17th Parliament of Ontario
The 17th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from December 1, 1926, until September 17, 1929, just prior to the 1929 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Conservative Party led by George Howard Ferguson.
William David Black served as speaker for the assembly.[1]
Members elected to the Assembly
Addington: William David Black Algoma: John Morrow Robb Beaches: Thomas Alexander Murphy Bellwoods: William Henry Edwards Bracondale: Arthur Russell Nesbitt Brant County: Harry Corwin Nixon (Prog) Brantford: William George Martin Brockton: Frederick George McBrien Brockville: Hezekiah Allan Clark Bruce North: Alexander Patterson Mewhinney Bruce South: Malcolm Alex McCallum (Prog) Carleton: Adam Holland Acres Cochrane North: Albert Victor Waters Cochrane South: Alfred Franklin Kenning Dovercourt: Samuel Thomas Wright Dufferin: Thomas Kerr Slack (Prog) Dundas: George Smyth (L-Proh) Durham: William John Bragg Eglinton: Herbert Henry Ball Elgin East: Edward Blake Miller Elgin West: Findlay George MacDiarmid Essex North: Paul Poisson Essex South: Charles George Fletcher Fort William: Franklin Harford Spence Frontenac—Lennox: Edward Ming Glengarry: Angus McGillis Greenwood: George Joseph Smith Grenville: George Howard Ferguson Grey North: David James Taylor (Prog) Grey South: Farquhar Robert Oliver (UFO) Haldimand: Robert Francis Miller Halton: George Hillmer Hamilton Centre: Thomas William Jutten Hamilton East: Leeming Carr Hamilton West: Frederick Thomas Smye Hastings East: James Ferguson Hill Hastings North: John Robert Cooke Hastings West: William Henry Ireland | High Park: William Alexander Baird Huron North: Charles Alexander Robertson Huron South: William George Medd (Prog) Kenora: Joseph Pattulo Earngey Kent East: Christopher Gardiner (Prog) Kent West: Archibald Clement Calder Kingston: Thomas Ashmore Kidd Lambton East: Leslie Warner Oke (UFO) Lambton West: Wilfred Smith Haney Lanark North: Thomas Alfred Thompson Lanark South: Egerton Reuben Stedman Leeds: Frederick James Skinner Lincoln: Robert Henry Kemp (Prog) Manitoulin: Thomas Farquhar (UFO) Middlesex North: Alexander Daniel McLean (I-Prog) Middlesex West: John Giles Lethbridge (Prog) Muskoka: George Walter Ecclestone Niagara Falls: William Gore Willson Nipissing: Henri Morel Norfolk: John Strickler Martin Northumberland: William George Robertson Ontario North: John Wesley Widdifield (Prog) Ontario South: William Edmund Newton Sinclair Ottawa East: Joseph Albert Pinard (I-Lib) Ottawa South: Thomas Miles Birkett Oxford North: David Munroe Ross (L-Prog) Oxford South: Merton Elvin Scott (L-Prog) Parkdale: William Herbert Price Parry Sound: George Vernon Harcourt Peel: Thomas Laird Kennedy Perth North: Joseph Dunsmore Monteith Perth South: Albert Alexander Colquhoun Peterborough City: William Herbert Bradburn Peterborough County: William Alfred Anderson | Prescott: Edmond Proulx (I-Lib) Prince Edward: William Edgar Raney (Prog) Rainy River: James Arthur Mathieu Renfrew North: Alexander Stuart Renfrew South: Thomas Moore Costello Riverdale: George Oakley Russell: Aurélien Bélanger (I-Lib) St. Andrew: William Robertson Flett St. Catharines: Edwin Cyrus Graves (I-Con) St. David: Joseph Elijah Thompson St. George: Henry Scholfield St. Patrick: John Allister Currie Sault Ste. Marie: James Lyons Simcoe Centre: Charles Ernest Wright Simcoe East: William Finlayson Stormont: Duncan Alexander McNaughton Sturgeon Falls: Théodore Legault (I-Lib) Sudbury: Charles McCrea Timiskaming: Angus John Kennedy Victoria North: William Newman (L-Prog)[b] Victoria South: Frederick George Sandy (L-Prog) Waterloo North: William George Weichel Welland: Marshall Vaughan Wellington Northeast: George Alexander McQuibban Wellington South: Lincoln Goldie Wentworth North: Alex Laurence Shaver Wentworth South: Thomas Joseph Mahony Windsor West: John Frederick Reid Woodbine: George Sylvester Shields York East: George Stewart Henry York North: Peter William Pearson York South: Leopold Macaulay York West: Forbes Godfrey
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Timeline
Party | 1926 | Gain/(loss) due to | 1929 | |||||
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Election void | Death in office | Resignation as MPP | Byelection gain | Byelection hold | ||||
Conservative | 72 | (1) | (3) | 2 | 2 | 72 | ||
Liberal | 14 | 14 | ||||||
Progressive | 10 | (1) | (1) | 8 | ||||
Liberal–Progressive | 4 | 4 | ||||||
United Farmers | 3 | 3 | ||||||
Labour | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Independent-Liberal | 4 | (1) | 3 | |||||
Independent-Conservative | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Independent-Progressive | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Liberal-Prohibitionist | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Vacant | – | 3 | 3 | |||||
Total | 112 | (1) | (1) | (2) | 2 | 2 | 112 |
Seat | Before | Change | |||||
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Date | Member | Party | Reason | Date | Member | Party | |
Prince Edward | September 16, 1927 | William Edgar Raney | █ Progressive | Appointed to the Bench | November 1, 1927 | Horace Stanley Colliver | █ Conservative |
Bruce South | November 14, 1927 | Malcolm Alex McCallum | █ Progressive | Election declared void | June 27, 1928 | Foster Graham Moffatt | █ Conservative |
Renfrew North | April 2, 1928 | Alexander Stuart | █ Conservative | Died in office | June 27, 1928 | Edward Arunah Dunlop | █ Conservative |
Hamilton East | May 15, 1928 | Leeming Carr | █ Conservative | Appointed Sheriff for Wentworth County | June 27, 1928 | William Morrison | █ Conservative |
Lanark North | June 1929 | Thomas Alfred Thompson | █ Conservative | Chose to stand in the 1929 federal Lanark byelection | █ Vacant | ||
Prescott | September 10, 1929 | Edmond Proulx | █ Independent-Liberal | Appointed to the Bench | █ Vacant | ||
St. David | September 1929 | Joseph Elijah Thompson | █ Conservative | Appointed Registrar of the Surrogate Court | █ Vacant |
External links
- Members in Parliament 17 Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine
Notes and references
Notes
References
- ^ "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Archived from the original on 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2014-08-27.
- ^ "Two Conservatives Run Same Riding". Oshawa Daily Reformer. November 11, 1926. p. 2.
- ^ "Fusionist Chosen". Oshawa Daily Reformer. November 1, 1926. p. 8.
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