Ernest Charles Drury was a farmer, politician and writer who served as the eighth premier of Ontario, from 1919 to 1923 as the head of a United Farmers of Ontario–Labour coalition government.
Drury in 1920
Drury in 1923
Last surviving members of the UFO–Labour coalition government (1919–1923) in 1955. From left to right: Harry Mills, E. C. Drury, Harry Nixon and Walter Rollo
United Farmers of Ontario
The United Farmers of Ontario (UFO) was an agrarian and populist provincial political party in Ontario, Canada. It was the Ontario provincial branch of the United Farmers movement of the early part of the 20th century.
Ernest C. Drury, UFO premier and leader
Farquhar Oliver, last UFO MLA in the provincial legislature.