Soldier (party)

During and following the First World War, several people ran in Canadian elections as soldiers. They had themselves listed on the ballot as Soldier Party, "Soldier-Farmer Party", "Soldier-Labour Party", or “Independent Soldier”.

One such candidate, Joseph McNamara,^[1] was elected in the riding of Riverdale (in Toronto) in the 1919 Ontario election. His mandate lasted from October 20, 1919 to May 10, 1923 and he generally supported the United Farmers of Ontario-Independent Labour Party government of Ernest C. Drury in the legislature.

Politics in the interwar period were hugely influenced by the societal impacts of veterans, in Canada as in other countries that were participants from the start in that war.

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^ Parliamentary history of Joseph McNamara in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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[1] Parliamentary history of Joseph McNamara in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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v t e Provincial political parties in Ontario
Legislative Assembly	Progressive Conservative (79) New Democratic (28) Liberal (9) Independent (6) Green (2)
Other recognized parties	Alliance Canadians' Choice Centrist Communist Confederation of Regions Consensus Electoral Reform Freedom of Choice, Peace & Justice Freedom Libertarian Moderate New Blue None of the Above Northern Ontario Ontario Party People with Special Needs People's Progressive Common Front Populist Public Benefit Stop the New Sex-Ed Agenda
Historical parties represented in the legislature	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Labour Labor-Progressive Liberal-Labour Liberal-Progressive Patrons of Industry Protestant Protective Association Soldier Trillium United Farmers
Other historical parties	Family Coalition Natural Law Peoples Reform Social Credit Socialist Socialist-Labor
Pre-confederation parties	Clear Grits Family Compact Reform (Mackenzie) Reform (Baldwinite)
Italics indicate parties represented in the legislature but not yet registered.

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