1929 Ontario general election

October 30, 1929

112 seats in the 18th 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 72 15
Seats won 90 13
Seat change Increase18 Decrease2
Percentage 56.7% 32.2%
Swing Increase1.3pp Increase15.0pp

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader John Giles Lethbridge Leslie Oke
Party Progressive United Farmers
Leader since 1927 -
Leader's seat Middlesex West (lost re-election) Lambton East (lost re-election)
Last election 10 3
Seats won 4 1
Seat change Decrease6 Decrease2
Percentage 3.4% 1.3%
Swing Decrease2.9pp -

Premier before election

G. Howard Ferguson
Conservative

Premier after election

G. Howard Ferguson
Conservative

The 1929 Ontario general election was the 18th general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on October 30, 1929, to elect the 112 Members of the 18th Legislative Assembly of Ontario ("MLAs").[1]

Campaign

Every party, including the Ontario Prohibition Union and the English Language School League, issued their own manifesto during the campaign, to the extent that the Press called it the "battle of the manifestos".[2]

The Liberals continued to use their strategy from the previous election of coordinating their efforts with other pro-temperance forces in order to minimize vote splits.

Only the Conservatives fielded candidates in all ridings, and eight of them were returned by acclamation. In 21 two-way contests, the Liberals declined to field a candidate in favour of an ally considered more likely to gain votes. There were only 16 three-cornered races and 2 four-way battles.

Riding contests, by number of candidates (1929)
Candidates Con Lib Prog L-P UFO Lab I-Con Comm Ind Proh Total
1 88
2 8665442236172
3 1616511241248
4 222118
Total 1128394337528236

Outcome

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 seat, 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.

Results

Elections to the 18th Parliament of Ontario (1929)
Political party Party leader MPPs Votes
Candidates 1926 Dissol. 1929 ± # % ± (pp)
Conservative Howard Ferguson 112 73 72 90 17Increase 574,730 56.66% 0.79Increase
Liberal W.E.N. Sinclair 83 13 14 11 2Decrease 319,487 31.50% 14.33Increase
Progressive William Raney 9 10 8 4 6Decrease 30,795 3.04% 3.26Decrease
Liberal–Progressive 4 5 4 3 2Decrease 17,966 1.77% 2.47Decrease
United Farmers Leslie Oke 3 3 3 1 2Decrease 12,752 1.26% 0.08Decrease
Labour 3 1 1 1 Steady 8,664 0.85% 0.44Decrease
Independent Conservative 7 1 2 2 1Increase 21,950 2.16% 0.40Increase
Independent Liberal 4 3 4Decrease Did not campaign
Independent Progressive 1 1 1Decrease Did not campaign
  Liberal-Prohibitionist 1 1 1Decrease Did not campaign
Prohibitionist 8 25,807 2.54% 5.52Decrease
Communist 5 1,542 0.15% New
Independent 2 587 0.06% New
  Liberal-Labour Did not campaign
  Progressive-Liberal Did not campaign
  Liberal-Labour-Prohibitionist Did not campaign
Vacant 3
Total 236 112 112 112 1,014,310 100.00%
Blank and invalid ballots 7,720
Registered voters / turnout 1,804,932 56.62% 7.33Decrease
Seats and popular vote by party
PartySeatsVotesChange (pp)
 Conservative
90 / 112
56.66%
0.79 0.79
 
 Liberal
11 / 112
31.50%
14.33 14.33
 
 Progressive
4 / 112
3.04%
-3.26
 
 Liberal–Progressive
3 / 112
1.77%
-2.47
 
 United Farmers
1 / 112
1.26%
-0.08
 
 Labour
1 / 112
0.85%
-0.44
 
 Independent-Conservative
2 / 112
2.16%
0.40 0.4
 
 Prohibitionist
0 / 112
2.54%
-5.52
 
 Other
0 / 112
0.22%
-3.75
 

Synopsis of results

Results by riding - 1929 Ontario general election
Riding Winning party Turnout
[a 1]
Votes
# Name 1926 Party Votes Share Margin
#
Margin
%
Con Lib Prog Proh I-Con L-Prog UFO Labour Comm Ind Total
 
