11th Parliament of Ontario

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The 11th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from January 25, 1905, until May 2, 1908, just prior to the 1908 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Conservative Party led by Sir James P. Whitney.

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The Commissioner of Crown Lands became the Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines. The Commissioner of Public Works became the Minister of Public Works. An Electrical Power Commission was formed to consider the feasibility of delivering electrical power generated at Niagara Falls to industrial centres in the province.

Joseph Wesley St. John served as speaker for the assembly until his death on April 7, 1907. Thomas Crawford succeeded St. John as speaker. [1]

Western Ontario

RidingMemberPartyComment
Brant John Henry Fisher Conservative
Brant South Thomas Hiram Preston Liberal
Bruce Centre Hugh Clark Conservative
Bruce North Charles Martin Bowman Liberal
Bruce South Robert Edwin Clapp Conservative
Elgin East Charles Andrew Brower Conservative
Elgin West Findlay George MacDiarmid Conservative
Essex North Joseph Octave Reaume Conservative Minister of Public Works in Whitney ministry
Essex South John Allan Auld Liberal
Grey Centre Isaac Benson Lucas Conservative
Grey North Alexander Grant MacKay Liberal Leader of the Opposition after August 1907
Grey South David Jamieson Conservative
Haldimand Jacob Kohler Liberal
Huron East Archibald Hislop Liberal
Huron South Henry Eilber Conservative
Huron West Malcolm Graeme Cameron Liberal
Kent East Philip Henry Bowyer Conservative
Kent West Archibald Blake McCoig Liberal
Lambton East Hugh Montgomery Conservative
Lambton West William John Hanna Conservative Provincial Secretary and Registrar in Whitney ministry
London Adam Beck Conservative
Middlesex East George Wesley Neely Conservative
Middlesex North Charles Constantine Hodgins Conservative
Middlesex West George William Ross [nb 1] Liberal Leader of the Opposition until January 1907
Duncan Campbell Ross (1907) Liberal
Norfolk North Thomas Robert Atkinson Liberal
Norfolk South Arthur Clarence Pratt Conservative
Oxford North James S. Munro Liberal
Oxford South Donald Sutherland Conservative
Perth North James Torrance Conservative
Perth South Samuel Nelson Monteith Conservative Minister of Agriculture in Whitney ministry
Waterloo North Henry George Lackner Conservative
Waterloo South George Pattinson Conservative
Wellington East James J. Craig Conservative
Wellington South Joseph Patrick Downey Conservative
Wellington West James Tucker Conservative


Central and Northern Ontario

RidingMemberPartyComments
Algoma William Ross Smyth Conservative
Cardwell Edward Alfred Little [nb 2] Conservative
Alexander Ferguson (1906) Conservative
Dufferin Frederick William Lewis [nb 3] Conservative
Charles Robert McKeown (1907) Conservative
Durham East Josiah Johnston Preston Conservative
Durham West John Henry Devitt Conservative
Fort William and
Lake of the Woods
Thomas Smellie Conservative
Halton Alfred Westland Nixon Conservative
Hamilton East Henry Carscallen [nb 4] Conservative
Allan Studholme (1906) Labour
Hamilton West John Strathearn Hendrie Conservative
Lincoln Elisha Jessop Conservative
Manitoulin Robert Roswell Gamey Conservative
Monck Richard Harcourt Liberal
Muskoka Arthur Arnold Mahaffy Conservative
Nipissing East Charles Lamarche [nb 5] Conservative
Francis Cochrane (1905) Conservative Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines in Whitney ministry after May 30, 1905
Nipissing West Azaire Adulphe Aubin Conservative
Northumberland East William Arnson Willoughby Conservative
Northumberland West Samuel Clarke Liberal
Ontario North William Henry Hoyle Conservative
Ontario South Charles Calder Conservative
Parry Sound John Galna Conservative
Peel John Smith Liberal
Peterborough East William A. Anderson Liberal
Peterborough West Thomas Evans Bradburn Conservative
Port Arthur and
Rainy River
Hugh W. Kennedy Liberal
William Alfred Preston (1907) Conservative
Sault Ste. Marie Charles Napier Smith Liberal
Simcoe Centre Alfred Burke Thompson Conservative
Simcoe East James Brockett Tudhope Liberal
Simcoe West James Stoddart Duff Conservative
Toronto East Robert Allan Pyne Conservative Minister of Education in Whitney ministry
Toronto North William Beattie Nesbitt Conservative
William Kirkpatrick McNaught (1906) Conservative
Toronto South J.J. Foy Conservative Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines in Whitney ministry before May 30, 1905
Attorney General in Whitney ministry after May 30, 1905
Toronto West Thomas Crawford Conservative Speaker after April 7, 1907
Victoria East John Hilliard Carnegie Conservative
Victoria West Samuel John Fox Conservative
Welland Evan Eugene Fraser Conservative
Wentworth North Robert Adam Thompson Liberal
Wentworth South Daniel Reed Liberal
York East Alexander McCowan Conservative
York North Thomas Herbert Lennox Conservative
York West Joseph Wesley St. John [nb 3] Conservative Speaker until April 7, 1907
Forbes Godfrey (1907) Conservative

Eastern Ontario

RidingMemberPartyComments
Addington William James Paul Conservative
Brockville George Perry Graham [nb 6] Liberal Leader of the Opposition from January 1907 to August 1907
Albert Edward Donovan (1907) Conservative
Carleton George Nelson Kidd [nb 3] Conservative
Robert Herbert McElroy (1907) Conservative
Dundas James Pliny Whitney Conservative Premier in Whitney ministry
also Attorney General in Whitney ministry before May 30, 1905
Frontenac John S. Gallagher Conservative
Glengarry John Angus McMillan Liberal
Grenville George Howard Ferguson Conservative
Hastings East Edward Walter Rathbun Independent Liberal
Hastings North Josiah Williams Pearce Conservative
Hastings West Marshall Bidwell Morrison Conservative
Kingston Edward John Barker Pense Liberal
Lanark North Richard Franklin Preston Conservative
Lanark South Arthur James Matheson Conservative Treasurer in Whitney ministry
Leeds John Robertson Dargavel Conservative
Lennox Thomas George Carscallen Conservative
Ottawa [nb 7] George Samuel May Liberal
Ottawa Donald Joseph McDougal Liberal
Prescott Joseph Louis Labrosse Liberal
Prince Edward Morley Currie Liberal
Renfrew North Edward Arunah Dunlop Conservative
Renfrew South Thomas William McGarry Conservative
Russell Damase Racine Liberal
Stormont George Kerr Conservative




Notes

  1. named to Senate
  2. resigned to accept appointment
  3. 1 2 3 died in 1907
  4. died in 1906
  5. resigned his seat
  6. elected to federal seat
  7. Ottawa had 2 seats

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