• Source: List of United Farmers/Labour MLAs in the Ontario legislature

    • The United Farmers of Ontario entered politics by contesting a 1918 by-election which was won by UFO candidate Beniah Bowman. The next year, in the 1919 provincial election in Ontario they achieved a major political upset by winning enough seats to form a government in alliance with Labour MLAs in the Ontario legislature (also listed). The UFO did not have a leader until after the 1919 election when Ernest Charles Drury was asked by the caucus to serve as Premier of Ontario. As he did not have a seat in the legislature he had to enter via a by-election.


    1874 by-election


    Daniel John O'Donoghue, was the first Labour candidate elected to the Ontario legislature. He won an 1874 by-election in Ottawa. Though he supported the Liberals in the legislature he was defeated in the 1875 general election in a three way race against Conservative and Liberal opponents.


    Patrons of Industry (1894)


    Three candidates were elected under the Patrons of Industry banner in the 1894 general election:

    William Dynes, (Dufferin)
    James Haggerty, (Hastings North)
    David McNicol, (Grey South)
    Twelve Liberals and one Conservative were also elected on a joint ticket with the Patrons. The party did not elect any candidates in the 1898 election.


    Rise and fall of UFO and Labour


    = UFO
    = Progressive
    = Independent-Progressive
    = Labour
    = Labour-United Farmers
    = Liberal-United Farmers
    = Liberal-Progressive


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