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]

Members of the Assembly

RidingMemberPartyFirst elected / previously electedComment
  Addington William James Paul Conservative 1905
  Algoma William Ross Smyth Conservative 1902
  Brant John Henry Fisher Conservative 1905
  Brant South Thomas Hiram Preston Liberal 1899
  Brockville George Perry Graham [nb 1] Liberal 1898Leader of the Opposition from January 1907 to August 1907
  Albert Edward Donovan (1907) Conservative 1907
  Bruce Centre Hugh Clark Conservative 1902
  Bruce North Charles Martin Bowman Liberal 1898
  Bruce South Robert Edwin Clapp Conservative 1905
  Cardwell Edward Alfred Little [nb 2] Conservative 1894
  Alexander Ferguson (1906) Conservative 1906
  Carleton George Nelson Kidd [nb 3] Conservative 1894
  Robert Herbert McElroy (1907) Conservative 1907
  Dufferin Frederick William Lewis [nb 3] Conservative 1905
  Charles Robert McKeown (1907) Conservative 1907
  Dundas James Pliny Whitney Conservative 1888 Premier in Whitney ministry
also Attorney General in Whitney ministry before May 30, 1905
  Durham East Josiah Johnston Preston Conservative 1902
  Durham West John Henry Devitt Conservative 1905
  Elgin East Charles Andrew Brower Conservative 1894
  Elgin West Findlay George MacDiarmid Conservative 1898, 1900
  Essex North Joseph Octave Reaume Conservative 1902 Minister of Public Works in Whitney ministry
  Essex South John Allan Auld Liberal 1896
  Fort William and
Lake of the Woods 		Thomas Smellie Conservative 1905
  Frontenac John S. Gallagher Conservative 1898
  Glengarry John Angus McMillan Liberal 1905
  Grenville George Howard Ferguson Conservative 1905
  Grey Centre Isaac Benson Lucas Conservative 1898
  Grey North Alexander Grant MacKay Liberal 1902Leader of the Opposition after August 1907
  Grey South David Jamieson Conservative 1898
  Haldimand Jacob Kohler Liberal 1905
  Halton Alfred Westland Nixon Conservative 1905
  Hamilton East Henry Carscallen [nb 4] Conservative 1898
  Allan Studholme (1906) Labour 1906
  Hamilton West John Strathearn Hendrie Conservative 1902
  Hastings East Edward Walter Rathbun Independent Liberal1905
  Hastings North Josiah Williams Pearce Conservative 1902
  Hastings West Marshall Bidwell Morrison Conservative 1898
  Huron East Archibald Hislop Liberal 1898
  Huron South Henry Eilber Conservative 1898
  Huron West Malcolm Graeme Cameron Liberal 1902
  Kent East Philip Henry Bowyer Conservative 1905
  Kent West Archibald Blake McCoig Liberal 1905
  Kingston Edward John Barker Pense Liberal 1901
  Lambton East Hugh Montgomery Conservative 1905
  Lambton West William John Hanna Conservative 1902 Provincial Secretary and Registrar in Whitney ministry
  Lanark North Richard Franklin Preston Conservative 1894, 1905
  Lanark South Arthur James Matheson Conservative 1894 Treasurer in Whitney ministry
  Leeds John Robertson Dargavel Conservative 1905
  Lennox Thomas George Carscallen Conservative 1902
  Lincoln Elisha Jessop Conservative 1898
  London Adam Beck Conservative 1902
  Manitoulin Robert Roswell Gamey Conservative 1902
  Middlesex East George Wesley Neely Conservative 1905
  Middlesex North Charles Constantine Hodgins Conservative 1905
  Middlesex West George William Ross [nb 5] Liberal 1883Leader of the Opposition until January 1907
  Duncan Campbell Ross (1907) Liberal 1907
  Monck Richard Harcourt Liberal 1879
  Muskoka Arthur Arnold Mahaffy Conservative 1903
  Nipissing East Charles Lamarche [nb 6] Conservative 1905
  Francis Cochrane (1905) Conservative 1905 Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines in Whitney ministry after May 30, 1905
  Nipissing West Azaire Adulphe Aubin Conservative 1905
  Norfolk North Thomas Robert Atkinson Liberal 1905
  Norfolk South Arthur Clarence Pratt Conservative 1905
  Northumberland East William Arnson Willoughby Conservative 1886, 1888, 1902
  Northumberland West Samuel Clarke Liberal 1898
  Ontario North William Henry Hoyle Conservative 1898
  Ontario South Charles Calder Conservative 1898, 1905
  Ottawa [nb 7] George Samuel May Liberal 1905
 Ottawa Donald Joseph McDougal Liberal 1905
  Oxford North James S. Munro Liberal 1904
  Oxford South Donald Sutherland Conservative 1902
  Parry Sound John Galna Conservative 1905
  Peel John Smith Liberal 1892
  Perth North James Torrance Conservative 1905
  Perth South Samuel Nelson Monteith Conservative 1899, 1905 Minister of Agriculture in Whitney ministry
  Peterborough East William A. Anderson Liberal 1902
  Peterborough West Thomas Evans Bradburn Conservative 1905
  Port Arthur and
Rainy River 		Hugh W. Kennedy Liberal 1905
  William Alfred Preston (1907) Conservative 1907
  Prescott Joseph Louis Labrosse Liberal 1905
  Prince Edward Morley Currie Liberal 1902
  Renfrew North Edward Arunah Dunlop Conservative 1903
  Renfrew South Thomas William McGarry Conservative 1905
  Russell Damase Racine Liberal 1905
  Sault Ste. Marie Charles Napier Smith Liberal 1903
  Simcoe Centre Alfred Burke Thompson Conservative 1898, 1905
  Simcoe East James Brockett Tudhope Liberal 1902
  Simcoe West James Stoddart Duff Conservative 1898
  Stormont George Kerr Conservative 1905
  Toronto East Robert Allan Pyne Conservative 1898 Minister of Education in Whitney ministry
  Toronto North William Beattie Nesbitt Conservative 1902
  William Kirkpatrick McNaught (1906) Conservative 1906
  Toronto South J.J. Foy Conservative 1898 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 1894Speaker after April 7, 1907
  Victoria East John Hilliard Carnegie Conservative 1894
  Victoria West Samuel John Fox Conservative 1898
  Waterloo North Henry George Lackner Conservative 1898, 1902
  Waterloo South George Pattinson Conservative 1905
  Welland Evan Eugene Fraser Conservative 1905
  Wellington East James J. Craig Conservative 1905
  Wellington South Joseph Patrick Downey Conservative 1902
  Wellington West James Tucker Conservative 1896
  Wentworth North Robert Adam Thompson Liberal 1902
  Wentworth South Daniel Reed Liberal 1905
  York East Alexander McCowan Conservative 1905
  York North Thomas Herbert Lennox Conservative 1905
  York West Joseph Wesley St. John [nb 3] Conservative 1894, 1902Speaker until April 7, 1907
  Forbes Godfrey (1907) Conservative 1907

Notes

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

References

  1. ↑ "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Archived from the original on 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2014-08-28.
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