United Farmers Party

…farmer-labour alliance led by the United Farmers of Ontario. United Farmers governments were elected shortly afterward in Alberta (1921) and Manitoba (1922). In federal politics in 1921 the agrarian-based Progressive Party became the second largest party in the House of Commons. The agrarian revolt was marked by demands for farm…

…the election success of the United Farmers Party of Alberta in 1921. During the 1920s the economy improved and population again increased, but years of depression and drought in the 1930s had a devastating effect. In 1935 the Social Credit Party, with a new monetary policy, was elected and retained…

…century was provided by the United Farmers of Ontario, which governed in coalition with the Independent Labour Party from 1919 to 1923. Economic difficulties in the last decades of the 20th century, particularly the recessions of the early 1980s and ’90s, played a major part in altering the tradition of…