Ontario general election, 1923
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The Ontario general election, 1923 was the sixteenth general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on June 25, 1923, to elect the 111 Members of the Legislative Assembly ("MLAs").
The Ontario Conservative Party, led by George Howard Ferguson, was returned to power with a majority in the Legislature as voters rejected the United Farmers of Ontario-Labour coalition government of Ernest C. Drury.
The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Wellington Hay, lost close to half its caucus in the Conservative landslide.
Results
| Party | Leader | 1919 | Elected | % change | Popular vote | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | change |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"| | Conservative | George Howard Ferguson | 25 | 75 | align="right" | 49.8% | +14.9% |- |bgcolor="#66CC00"| | United Farmers | Ernest C. Drury | 44 | 171 | align="right" |
| 20.9% | -0.8% |- |bgcolor=#EEBBBB| | Labour | 11 | 4 | align="right" | ||||||||
| 4.7% | -6.9% |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| | Liberal | Wellington Hay | 27 | 14 | align="right" | |||||||
| 21.8% | -5.1% |- |bgcolor="gainsboro"| | Independent | align="right" | ||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| Total Seats | 111 | 111 | - | 100% | |||||||||
1. Though the UFO emerged with the second largest bloc of seats, they were denied Official Opposition status by new Premier Howard Ferguson who used as justification an announcement by UFO general secretary James J. Morrison that the UFO would be withdrawing from party politics.
| Preceded by: 1919 election | List of Ontario general elections | Followed by: 1926 election |
See also
- Politics of Ontario
- List of Ontario political parties
- Premier of Ontario
- Leader of the Opposition (Ontario)
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