6th Parliament of Ontario

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The 6th Parliament of Ontario was in session from December 29, 1886, until April 26, 1890, just prior to the 1890 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Liberal Party led by Oliver Mowat.

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Jacob Baxter served as speaker for the assembly. [1]

Western Ontario

RidingMemberPartyComments
Brant William Bruce Wood Liberal
Brant South Arthur Sturgis Hardy Liberal Provincial Secretary and Registrar in Mowat ministry until January 18, 1889;
Commissioner of Crown Lands in Mowat ministry after January 18, 1889 [2]
Bruce Centre Walter MacMorris Dack Liberal
Bruce North John Walter Scott Biggar Conservative
Bruce South Hamilton Parke O'Connor Liberal
Elgin East Thomas McIntyre Nairn Liberal died June 1, 1888 [3]
James Charles Dance (1888) Liberal elected October 26, 1888 [4]
Elgin West Andrew B. Ingram Conservative
Essex North Gaspard Pacaud Liberal
Essex South William Douglas Balfour Liberal
Grey Centre Joseph Rorke Conservative
Grey North David Creighton Conservative
Grey South John Blythe Conservative
Haldimand Jacob Baxter Liberal Speaker
Huron East Thomas Gibson Liberal
Huron South Archibald Bishop Liberal
Huron West Alexander McLagan Ross Liberal Treasurer in Mowat ministry;
Commissioner of Agriculture in Mowat ministry until May 1, 1888 [5]
Kent East Robert Ferguson Liberal
Kent West James Clancy Conservative
Lambton East Peter Graham Liberal
Lambton West Timothy Blair Pardee Liberal Commissioner of Crown Lands in Mowat ministry until January 18, 1889 [6] ;
died January 18, 1888
Charles MacKenzie (1889) Liberal elected October 19, 1889 [7]
London William Ralph Meredith Conservative Leader of the Opposition
Middlesex East Richard Tooley Conservative
Middlesex North John Waters Liberal
Middlesex West George William Ross Liberal Minister of Education in Mowat ministry [8]
Norfolk North John Bailey Freeman Liberal
Norfolk South William Morgan Conservative
Oxford North Oliver Mowat Liberal Premier and Attorney General in Mowat ministry [9]
Oxford South Angus McKay Liberal
Perth North John George Hess Conservative
Perth South Thomas Ballantyne Liberal
Waterloo North Elias Weber Bingeman Snider Liberal
Waterloo South Isaac Master Liberal
Wellington East Charles Clarke Liberal
Wellington South Donald Guthrie Liberal
Wellington West Absalom Shade Allan Liberal

Central and Northern Ontario

RidingMemberPartyComments
Algoma East Robert Adam Lyon Liberal
Algoma West James Conmee Liberal
Cardwell William Henry Hammell Conservative
Dufferin Falkner Cornwall Stewart Conservative
Durham East Thomas Dixon Craig Conservative
Durham West James Wellington McLaughlin Liberal
Halton William Kerns Conservative
Hamilton John Morison Gibson Liberal Provincial Secretary and Registrar in Mowat ministry after January 18, 1889 [10]
Lincoln William Garson Liberal
Monck Richard Harcourt Liberal
Muskoka George Frederick Marter Conservative
Northumberland East William Arnson Willoughby Conservative unseated February 1, 1888; [11]
Richard Clarke (1888) Liberal seated February 1, 1888; died August 7, 1888 [12]
William Arnson Willoughby (1888) Conservative elected October 11, 1888 [13]
Northumberland West Corelli Collard Field Liberal
Ontario North Isaac James Gould Liberal
Ontario South John Dryden Liberal
Parry Sound Samuel Armstrong Independent
Peel Kenneth Chisholm Liberal
Peterborough East Thomas Blezard Liberal
Peterborough West James Robert Stratton Liberal
Simcoe Centre Orson James Phelps Liberal
Simcoe East Charles Alfred Drury Liberal Commissioner of Agriculture in Mowat ministry after May 1, 1888 [14]
Simcoe West Thomas Wylie Conservative
Toronto [nb 1] Edward Frederick Clarke Conservative
Toronto Henry Edward Clarke Conservative
Toronto John Leys Liberal
Victoria East John Fell Conservative
Victoria West John Saunders Cruess Conservative
Welland James E. Morin Liberal
Wentworth North James McMahon Liberal
Wentworth South Nicholas Awrey Liberal
York East George Byron Smith Liberal
York North Joseph Henry Widdifield Liberal resigned March 5, 1888 after being appointed sheriff
Elihu James Davis (1888) Liberal elected May 23, 1888 [15]
York West John Taylor Gilmour Liberal

Eastern Ontario

RidingMemberPartyComments
Addington John Stewart Miller Conservative
Brockville Christopher Finlay Fraser Conservative Commissioner of Public Works in Mowat ministry [16]
Carleton George William Monk Conservative
Cornwall and Stormont William Mack Liberal
Dundas Theodore F. Chamberlain Liberal unseated April 23, 1887 after an appeal [17]
James Pliny Whitney (1888) Conservative elected January 31, 1888 [18]
Frontenac Henry Wilmot Conservative died July 1, 1888 [19]
Hugh Smith (1888) Conservative elected October 11, 1888 [20]
Glengarry James Rayside Liberal
Grenville Frederick John French Conservative
Hastings East William Parker Hudson Conservative
Hastings North Alpheus Field Wood Conservative
Hastings West Gilbert Wellington Ostrom Conservative
Kingston James Henry Metcalfe Conservative
Lanark North Daniel Hilliard Liberal died June 1, 1888 [21]
William Clyde Caldwell (1888) Liberal elected August 23, 1888 [22]
Lanark South William Lees Conservative
Leeds Robert Henry Preston Conservative
Lennox Walter William Meacham Conservative
Ottawa Erskine Henry Bronson Liberal
Prescott Francis Eugene Alfred Evanturel Liberal
Prince Edward John Allison Sprague Liberal
Renfrew North Thomas Murray Liberal
Renfrew South John Alfred McAndrew Liberal
Russell Alexander Robillard Liberal

Notes

  1. ↑ Toronto district had 3 MPPs, elected through Limited Voting in a single contest.

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  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". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  3. ↑ "Thomas McIntyre Nairn | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  4. ↑ "James Charles Dance | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  5. ↑ "Alexander McLagan Ross | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  6. ↑ "Timothy Blair Pardee | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  7. ↑ "Charles Mackenzie | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  8. ↑ "George William Ross | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  9. ↑ "Oliver Mowat | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  10. ↑ "John Morison Gibson | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  11. ↑ "William Arnson Willoughby | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  12. ↑ "Richard Clarke | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  13. ↑ "William Arnson Willoughby | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  14. ↑ "Charles Alfred Drury | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  15. ↑ "Elihu James Davis | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  16. ↑ "Christopher Finlay Fraser | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  17. ↑ "Theodore F. Chamberlain | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  18. ↑ "James Pliny Whitney | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  19. ↑ "Henry Wilmot | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  20. ↑ "Hugh Smith | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  21. ↑ "Daniel Hilliard | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  22. ↑ "William Clyde Caldwell | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2025-01-16.


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