The 9th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from March 1, 1898, until April 19, 1902, just prior to the 1902 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Liberal Party led by Arthur Sturgis Hardy. George William Ross became the Liberal leader when Hardy retired in 1899.
François-Eugène-Alfred Évanturel served as speaker for the assembly. [1]
| Party | 1898 | Gain/(loss) due to | 1902 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Void election | Resignation as MPP | Death in office | Byelection gain | Byelection hold | ||||
| Liberal | 51 | (3) | (4) | (2) | 4 | 6 | 52 | |
| Conservative | 42 | (2) | (2) | 2 | 1 | 41 | ||
| Independent-Conservative | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 94 | (5) | (4) | (4) | 6 | 7 | 94 | |
| Seat | Before | Change | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Member | Party | Reason | Date | Member | Party | |
| Wellington East | September 6, 1898 | John Craig | █ Liberal | Died in office | October 27, 1898 | John Morison Gibson | █ Liberal |
| Elgin West | October 12, 1898 | Findlay George MacDiarmid | █ Conservative | Election declared void | January 12, 1899 | Donald Macnish | █ Liberal |
| Ontario South | October 13, 1898 | Charles Calder | █ Conservative | Election declared void | December 12, 1899 | John Dryden | █ Liberal |
| Perth South | January 27, 1899 | William Caven Moscrip | █ Liberal | Election declared void | February 28, 1899 | Samuel Nelson Monteith | █ Conservative |
| Waterloo North | April 1, 1899 | Henry George Lackner | █ Conservative | Election declared void | October 31, 1900 [a 1] | Louis Jacob Breithaupt | █ Liberal |
| Brant South | October 17, 1899 | Arthur Sturgis Hardy | █ Liberal | Retired from politics | December 12, 1899 | Thomas Hiram Preston | █ Liberal |
| Renfrew South | October 25, 1899 | Robert Adam Campbell | █ Liberal | Resigned to provide a seat for Latchford | November 14, 1899 | Francis Robert Latchford | █ Liberal |
| Middlesex East | November 20, 1899 | Thomas D. Hodgins | █ Conservative | Died in office | January 31, 1900 | Thomas Robson | █ Conservative |
| Elgin West | November 21, 1899 | Donald Macnish | █ Liberal | Election declared void | December 12, 1899 | Findlay George MacDiarmid | █ Conservative |
| Welland | April 30, 1900 | William Manley German | █ Liberal | Chose to stand for Welland in the 1900 federal election | December 13, 1900 | John Franklin Gross | █ Liberal |
| Renfrew North | May 17, 1900 | Andrew Thomas White | █ Conservative | Died in office | June 19, 1900 [a 1] | John W. Munro | █ Liberal |
| Kingston | April 15, 1901 | William Harty | █ Liberal | Chose to stand for Kingston in the 1902 federal byelection | January 30, 1902 [a 1] | Edward John Barker Pense | █ Liberal |
| Kent East | September 7, 1901 | Robert Ferguson | █ Liberal | Died in office | November 4, 1901 [a 1] | John Lee | █ Liberal |
| Seat | Incumbent | Party | Vacated | Reason | By-election |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lennox | Bowen Ebenezer Aylsworth | █ Liberal | October 20, 1898 | Election declared void | November 18, 1898 |
| Huron West | James Thompson Garrow | █ Liberal | November 2, 1898 | Resignation in exchange for withdrawal of election petition | December 8, 1898 |
| Halton | John Roaf Barber | █ Liberal | November 4, 1898 | Election declared void | December 8, 1898 |
| Hastings North | William John Allen | █ Conservative | November 13, 1898 | Resignation in exchange for withdrawal of election petition | December 27, 1898 |
| Nipissing | John Loughrin | █ Liberal | November 16, 1898 | Election declared void | December 27, 1898 |
| Northumberland East | John Henry Douglas | █ Liberal | November 18, 1898 | Election declared void | December 14, 1898 |
| Elgin East | Charles Andrew Brower | █ Conservative | April 1, 1899 | Election declared void | December 12, 1899 |
| Peterborough West | James Robert Stratton | █ Liberal | October 21, 1899 | Sought re-election upon appointment as Provincial Secretary and Registrar | November 7, 1899 [a 1] |
| Ontario South | John Dryden | █ Liberal | November 21, 1899 | Election declared void | December 12, 1899 |
| Waterloo North | Louis Jacob Breithaupt | █ Liberal | October 19, 1900 | Election declared void | October 31, 1900 [a 1] |
| Huron West | James Thompson Garrow | █ Liberal | March 12, 1901 | Election declared void | December 4, 1901 |
| London | Francis Baxter Leys | █ Liberal | April 15, 1901 | Sought re-election in support of removing a dam on the Thames River | July 9, 1901 |
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