Ontario general election, 1926
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The Ontario general election, 1926 was the seventeenth general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on December 1, 1926, to elect the 112 Members of the Legislative Assembly ("MLAs").
The Ontario Conservative Party, led by George Howard Ferguson, was re-elected for a second term in government, despite losing a few setas in the Legislature.
The Ontario Liberal Party, led by W.E.N. Sinclair, maintained its 14 seats. After the defeat of the United Farmers of Ontario in the previous election, the farmers organization decided to withdraw from electoral politics and most UFO MPPs redesignated themselves as Progressives with former UFO Attorney-General William Edgar Raney becoming party leader. Nevertheless, several MPPs, including Raney himself, continuted to run as cadidates endorsed by local UFO associations despite the decision of the organization as a whole not to run in elections. The Progressive/UFO faction won 13 seats. As well, four Liberal-Progressive candidates were elected, along with various independents. Karl Homuth of Waterloo South was the only Labour MLA returned; a former UFO-Labour MLA, he would run as a Consevative in the 1929 election.
[edit] Results
| Party | Leader | 1923 | Elected | % change | Popular vote | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | change | ||||||
| Conservative | George Howard Ferguson | 75 | 72 | -4.0% | 57.6% | +7.8% | |
| Liberal | W.E.N. Sinclair | 14 | 14 | - | 24.6% | +2.8% | |
| Progressive1 | William Raney | * | 10 | -23.5% | 7.2% | -12.4% | |
| United Farmers1 | 17 | 3 | 1.3% | ||||
| Labour | 4 | 12 | -75.0% | 1.3% | -3.4% | ||
| Liberal-Progressive | * | 4 | * | * | |||
| Liberal Independent | * | 4 | * | * | |||
| Conservative Independent | * | 2 | * | * | |||
| Liberal-Prohibitionist | * | 1 | * | * | |||
| Progressive Independent | * | 1 | * | * | |||
| Total Seats | 111 | 112 | +0.9% | 100% | |||
Notes:
* Party did not nominate candidates in previous election.
1 UFO and Progressive MPPs sat in the same caucus led by William Raney. Whether candidates ran as UFO or Progressives was a function of the situation in each riding rather than being a matter of political differences.
2 Karl Homuth is the sole Labour MLA elected. Joins the Conservatives in the next election.
| Preceded by: 1923 election |
List of Ontario general elections | Succeeded by: 1929 election |
