 1925	George David Sewell	█ Progressive	Resigned to run in 1925 federal election			█ Vacant
Grey Centre	April 14, 1925	Dougall Carmichael	█ Progressive	Resigned to run in 1925 federal election			█ Vacant
Kent East	April 14, 1925	Manning William Doherty	█ Progressive	Resigned seat to promote cooperative movement			█ Vacant
London	August 15, 1925	Adam Beck	█  Conservative	Died in office			█ Vacant
Middlesex East	April 8, 1926	John Willard Freeborn	█ Progressive	Resigned to run in 1926 federal election			█ Vacant
Manitoulin	April 8, 1926	Beniah Bowman	█  United Farmers	Resigned to run in 1926 federal election			█ Vacant
Kent West	October 11, 1926	Robert Livingstone Brackin	█  Liberal	Died in office			█ Vacant

Redistribution of seats

Toronto ridings, as constituted in 1914

Toronto ridings as reconstituted in 1926

A 1925 Act provided for the redistribution of the Legislative Assembly into 112 ridings for the election. ^[9]

The dual-member ridings in the City of Toronto, in effect since the 1914 election, were abolished and replaced by single-member seats:

Abolished ridings	New ridings
Toronto Northeast	Eglinton [a 1] St. David [a 2] St. George St. Patrick
Toronto Northwest	Bellwoods Brockton Dovercourt St. Andrew part to St. Patrick
Toronto Southeast	Split between St. David, St. George and Riverdale
Toronto Southwest	Bracondale Other parts to Brockton, Dovercourt, Bellwoods, St. Andrew, and St. Patrick
Riverdale	Greenwood Riverdale Woodbine

1. Also absorbed parts of York East and York West.
2. Originally named Sherbourne in the 1925 Act; subsequently renamed in the 1926 Act.

Beaches was drawn out from York East, and High Park from York West.

There were other changes made to ridings elsewhere in the Province:

• Brant and Brant South were reorganized into Brant County and Brantford
• Bruce West was divided between Bruce North and Bruce South
• Durham East and Durham West were combined to form Durham
• Frontenac and Lennox became Frontenac—Lennox
• Grey Centre wasa divided between Grey North and Grey South
• Hamilton Centre was created from parts of Hamilton East and Hamilton West
• Huron Centre was split between Huron North and Huron South
• London was split into London North and London South
• Middlesex East was split between Middlesex North and Middlesex West
• Norfolk North and Norfolk South merged to form Norfolk
• Northumberland East and Northumberland West became Northumberland
• Ottawa West was divided to form Ottawa North and Ottawa South
• Peterborough East and Peterborough West were reorganized to form Peterborough City and Peterborough County
• Wellington East and Wellington West merged to form Wellington Northeast
• Windsor was divided to form Windsor East and Windsor West
• York South was carved out from York West

A further Act in 1926 merged Simcoe South and Simcoe West into Simcoe Southwest, and divided Cochrane into Cochrane North and Cochrane South. ^[10]

Raney complained that the net effect of the redistribution was to transfer up to 11 seats from rural to urban voters, and thus "to secure the re-election of the Ferguson Government". ^[11]

Results

Elections to the 17th Parliament of Ontario (1926)

Political party		Party leader	MPPs					Votes
			Candidates	1923	Dissol.	1926	±	#	%	± (pp)
	Conservative	Howard Ferguson	112	75	74	73	2	640,515	55.87%	6.10
	Liberal	W.E.N. Sinclair	48	14	11	13	1	196,813	17.17%	4.16
	Progressive	William Raney	16	–	11	10	10	72,277	6.30%	Split from UFO
	Liberal–Progressive		10	–	–	5	5	48,619	4.24%	New
	United Farmers	Leslie Oke	3	17	1	3	14	15,417	1.34%	19.60
	Labour		3	4	3	1	3	14,794	1.29%	3.46
	Independent		1	1	–	–	1	Did not campaign
	Independent Liberal		7	–	1	4	4	21,002	1.83%	New
	Independent Conservative		7	–	–	1	1	20,144	1.76%	New
	Liberal-Prohibitionist		3	–	–	1	1	11,526	1.01%	New
	Independent Progressive		2	–	–	1	1	6,029	0.51%	New
	Prohibitionist		27	–	–	–	–	92,435	8.06%	New
	Liberal-Labour		2	–	–	–	–	4,633	0.40%	New
	Liberal-Labour-Prohibitionist		1	–	–	–	–	2,298	0.20%	New
	Vacant				10
Total			241	111	111	112		1,146,502	100.00%
Blank and invalid ballots								6,785
Registered voters / turnout								1,792,757	63.95%	5.61

