Английская Википедия:15th Parliament of Ontario

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Шаблон:Short description The 15th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from October 20, 1919, until May 10, 1923, just prior to the 1923 general election. The leading party in the chamber after the election was the United Farmers of Ontario. It formed a coalition government with 11 Labour MLAs and three Independent candidates of varying stripes.

The coalition held a slight majority of the seats and the parties it represented had taken about 34 percent of the vote in the 1919 election. The rest of the votes had been split between the Conservatives, the Liberals and others, many of which were unsuccessful candidates. (Under First past the post, any votes cast for unsuccessful candidates are simply disregarded.)

The UFO derived a benefit from winning many rural seats where the number of votes involved were less than in the urban districts. In North Brant the UFO candidate won while receiving only 3600 votes while in Ottawa West the Conservative candidate took 9000 votes to win his seat.

The party approached Ernest Charles Drury, who had not run in the election, to serve as party leader and premier. Drury had not run in the 1919 election and was elected in a by-election held in Halton in 1920. He made it known that the coalition government party should be known by the name "The People's Party."

Most of the seats the United Farmers won were taken at the expense of the Conservative party, who had formed the government in the preceding assembly and would again regain power in 1923.

Nelson Parliament served as speaker for the assembly.

The power wielded by the UFO-Labour coalition enabled the passage of progressive Labour and farmer legislation. The government created the first Department of Welfare for the province and brought in allowances for widows and children, a minimum wage for women and standardized adoption procedures. The government also expanded Ontario Hydro and promoted rural electrification, created the Province of Ontario Savings Office - a provincially owned bank that lent money to farmers at a lower rate - began the first major reforestation program in North America, and began construction of the modern highway system.

The government was a strict enforcer of the Ontario Temperance Act, enacted in 1916, and Prohibition stayed in force until 1927.

The 1923 election saw the UFO-Labour coalition government defeated by a re-energized Conservative Party. The UFO vote stayed solid as compared to 1919 but the UFO suffered under First past the post and took about half the seats it was due.

In 1924 (after the 1923 election), the provincial treasurer was found guilty of conspiracy to defraud the government following a series of events known as the Ontario Bond Scandal.

In the waning days of the UFO-Labour government, the government attempted to reform the province's electoral system (to introduce proportional representation) but the effort failed, in part due to Conservative opposition. The UFO suffered under the First past the post electoral system used in the 1923 election, taking just about half the seats they were due proportionally.

Members elected to the Assembly

Italicized names indicate members returned by acclamation.

Timeline

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15th Legislative Assembly of Ontario - Movement in seats held (1919-1923)

Party		1919	Gain/(loss) due to				1923
			Death in office	Resignation as MPP	Byelection gain	Byelection hold
44		(3)	1	3	45
27	(2)	(1)		1	25
25		(2)	1	2	26
11					11
1					1
1					1
1					1
1					1
Total		111	(2)	(6)	2	6	111

Changes in seats held (1919–1923)

Seat	Before				Change
	Date	Member	Party	Reason	Date	Member	Party
Kent East	January 9, 1920	James B. Clark	Шаблон:Canadian party colour	Resignation	February 9, 1920	Manning William Doherty	Шаблон:Canadian party colour
Halton	January 10, 1920	John Featherstone Ford	Шаблон:Canadian party colour	Resignation	February 16, 1920	Ernest Charles Drury	Шаблон:Canadian party colour
Wellington East	February 4, 1920	Albert Hellyer	Шаблон:Canadian party colour	Resignation	February 23, 1920	William Edgar Raney	Шаблон:Canadian party colour
Toronto Northeast - A	March 3, 1920	Henry John Cody	Шаблон:Canadian party colour	Resignation	November 8, 1920	Alexander Cameron Lewis	Шаблон:Canadian party colour
Kingston	November 18, 1921	Arthur Edward Ross	Шаблон:Canadian party colour	Elected to federal seat	February 6, 1922	William Folger Nickle	Шаблон:Canadian party colour
Oxford North	November 18, 1921	John Alexander Calder	Шаблон:Canadian party colour	Resignation	December 19, 1921	David Munroe Ross	Шаблон:Canadian party colour
Russell	December 2, 1921	Damase Racine	Шаблон:Canadian party colour	Died in office	October 23, 1922	Alfred Goulet	Шаблон:Canadian party colour
Toronto Southeast - A	January 6, 1922	John O'Neill	Шаблон:Canadian party colour	Died in office	October 23, 1922	John Allister Currie	Шаблон:Canadian party colour

External links

• Members in Parliament 15 Шаблон:Webarchive