1923 Ontario general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 1923 Ontario general election Ontario 1921 parliamentary no no no 1919 Ontario general election 1919 1926 Ontario general election 1926 111 seats in the 16th Legislative Assembly of Ontario 56 seats were needed for a majority June 25, 1923 150x150px ON PC nohash Howard Ferguson December 2, 1920 Conservative Grenville 25 75 50 49.8% 14.9pp 150x150px ON United Farmers nohash Ernest C. Drury 1920 ON United Farmers name Halton (lost re-election) 44 17 27 21.1% 0.1pp LIB ON Liberal nohash Wellington Hay 1921 ON Liberal name Perth North (lost re-election) 27 14 13 21.8% 5.1pp 150x150px ON Labour nohash Walter Rollo 1919 ON Labour name Hamilton West (lost re-election) 11 4 7 4.8% 4.3pp Premier Premier after election Ernest Charles Drury ON United Farmers name Howard Ferguson Conservative elected members outgoing members The 1923 Ontario general election was the 16th general election held in the province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on June 25, 1923, to elect the 111 Members of the 16th Legislative Assembly of Ontario ("MLAs").1923 General Election https://results.elections.on.ca/en/data-explorer?fromYear=1867&toYear=2021&electionId=211&levelOfDetail=election Elections Ontario January 3, 2021 The Ontario Conservative Party, led by George Howard Ferguson, was elected to power with a majority in the Legislature (although taking less than half the votes cast). This election ended the rule of the United Farmers of Ontario-Labour coalition government of Ernest C. Drury. Campaign + Candidate contests in the ridingsCandidates nominated Ridings PartyConUFOLibLabIndProInd-LibTotalsAcclamation 2 1 1 22 50 43 34 19 2 1 1 1003 49 48 34 48 13 1 2 1 1474 8 8 2 9 6 6 1 325 1 1 1 1 2 56 1 2 1 1 2 6Total 111 103 71 78 23 12 3 2 292 Electoral system Most seats filled using first past the post voting in single-member districts. The eight Toronto MPPs were elected in four two-seat districts where the seats were filled in separate first past the post contests. Voter turnout The election saw a voter turnout of just 54.7%, the lowest voter turnout in Ontario history until the 2007 election.Boring campaign behind poor voter turnout: analysts https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/boring-campaign-behind-poor-voter-turnout-analysts-1.259618 https://web.archive.org/web/20140529051455/http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/boring-campaign-behind-poor-voter-turnout-analysts-1.259618 dead May 29, 2014 CTV News Bell Media January 3, 2021 October 11, 2007 The low election turn-out was in part caused by the worst wind, rain and lightning storm in years inundating the western part of the province.Edmonton Bulletin, June 26, 1923 The electrical storm and hurricane began shortly after the polls closed, resulting in massive disruption of telegraph and telephone communications, which hampered the reporting of results. June 27, 1923 Ferguson is Victor https://news.haltonhills.halinet.on.ca/89627/page/2?n= The Georgetown Herald 2 Results The 1923 election was plagued by low turn-out, and all the parties took fewer voters than they had in 1919. The UFO actually took a larger proportion of the vote than it had in 1919 but took just a fraction of the seats it had taken in 1919 due to much of the anti-UFO vote concentrating behind Conservative Party candidates. The UFO had held power by virtue of a coalition with Labour and three other MLAs. Together they had received 34 per cent of the votes cast in 1919. The Conservatives after the 1923 election took majority government based on taking 34 per cent of the vote by that one party alone. The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Wellington Hay, lost close to half its caucus in the Conservative landslide. Labour (the Independent Labour Party) too lost most of its MLAs in this turn-around election. The Conservative party was the most popular, taking 34 per cent of the vote. Its candidate was the leading one in a large proportion of the districts, giving it a large majority of seats in the legislature (more than its due proportionally) under the First past the post system in use at the time. In the election, the UFO again did not run candidates where a Labour candidate was running - and also not in 20 other districts as well. The UFO received the third-most number of votes overall but only ran in about two-thirds of the districts so its vote count likely does not measure its actual support. Together Labour and the UFO ran in 93 seats so the two did not cover all the districts in the province. The UFO did not receive as many votes as it had in 1919 but still got fairly good numbers considering it did not run candidates in a third of the districts. As the 1923 election was plagued by low turn-out, the UFO received a higher percentage of votes cast than it had received in 1919. Prior to the election, the UFO government had introduced bills to re-distribute the ridings, https://archive.org/details/ontariobills1923ontauoft/page/n1151/mode/2up Bill 177 - An Act respecting the Representation of the People in the Legislative Assembly April 12, 1923 Legislative Assembly of Ontario and to introduce proportional representation https://archive.org/details/ontariobills1923ontauoft/page/n1155/mode/2up Bill 178 - An Act to provide for the Election of Members to the Assembly on the System of Proportional Representation April 12, 1923 Legislative Assembly of Ontario and the single transferable vote, https://archive.org/details/ontariobills1923ontauoft/page/n1167/mode/2up Bill 179 - An Act to provide for a System of Transferable Votes at Elections to the Assembly April 12, 1923 Legislative Assembly of Ontario but withdrew them after vehement opposition from the Conservative MLAs,Hopkins 1924 532-534 and it was found that even some government members were ambivalent.Edmonton Bulletin, April 20, 1923 Under First past the post, the UFO received about a third of the seats that it was due proportionally overall. Looking at the 71 districts where the UFO ran candidates, it received about half the votes there so was due 35 of those seats but received only eight. In many districts, Conservative candidates took rural seats away from incumbent UFO MLAs by taking just a few hundred more votes than them in each district. In Prince Edward, Conservative candidate Horace Stanley Colliver took just 17 more votes than his closest contender to win the seat.Edmonton Bulletin, June 26, 1923Canadian Parliamentary Guide 1925 Ferguson was the only party leader to hold his seat in the election. Drury, Hay and Rollo all lost their seats to their Conservative opponents. Elections to the 16th Parliament of Ontario (1923) |- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=5 | MPPs ! colspan=3 | Votes |- ! Candidates !1919 !Dissol. !1923 !± !# !% ! ± (pp) ON Conservative row-name |style="text-align:left;"|Howard Ferguson |103 |25 |24 |75 |50 |473,819 |49.77% |15.68 ON United Farmers row-name |style="text-align:left;"|E.C. Drury |71 |44 |44 |17 |27 |199,393 |20.94% |0.03 ON Liberal row-name |style="text-align:left;"|Wellington Hay |78 |27 |27 |14 |13 |203,079 |21.33% |4.18 ON Labour row-name |style="text-align:left;"|Walter Rollo |23 |11 |11 |4 |7 |45,213 |4.75% |4.34 ON Independent row-name |style="text-align:left;"| |12 |– |– |1 |1 |15,426 |1.62% |2.45 ON Independent Liberal row-name |style="text-align:left;"| |2 |1 |1 |– |1 |5,041 |0.53% |0.08 ON Progressive row-name |style="text-align:left;"| |3 |– |– |– |– |10,122 |1.06% |New ON Farmer-Labour row-name |style="text-align:left;"| |– |1 |1 |– |1 |colspan="3"|Did not campaign ON Farmer-Liberal row-name |style="text-align:left;"| |– |1 |1 |– |1 |colspan="3"|Did not campaign ON Soldier row-name |style="text-align:left;"| |– |1 |1 |– |1 |colspan="3"|Did not campaign ON Vacant row-name |colspan="3"| |1 |colspan="5"| |-style="background:#E9E9E9;" |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Total |292 |111 |111 |111 | |952,093 |100.00% | |- |colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"|Blank and invalid ballots |align="right"|13,600 |style="background:#E9E9E9;" colspan="2"| |-style="background:#E9E9E9;" |colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"|Registered voters / turnout |1,655,312 |58.34% |27.19 |} Vote and seat summaries Ternary plots - shift of electoral support (1919-1923) 350 200 yes center Electoral districts identified by colours of winning parties File:Ternary ON1919.svg 1919 Ternary plot of 1919 results File:Ternary ON1923.svg 1923 Ternary plot