Seats and popular vote by party

Party	Seats	Votes	Change (pp)
█  Conservative	73 / 112	55.87%	6.10		6.1
█  Liberal	13 / 112	17.17%	-4.16
█ Progressive	10 / 112	6.30%	6.30		6.3
█  Liberal–Progressive	5 / 112	4.24%	4.24		4.24
█  United Farmers	3 / 112	1.34%	-19.60
█  Labour	1 / 112	1.29%	-3.47
█ Other	7 / 112	5.73%	2.53		2.53
█ Prohibitionist	0 / 112	8.06%	8.06		8.06

Synopsis of results

Results by riding - 1926 Ontario general election ^{[12] [a 1] [a 2]}

Riding		Winning party						Turnout [a 3]	Votes
#	Name	Party		Votes	Share	Margin #	Margin %		Con	Lib	Proh	Prog	L-Prog	UFO	Labour	I-Lib	I-Con	I-Prog	L-Proh	LL	LLP	Total
001	Addington		Con	acclaimed
002	Algoma		Con	3,554	61.50%	1,329	23.00%	54.94%	3,554	–	–	2,225	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5,779
003	Brant County		Prog	4,114	55.70%	842	11.40%	70.74%	3,272	–	–	4,114	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7,386
004	Brantford		Con	7,751	55.73%	1,595	11.47%	71.11%	7,751	6,156	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13,907
005	Brockville		Con	4,881	60.69%	1,720	21.39%	71.92%	4,881	–	3,161	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8,042
006	Bruce North		Lib	3,601	38.39%	663	7.07%	69.63%	2,938	3,601	–	2,840	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9,379
007	Bruce South		Prog	4,922	50.66%	128	1.32%	72.30%	4,794	–	–	4,922	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9,716
008	Carleton		Con	4,530	60.18%	1,533	20.37%	61.02%	4,530	–	–	–	2,997	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7,527
009	Cochrane North		Con	2,886	54.35%	462	8.70%	56.22%	2,886	–	–	–	–	–	–	2,424	–	–	–	–	–	5,310
010	Cochrane South		Con	5,124	68.17%	2,732	36.35%	38.49%	5,124	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2,392	–	7,516
011	Dufferin		Prog	4,478	58.87%	1,349	17.73%	73.73%	3,129	–	–	4,478	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7,607
012	Dundas		L-Proh	4,407	55.22%	833	10.44%	76.76%	3,574	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4,407	–	–	7,981
013	Durham		Lib	6,639	55.27%	1,267	10.55%	73.87%	5,372	6,639	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12,011
014	Elgin East		Lib	4,122	55.51%	818	11.02%	71.48%	3,304	4,122	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7,426
015	Elgin West		Con	6,818	52.52%	655	5.05%	65.80%	6,818	6,163	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12,981
016	Essex North		Con	acclaimed
017	Essex South		Lib	4,560	51.20%	213	2.39%	65.34%	4,347	4,560	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8,907
018	Fort William		Con	5,286	76.10%	3,626	52.20%	50.56%	5,286	1,660	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6,946
019	Frontenac—Lennox		Lib	4,625	53.24%	563	6.48%	66.49%	4,062	4,625	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8,687
020	Glengarry		Con	4,442	63.17%	1,852	26.34%	63.81%	4,442	2,590	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7,032
021	Grenville		Con	4,617	58.02%	1,277	16.05%	75.71%	4,617	–	3,340	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7,957
022	Grey North		Prog	8,423	63.95%	3,674	27.89%	67.85%	4,749	–	–	8,423	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13,172
023	Grey South		UFO	7,100	54.45%	1,160	8.90%	72.16%	5,940	–	–	–	–	7,100	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13,040
024	Haldimand		Lib	5,212	53.97%	767	7.94%	73.29%	4,445	5,212	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9,657
025	Halton		Con	6,164	51.53%	365	3.05%	73.34%	6,164	–	–	5,799	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11,963
026	Hamilton Centre		Con	9,784	75.90%	7,094	55.03%	62.30%	9,784	2,690	–	–	–	–	416	–	–	–	–	–	–	12,890
027	Hamilton East		Con	10,174	69.07%	5,617	38.13%	64.76%	10,174	4,557	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14,731
028	Hamilton West		Con	8,436	73.48%	5,392	46.97%	65.73%	8,436	3,044	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11,480
029	Hastings East		Con	3,983	62.68%	1,612	25.37%	67.43%	3,983	–	2,371	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6,354
030	Hastings North		Con	4,008	67.23%	2,054	34.45%	60.92%	4,008	–	1,954	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5,962
031	Hastings West		Con	6,273	61.96%	2,421	23.91%	70.54%	6,273	–	3,852	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10,125
032	Huron North		Lib	6,386	58.97%	1,942	17.93%	73.57%	4,444	6,386	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10,830
033	Huron South		Prog	6,003	57.93%	1,644	15.87%	72.86%	4,359	–	–	6,003	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10,362
034	Kent East		Prog	4,562	51.67%	1,252	14.18%	73.73%	3,310	957	–	4,562	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8,829
035	Kent West		Con	8,443	57.24%	2,135	14.47%	64.22%	8,443	6,308	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14,751
