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.

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

Members of the Assembly

Riding Member Party First 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 Conservative 1894
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) Conservative 1898, 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)
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
Changes in seats held (1898–1902)
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[j] 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[j] John W. Munro  Liberal
Kingston April 15, 1901 William Harty  Liberal Chose to stand for Kingston in the 1902 federal byelection January 30, 1902[j] Edward John Barker Pense  Liberal
Kent East September 7, 1901 Robert Ferguson  Liberal Died in office November 4, 1901[j] John Lee  Liberal
Re-elections on seats being vacated (1898–1902)
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[j]
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[j]
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

Notes

  1. ^ retired from politics in 1899
  2. ^ a b c d e unseated after an appeal
  3. ^ died in 1901
  4. ^ a b elected to federal seat
  5. ^ Ottawa had 2 seats
  6. ^ died in 1900
  7. ^ died in 1898
  8. ^ Hamilton
  9. ^ Hamilton West
  10. ^ a b c d e f 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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