The Ontario CCF Council ceased to exist on Sunday, 8 October 1961, when the newly elected NDP executive officially took over. The rebuilding process continued under Macdonald who led a 20-person caucus by the time he stepped down in 1970. Election results Leaders There was no party leader prior to 1942. From 1932 to 1934 Agnes Macphail, as chair of the Ontario CCF provincial council, was the main co-spokesperson. Her other co-spokesperson was Elmore Philpott – from 1933 to 1934 – as president of the Ontario Association of CCF Clubs. They were the most prominent figures in the Ontario party and acted as spokespersons until their March 1934 resignations. From 1934 to 1942 the new position of Ontario CCF president was the party's effective leader. Ontario CCF president John Mitchell, a Hamilton alderman, led the party's campaigns in the 1934 and 1937 Ontario elections. From 1934 to 1937 Samuel Lawrence, MPP for Hamilton East led the party in the legislature as its sole MPP. Lawrence succeeded Mitchell as party president in 1941 and recommended that the party select a leader at its 1942 convention. 1942-1952 - Ted Jolliffe, MPP for York South (1943-1945, 1948-1951) 1953-1961 - Donald C. MacDonald, MPP for York South (1955-1982) W. J. Grummett (Cochrane South) was House Leader of the CCF, leading the party in the Ontario Legislature from 1951, when Jolliffe lost his seat, until 1955, when MacDonald entered the legislature. MacDonald became the first leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party when it was formed in 1961. See also List of articles about Ontario CCF/NDP members Ontario CCF/NDP leadership elections List of Ontario political parties Notes Endnotes References Ontario Social democratic parties in Canada Agrarian parties in Canada Defunct agrarian political parties Ontario New Democratic Party 1932 establishments in Ontario