Ontario general election, 1929

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The Ontario general election, 1929 was the eighteenth general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on October 30, 1929, to elect the 112 Members of the Legislative Assembly ("MLAs").

The Ontario Conservative Party, led by George Howard Ferguson, was elected for a third consecutive term in government with an increased majority in the Legislature.

The Ontario Liberal Party, led by W.E.N. Sinclair, lost one seats, but continued to form the official opposition.

Conservative gains came at the expense of the Progressive Party and the United Farmers of Ontario.

Earl Hutchinson of Kenora is the sole Labour MLA elected.

[edit] Results

	Party	Leader	1926	Elected	% change	Popular vote
						%	change
	Conservative	George Howard Ferguson	72	90	+11.1%	58.8%	+1.2%
	Liberal	W.E.N. Sinclair	14	13	-7.1%	32.8%	+8.2%
	Progressive	Harry Nixon	10	4	-60.0%	3.4%	-3.8%
	United Farmers		3	1	-66.7%	1.3%	-
	Conservative Independent		2	2	-
	Liberal-Progressive		4	1	-75.0%
	Labour1		1	1	-
Total			112	112	-	&100%

¹ Waterloo South Labour MLA Karl Homuth is re-elected as a Conservative in this election. Earl Hutchinson of Kenora replaced Hamuth as the sole Labour representative in the legislature

Preceded by: 1926 election

List of Ontario general elections

Succeeded by: 1934 election

[edit] See also

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