9th Parliament of Ontario

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Historical souvenir, Ontario Legislative Assembly in 1901. B. F. Johnston, British Library.

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.

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François-Eugène-Alfred Évanturel served as speaker for the assembly. [1]

Members of the Assembly

RidingMemberPartyFirst elected / previously elected
  Addington James Reid Conservative 1890
  Algoma East Charles Franklin Farwell Liberal 1894
  Algoma West James Conmee Liberal 1885, 1895
  Brant Daniel Burt Liberal 1895
  Brant South Arthur Sturgis Hardy [a] Liberal 1873
  Thomas Hiram Preston (1899) Liberal 1899
  Brockville George Perry Graham Liberal 1898
  Bruce Centre Andrew Malcolm Liberal 1898
  Bruce North Charles Martin Bowman Liberal 1898
  Bruce South Reuben Eldridge Truax Liberal 1894
  Cardwell Edward Alfred Little Conservative 1894
  Carleton George Nelson Kidd Independent Conservative1894
  Dufferin John Barr Conservative 1875, 1890, 1898
  Dundas James Pliny Whitney Conservative 1888
  Durham East William Armstrong Fallis Conservative 1894
  Durham West William Henry Reid Conservative 1894
  Elgin East Charles Andrew Brower Conservative 1894
  Elgin West Findlay George MacDiarmid [b] Conservative 1898
  Donald Macnish (1899) [b] Liberal 1894, 1899
  Findlay George MacDiarmid (1900)Conservative1898, 1900
  Essex North William J. McKee Liberal 1894
  Essex South John Allan Auld Liberal 1896
  Frontenac John S. Gallagher Conservative 1898
  Glengarry Donald Robert McDonald Conservative 1898
  Grenville Robert L. Joynt Conservative 1898
  Grey Centre Isaac Benson Lucas Conservative 1898
  Grey North George Milward Boyd Conservative 1898
  Grey South David Jamieson Conservative 1898
  Haldimand Joseph William Holmes Liberal 1898
  Halton John Roaf Barber Liberal 1898
  Hamilton East Henry Carscallen Conservative 1898
  Hamilton West Edward Alexander Colquhoun Conservative 1898
  Hastings East Samuel Russell Liberal 1898
  Hastings North William John Allen Conservative 1898
  Hastings West Marshall Bidwell Morrison Conservative 1898
  Huron East Archibald Hislop Liberal 1898
  Huron South Henry Eilber Conservative 1898
  Huron West James Thompson Garrow Liberal 1890
  Kent East Robert Ferguson [c] Liberal 1885
  John Lee (1901) Liberal 1901
  Kent West Thomas Letson Pardo Liberal 1894
  Kingston William Harty [d] Liberal 1895
  Edward John Barker Pense (1901) Liberal 1901
  Lambton East Henry John Pettypiece Liberal 1898
  Lambton West Frederick Forsyth Pardee Liberal 1898
  Lanark North William Clyde Caldwell Liberal 1872, 1879, 1888, 1898
  Lanark South Arthur James Matheson Conservative 1894
  Leeds Walter Beatty Conservative 1894
  Lennox Bowen Ebenezer Aylsworth Liberal 1898
  Lincoln Elisha Jessop Conservative 1898
  London Francis Baxter Leys Liberal 1898
  Middlesex East Thomas D. Hodgins Conservative 1898
  Thomas Robson (1900) Conservative 1900
  Middlesex North William Henry Taylor Liberal 1894
  Middlesex West George William Ross Liberal 1883
  Monck Richard Harcourt Liberal 1879
  Muskoka Samuel Bridgeland Liberal 1898
  Nipissing John Loughrin Liberal 1890
  Norfolk North Edwin Clarendon Carpenter Liberal 1891
  Norfolk South William Andrew Charlton Liberal 1890
  Northumberland East John Henry Douglas Liberal 1898
  Northumberland West Samuel Clarke Liberal 1898
  Ontario North William Henry Hoyle Conservative 1898
  Ontario South Charles Calder [b] Conservative 1898
  John Dryden (1899) Liberal 1879, 1899
  Ottawa [e] Charles Berkeley Powell Conservative 1898
 Ottawa Alexander Lumsden Liberal 1898
  Oxford North Andrew Pattulo Liberal 1896
  Oxford South Angus McKay Liberal 1886
  Parry Sound William Rabb Beatty Liberal 1894
  Peel John Smith Liberal 1892
  Perth North John Brown Liberal 1898
  Perth South William Caven Moscrip [b] Liberal 1898
  Samuel Nelson Monteith (1899) Conservative 1899
  Peterborough East Thomas Blezard Liberal 1879
  Peterborough West James Robert Stratton Liberal 1886
  Prescott Francis Eugene Alfred Evanturel Liberal 1886
  Prince Edward William Ryerson Dempsey Conservative 1898
  Renfrew North Andrew Thomas White [f] Conservative 1898
  John W. Munro (1900) Liberal 1900
  Renfrew South Robert Adam Campbell Liberal 1894
  Francis Robert Latchford (1899) Liberal 1899
  Russell Onésime Guibord Liberal 1898
  Simcoe Centre Alfred Burke Thompson Conservative 1898
  Simcoe East Andrew Miscampbell Conservative 1890
  Simcoe West James Stoddart Duff Conservative 1898
  Stormont John McLaughlin Conservative 1898
  Toronto East Robert Allan Pyne Conservative 1898
  Toronto North George Frederick Marter Conservative 1886
  Toronto South J.J. Foy Conservative 1898
  Toronto West Thomas Crawford Conservative 1894
  Victoria East John Hilliard Carnegie Conservative 1894
  Victoria West Samuel John Fox Conservative 1898
  Waterloo North Henry George Lackner [b] Conservative 1898
  Louis Jacob Breithaupt (1899) Liberal 1899
  Waterloo South William Abram Kribs Conservative 1898
  Welland William Manley German [d] Liberal 1898
  John Franklin Gross (1900) Liberal 1900
  Wellington East John Craig< [g] Liberal 1894
  John Morison Gibson (1899) Liberal 1879, [h] 1891, [i] 1899
  Wellington South John Mutrie Liberal 1894
  Wellington West James Tucker Conservative 1896
  Wentworth North Thomas Atkins Wardell Conservative 1898
  Wentworth South John Dickenson Liberal 1896
  York East John Richardson Liberal 1894
  York North Elihu James Davis Liberal 1888
  York West William James Hill Liberal 1898

