size of its caucus by a small number, despite turning over more than half the seats held. The Conservative Party lost ground to all other parties. The election had several sweeping results: only about two dozen MPPs from the previous Legislative Assembly were re-elected; notably, Conservative William Hearst was defeated by a Labour candidate; Beck and Proudfoot were also defeated by Labour candidates, despite the decision of the Conservatives and Liberals not to contest the seats; three clergymen were elected; eighteen returned soldiers were elected; and all anti-Prohibition candidates were defeated. Upon hearing the news of the Conservative defeat, Hearst noted: Three days after the election, James J. Morrison, Secretary of the UFO, reported on the way he had addressed the need to form a working majority in the chamber. He released the following statement: Ernest C. Drury agreed to lead the new government as Premier of Ontario, and a UFO-Labour coalition cabinet was formed. Although he was Vice-President of the UFO, Drury had not been a candidate in the election and had to run in a by-election to enter the legislature following his appointment to the office of Premier. Results overview |- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=5 | MPPs ! colspan=3 | Votes |- ! Candidates !1914 !Dissol. !1919 !± !# !% ! ± (pp) |- |rowspan="7" | |style="text-align:left;" colspan="10"|UFO-Labour Coalition |- |style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"|– |66 |– |2 |44 |44 |248,274 |20.97% | |- |style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"|Walter Rollo |21 |1 |1 |11 |10 |107,588 |9.09% |7.75 |- |style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"| |5 |– |– |1 |1 |27,841 |2.35% | |- |style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"| |2 |– |– |1 |1 |7,448 |0.63% | |- |style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"| |2 |– |– |1 |1 |9,618 |0.81% | |- |style="text-align:left;" colspan="5"|Coalition Total |58 | |400,679 |33.85% | |style="text-align:left;"|Hartley Dewart |66 |24 |27 |27 |3 |301,995 |25.51% |12.41 |style="text-align:left;"|William Hearst |103 |84 |79 |25 |59 |403,655 |34.09% |19.78 |style="text-align:left;"| |1 |1 |1 |1 | |5,354 |0.45% |0.01 |style="text-align:left;"|Liberal-Temperance |style="text-align:left;"| |– |1 |1 |– |1 |colspan="3"|Did not campaign |style="text-align:left;"| |14 |– |– |– |– |48,244 |4.07% |3.08 |style="text-align:left;"| |3 |– |– |– |– |14,213 |1.20% |0.81 |style="text-align:left;"| |2 |– |– |– |– |9,088 |0.77% | |style="text-align:left;"| |3 |– |– |– |– |637 |0.05% |0.87 |-style="background:#E9E9E9;" |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Total |288 |111 |111 |111 | |1,183,955 |100.00% | |- |colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"|Blank and invalid ballots |align="right"|50,810 |style="background:#E9E9E9;" colspan="2"| |-style="background:#E9E9E9;" |colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"|Registered voters /