Manning Doherty

Manning William Doherty (1875 - September 26, 1938) was a farmer, businessman and politician serving as Ontario's Minister of Agriculture during the United Farmers of Ontario-Labour government of 1919 to 1923 and as leader of the Progressives (as the UFO had become known) in Opposition before leaving provincial politics.

Doherty was the descendant of an old pioneer family that immigrated to Upper Canada from Ireland. His great-grandfather, Bernard Doherty, arrived in York (present-day Toronto) in 1812 and was offered a farm on the land now bordered by Queen Street West, Yonge Street, University Avenue, and College Street - then on the outskirts of town but today the heart of Downtown Toronto. He rejected the offer as too low and wet for agricultural purposes and instead accepted {500 ac [200 ha]) in what is now Peel County. The property remained in the Doherty family and was 300 ac (120 ha} of the original homestead was inherited and farmed by Manning Doherty, Bernard Doherty's great-grandson. As a child, Doherty attended Toronto Township School Section No. 11, Hanlan.

Doherty graduated from Upper Canada College and then earned a Bachelor of Scientific Agriculture from the University of Toronto's Ontario Agricultural College (became part of the University of Guelph since 1964) in 1895. He then studied at Cornell University where he received his master's degree before returning to the Ontario Agricultural College to teach from 1898 to 1902 as an associate professor.

He was a supporter of the Conservative Party initially before being attracted to the agrarian movement and the fledgling United Farmers. He became vice-president of the United Farmers of Ontario and director of the United Farmers Co-operative Company.

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