8th Parliament of Ontario

The 8th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from June 26, 1894, until January 28, 1898, just prior to the 1898 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Liberal Party led by Oliver Mowat. Arthur Sturgis Hardy succeeded Mowat as Premier in 1896 after Mowat entered federal politics. The Assembly also had significant groupings from the Patrons of Industry (representing farmers' interests) and the Protestant Protective Association (representing anti-Catholic sentiment, and associated with the Orange Order), each of which returned candidates either on their own or with local Liberal or Conservative support.

William Douglas Balfour served as Speaker for the assembly until he was named to cabinet on July 14, 1896. Alfred Évanturel succeeded him as Speaker.[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 M. Savage[a] Conservative 1894
  James Conmee (1895) Liberal 1885, 1895
  Brant William Bruce Wood[b] Liberal 1886
  Daniel Burt (1895) Liberal 1895
  Brant South Arthur Sturgis Hardy Liberal 1873
  Brockville George Augustus Dana Liberal 1894
  Bruce Centre John Stevenson McDonald Liberal-Patrons of Industry 1894
Bruce North Daniel McNaughton Liberal-Protestant Protective 1893
  Bruce South Reuben Eldridge Truax Liberal 1894
Cardwell Edward Alfred Little Conservative-Protestant Protective 1894
  Carleton George Nelson Kidd Conservative-Patrons of Industry 1894
  Dufferin William Dynes Patrons of Industry 1894
  Dundas James Pliny Whitney Conservative 1888
  Durham East William Armstrong Fallis Conservative 1894
Durham West William Henry Reid Conservative-Protestant Protective 1894
  Elgin East Charles Andrew Brower Conservative 1894
  Elgin West Donald Macnish Liberal-Patrons of Industry 1894
  Essex North William J. McKee Liberal 1894
  Essex South William Douglas Balfour[c] Liberal 1882
  John Allan Auld (1896) Liberal 1896
  Frontenac Joseph Longford Haycock Liberal-Patrons of Industry 1894
  Glengarry David Murdoch McPherson Liberal-Patrons of Industry 1894
  Grenville Orlando Bush Conservative 1890
Grey Centre Thomas Gamey Protestant Protective 1894
  Grey North James Cleland Liberal 1890
  Grey South David McNicol Patrons of Industry 1894
  Haldimand John Senn[a] Conservative 1894
  Jacob Baxter (1895) Liberal 1867, 1895
  Halton William Kerns Conservative 1883
  Hamilton East James Taylor Middleton Liberal 1894
  Hamilton West John Morison Gibson Liberal 1879, 1891
  Hastings East Alexander McLaren Liberal-Patrons of Industry 1894
  Hastings North James Haggerty Patrons of Industry 1894
  Hastings West William Hodgins Biggar Liberal 1890
  Huron East Thomas Gibson Liberal 1871
  Huron South Murdo Young McLean Liberal 1894
  Huron West James Thompson Garrow Liberal 1890
  Kent East Robert Ferguson Liberal 1885
  Kent West Thomas Letson Pardo Liberal-Patrons of Industry 1894
  Kingston Edward H. Smythe[a] Conservative 1894
  William Harty (1895) Liberal 1895
  Lambton East Peter Duncan McCallum Independent 1893
Lambton West Alfred Thomas Gurd Conservative-Protestant Protective 1894
  Lanark North Richard Franklin Preston Conservative 1894
  Lanark South Arthur James Matheson Conservative 1894
  Leeds Walter Beatty Conservative 1894
  Lennox Walter William Meacham Conservative 1886
  Lincoln James Hiscott Conservative 1890
  London William Ralph Meredith[d] Conservative 1872
  Thomas Saunders Hobbs (1894) Liberal 1894
Middlesex East William Shore Liberal-Protestant Protective 1894
  Middlesex North William Henry Taylor Liberal-Patrons of Industry 1894
  Middlesex West George William Ross Liberal 1883
  Monck Richard Harcourt Liberal 1879
Muskoka George Edward Langford Conservative-Protestant Protective 1894
  Nipissing John Loughrin Liberal 1890
  Norfolk North Edwin Clarendon Carpenter Liberal 1891
  Norfolk South William Andrew Charlton Liberal 1890
  Northumberland East William Arnson Willoughby Conservative 1886, 1888
  Northumberland West Corelli Collard Field Liberal 1886
  Ontario North Thomas William Chapple Liberal 1894
  Ontario South John Dryden Liberal 1879
  Ottawa[e] George O. O'Keefe Liberal 1894
  Ottawa Erskine Henry Bronson Liberal 1886
  Oxford North Oliver Mowat[f] Liberal 1872
  Andrew Pattulo (1896) Liberal 1896
  Oxford South Angus McKay Liberal 1886
  Parry Sound William Rabb Beatty Liberal-Patrons of Industry 1894
  Peel John Smith Liberal 1892
  Perth North Thomas Magwood Conservative 1891
  Perth South John McNeill Liberal-Patrons of Industry 1894
  Peterborough East Thomas Blezard Liberal 1879
  Peterborough West James Robert Stratton Liberal 1886
  Prescott Francis Eugene Alfred Evanturel Liberal 1886
  Prince Edward John Caven Liberal-Patrons of Industry 1894
  Renfrew North Henry Barr Liberal 1892
  Renfrew South Robert Adam Campbell Liberal 1894
  Russell Alexander Robillard Liberal 1886
  Simcoe Centre Robert Paton Liberal 1890
  Simcoe East Andrew Miscampbell Conservative 1890
  Simcoe West Archibald S. Currie Liberal-Patrons of Industry 1894
  Stormont John Bennett Liberal-Patrons of Industry 1894
  Toronto East George Ryerson Conservative 1893
  Toronto North George Frederick Marter Conservative 1886
  Toronto South Oliver Aiken Howland Conservative 1894
  Toronto West Thomas Crawford Conservative 1894
  Victoria East John Hilliard Carnegie Conservative 1894
  Victoria West John McKay Liberal-Equal Rights 1890
  Waterloo North Alexander Black Robertson Liberal 1894
  Waterloo South John Douglas Moore Liberal 1890
  Welland William Manley German Liberal 1894
  Wellington East John Craig Liberal 1894
  Wellington South John Mutrie Liberal 1894
Wellington West George Tucker[a] Conservative-Protestant Protective 1894
  James Tucker (1896) Conservative 1896
  Wentworth North John Ira Flatt Liberal 1894
  Wentworth South Nicholas Awrey[g] Liberal 1879
  John Dickenson (1896) Liberal 1896
  York East John Richardson Liberal 1894
  York North Elihu James Davis Liberal 1888
  York West Joseph Wesley St. John Conservative 1894

