Hartley Dewart
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Herbert Hartley Dewart was an Ontario politician. Son of a Methodist minister Dewart was a staunch advocate of prohibition. He was first elected to the provincial legislature in a 1916 by-election and in 1919 he became leader of the Ontario Liberal Party but resigned as leader in 1921 due to opposition within his caucus to his prohibitionist stance.
| Preceded by William Proudfoot |
Ontario Liberal leaders | Succeeded by Wellington Hay |
| Leaders of the Ontario Liberal Party | |||
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| Brown | McKellar | Blake | Mowat | Hardy | Ross | Graham | MacKay | Rowell | Proudfoot | Dewart | Hay | Sinclair | Hepburn | Conant | H. Nixon | Hepburn | Oliver | Thomson | Oliver | Wintermeyer | Thompson | R. Nixon | Smith | Peterson | R. Nixon | Elston | Bradley | McLeod | McGuinty | |||
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