001Addington Con Con 4,27367.47%2,21334.94%61.09%4,2732,0606,333
002Algoma Con Con 4,56567.49%2,36634.98%63.45%4,5652,1996,764
003Brant County Prog Prog 3,83153.42%4906.83%71.65%3,3413,8317,172
004Brantford Con Con 7,74057.93%2,11915.86%65.98%7,7405,62113,361
005Brockville Con Con 4,63360.73%1,63721.46%61.22%4,6332,9967,629
006Bruce North Lib Lib 4,52052.09%3624.17%70.52%4,1584,5208,678
007Bruce South Prog Lib 4,98353.04%5716.08%69.43%4,4124,9839,395
008Carleton Con Con 3,78167.16%1,93234.32%47.76%3,7811,8495,630
009Cochrane North Con Con 3,12143.60%5878.20%63.76%3,1211,2982,5342057,158
010Cochrane South Con Con 5,68652.76%5945.51%57.02%5,6865,09210,778
011Dufferin Prog Prog 3,77850.30%450.60%76.42%3,7333,7787,511
012Dundas L-Proh Con 3,36244.31%99913.17%73.23%3,3621,8622,3637,587
013Durham Lib Lib 5,86050.04%100.09%71.73%5,8505,86011,710
014Elgin East Lib Con 4,06851.83%2883.67%76.56%4,0683,7807,848
015Elgin West Con Con 6,57956.17%1,44512.34%63.29%6,5795,13411,713
016Essex North Con Con 8,04355.97%1,71511.93%63.61%8,0436,32814,371
017Essex South Lib Con 4,54853.09%5296.17%65.84%4,5484,0198,567
018Fort William Con Con 5,46758.73%1,62617.47%62.52%5,4673,8419,308
019Frontenac—Lennox Lib Con 4,41954.77%7699.53%66.19%4,4193,6508,069
020Glengarry Con Lib 3,29050.34%450.69%61.20%3,2453,2906,535
021Grenville Con Con 4,45264.81%2,03529.63%65.93%4,4522,4176,869
022Grey North Prog Prog 6,91252.15%5714.31%68.85%6,3416,91213,253
023Grey South UFO UFO 6,60753.07%7646.14%71.06%5,8436,60712,450
024Haldimand Lib Con 4,99350.14%280.28%74.85%4,9934,9659,958
025Halton Con L-Prog 5,69650.32%720.64%68.70%5,6245,69611,320
026Hamilton Centre Con Con 7,56875.54%5,11751.07%46.44%7,5682,45110,019
027Hamilton East Con Con 8,28762.64%3,81828.86%53.20%8,2874,46947313,229
028Hamilton West Con Con 6,97475.93%4,76351.86%51.54%6,9742,2119,185
029Hastings East Con Con acclaimed
030Hastings North Con Con acclaimed
031Hastings West Con Con 5,30466.20%2,59632.40%56.13%5,3042,7088,012
032Huron North Lib Lib 5,79557.18%1,45514.36%69.69%4,3405,79510,135
033Huron South Prog Prog 4,78550.17%320.34%66.20%4,7534,7859,538
034Kent East Prog Con 3,15738.56%4355.31%69.32%3,1572,7222,3098,188
035Kent West Con Con 6,91150.81%2211.62%58.71%6,9116,69013,601
036Kenora Con Lab 3,52853.04%4046.07%68.32%3,1243,5286,652
037Kingston Con Con acclaimed
038Lambton East UFO Con 4,63243.93%7757.35%68.67%4,6322,0563,85710,545
039Lambton West Con Con 5,72454.97%1,0359.94%61.88%5,7244,68910,413
040Lanark North Con Con 4,03856.64%94713.28%73.69%4,0383,0917,129
041Lanark South Con Con 4,30857.40%1,11114.80%67.06%4,3083,1977,505
042Leeds Con Con 3,75549.27%1,55020.34%73.69%3,7552,2051,6617,621
043Lincoln Prog Con 3,55743.42%6688.15%71.09%3,5572,8891,7468,192
044London North Con Con 6,22168.04%3,29936.08%47.12%6,2212,9229,143
045London South Con Con 6,80158.48%1,97216.96%52.76%6,8014,82911,630
