page_title: Ernest Charles Drury
section_title: Premier of Ontario
hierarchical_section_title: Ernest Charles Drury / Premier of Ontario
caption_attribution_description: English: A group of mostly black Canadians poses with Premier Ernest C. Drury and Sir Henry Pellatt on the steps of the Ontario Legislature in Toronto. The photograph was taken at the dedication of a plaque in memory of the members of the No. 2 Construction Battalion, an all-Black non-combat battalion that served in World War I. The plaque was (and is) in the main hall of Queen's Park. Rev. Mrs. H.F. Logan and Rev. H.F. Logan, who spearheaded the campaign for the plaque, are at left of centre. Also included in the photograph is Rt. Rev. Samuel R. Drake, General Superintendent of the British Methodist Episcopal Conference .
context_page_description: Ernest Charles Drury was a farmer, politician and writer who served as the eighth Premier of Ontario, Canada, from 1919 to 1923 as the head of a United Farmers of Ontario–Labour coalition government.
context_section_description: Drury was a co-founder of the UFO in 1913, but did not run in the 1919 election that returned farmer candidates as the largest bloc in the provincial legislature. Not having a leader, the UFO Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) asked Drury to lead them. The UFOs 49 MLAs joined with 11 Labour members to form a coalition government. It was the first of a wave of United Farmers governments that took power in several provinces and that founded the Progressive Party of Canada. Drury was the first Premier of Ontario to have been born in the province after confederation.
  Drury was subsequently elected to the Legislative Assembly in Halton in 1920, after John Featherstone Ford, the sitting UFO MLA, stepped aside.
caption: A group of mostly black Canadians poses with Premier Drury and Sir Henry Pellatt on the steps of the Ontario Legislative Building in 1920
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