of 1923 results Synopsis of results + Results by riding - 1923 Ontario general electionData compiled from https://archive.org/details/n06ontariosession56ontauoft/page/n19/mode/1up Return from the Records of the General Election to the Legislative Assembly in 1923 held on 14th and 25th June 1923 Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Party affiliations per Hopkins 1924 577–579. Tables compiled by Elections Ontario have incomplete riding list and multiple transcription errors. Riding Region Winning party Turnoutincluding spoilt ballots Votes 1919 → 1923 Votes Share Margin# Margin% Con UFO Lib Lab Ind Independent I-Lib Independent-Liberal Prog Progressive Total  AddingtonEAS#9999FF silver Con3,110 70.83% 1,829 41.65% 61.33% 3,110 – 1,281 – – – – 4,391AlgomaNOR#EA6D6A silver Lib2,365 36.06% 14 0.21% 67.57% 2,351 1,842 2,365 – – – – 6,558Brant NorthMWO#66CC00 silver UFO3,617 50.36% 52 0.72% 61.19% 3,565 3,617 – – – – – 7,182Brant SouthMWO#EEBBBB silver Lab5,678 53.26% 695 6.52% 59.09% – – 4,983 5,678 – – – 10,661BrockvilleEAS#EA6D6A silver→#9999FF silverCon4,182 59.12% 1,290 18.24% 62.26% 4,182 – 2,892 – – – – 7,074Bruce NorthMWO#66CC00 silver UFO2,557 39.97% 311 4.86% 75.68% 2,246 2,557 1,595 – – – – 6,398Bruce SouthMWO#EA6D6A silver→#66CC00 silver UFO1,942 35.83% 49 0.90% 67.10% 1,893 1,942 1,585 – – – – 5,420Bruce WestMWO#EA6D6A silver Lib2,582 38.73% 38 0.57% 68.07% 1,541 2,544 2,582 – – – – 6,667CarletonEAS#66CC00 silver→#9999FF silver Con4,813 61.22% 1,764 22.44% 64.13% 4,813 3,049 – – – – – 7,862CochraneNOR#EA6D6A silver Lib3,138 39.54% 627 7.90% 42.39% 2,172 – 3,138 2,511 116 – – 7,937DufferinMWO#66CC00 silver→#9999FF silver Con3,898 51.47% 223 2.94% 72.03% 3,898 3,675 – – – – – 7,573DundasEAS#66CC00 silver→#9999FF silver Con3,773 54.07% 568 8.14% 65.52% 3,773 3,205 – – – – – 6,978Durham EastCEN#66CC00 silver→#9999FF silver Con3,040 60.25% 1,034 20.49% 63.35% 3,040 2,006 – – – – – 5,046Durham WestCEN#EA6D6A silver Lib2,295 42.31% 181 3.34% 67.51% 2,114 1,015 2,295 – – – – 5,424Elgin EastSWO#66CC00 silver→#9999FF silver Con2,968 44.34% 1,050 15.69% 61.37% 2,968 1,807 1,918 – – – – 6,693Elgin WestSWO#66CC00 silver→#9999FF silver Con5,289 50.07% 1,709 14.68% 58.24% 5,289 2,773 3,580 – – – – 11,642Essex NorthSWO#66CC00 silver→#EA6D6A silver Lib4,282 62.15% 1,674 24.30% 49.08% – 2,608 4,282 – – – – 6,890Essex SouthSWO#66CC00 silver→#9999FF silver Con2,652 35.43% 60 0.80% 57.08% 2,652 2,592 2,241 – – – – 7,485Fort WilliamNOR#EEBBBB silver→#9999FF silver Con2,866 39.94% 208 2.90% 57.97% 2,866 – 1,152 2,658 – 500 – 7,176FrontenacEAS#9999FF silver Con3,529 57.56% 927 15.12% 70.59% 3,529 2,602 – – – – – 6,131GlengarryEAS#66CC00 silver→#EA6D6A silver Lib3,313 54.53% 550 9.05% 54.27% – 2,763 3,313 – – – – 6,076GrenvilleEAS#9999FF silver Con4,374 66.56% 2,176 33.11% 60.17% 4,374 2,198 – – – – – 6,572Grey CentreMWO#66CC00 silver UFO3,636 50.52% 75 1.04% 65.32% 3,561 3,636 – – – – – 7,197Grey NorthIncumbent was elected as Farmer-Liberal in 1919MWO#DCDCDC silver→#66CC00 silver UFO3,873 40.50% 60 0.63% 68.46% 3,813 3,873 1,877 – – – – 9,563Grey SouthMWO#66CC00 silver→#9999FF silver Con4,553 51.77% 312 3.55% 65.93% 4,553 4,241 – – – – – 8,794HaldimandMWO#66CC00 silver→#9999FF silver Con4,297 47.56% 644 7.13% 65.96% 4,297 3,653 1,085 – – – – 9,035HaltonHAM#66CC00 silver→#9999FF silver Con5,186 45.43% 716 6.27% 68.60% 5,186 4,470 1,760 – – – – 11,416Hamilton EastHAM#EEBBBB silver→#9999FF silver Con11,064 55.07% 5,932 29.53% 41.12% 11,064 – 5,132 3,894 – – – 20,090Hamilton WestHAM#EEBBBB silver→#9999FF silver Con5,784 52.42% 2,731 24.75% 46.80% 5,784 – 3,053 2,198 – – – 11,035Hastings EastEAS#66CC00 silver→#9999FF silver Con3,741 62.40% 1,487 24.80% 64.10% 3,741 2,254 – – – – – 5,995Hastings NorthEAS#9999FF silver Con4,356 71.77% 2,643 43.55% 58.15% 4,356 1,713 – – – – – 6,069Hastings WestEAS#9999FF silver Con4,846 60.05% 1,622 20.10% 51.08% 4,846 – 3,224 – – – – 8,070Huron CentreMWO#EEBBBB silver→#9999FF silver Con3,133 41.58% 724 9.61% 66.47% 3,133 1,992 – 2,409 – – – 7,534Huron NorthMWO#9999FF silver Con2,896 44.44% 398 6.11% 68.11% 2,896 2,498 1,122 – – – – 6,516Huron SouthMWO#66CC00 silver→#9999FF silver Con2,800 40.11% 437 6.26% 69.29% 2,800 2,363 1,818 – – – – 6,981KenoraIncumbent returnedNOR#EEBBBB silver LabacclaimedKent