046Manitoulin UFO Con 2,29150.03%30.07%74.57%2,2912,2884,579
047Middlesex North I-Prog Con 5,28850.80%1671.60%70.40%5,2885,12110,409
048Middlesex West Prog Con 3,37134.81%1861.92%72.71%3,3713,1293,1859,685
049Muskoka Con Con acclaimed
050Niagara Falls Con Con 6,71364.94%3,08829.87%45.50%6,7133,62510,338
051Nipissing Con Con 4,85957.99%1,33915.98%62.41%4,8593,5208,379
052Norfolk Con Con 7,20655.39%1,40310.78%78.42%7,2065,80313,009
053Northumberland Lib Con 7,10852.52%6835.05%70.09%7,1086,42513,533
054Ontario North Prog Con 3,07247.33%87613.50%71.69%3,0721,2222,1966,490
055Ontario South Lib Lib 9,79153.80%1,3837.60%65.35%8,4089,79118,199
056Ottawa East I-Lib Con 7,81357.72%2,08915.43%50.47%7,8135,72413,537
057Ottawa North Con Con 5,19867.64%2,71135.28%29.30%5,1982,4877,685
058Ottawa South Con Con acclaimed
059Oxford North L-Prog L-Prog 5,44950.47%1020.94%70.82%5,3475,44910,796
060Oxford South L-Prog Lib 5,21752.49%4954.98%72.03%4,7225,2179,939
061Parry Sound Con Con 4,50756.48%1,03412.96%61.37%4,5073,4737,980
062Peel Con Con 6,73754.27%1,0608.54%69.65%6,7375,67712,414
063Perth North Con Con 7,27353.04%8346.08%66.36%7,2736,43913,712
064Perth South Lib Con 3,42844.73%1,24616.26%71.07%3,4282,1822,0537,663
065Peterborough City Con Con 5,93151.97%4503.94%69.89%5,9315,48111,412
066Peterborough County Lib Con 3,11750.23%290.47%70.71%3,1173,0886,205
067Port Arthur Con Con acclaimed
068Prescott I-Lib I-Con 3,99643.15%96810.45%76.93%3,0282,2363,9969,260
069Prince Edward Prog Con 4,45753.72%6177.44%80.37%4,4573,8408,297
070Rainy River Con I-Con 3,14251.96%2373.92%78.05%2,9053,1426,047
071Renfrew North Con Con acclaimed
072Renfrew South Con Lib 4,99050.44%870.88%67.43%4,9034,9909,893
073Russell I-Lib Con 6,19051.20%2912.41%65.03%6,1905,89912,089
074St. Catharines I-Con Con 5,56253.99%8227.98%49.54%5,5624,74010,302
075Sault Ste. Marie Con Con 6,21677.52%4,41355.03%51.55%6,2161,8038,019
076Simcoe Centre Con Lib 5,19951.08%2202.16%77.06%4,9795,19910,178
077Simcoe East Con Con 7,98061.63%3,01123.25%70.75%7,9804,96912,949
078Simcoe Southwest L-Prog Con 6,21354.44%1,0138.88%69.56%6,2135,20011,413
079Stormont Con Con 6,54676.82%4,57153.64%52.29%6,5461,9758,521
080Sturgeon Falls I-Lib Con 3,05158.92%92417.84%67.64%3,0512,1275,178
081Sudbury Con Con acclaimed
082Temiskaming Con Con 4,88858.21%1,37916.42%62.70%4,8883,5098,397
083Victoria North L-Prog L-Prog 3,13950.25%310.50%72.72%3,1083,1396,247
084Victoria South L-Prog Con 4,60755.38%89510.76%72.91%4,6073,7128,319
085Waterloo North Con Lib 6,08036.92%3952.40%56.76%5,6856,0804,70416,469
086Waterloo South Lab Con 7,70755.77%1,59511.54%62.88%7,7076,11213,819
087Welland Con Con 6,66371.54%4,01243.07%52.08%6,6632,6519,314
088Wellington Northeast Lib Lib 6,28863.95%2,74427.91%71.75%3,5446,2889,832
089Wellington South Con Con 7,55455.39%1,47110.79%67.84%7,5546,08313,637
090Wentworth North Con Con 4,75056.31%1,37216.27%31.83%4,7503,3783078,435
