politics
Whacking Whitney While Keeping Drew Out
Promises of coloured margarine, demonizing drink, and men of action in a gallery of past provincial election ads.
Source: the Richmond Hill Liberal, December 23, 1886.
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- Source: the Richmond Hill Liberal, December 23, 1886.
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- Source: the Globe, February 26, 1898.
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- Source: the News, January 24, 1905.
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- Source: the Globe, October 18, 1919.
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- Source: the Toronto Star, November 30, 1926.
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- Source: the Enterprise, June 13, 1934
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- Source: the Globe and Mail, August 4, 1943.
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- Source: the Toronto Star, August 3, 1943.
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- Source: the Toronto Star, June 2, 1945.
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- Source: the Weston Times and Guide, November 8, 1951.
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- Source: the Don Mills Mirror, September 18, 1963.
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- Source: the Globe and Mail, October 16, 1967.
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- Source: the Don Mills Mirror, October 6, 1971.
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- Source: the Toronto Star, September 16, 1975.
Besides lawn signs and public meetings, newspaper advertisements have long been a preferred method for Ontario politicians to spread their message to the public. Whether it’s a simple promise to provide “good government” or a full platform requiring a magnifying glass to read, the press has offered a forum for candidates to make their case to voters as long as they paid for the ad. Today’s gallery shows the evolution of Ontario election ads from short notices in partisan papers to spots where the reproduction quality barely hides the lines of a candidate’s toupee (sorry Mel).
