Other parts in this series at end of post. 1985 Change was coming to Ontario after four decades of power for the Progressive Conservatives, but that change would not quite come yet. As the election campaign approached, all three of the major parties...
You can donate to Canadian History Ehx at Other parts in this series at end of post. For nearly a century now, the Conservatives and the Liberals had been in a back and forth battle for supremacy when it came to provincial politics in Ontario. For...
Other parts in this series at end of post. 1898 The 1898 election would bring about monumental changes in Ontario politics, but not in terms of what party was ruling. Sir Oliver Mowat had moved on to federal politics after Sir Wilfrid Laurier took...
Other parts in this series at end of post. 1867 The first general election in Ontario’s history was held on Sept. 3, 1867. The Conservative Party was led by John Sandfield Macdonald, while the Liberals were led by Archibald McKellar. Macdonald was a...