Timeline

8th Legislative Assembly of Ontario - Movement in seats held (1894-1898)
Party 1894 Gain/(loss) due to 1898
Void
election 		Resignation
as MPP 		Death
in office 		Byelection
gain 		Byelection
hold
Liberal 45 (1) (3) (1) 4 5 49
Conservative 23 (3) (1) 1 20
  Liberal-Patrons 12 12
Conservative–P.P.A. 5 (1) 4
Patrons of Industry 3 3
  Conservative-Patrons 2 2
Liberal-P.P.A. 2 2
Protestant Protective Association 1 1
Independent-Conservative-PPA 1 1
Total 94 (5) (4) (1) 5 5 94
Changes in seats held (1894–1898)
Seat Before Change
Date Member Party Reason Date Member Party
London October 25, 1894 William Ralph Meredith   Conservative Appointed to Bench November 20, 1894 Thomas Saunders Hobbs   Liberal
Algoma West December 20, 1894 James M. Savage   Conservative Election declared void January 29, 1895 James Conmee   Liberal
Kingston December 27, 1894[2] Edward H. Smythe   Conservative Election declared void January 28, 1895 William Harty   Liberal
Wellington West January 29, 1895[h] George Tucker   Conservative–P.P.A. Election declared void February 1, 1896 James Tucker[i]   Conservative
Haldimand February 27, 1895[3] John Senn   Conservative Election declared void March 19, 1895 Jacob Baxter   Liberal
Brant North April 23, 1895 William Bruce Wood   Liberal Appointed Registrar of Brant County May 20, 1895[j] Daniel Burt   Liberal
Kingston September 20, 1895 William Harty   Liberal Election declared void October 8, 1895[j] William Harty   Liberal
Wentworth South December 26, 1895[4] Nicholas Awrey   Liberal Appointed Sheriff of Wentworth County January 24, 1896 John Dickenson   Liberal
Oxford North July 14, 1896 Oliver Mowat   Liberal Appointed to the Senate September 7, 1896 Andrew Pattulo   Liberal
Essex South August 19, 1896 William Douglas Balfour   Liberal Died in office October 20, 1896 John Allan Auld   Liberal

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d unseated after an appeal
  2. ^ retired due to poor health
  3. ^ died in 1896
  4. ^ appointed judge
  5. ^ Ottawa had 2 seats
  6. ^ elected to federal seat
  7. ^ appointed to office
  8. ^ dismissed on appeal, November 29, 1895
  9. ^ brother of George Tucker
  10. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ "Dr. Smythe Unseated". Weekly British Whig. December 20, 1894. p. 1.
  3. ^ "Editorial Notes". Waterloo County Chronicle. February 28, 1895. p. 4.
  4. ^ "General Paragraphs". Daily British Whig. January 4, 1896. p. 1.
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