036	Kenora		Con	2,641	52.30%	400	7.92%	52.13%	2,641	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	168	–	2,241	–	5,050
037	Kingston		Con	6,705	60.45%	2,319	20.91%	76.05%	6,705	–	4,386	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11,091
038	Lambton East		UFO	6,075	57.88%	1,654	15.76%	68.57%	4,421	–	–	–	–	6,075	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10,496
039	Lambton West		Con	7,092	60.72%	2,504	21.44%	68.73%	7,092	–	–	4,588	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11,680
040	Lanark North		Con	3,589	51.70%	236	3.40%	70.61%	3,589	–	–	–	3,353	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6,942
041	Lanark South		Con	3,870	56.77%	923	13.54%	62.49%	3,870	2,947	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6,817
042	Leeds		Con	3,702	51.48%	213	2.96%	69.36%	3,702	3,489	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7,191
043	Lincoln		Prog	4,348	56.37%	983	12.74%	65.45%	3,365	–	–	4,348	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7,713
044	London North		Con	7,763	61.83%	2,970	23.65%	60.55%	7,763	–	4,793	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12,556
045	London South		Con	9,064	63.17%	3,779	26.34%	69.15%	9,064	–	–	–	–	–	5,285	–	–	–	–	–	–	14,349
046	Manitoulin		UFO	2,242	51.13%	99	2.26%	65.26%	2,143	–	–	–	–	2,242	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4,385
047	Middlesex North		I-Prog	5,861	56.04%	1,264	12.09%	73.06%	4,597	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5,861	–	–	–	10,458
048	Middlesex West		Prog	5,723	63.36%	2,413	26.71%	66.94%	3,310	–	–	5,723	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9,033
049	Muskoka		Con	4,206	57.83%	1,139	15.66%	65.47%	4,206	–	3,067	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7,273
050	Niagara Falls		Con	7,900	68.58%	4,281	37.16%	52.80%	7,900	3,619	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11,519
051	Nipissing		Con	5,215	61.09%	3,414	39.99%	55.81%	5,215	–	1,521	–	–	–	–	1,801	–	–	–	–	–	8,537
052	Norfolk		Con	7,421	54.64%	1,260	9.28%	79.24%	7,421	6,161	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13,582
053	Northumberland		Lib	7,612	53.46%	985	6.92%	72.27%	6,627	7,612	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14,239
054	Ontario North		Prog	3,878	55.58%	779	11.17%	75.02%	3,099	–	–	3,878	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6,977
055	Ontario South		Lib	8,901	57.30%	2,268	14.60%	72.73%	6,633	8,901	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	15,534
056	Ottawa East		I-Lib	5,195	43.86%	418	3.53%	53.60%	4,777	–	–	–	–	–	–	5,195	1,872	–	–	–	–	11,844
057	Ottawa North		Con	9,042	67.59%	4,707	35.19%	43.91%	9,042	4,335	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13,377
058	Ottawa South		Con	9,171	62.27%	3,615	24.55%	56.95%	9,171	5,556	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14,727
059	Oxford North		L-Prog	6,012	58.88%	1,813	17.76%	68.51%	4,199	–	–	–	6,012	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10,211
060	Oxford South		L-Prog	5,793	56.97%	1,418	13.95%	73.59%	4,375	–	–	–	5,793	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10,168
061	Parry Sound		Con	4,628	60.85%	1,650	21.69%	57.33%	4,628	2,978	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7,606
062	Peel		Con	6,193	51.50%	361	3.00%	68.46%	6,193	–	–	5,832	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12,025
063	Perth North		Con	7,350	55.97%	1,568	11.94%	61.23%	7,350	5,782	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13,132
064	Perth South		Lib	4,176	53.14%	494	6.29%	70.66%	3,682	4,176	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7,858
065	Peterborough City		Con	6,396	57.33%	1,636	14.66%	72.87%	6,396	4,760	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11,156
066	Peterborough County		Lib	3,261	54.57%	546	9.14%	67.35%	2,715	3,261	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5,976
067	Port Arthur		Con	2,683	38.31%	172	2.46%	60.40%	5,194 [a 4]	1,810	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7,004
068	Prescott		I-Lib	2,855	35.56%	24	0.30%	66.17%	5,173 [a 4]	–	–	–	–	–	–	2,855	–	–	–	–	–	8,028
069	Prince Edward		Prog	4,378	50.28%	49	0.56%	80.46%	4,329	–	–	4,378	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8,707
070	Rainy River		Con	2,230	48.18%	777	16.79%	55.89%	2,230	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,453	945	–	–	–	–	4,628
071	Renfrew North		Con	5,000	59.74%	1,630	19.47%	58.40%	5,000	–	3,370	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8,370
072	Renfrew South		Con	5,208	56.92%	1,267	13.85%	63.27%	5,208	–	–	–	3,941	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9,149
073	Russell		I-Lib	5,231	42.86%	983	8.05%	66.40%	4,248	–	2,725	–	–	–	–	5,231	–	–	–	–	–	12,204
