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152 THE STORY OF THE U.F.O. 



to write here, as that will form the substance of 

 another story. It is sufficient to record that in 

 forming the cabinet (whose names appear on 

 page 155) the Government leader, the Attorney- 

 General, and the Minister of Agriculture were 

 chosen from outside the elected members. 



The success at the polls achieved in Ontario 

 by the United Farmers gave courage to rural 

 people all over Canada and prompted them to 

 turn their attention to the political citadel at 

 Ottawa. Whenever a by-election for the 

 Dominion House was held in a predominantly 

 rural riding, a farmer candidate entered the 

 contest. R. H. Halbert, President of the 

 U.F.O. , although a resident of Dufferin County, 

 was asked by the electors of North Ontario to be 

 their standard bearer, and in a particularly 

 difficult fight was elected with a good majority. 

 Glengarry next returned J. W. Kennedy, East 

 Elgin returned S. S. McDermand, and from the 

 far north Temiskaming sent Angus MacDonald. 

 The confidence inspired by this continued 

 success will undoubtedly have a vital bearing on 

 the outcome of the general election looming up 

 in the immediate future. 



V These electoral skirmishes gave a distinctly 

 political tendency to rural gatherings. Ques- 

 tions of public policy, systems of government, 

 and the responsibility of parliamentary repre- 



