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18th Parliament of Ontario

The 18th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from October 30, 1929, until May 16, 1934, just prior to the 1934 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Conservative Party led by George Howard Ferguson.

George Stewart Henry replaced Ferguson as party leader and Premier in December 1930 after Ferguson was named Canadian High Commissioner in London.

Thomas Ashmore Kidd served as speaker for the assembly.[1]

Members of the Assembly

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Italicized names indicate members returned by acclamation.

Riding Member Party First elected / previously elected
  Addington William David Black Conservative 1911
  Algoma John Morrow Robb Conservative 1915, 1926
  Beaches Thomas Alexander Murphy Conservative 1926
  Bellwoods Thomas Hamilton Bell Conservative 1929
  Bracondale Arthur Russell Nesbitt Conservative 1923
  Brant County Harry Corwin Nixon Progressive 1919
  Brantford William George Martin Conservative 1926
  Brockton Frederick George McBrien Conservative 1923
  Brockville Hezekiah Allan Clark Conservative 1923
  Bruce North Frederick Wellington Elliott Liberal 1929
  Bruce South William John MacKay Liberal 1929
  Carleton Adam Holland Acres Conservative 1923
  Cochrane North Albert Victor Waters Conservative 1926
  Cochrane South Alfred Franklin Kenning Conservative 1926
  Dovercourt Samuel Thomas Wright Conservative 1926
  Dufferin Thomas Kerr Slack Progressive 1919, 1926
  Dundas George Holmes Challies Conservative 1929
  Durham William John Bragg Liberal 1919
  Eglinton Alvin Coulter McLean Conservative 1929
  Elgin East Herbert James Davis Conservative 1929
  Elgin West Charles Edmund Raven Conservative 1929
  Essex North Paul Poisson Conservative 1926
  Essex South Austin Burton Smith Conservative 1929
  Fort William Franklin Harford Spence Conservative 1923
  Frontenac-Lennox Charles Wesley Hambly Conservative 1923, 1929
  Glengarry James Alexander Sangster Liberal 1923, 1929
  Greenwood George Joseph Smith Conservative 1926
  Grenville George Howard Ferguson[a] Conservative 1905
  James Alfred Sanderson (1931) Conservative 1931
  Grey North David James Taylor Progressive 1919
  Grey South Farquhar Robert Oliver United Farmers 1926
  Haldimand Richard Nixon Berry Conservative 1923, 1929
  Halton Thomas Aston Blakelock Liberal 1929
  Hamilton Centre Thomas William Jutten Conservative 1926
  Hamilton East William Morrison Conservative 1928
  Hamilton West Frederick Thomas Smye Conservative 1926
  D'Arcy Argue Counsell Martin (1931) Conservative 1931
  Hastings East James Ferguson Hill Conservative 1923
  Hastings North John Robert Cooke Conservative 1911
  Hastings West William Henry Ireland Conservative 1919
  High Park William Alexander Baird Conservative 1926
  Huron North Charles Alexander Robertson Liberal 1926
  Huron South William George Medd Progressive 1926
  Kenora Earl Hutchinson Labour 1929
  Kent East Philip James Henry Conservative 1929
  Douglas Munro Campbell (1934) Liberal 1934
  Kent West Archibald Clement Calder Conservative 1926
  Kingston Thomas Ashmore Kidd Conservative 1926
  Lambton East Thomas Howard Fraleigh Conservative 1929
  Lambton West Andrew Robinson McMillen Conservative 1929
  Lanark North John Alexander Craig Conservative 1929
  Lanark South James Alexander Anderson[b] Conservative 1929
  Egerton Reuben Stedman (1931) Conservative 1931
  Leeds Frederick James Skinner Conservative 1926
  Lincoln Sidney James Wilson Conservative 1929
  London North James Percy Moore Conservative 1926
  London South John Cameron Wilson Conservative 1926
  Manitoulin Alvin Edwin Graham Conservative 1929
  Middlesex North Fred Van Wyck Laughton Conservative 1929