074	St. Catharines		I-Con	8,669	72.91%	5,448	45.82%	60.51%	–	–	3,221	–	–	–	–	–	8,669	–	–	–	–	11,890
075	Sault Ste. Marie		Con	5,497	77.38%	3,890	54.76%	38.96%	5,497	–	1,607	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7,104
076	Simcoe Centre		Con	5,315	50.93%	195	1.87%	70.47%	5,315	5,120	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10,435
077	Simcoe East		Con	7,312	55.84%	1,530	11.68%	71.09%	7,312	–	–	–	5,782	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13,094
078	Simcoe Southwest		L-Prog	5,779	52.03%	452	4.07%	68.41%	5,327	–	–	–	5,779	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11,106
079	Stormont		Con	7,101	65.97%	3,438	31.94%	66.98%	7,101	3,663	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10,764
080	Sturgeon Falls		I-Lib	2,043	49.26%	103	2.48%	50.97%	1,940	–	–	164	–	–	–	2,043	–	–	–	–	–	4,147
081	Sudbury		Con	acclaimed
082	Temiskaming		Con	4,048	63.79%	1,750	27.58%	45.36%	4,048	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2,298	6,346
083	Victoria North		L-Prog	3,207	52.26%	277	4.51%	70.03%	2,930	–	–	–	3,207	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6,137
084	Victoria South		L-Prog	4,632	53.38%	587	6.77%	74.48%	4,045	–	–	–	4,632	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8,677
085	Waterloo North		Con	9,500	69.03%	5,238	38.06%	49.84%	9,500	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4,262	–	–	13,762
086	Waterloo South		Lab	9,093	62.01%	3,523	24.03%	67.91%	–	–	5,570	–	–	–	9,093	–	–	–	–	–	–	14,663
087	Welland		Con	7,697	69.54%	4,325	39.07%	56.34%	7,697	3,372	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11,069
088	Wellington Northeast		Lib	6,601	62.24%	2,596	24.48%	71.26%	4,005	6,601	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10,606
089	Wellington South		Con	8,044	53.04%	921	6.07%	74.20%	8,044	–	–	–	7,123	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	15,167
090	Wentworth North		Con	4,817	54.55%	803	9.09%	69.76%	4,817	4,014	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8,831
091	Wentworth South		Con	8,383	67.38%	4,324	34.75%	62.85%	8,383	4,059	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12,442
092	Windsor East		Con	9,750	83.70%	7,851	67.40%	48.24%	9,750	–	1,899	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11,649
093	Windsor West		Con	8,741	77.79%	6,245	55.58%	47.95%	8,741	–	2,496	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11,237
094	Beaches		Con	9,590	73.08%	6,058	46.17%	64.83%	9,590	–	3,532	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13,122
095	Woodbine		Con	9,578	78.28%	6,920	56.55%	60.61%	9,578	2,658	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12,236
096	Greenwood		Con	9,101	78.64%	6,629	57.28%	58.23%	9,101	2,472	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11,573
097	Riverdale		Con	8,832	69.12%	4,886	38.24%	61.96%	8,832	–	3,946	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12,778
098	Eglinton		Con	10,230	61.73%	3,887	23.45%	78.03%	10,230	6,343	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	16,573
099	St. David		Con	10,948	77.68%	7,803	55.37%	62.81%	10,948	3,145	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14,093
100	St. George		Con	7,865	56.34%	4,881	34.97%	66.62%	7,865	729	2,984	–	–	–	–	–	2,381 [a 4]	–	–	–	–	13,959
101	St. Patrick		Con	6,339	69.64%	4,145	45.53%	65.48%	6,339	570	2,194	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9,103
102	St. Andrews		Con	4,536	44.00%	1,171	11.36%	67.37%	4,536	311	2,097	–	–	–	–	–	3,365	–	–	–	–	10,309
103	Bellwoods		Con	9,452	76.79%	6,595	53.58%	62.09%	9,452	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2,857	–	–	12,309
104	Bracondale		Con	10,563	69.41%	7,560	49.67%	70.33%	10,563	1,653	3,003	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	15,219
105	Dovercourt		Con	6,239	66.93%	3,156	33.86%	62.07%	6,239	3,083	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9,322
106	Brockton		Con	11,245	57.40%	5,810	29.65%	61.72%	11,245	5,435	–	–	–	–	–	–	2,912	–	–	–	–	19,592
107	Parkdale		Con	8,915	65.44%	4,207	30.88%	66.23%	8,915	–	4,708	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13,623
108	High Park		Con	10,466	61.13%	3,810	22.25%	76.55%	10,466	–	6,656	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	17,122
109	York East		Con	11,085	66.02%	5,379	32.04%	58.74%	11,085	–	5,706	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	16,791
110	York North		Lib	6,009	57.49%	1,565	14.97%	75.01%	4,444	6,009	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10,453
111	York South		Con	10,242	66.49%	5,080	32.98%	55.36%	10,242	–	5,162	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	15,404
112	York West		Con	9,927	62.20%	6,813	42.69%	63.04%	9,927	2,919	3,114	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	15,960

