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CCF's Agnes Macphail and the 1948 Ontario election
The Ontario Legislature used to be called "the dullest chamber in all of Canada." For 42 years, the Progressive Conservatives and their "Big Blue Machine" ruled the province. But 1985 ushered the PCs out and an age of turbulence in with a Liberal-NDP coalition. In the next three elections, voters handed majorities to all three parties: a sweep for the Liberals, a stunning NDP victory and a sharp right turn with Mike Harris's Common Sense Revolution. Dalton McGuinty's Liberals swept the 2003 and 2007 elections and won a third time with a minority in 2011.
Program: CBC Radio News Special
Broadcast Date: May 25, 1948
Guest(s): Agnes Macphail
Duration: 5:33
Last updated: December 4, 2012
Page consulted on January 17, 2013
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