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He was a candidate in the 1935 Canadian election in the Toronto riding of St. Paul's placing fourth and ran in the 1940 Canadian election in York East placing third.

He became the first leader of the Ontario CCF in 1942 and took it to within five seats of victory with 34 seats and 32% of the vote in the election of 1943 that elected a Conservative minority government under George Drew. In the 1945 Ontario election Drew ran an anti-Semitic, union bashing, Red-baiting campaign and Jolliffe replied by giving a radio speech (written by Lister SinclairLister Sinclair (b. 1921) is a legendary radio host with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He has been involved in corporation since it began in the 1930s. In 1944 he began working full time for the CBC and has hosted a number of programs including M) that accused Drew of running a political gestapoGestapo is a portmanteau contraction of the name of the official secret police force of Nazi Germany, Geheime Staatspolizei ( German for "secret state police"). History The Gestapo was established on April 26, 1933 in Prussia. With members recruited from in Ontario alleging that a secret department of the Ontario Provincial Police was acting as a political police spying on the opposition and the media. This accusation led to a backlash, and loss of support for the CCF (from 34 seats to 8), including the loss of Jolliffe's own seat of York South, in the election, though in the 1970s archival evidence was discovered proving the charge.

Jolliffe faced a leadership challenge in 1946Events January January 4 Theodore Schurch becomes the last person to be executed for offences committed under the Treachery Act of 1940 January 7 Allied recognize Austrian republic with 1937 borders the country is divided into four occupation zones Januar but was re-elected CCF leader.

As a result of the 1948 Ontario election , the CCF recovered winning 21 seats and Jolliffe again became Leader of the OppositionThe Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest opposition party in a Westminster System of parliamentary government. The Leader of the Opposition is invariably seen as the alternative Prime Minister to the present in Ontario and MPP for York South. By 1951, however, the Cold WarThe Cold War (c. 1945- 1991) was the open yet restricted rivalry that developed after World War II between groups of nations practicing different ideologies and political systems. On one side was the Soviet Union and its allies, often referred to as the E was at its full force as was the red scare with ramifications within the party as the CCF and labour movement acted to purge individuals (including CCF MPP Bob Carlin) suspected of being under Communist influence. Among the general public, support for socialism suffered with the CCF being reduced to only two seats in that year's election. Jolliffe lost his own seat and resigned as party leader in 1953 returning to his previous career as a labour lawyer founding the firm Jolliffe, Lewis and Osler with fellow CCF activist David Lewis. In the 1950s and 1960s the firm assisted the Steelworkers union in their fight with the left wing Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers union in Sudbury, Ontario.