Timeline

9th Legislative Assembly of Ontario - Movement in seats held (1898-1902)
Party1898Gain/(loss) due to1902
Void
election		Resignation
as MPP		Death
in office		Byelection
gain		Byelection
hold
Liberal 51(3)(4)(2)4652
Conservative 42(2)(2)2141
Independent-Conservative11
Total94(5)(4)(4)6794
Changes in seats held (1898–1902)
SeatBeforeChange
DateMemberPartyReasonDateMemberParty
Wellington East September 6, 1898 John Craig █  Liberal Died in officeOctober 27, 1898 John Morison Gibson █  Liberal
Elgin West October 12, 1898 Findlay George MacDiarmid █  Conservative Election declared voidJanuary 12, 1899 Donald Macnish █  Liberal
Ontario South October 13, 1898 Charles Calder █  Conservative Election declared voidDecember 12, 1899 John Dryden █  Liberal
Perth South January 27, 1899 William Caven Moscrip █  Liberal Election declared voidFebruary 28, 1899 Samuel Nelson Monteith █  Conservative
Waterloo North April 1, 1899 Henry George Lackner █  Conservative Election declared voidOctober 31, 1900 [j] Louis Jacob Breithaupt █  Liberal
Brant South October 17, 1899 Arthur Sturgis Hardy █  Liberal Retired from politicsDecember 12, 1899 Thomas Hiram Preston █  Liberal
Renfrew South October 25, 1899 Robert Adam Campbell █  Liberal Resigned to provide a seat for LatchfordNovember 14, 1899 Francis Robert Latchford █  Liberal
Middlesex East November 20, 1899 Thomas D. Hodgins █  Conservative Died in officeJanuary 31, 1900 Thomas Robson █  Conservative
Elgin West November 21, 1899 Donald Macnish █  Liberal Election declared voidDecember 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 officeJune 19, 1900 [j] John W. Munro █  Liberal
Kingston April 15, 1901 William Harty █  Liberal Chose to stand for Kingston in the 1902 federal byelectionJanuary 30, 1902 [j] Edward John Barker Pense █  Liberal
Kent East September 7, 1901 Robert Ferguson █  Liberal Died in officeNovember 4, 1901 [j] John Lee █  Liberal
Re-elections on seats being vacated (1898–1902)
SeatIncumbentPartyVacatedReasonBy-election
Lennox Bowen Ebenezer Aylsworth █  Liberal October 20, 1898Election declared voidNovember 18, 1898
Huron West James Thompson Garrow █  Liberal November 2, 1898Resignation in exchange for withdrawal of election petitionDecember 8, 1898
Halton John Roaf Barber █  Liberal November 4, 1898Election declared voidDecember 8, 1898
Hastings North William John Allen █  Conservative November 13, 1898Resignation in exchange for withdrawal of election petitionDecember 27, 1898
Nipissing John Loughrin █  Liberal November 16, 1898Election declared voidDecember 27, 1898
Northumberland East John Henry Douglas █  Liberal November 18, 1898Election declared voidDecember 14, 1898
Elgin East Charles Andrew Brower █  Conservative April 1, 1899Election declared voidDecember 12, 1899
Peterborough West James Robert Stratton █  Liberal October 21, 1899Sought re-election upon appointment as Provincial Secretary and RegistrarNovember 7, 1899 [j]
Ontario South John Dryden █  Liberal November 21, 1899Election declared voidDecember 12, 1899
Waterloo North Louis Jacob Breithaupt █  Liberal October 19, 1900Election declared voidOctober 31, 1900 [j]
Huron West James Thompson Garrow █  Liberal March 12, 1901Election declared voidDecember 4, 1901
London Francis Baxter Leys █  Liberal April 15, 1901Sought re-election in support of removing a dam on the Thames RiverJuly 9, 1901

Notes

  1. ↑ retired from politics in 1899
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 unseated after an appeal
  3. ↑ died in 1901
  4. 1 2 elected to federal seat
  5. ↑ Ottawa had 2 seats
  6. ↑ died in 1900
  7. ↑ died in 1898
  8. ↑ Hamilton
  9. ↑ Hamilton West
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 returned by acclamation

      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.


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