Allan Studholme

Allan Studholme (8 December 1846 – 28 July 1919) was a Canadian trade unionist and Ontario politician.

He moved to Canada in 1878 living in Dundas and Guelph before settling in Hamilton in 1885[1] where he found work as a stove mounter.

After a short time in Australia and New Zealand he returned to Hamilton in 1901.

As a result of his involvement in support of striking streetcar workers, he was elected to the Ontario legislature from Hamilton East in a 1906 by-election as an Independent Labour MLA, becoming the first Labour member of the Ontario legislature.

In the legislature, Studholme championed pro-worker legislation such as the eight-hour day, a minimum wage and helped bring the Workmen's Compensation Act into existence.