EastSWO#66CC00 silver UFO4,024 54.75% 698 9.50% 57.65% 3,326 4,024 – – – – – 7,350Kent WestSWO#EA6D6A silver Lib6,153 59.80% 2,017 19.60% 47.73% – 4,136 6,153 – – – – 10,289KingstonEAS #9999FF silver ConacclaimedLambton EastSWO#66CC00 silver UFO3,224 44.28% 458 6.29% 66.68% 2,766 3,224 1,291 – – – – 7,281Lambton WestSWO#66CC00 silver→#9999FF silver Con6,022 45.96% 2,119 16.17% 60.18% 6,022 3,903 3,179 – – – – 13,104Lanark NorthEAS#66CC00 silver→#9999FF silver Con3,339 54.32% 531 8.64% 65.14% 3,339 2,808 – – – – – 6,147Lanark SouthEAS#66CC00 silver→#9999FF silver Con3,874 57.27% 983 14.53% 59.71% 3,874 2,891 – – – – – 6,765LeedsEAS#9999FF silver Con3,779 57.34% 968 14.69% 60.65% 3,779 2,811 – – – – – 6,590LennoxEAS#9999FF silver→#EA6D6A silver Lib2,767 51.22% 132 2.44% 69.44% 2,635 – 2,767 – – – – 5,402LincolnHAM#EA6D6A silver→#66CC00 silver UFO2,360 35.05% 43 0.64% 58.34% 2,057 2,360 2,317 – – – – 6,734LondonSWO#EEBBBB silver→#9999FF silver Con9,865 64.85% 7,611 50.03% 46.16% 9,865 – 1,851 2,254 1,243 – – 15,213ManitoulinNOR#66CC00 silver UFO2,407 57.64% 638 15.28% 66.69% 1,769 2,407 – – – – – 4,176Middlesex EastSWO#66CC00 silver UFO3,568 47.76% 377 5.05% 34.24% 3,191 3,568 711 – – – – 7,470Middlesex NorthSWO#66CC00 silver→#9999FF silver Con3,319 52.52% 318 5.03% 67.10% 3,319 3,001 – – – – – 6,320Middlesex WestSWO#66CC00 silver UFO2,642 52.03% 206 4.06% 66.37% – 2,642 2,436 – – – – 5,078MuskokaCEN#9999FF silver Con4,186 64.45% 1,877 28.90% 4,186 – 2,309 – – – – 6,495Niagara FallsHAM#EEBBBB silver→#9999FF silver Con4,922 51.97% 2,518 26.59% 47.04% 4,922 – 2,145 2,404 – – – 9,471NipissingNOR#EA6D6A silver→#9999FF silver Con3,238 48.83% 268 4.04% 52.46% 3,238 – 2,970 423 – – – 6,631Norfolk NorthMWO#66CC00 silver UFO3,068 51.87% 221 3.74% 61.16% 2,847 3,068 – – – – – 5,915Norfolk SouthMWO#66CC00 silver→#9999FF silver Con3,070 55.84% 642 11.68% 73.34% 3,070 2,428 – – – – – 5,498Northumberland EastCEN#66CC00 silver→#9999FF silver Con4,434 52.09% 356 4.18% 71.02% 4,434 4,078 – – – – – 8,512Northumberland WestCEN#EA6D6A silver Lib2,810 51.44% 157 2.87% 69.94% 2,653 – 2,810 – – – – 5,463Ontario NorthCEN#66CC00 silver UFO3,330 50.61% 80 1.22% 68.75% 3,250 3,330 – – – – – 6,580Ontario SouthCEN#EA6D6A silver Lib4,212 39.72% 197 1.86% 58.35% 4,015 2,376 4,212 – – – – 10,603Ottawa EastOTT#EA6D6A silver Lib4,635 59.35% 1,460 18.69% 36.23% – – 7,810 – – – – 7,810Ottawa WestOTT#9999FF silver→#EA6D6A silver Lib7,362 40.15% 892 4.87% 41.55% 7,624 – 7,362 2,086 1,263 – – 18,335Oxford NorthMWO#EA6D6A silver→#66CC00 silver UFO4,019 40.29% 826 8.28% 64.65% 3,193 4,019 2,762 – – – – 9,974Oxford SouthMWO#66CC00 silver→#9999FF silver Con3,889 39.20% 755 7.61% 69.74% 3,889 3,134 2,898 – – – – 9,921ParkdaleTOR#9999FF silver Con6,050 79.76% 4,515 59.53% 30.68% 6,050 – 1,535 – – – – 7,585Parry SoundNOR#EA6D6A silver→#9999FF silver Con4,876 56.10% 2,579 29.67% 61.07% 4,876 1,519 2,297 – – – – 8,692PeelCEN#9999FF silver Con6,087 56.34% 1,369 12.67% 6,087 4,718 – – – – – 10,805Perth NorthMWO#EA6D6A silver→#9999FF silver Con6,289 51.68% 410 3.37% 59.60% 6,289 – 5,879 – – – – 12,168Perth SouthMWO#66CC00 silver→#9999FF silver Con3,454 50.34% 46 0.67% 63.51% 3,454 3,408 – – – – – 6,862Peterborough EastCEN#66CC00 silver→#9999FF silver Con2,550 52.35% 229 4.70% 2,550 2,321 – – – – – 4,871Peterborough WestCEN#EEBBBB silver→#9999FF silver Con4,278 44.37% 904 9.38% 57.87% 4,278 – 3,374 1,990 – – – 9,642Port ArthurNOR#9999FF silver Con2,331 40.27% 727 12.56% 58.19% 2,331 1,346 1,604 – 508 – – 5,789PrescottEAS#EA6D6A silver→#DCDCDC silver Ind3,608 52.87% 740 10.84% 58.92% – – 2,868 348 3,608 – – 6,824Prince EdwardEAS#EA6D6A silver→#9999FF silver Con4,039 50.12% 19 0.24% 71.12% 4,039 – 4,020 – – – – 8,059Rainy RiverNOR#9999FF silver→#EEBBBB silver Lab1,738 42.72% 148 3.64% 65.94% 1,590 – 740 1,738 – – – 4,068Renfrew NorthEAS#66CC00 silver→#9999FF silver Con4,235 50.65% 108 1.29% 63.48% 4,235 4,127 – – – – – 8,362Renfrew SouthEAS#66CC00 silver UFO3,653 37.41% 585 5.99% 67.45% 3,044 3,653 3,068 – – – – 9,765RiverdaleTOR#72B490 silver→#9999FF silver Con11,074 79.05% 9,309 66.45% 35.56% 11,074 – 1,765 1,169 – – – 14,008RussellEAS#EA6D6A silver Lib4,648 72.94% 2,924 45.89% 35.35% – 1,724 4,648 – – – – 6,372St. CatharinesHAM#EEBBBB silver→#9999FF silver Con5,364 55.81% 