4th Parliament of Ontario

The 4th Parliament of Ontario was in session from June 5, 1879, until February 1, 1883, just prior to the 1883 general election. The majority party was the Liberal Party led by Oliver Mowat.

Charles Clarke served as speaker for the assembly. ^[1]

Members of the Assembly

	Riding	Member	Party	First elected / previously elected	Comments
	Addington	Hammel Madden Deroche	Liberal	1871
	Algoma	Robert Adam Lyon	Liberal	1878
	Brant	James Young	Liberal	1879
	Brant South	Arthur Sturgis Hardy	Liberal	1873	Provincial Secretary and Registrar in Mowat ministry [2]
	Brockville	Christopher Finlay Fraser	Conservative	1872	Commissioner of Public Works in Mowat ministry [3]
	Bruce North	Donald Sinclair	Liberal	1867
	Bruce South	Rupert Mearse Wells	Liberal	1872	resigned June 6, 1882 to contest (successfully) federal seat [4]
	Hamilton Parke O'Connor (1882)	Liberal	1882	elected October 18, 1882 [5]
	Cardwell	Charles Robinson	Liberal	1879
	Carleton	George William Monk	Conservative	1871
	Cornwall	William Mack	Liberal	1879
	Dufferin	John Barr	Conservative	1875	unseated December 11, 1879 after the election results were appealed [6]
	William Jelly (1880)	Conservative	1880	elected January 9, 1880 [7]
	Dundas	Andrew Broder	Conservative	1875
	Durham East	John Rosevear	Conservative	1875	died May 12, 1881 [8]
	Charles Herbert Brereton (1882)	Conservative	1882	elected June 29, 1882 [9]
	Durham West	James Wellington McLaughlin	Liberal	1879
	Elgin East	Thomas McIntyre Nairn	Liberal	1879
	Elgin West	John Cascaden	Liberal	1879
	Essex North	Solomon White	Conservative	1878
	Essex South	Lewis Wigle	Conservative	1875	resigned June 9, 1882 to contest (successfully) federal seat [10]
	William Douglas Balfour (1882)	Liberal	1882	elected October 18, 1882 [11]
	Frontenac	Delino Dexter Calvin	Conservative	1868, 1877
	Glengarry	Donald Macmaster	Conservative	1879	resigned February 1, 1883 after he was elected to federal seat [12]
	James Rayside (1882)	Liberal	1882	elected October 18, 1882 [13]
	Grenville South	Frederick John French	Conservative	1879
	Grey East	Abram William Lauder	Conservative	1867
	Grey North	David Creighton	Conservative	1875
	Grey South	James Hill Hunter	Liberal	1875
	Haldimand	Jacob Baxter	Liberal	1867
	Halton	David Robertson	Liberal	1879
	Hamilton	John Morison Gibson	Liberal	1879
	Hastings East	Nathaniel Stephen Appleby	Independent Conservative	1875
	Hastings North	George Henry Boulter	Conservative	1867
	Hastings West	Alexander Robertson	Conservative	1879	resigned June 2, 1882 to contest (successfully) federal seat [14]
	Baltis Rose (1882)	Conservative	1882	elected October 18, 1882 [15]
	Huron East	Thomas Gibson	Liberal	1871
	Huron South	Archibald Bishop	Liberal	1873
	Huron West	Alexander McLagan Ross	Liberal	1875
	Kent East	Daniel McCraney	Liberal	1875
	Kent West	Edward Robinson	Liberal	1879
	Kingston	James Henry Metcalfe	Conservative	1879
	Lambton East	Peter Graham	Liberal	1875
	Lambton West	Timothy Blair Pardee	Liberal	1867	Commissioner of Crown Lands in Mowat ministry [16]
	Lanark North	William Clyde Caldwell	Liberal	1872, 1879
	Lanark South	William Lees	Independent	1879
	Leeds North and Grenville North	Henry Merrick	Conservative	1871
	Leeds South	William Richardson	Conservative	1879
	Lennox	George Douglas Hawley	Liberal	1879
	Lincoln	Sylvester Neelon	Liberal	1875, 1879
	London	William Ralph Meredith	Conservative	1872	Leader of the Opposition
	Middlesex East	Richard Tooley	Conservative	1871
	Middlesex North	John Waters	Liberal	1879
	Middlesex West	John Watterworth	Liberal	1872
	Monck	Richard Harcourt	Liberal	1879
	Muskoka and Parry Sound	John Classon Miller	Liberal	1875	resigned June 2, 1882 to contest (unsuccessfully) federal seat [17]
	James Whitney Bettes (1882)	Liberal	1882	elected October 30, 1882 [18]
	Norfolk North	John Bailey Freeman	Liberal	1879
	Norfolk South	William Morgan	Conservative	1879
	Northumberland East	James Marshall Ferris	Liberal	1875
	Northumberland West	John Collard Field	Liberal	1879
	Ontario North	Thomas Paxton	Liberal	1867	resigned February 1, 1883 after he was appointed sheriff [19]
	Frank Madill (1881)	Conservative	1881	elected June 14, 1881 [20]
	Ontario South	John Dryden	Liberal	1879
	Ottawa	Patrick Baskerville	Conservative	1879
	Oxford North	Oliver Mowat	Liberal	1872	Premier and Attorney General in Mowat ministry [21]
	Oxford South	Adam Crooks	Liberal	1871, [a] 1875	Minister of Education in Mowat ministry [22]
	Peel	Kenneth Chisholm	Liberal	1873
	Perth North	David Davidson Hay	Liberal	1875
	Perth South	Thomas Ballantyne	Liberal	1875
	Peterborough East	Thomas Blezard	Liberal	1879
	Peterborough West	William Hepburn Scott	Conservative	1874, 1875	died July 11, 1881 [23]
	Robert Kincaid (1882)	Conservative	1882	elected August 24, 1881 [24]
	Prescott	William Harkin	Conservative	1875	died February 11, 1881 [25]
	Albert Peter Hagar (1881)	Liberal	1881	elected April 22, 1881 [26]
	Prince Edward	Gideon Striker	Liberal	1871
	Renfrew North	Thomas Murray	Liberal	1869, 1879	resigned to contest (unsuccessfully) federal seat [27] (date of resignation unclear)
	William Balmer McAllister (1882)	Conservative	1882	elected October 18, 1882 [28]
	Renfrew South	James Bonfield	Liberal	1875
	Russell	Adam Jacob Baker	Conservative	1875
	Simcoe East	Herman Henry Cook	Liberal	1879	resigned June 1, 1882 to contest (successfully) federal seat [29]
	Charles Alfred Drury (1882)	Liberal	1882	elected October 18, 1882 [30]
	Simcoe South	William James Parkhill	Conservative	1878
	Simcoe West	Thomas Long	Conservative	1875
	Stormont	Joseph Kerr	Conservative	1879
	Toronto East	Alexander Morris	Conservative	1879
	Toronto West	Robert Bell	Conservative	1875
	Victoria North	Samuel Stanley Peck	Liberal	1879
	Victoria South	Samuel Casey Wood	Liberal	1871	Treasurer and Commissioner of Agriculture in Mowat ministry [31]
	Waterloo North	Moses Springer	Liberal	1867	resigned April 25, 1879 after he was appointed sheriff [32]
	Elias Weber Bingeman Snider (1881)	Liberal	1881	elected June 17, 1881 [33]
	Waterloo South	James Livingston	Liberal	1879	resigned February 1, 1883 after he was elected to federal seat [34]
	Isaac Master (1882)	Liberal	1877, 1882	elected October 18, 1882 [35]
	Welland	Daniel Near	Liberal	1879
	Wellington Centre	Charles Clarke	Liberal	1871	Speaker
	Wellington South	James Laidlaw	Liberal	1879
	Wellington West	Robert McKim	Liberal	1867, [b] 1879
	Wentworth North	James McMahon	Liberal	1875
	Wentworth South	Nicholas Awrey	Liberal	1879
	York East	George Badgerow	Liberal	1879
	York North	Joseph Henry Widdifield	Liberal	1875
	York West	Peter Patterson	Liberal	1871