1. "1926 General Election". elections.on.ca. Elections Ontario . Retrieved August 3, 2023. EO data errors on political affiliations adjusted to conform with Canadian Annual Review listing
2. Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario. Vol. 62. 1928. pp. 6–10.
3. including spoilt ballots
4. two candidates nominated

  = turnout is above provincial average

  = incumbent switched allegiance for the election

  = not incumbent; previously elected as a UFO MLA

  = not incumbent; previously elected as a Labour MLA

  = not incumbent; previously elected as a Liberal-Temperance MLA

  = petition against election withdrawn

  = petition against election dismissed

  = election declared void

Notable groups of candidates

Candidates returned by acclamation ^[13]

Riding	Party	Candidate	Reason
Addington	█  Conservative	William David Black	Nomination of F.A. Anglin (Prohibitionist) ruled invalid
Essex North	█  Conservative	Paul Poisson	E.P. Tellier (Liberal and incumbent MLA) withdrew his nomination
Sudbury	█  Conservative	Charles McCrea	Sole nominee

Dual nominations in the 1923 election ^[12]

Riding	Candidate		Votes	Placed
Port Arthur	█  Conservative	Donald McDonald Hogarth	2,683	1st
		Francis Henry Keefer	2,511	2nd
Prescott	█  Conservative	Edmund Mooney	2,831	2nd
		Louis Beaudoin	2,342	3rd
St. George	█ Independent-Conservative	Cecil Armstrong	1,664	3rd
		Edward Owens	717	5th

See also

• Politics of Ontario
• List of Ontario political parties
• Premier of Ontario
• Leader of the Opposition (Ontario)

Notes and references

Notes

1. Newman would later join the Liberal caucus in January 1927, upon being instructed by the Clerk of the Legislature to make a choice as to which leader to sit behind. He had wanted to remain a member of the Liberal-Progressive group. J.H. Mitchell (Simcoe Southwest) joined him in the move, saying that he "has always been a Liberal". ^[6]

References

1. "1926 General Election". Elections Ontario. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
2. "Two Conservatives Run Same Riding". Oshawa Daily Reformer. November 11, 1926. p. 2.
3. Bradburn, Jamie (May 9, 2018). "Booze, bullying, and moral panic: The temperance election of 1926". tvo.org. TV Ontario.
4. Canadian Annual Review 1927, p. 309.
5. "Fusionist Chosen". Oshawa Daily Reformer. November 1, 1926. p. 8.
6. "Simcoe Member to back Sinclair". Oshawa Daily Reformer. January 14, 1927. p. 1.
7. "Election Scandals". The Canadian Champion . Milton. December 9, 1926. p. 2.
8. Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario. Vol. 62. 1928. pp. 9–10.
9. The Representation Act, 1925 , S.O. 1925, c. 7
10. The Representation Act, 1926 , S.O. 1926, c. 2
11. Canadian Annual Review 1927, p. 306.
12. Canadian Annual Review 1927, pp. 309–312.
13. Canadian Annual Review 1927, pp. 308–309.

Further reading

• The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1926–27. Toronto: The Annual Review Company. 1927.