2,490 25.91% 49.90% 5,364 – 2,874 1,374 – – – 9,612Sault Ste. MarieNOR#EEBBBB silver→#9999FF silver Con2,839 43.27% 444 6.77% 43.28% 2,839 – 2,395 1,327 – – – 6,561Simcoe CentreCEN#66CC00 silver→#9999FF silver Con3,535 39.84% 529 5.96% 65.77% 3,535 3,006 2,332 – – – – 8,873Simcoe EastCEN#66CC00 silver→#9999FF silver Con5,692 57.57% 1,498 15.15% 57.55% 5,692 4,194 – – – – – 9,886Simcoe SouthCEN#66CC00 silver→#9999FF silver Con3,016 55.88% 635 11.77% 72.26% 3,016 2,381 – – – – – 5,397Simcoe WestCEN#9999FF silver Con3,610 56.78% 1,580 24.85% 57.05% 3,610 2,030 634 – 84 – – 6,358StormontEAS#EA6D6A silver→#9999FF silver Con3,661 44.04% 1,050 12.63% 56.13% 3,661 2,041 2,611 – – – – 8,313Sturgeon FallsNOR#EA6D6A silver Lib2,671 62.32% 1,670 38.96% 614 1,001 2,671 – – – – 4,286SudburyNOR#9999FF silver Con5,816 58.65% 1,816 17.31% 60.80% 5,816 – 4,100 – – – – 9,916TimiskamingNOR#9999FF silver Con3,160 44.12% 1,008 14.07% 58.76% 3,160 2,152 1,850 – – – – 7,162Toronto NE - ATOR#9999FF silver Con13,049 71.46% 10,205 55.88% 34.78% 13,049 – 2,844 – – – 2,368 18,261Toronto NE - BTOR#9999FF silver Con13,952 77.58% 9,919 55.15% 34.61% 13,952 – – – – – 4,033 17,985Toronto NW - ATOR#9999FF silver Con17,255 85.34% 14,291 70.68% 34.17% 17,255 – 2,964 – – – – 20,219Toronto NW - BTOR#EA6D6A silver→#9999FF silver Con14,703 70.46% 10,982 52.63% 34.34% 14,703 – – – – 2,443 3,721 20,867Toronto SE - ATOR#EA6D6A silver→#9999FF silver Con7,730 81.56% 7,019 74.06% 31.85% 7,730 – 1,037 711 – – – 9,478Toronto SE - BTOR#EA6D6A silver→#9999FF silver Con7,216 77.13% 5,986 63.98% 31.60% 7,216 – 1,230 910 – – – 9,356Toronto SW - ATOR#EA6D6A silver→#9999FF silver Con8,233 56.71% 4,761 37.39% 50.78% 8,233 – 3,472 2,812 – – – 14,517Toronto SW - BTOR#EA6D6A silver→#9999FF silver Con7,756 52.54% 5,158 37.48% 48.28% 7,756 – 2,198 2,211 – 2,598 – 14,763Victoria NorthCEN#66CC00 silver→#9999FF silver Con2,711 47.00% 358 6.21% 66.72% 2,711 2,353 704 – – – – 5,768Victoria SouthCEN#66CC00 silver→#9999FF silver Con3,880 42.64% 526 5.78% 75.56% 3,880 3,354 1,865 – – – – 9,099Waterloo NorthMWO#DCDCDC silver→#9999FF silver Con5,370 50.35% 2,237 20.98% 47.96% 5,370 – 3,133 309 1,853 – – 10,665Waterloo SouthIncumbent was elected as Farmer-Labour in 1919MWO#EEBBBB silver→#EEBBBB silver Lab5,006 50.08% 15 0.15% 47.29% 4,991 – – 5,006 – – – 9,997WellandHAM#EA6D6A silver→#9999FF silver Con4,941 52.19% 1,239 13.09% 59.17% 4,941 824 3,702 – – – – 9,467Wellington EastMWO#66CC00 silver UFO3,628 61.64% 1,370 23.28% 61.32% 2,258 3,628 – – – – – 5,886Wellington SouthMWO#9999FF silver Con5,444 52.04% 2,424 23.17% 60.12% 5,444 3,020 1,997 – – – – 10,461Wellington WestMWO#66CC00 silver→#9999FF silver Con2,685 50.41% 576 10.81% 65.13% 2,685 2,109 532 – – – – 5,326Wentworth NorthHAM#66CC00 silver UFO3,397 58.02% 939 16.04% 65.80% 2,458 3,397 – – – – – 5,855Wentworth SouthHAM#66CC00 silver→#9999FF silver Con3,348 46.38% 889 12.32% 49.57% 3,348 2,459 1,411 – – – – 7,218WindsorSWO#EA6D6A silver→#9999FF silver Con5,424 53.29% 1,871 18.38% 34.99% 5,424 – 3,553 1,202 – – – 10,179York EastCEN#9999FF silver Con11,863 71.36% 8,783 52.84% 32.85% 11,863 3,080 976 – 704 – – 16,623York NorthCEN#9999FF silver Con4,341 44.65% 811 8.34% 69.77% 4,341 1,852 3,530 – – – – 9,723York WestCEN#9999FF silver Con14,338 72.10% 8,791 44.21% 33.00% 14,338 – – – 5,547 – – 19,885 a #F5F5DC silver = turnout is above provincial average #DCDCDC silver = incumbent re-elected under the same party banner #FFFF99 silver = returned by acclamation #87CEFA silver = incumbency arose from byelection gain #EABB94 silver = incumbent switched allegiance for 1923 nomination #DCD0FF silver = other incumbents renominated #F0E68C silver = multiple candidates Regional analysis + Distribution of candidates, seats and popular vote %, by party by region (1923)RegionCandidatesSeatsVote share (%)ConUFOLibLabIndI-LibProgConUFOLibLabIndConUFOLibLabIndI-LibProgCentral Ontario19 12 12 1 1 – – 16 – 3 – – 53.12 23.84 21.44 1.54 0.07 – –Eastern Ontario14 12 9 2 3 – – 11 1 4 – 1 39.87 26.89 27.44 1.93 3.87 – –Hamilton, Halton and Niagara9 5 8 4 – – – 7 2 – – – 49.64 14.86 24.64 10.86 – – –Midwestern Ontario20 17 12 3 1 – – 10 8 1 2 – 42.57 31.87 18.06 6.42 1.08 – –Northeastern Ontario9 5 8 3 1 – – 5 1 3 – – 43.34 14.41 35.18 6.88 0.19 – –Northwest Ontario3 