Notes

1. Toronto West
2. Wellington North

References

1. "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Archived from the original on 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2014-08-29.
2. "Arthur Sturgis Hardy | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
3. "Christopher Finlay Fraser | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
4. "Rupert Mearse Wells | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
5. "Hamilton Parke O'Connor | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
6. "John Barr | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
7. "William Jelly | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
8. "John Rosevear | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
9. "Charles Herbert Brereton | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
10. "Lewis Wigle | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
11. "William Douglas Balfour | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
12. "Donald Macmaster | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
13. "James Rayside | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
14. "Alexander Robertson | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
15. "Baltis Rose | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
16. "Timothy Blair Pardee | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
17. "John Classon Miller | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
18. "James Whitney Bettes | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
19. "Thomas Paxton | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
20. "Frank Madill | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
21. "Oliver Mowat | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
22. "Adam Crooks | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
23. "William Hepburn Scott | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
24. "Robert Kincaid | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
25. "William Harkin | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
26. "Albert Peter Hagar | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
27. "Thomas Murray | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
28. "William Balmer McAllister | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
29. "Herman Henry Cook | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
30. "Charles Alfred Drury | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
31. "Samuel Casey Wood | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
32. "Moses Springer | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
33. "Elias Weber Bingeman Snider | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
34. "James Livingston | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
35. "Isaac Master | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".

External links

• A History of Ontario : its resources and development., Alexander Fraser
• Members in Parliament 4