091Wentworth South Con Con 8,46071.59%5,10243.17%51.49%8,4603,35811,818
092Windsor East Con Con 6,22465.25%3,24734.84%36.98%6,2242,9773379,538
093Windsor West Con Con 6,41964.11%2,82538.94%37.71%6,4193,59410,013
094Beaches Con Con 8,03475.55%5,43451.10%40.40%8,0342,60010,634
095Woodbine Con Con 6,83979.56%5,08259.12%35.55%6,8391,7578,596
096Greenwood Con Con 5,78379.04%4,24958.07%35.97%5,7831,5347,317
097Riverdale Con Con 5,60472.70%3,50045.41%36.98%5,6042,1047,708
098Eglinton Con Con 10,00959.30%3,14018.60%47.39%10,0096,86916,878
099St. David Con Con 7,19974.60%4,74849.20%36.97%7,1992,4519,650
100St. George Con Con 6,45068.76%3,52037.53%33.04%6,4502,9309,380
101St. Patrick Con Con 4,47366.77%3,23148.23%46.22%4,4731,2428591256,699
102St. Andrews Con Con 3,43663.64%1,47327.28%37.71%3,4361,9635,399
103Bellwoods Con Con 5,11474.40%3,74954.54%35.11%5,1141,3653956,874
104Bracondale Con Con 7,10870.54%4,35243.19%42.79%7,1082,75621210,076
105Dovercourt Con Con 4,31666.94%2,18433.87%43.98%4,3162,1326,448
106Brockton Con Con 8,73171.06%5,17642.13%40.42%8,7313,55512,286
107Parkdale Con Con 6,20370.48%3,98745.30%45.52%6,2032,2163828,801
108High Park Con Con 8,44764.39%3,77528.78%48.30%8,4474,67213,119
109York East Con Con 9,61964.42%4,30728.85%42.86%9,6195,31214,931
110York North Lib Con 5,44850.91%1951.82%75.67%5,4485,25310,701
111York South Con Con 7,86268.64%4,27037.28%36.85%7,8623,59211,454
112York West Con Con 8,29665.29%3,88530.57%44.67%8,2964,41112,707
  1. including spoilt ballots
  = turnout is above provincial average
  = incumbent re-elected under the same party banner
  = incumbent switched allegiance for the election
  = incumbency arose from byelection gain
  = other incumbents renominated
Resulting composition of the 18th Legislative Assembly of Ontario
SourceParty
Con Lib Prog L-P UFO Lab I-Con Total
Seats retainedIncumbents returned 47442158
Open seats held 11112
Acclamation 88
Seats changing handsIncumbents defeated 18211123
Open seats gained 3317
Byelection gain held 11
Ouster of byelection gain by third party 11
Change in affiliation 22
Total 901143112112

Seats that changed hands

Elections to the 18th Parliament of Ontario – seats won/lost by party, 1926–1929
Party 1926 Gain from (loss to) 1929
Con Lib Pro L-Pro UFO Lab I-Lib I-Con I-Pro L-Prb
Conservative 738(4)52(1)21(1)31(1)1190
Liberal 134(8)1111
Progressive 10(5)(1)4
Liberal–Progressive 51(2)(1)3
United Farmers 3(2)1
Labour 11(1)1
Independent-Liberal 4(3)(1)
Independent-Conservative 11(1)12
Independent-Progressive 1(1)
Liberal-Prohibitionist 1(1)
Total1127(24)8(6)63(1)21(1)41(2)11112

There were 35 seats that changed allegiance in the election:

Notes

    References

    1. "1929 General Election". Elections Ontario. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
    2. Canadian Annual Review 1930, p. 358.

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