1 3 3 3 – – 2 – – 2 – 39.85 7.90 20.52 25.81 5.92 – –Southwestern Ontario13 14 14 2 1 – – 10 4 2 – – 39.44 30.24 26.87 2.54 0.91 – –Toronto10 – 9 5 – 2 3 10 – – – – 72.78 – 11.59 5.31 – 3.43 6.88York, Peel and Ontario6 5 3 – 2 – – 4 1 1 – – 58.58 20.97 11.91 – 8.54 – –Total103 71 78 23 12 2 3 75 17 14 4 1 49.77 20.94 21.33 4.75 1.62 0.53 1.06 MLAs elected Italicized names indicate members returned by acclamation. Two-tone colour boxes indicate ridings that turned over from the 1919 election, e.g., #9999FF #66CC00 (Conservative in 1923 and UFO in 1919) yes Central Ontario #9999FF Addington: William David Black #9999FF #66CC00 Durham East: Albert James Fallis yes #EA6D6A Durham West: William John Bragg #9999FF #66CC00 Hastings East: James Ferguson Hill yes #9999FF Hastings North: John Robert Cooke #9999FF Hastings West: William Henry Ireland #EA6D6A #9999FF Lennox: John Perry Vrooman yes #9999FF Muskoka: George Walter Ecclestone #9999FF #66CC00 Northumberland East: James Franklin Beatty Belford yes #EA6D6A Northumberland West: Samuel Clarke #9999FF #66CC00 Peterborough East: Thomas Dalton Johnston yes #9999FF #EEBBBB Peterborough West: William Herbert Bradburn yes #9999FF #EA6D6A Prince Edward: Horace Stanley Colliver yes #9999FF #66CC00 Simcoe Centre: Charles Ernest Wright yes #9999FF #66CC00 Simcoe East: William Finlayson yes #9999FF #66CC00 Simcoe South: William Earl Rowe yes #9999FF Simcoe West: James Edgar Jamieson #9999FF #66CC00 Victoria North: James Raglan Mark yes #9999FF #66CC00 Victoria South: Robert John Patterson yes Eastern Ontario #9999FF #EA6D6A Brockville: Hezekiah Allan Clark yes #9999FF #66CC00 Carleton: Adam Holland Acres yes #9999FF #66CC00 Dundas: Aaron Sweet yes #9999FF Frontenac: Anthony McGuin Rankin #EA6D6A #66CC00 Glengarry: James Alexander Sangster yes #9999FF Grenville: George Howard Ferguson #9999FF Kingston: William Folger Nickle #9999FF #66CC00 Lanark North: Thomas Alfred Thompson yes #9999FF #66CC00 Lanark South: Egerton Reuben Stedman yes #9999FF Leeds: Andrew Wellington Gray #EA6D6A Ottawa East: Joseph Albert Pinard #EA6D6A #9999FF Ottawa West: Harold Fisher yes #DCDCDC #EA6D6A Prescott: Edmond Proulx yes #9999FF #66CC00 Renfrew North: Alexander Stuart yes #66CC00 Renfrew South: John Carty #EA6D6A Russell: Aurélien Bélanger #9999FF #EA6D6A Stormont: John Colborne Milligan yes Hamilton/Halton/Niagara #9999FF #66CC00 Halton: George Hillmer yes #9999FF #EEBBBB Hamilton East: Leeming Carr yes #9999FF #EEBBBB Hamilton West: Arthur Campbell Garden yes #66CC00 #EA6D6A Lincoln: Robert Henry Kemp yes #9999FF #EEBBBB Niagara Falls: William Gore Willson yes #9999FF #EEBBBB St. Catharines: Edwin Cyrus Graves yes #9999FF #EA6D6A Welland: Marshall Vaughan yes #66CC00 Wentworth North: Frank Campbell Biggs #9999FF Wentworth South: Thomas Joseph Mahony Midwestern Ontario #66CC00 Brant: Harry Corwin Nixon #EEBBBB Brant South: Morrison Mann MacBride #66CC00 Bruce North: William Henry Fenton #66CC00 #EA6D6A Bruce South: Malcolm Alex McCallum yes #EA6D6A Bruce West: Alexander Patterson Mewhinney #9999FF #66CC00 Dufferin: Charles Robert McKeown yes #66CC00 Grey Centre: Dougall Carmichael #66CC00 #DCDCDC Grey North: David James Taylor yes #9999FF #66CC00 Grey South: David Jamieson yes #9999FF #66CC00 Haldimand: Richard Nixon Berry yes #66CC00 Norfolk North: George David Sewell #9999FF #66CC00 Norfolk South: John Strickler Martin yes #66CC00 #EA6D6A Oxford North: David Munroe Ross yes #9999FF #66CC00 Oxford South: William Henry Chambers yes #9999FF #EA6D6A Perth North: Joseph Dunsmore Monteith yes #9999FF #66CC00 Perth South: McCausland Irvine yes #9999FF #DCDCDC Waterloo North: William George Weichel yes #EEBBBB #EEBBBB Waterloo South: Karl Kenneth Homuth yes #66CC00 Wellington East: William Raney #9999FF #66CC00 Wellington South: Lincoln Goldie yes #9999FF #66CC00 Wellington West: William Clarke Chambers yes Northeastern Ontario #EA6D6A Algoma: Arthur Gladstone Wallis #EA6D6A Cochrane: Malcolm Lang #66CC00 Manitoulin: Beniah Bowman #9999FF #EA6D6A Nipissing: Henri Morel yes #9999FF #EA6D6A Parry Sound: George Vernon Harcourt yes #9999FF #EEBBBB Sault Ste. Marie: James Lyons yes #EA6D6A Sturgeon Falls: Zotique Mageau #9999FF Sudbury: Charles McCrea #9999FF Timiskaming: Angus John Kennedy Northwest Ontario #9999FF #EEBBBB Fort William: Franklin Harford Spence yes #EEBBBB Kenora: Peter Heenan #9999FF Port Arthur: Francis Henry Keefer #EEBBBB #9999FF Rainy River: John Fullarton Callan yes Southwestern Ontario #9999FF #66CC00 Elgin East: Michael McKnight yes #9999FF #66CC00 Elgin West: Findlay George MacDiarmid yes #EA6D6A #66CC00 Essex North: Edward Philip Tellier yes #9999FF #66CC00 Essex South: Adolphus T. Armstrong yes #9999FF #EEBBBB Huron Centre: Ebon Rinaldo Wigle yes #9999FF Huron North: John Joynt #9999FF #66CC00 Huron South: Nelson William Trewartha yes #66CC00 Kent East: Manning William Doherty #EA6D6A Kent West: Robert Livingstone Brackin #66CC00 Lambton East: Leslie Warner Oke #9999FF #66CC00 Lambton West: Wilfred Smith Haney yes #9999FF #EEBBBB London: Adam Beck yes #66CC00 Middlesex East: John Willard Freeborn #9999FF #66CC00 Middlesex North: George Adam Elliott yes #66CC00 Middlesex West: John Giles Lethbridge #9999FF #EA6D6A Windsor: Frank Worthington Wilson yes Toronto #9999FF Parkdale: William Herbert Price #9999FF #72B490 Riverdale: George Oakley yes #9999FF Toronto Northeast - A: Alexander Cameron Lewis #9999FF Toronto Northeast - B: Joseph Elijah Thompson #9999FF Toronto Northwest - A: Thomas Crawford #9999FF #EA6D6A Toronto Northwest - B: Arthur Russell Nesbitt yes #9999FF #EA6D6A Toronto Southeast - A: John Allister Currie yes #9999FF #EA6D6A Toronto Southeast - B: Edward William James Owens yes #9999FF #EA6D6A Toronto Southwest - A: James Arthur McCausland yes #9999FF #EA6D6A Toronto Southwest - B: Frederick George McBrien yes York/Peel/Ontario #66CC00 Ontario North: John Wesley Widdifield #EA6D6A Ontario South: William Edmund Newton Sinclair #9999FF Peel: Thomas Laird Kennedy #9999FF York East: George Stewart Henry #9999FF York North: William Keith #9999FF York West: Forbes Godfrey Detailed analysis + Seats and popular vote by party Party Seats Votes Change (pp) ON Conservative colour&name 75 111 ON Conservative 175 49.56 175 darkgrey 15.47 -5 1em background:green ON United Farmers colour&name 17 111 ON United Farmers 175 21.11 175 darkgrey 0.14 -5 1em background:green ON Liberal colour&name 14 111 ON Liberal 175 21.36 175 darkgrey -4.15 -5 1em background:red ON Labour colour&name 4 111 ON Labour 175 4.76 175 darkgrey -4.33 -5 1em background:red ON Independent colour&name 1 111 ON Independent 175 1.62 175 darkgrey -2.45 -5 1em background:red ON Other colour&name 0 111 ON Independent 175 1.59 175 darkgrey -4.68 -5 1em background:red + Party rankings (1st to 5th place) Party Acc Acclamation 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5thON Conservative colour&name 1 74 22 5 1 ON United Farmers colour&name 17 43 11 ON Liberal colour&name 14 35 27 2 ON Labour colour&name 1 3 5 13 1 ON Independent colour&name 1 1 1 6 2ON Progressive colour&name 2 1 ON Independent-Liberal colour&name 1 1 Totals2 109 109 59 10 2 + Party candidates in 2nd placeParty in 1st place Con UFO Lib Lab Ind ProON Conservative colour&name 37 29 4 2 2ON United Farmers colour&name 14 3 ON Liberal colour&name 6 6 1 1 ON Labour colour&name 2 1 ON Independent colour&name 1 Totals22 43 35 5 2 2 + Principal races, according to 1st and 2nd-place results Parties SeatsON Conservative colour&nameON United Farmers colour&name51ON Conservative colour&nameON Liberal colour&name35ON Liberal colour&nameON United Farmers colour&name9ON Conservative colour&nameON Labour colour&name6ON Conservative colour&nameON Progressive colour&name 2ON Liberal colour&nameON Labour colour&name2ON Conservative colour&nameON Independent colour&name1ON Conservative colour&nameON Independent-Liberal colour&name1ON Liberal colour&nameON Liberal colour&name1ON Independent colour&nameON Liberal colour&name1 Total109 Incumbents not running for reelection Sixteen MLAs chose not to stand for re-election:Hopkins 1924 577-579 RidingIncumbent at dissolution and subsequent nomineeNew MLAAlgoma  Kenneth Spencer StoverArthur Gladstone Wallis  Arthur Gladstone WallisElgin East  Malcolm MacVicarWilliam F. Smith  Michael McKnightEssex South  Milton C. FoxJohn Orville Duke  Adolphus T. ArmstrongHuron South  Andrew HicksWilliam George Medd  Nelson William TrewarthaLennox  Reginald Amherst FowlerCharles Wesley Hambly  John Perry VroomanMiddlesex North  James C. BrownHarold Currie  