SOC 2080 Lecture 5: SOC 2080 LECTURE

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2080
• Professor: Anthony Winson

Document Summary

Farmer - labour government in ontario - united farmers of ontario. Conscription in 1917 for the war (they needed people to stay back to produce food) They removed this and got the farm community agitated. Newly formed ufo wins 44 seats and minority governments in 1919. Alliance with independent labour party to govern. J. j morison resists: advocates limiting ufo to the producer class in society. Street vs. city people. (they look down on each other) promote and not be so concerned about catering other sectors. Some opposed to ufo being a party. Convention backs morrison: co-optation by liberal party pf some members. Tried creating a counter for these facts. Combatting fraud over timber licences - reforestation program a rst. Attempted to deal with price xing by combines. Electoral success in 1921: 65 members: west strongly represented - signi cance. Divisions within progressives: radical vs. accommodations: mcphail - t crerar. Political immaturity of progressives: dalliance with liberals - self destruction.