George Adam ElliottOttawa West  Hammett Pinhey HillAlbert Edwin Honeywell  Harold FisherOxford South  Albert Thomas WalkerJohn L. Wright  William Henry ChambersPort Arthur  Donald McDonald HogarthFrancis Henry Keefer  Francis Henry KeeferRiverdale  Joseph McNamara  George OakleyRussell  Alfred GouletAurélien Bélanger  Aurélien BélangerSimcoe West  William Torrance AllenJames Edgar Jamieson  James Edgar JamiesonTimiskaming  Thomas MagladeryAngus John Kennedy  Angus John KennedyToronto Southeast - B  James Walter CurryJohn Callahan  Edward William James OwensWellington South  Caleb Henry BucklandLincoln Goldie  Lincoln GoldieYork North  Thomas Herbert LennoxWilliam Keith  William Keith Seats that changed hands + Elections to the 16th Parliament of Ontario – seats won/lost by party, 1919–1923Party1919Gain from (loss to)1923ConUFOLibLabIndI-LibF-LabF-LibSolON Conservative row-name 25 29 13 (2) 9 (1) 1 1 75ON United Farmers row-name 44 (29) 3 (2) 1 17ON Liberal row-name 27 2 (13) 2 (3) (1) 14ON Labour row-name 11 1 (9) 1 4ON Independent row-name – 1 1CA Independent-Liberal row-name 1 (1) –ON Farmer-Labour row-name 1 (1) –ON Farmer-Liberal row-name 1 (1) –CA Soldier row-name 1 (1) –Total 111 3 (53) 31 (4) 17 (4) 9 (2) – (1) 1 – 1 – 1 – 1 – 111 There were 64 seats that changed allegiance in the election. UFO to Conservative Carleton Dufferin Dundas Durham East Elgin East Elgin West Essex South Grey South Haldimand Halton Hastings East Huron South Lambton West Lanark North Lanark South Middlesex North Norfolk South Northumberland East Oxford South Perth South Peterborough East Renfrew North Simcoe Centre Simcoe East Simcoe South Victoria North Victoria South Wellington West Wentworth South UFO to Liberal Essex North Glengarry Liberal to Conservative Brockville Nipissing Parry Sound Perth North Prince Edward Stormont Toronto Northwest - B Toronto Southeast - A Toronto Southeast - B Toronto Southwest - A Toronto Southwest - B Welland Windsor Liberal to UFO Bruce South Lincoln Oxford North Liberal to Independent Prescott Labour to Conservative Fort William Hamilton East Hamilton West Huron Centre London Niagara Falls Peterborough West Sault Ste. Marie St. Catharines Independent-Liberal to Conservative Waterloo North Farmer-Labour to Labour Waterloo South Farmer-Liberal to UFO Grey North Soldier to Conservative Riverdale Conservative to Liberal Lennox Ottawa West Conservative to Labour Rainy River + Resulting composition of the 16th Legislative Assembly of Ontario Source PartyConUFOLibLabIndTotalSeats retained Incumbents returned 16 13 8 1 38Open seats held 5 2 7Acclamation 1 1 2Seats changing hands Incumbents defeated 45 2 2 1 1 51Open seats gained 7 2 9Byelection gain held 1 1 2Change in affiliation 1 1 2Total 75 17 14 4 1 111 Notable groups of candidates + Women candidates in the 1923 electionHopkins 1924 577-579 Riding Candidate Votes PlacedFort William ON Liberal colour&name Mrs B.O. Allen 1,152 3rdToronto Northeast - B CA Progressive colour&name Mrs Mary E. Becker4,033 2ndToronto Northwest - B CA United Farmers colour&name Edith L. Groves3,721 2nd + Candidates returned by acclamationHopkins 1924 577 Riding Party CandidateKenoraON Labour colour&namePeter HeenanKingstonON Conservative colour&nameWilliam Folger Nickle + Dual nominations in the 1923 electionHopkins 1924 577-579 Riding Candidate Votes PlacedOttawa East ON Liberal colour&name Joseph Albert Pinard 4,635 1stJ. Wilfred Gauvreau3,175 2ndOttawa West ON Conservative colour&name Albert Edwin Honeywell 6,470 2ndArthur Ellis1,154 4thToronto Southeast - A ON Liberal colour&name Frederick Hogg 656 3rdAlfred Burgess381 4th See also Politics of Ontario List of Ontario political parties Premier of Ontario Leader of the Opposition (Ontario) Notes References Further reading Hopkins J. Castell The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1923 1924 The Annual Review Toronto https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_g1z2 1924 Ontario Sessional Papers, 1924: Vol. LVI - Part VI Sessional Paper No. 47 - Return from the Records of the General Election to the Legislative Assembly in 1923 https://archive.org/details/n06ontariosession56ontauoft/page/n19 Toronto King's Printer Category:1923 elections in Canada 1923 Category:1923 in Ontario Category:June 1923 in Canada