  Middlesex West Lloyd William Morgan Freele Conservative 1929
  Muskoka George Walter Ecclestone Conservative 1919
  Niagara Falls William Gore Willson Conservative 1923
  Nipissing Henri Morel Conservative 1908, 1923
  Charles Robert Harrison (1930) Conservative 1930
  Norfolk John Strickler Martin[c] Conservative 1923
  Arthur Campbell Burt (1931) Conservative 1931
  Northumberland Frederick John McArthur Conservative 1929
  Ontario North James Blanchard Conservative 1929
  Ontario South William Edmund Newton Sinclair Liberal 1911, 1919
  Ottawa East Louis Côté Conservative 1929
  Ottawa North Albert Edwin Honeywell Conservative 1926
  Ottawa South Arthur Ellis Conservative 1929
  Oxford North David Munroe Ross Liberal-Progressive 1921
  Oxford South Robert Andrew Baxter Liberal 1929
  Parkdale William Herbert Price Conservative 1914
  Parry Sound George Vernon Harcourt Conservative 1923
  Peel Thomas Laird Kennedy Conservative 1919
  Perth North Joseph Dunsmore Monteith Conservative 1923
  Perth South David Bonis[b] Conservative 1929
  Charles Edward Richardson (1930) Conservative 1930
  Peterborough City James Fordyce Strickland Conservative 1929
  Peterborough County Thomas Percival Lancaster Conservative 1929
  Port Arthur Donald McDonald Hogarth Conservative 1911, 1926
  Prescott Joseph St. Denis Independent-Conservative 1929
  Prince Edward Horace Stanley Colliver Conservative 1923, 1928
  Rainy River William Herbert Elliott Independent-Conservative 1929
  Renfrew North Edward Arunah Dunlop Conservative 1903, 1911, 1929
  Renfrew South Thomas Patrick Murray Liberal 1929
  Riverdale George Oakley Conservative 1923
  Russell Charles Avila Séguin Conservative 1929
  Sault Ste. Marie James Lyons Conservative 1923
  Simcoe Centre Leonard Jennett Simpson Liberal 1929
  Simcoe East William Finlayson Conservative 1923
  Simcoe Southwest James Edgar Jamieson Conservative 1923, 1929
  St. Andrew Ephraim Frederick Singer Conservative 1929
  St. Catharines Edwin Cyrus Graves Conservative 1923
  St. David Wilfred Heighington Conservative 1929
  St. George Henry Scholfield Conservative 1911[d], 1926
  St. Patrick Edward Joseph Murphy Conservative 1929
  Stormont Duncan Alexander McNaughton Conservative 1926
  Sturgeon Falls Albert Zenophile Aubin Conservative 1929
  Sudbury Charles McCrea Conservative 1911
  Timiskaming Angus John Kennedy Conservative 1923
  Victoria North William Newman Liberal 1926
  Victoria South Wellesley Wilson Staples Conservative 1929
  Waterloo North Sydney Charles Tweed Liberal 1929
  Waterloo South Karl Kenneth Homuth[e] Conservative 1919
  Norman Otto Hipel (1930) Liberal 1930
  Welland Marshall Vaughan Conservative 1923
  Wellington Northeast George Alexander McQuibban Liberal 1926
  Wellington South Lincoln Goldie[c] Conservative 1923
  Duncan Paul Munro (1931) Liberal 1931
  Wentworth North Alex Laurence Shaver Conservative 1926
  Wentworth South Thomas Joseph Mahony Conservative 1923
  Windsor East Frank Worthington Wilson Conservative 1923
  Windsor West John Frederick Reid Conservative 1926
  Woodbine George Sylvester Shields Conservative 1926
  York East George Stewart Henry Conservative 1913
  York North Clifford Case Conservative 1929
  York South Leopold Macaulay Conservative 1926
  York West Forbes Godfrey[f] Conservative 1907
  Henry Isaac Price (1932) Conservative 1932

Timeline

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18th Legislative Assembly of Ontario - Movement in seats held (1929-1934)
Party 1929 Gain/(loss) due to 1934
Death
in office 		Resignation
as MPP 		Byelection
gain 		Byelection
hold
Conservative 90 (9) (3) 7 85
Liberal 13 3 16
Progressive 4 4
Liberal–Progressive 1 1
United Farmers 1 1
Labour 1 1
Independent-Conservative 2 2
Vacant – 2 2
Total 112 (7) (3) 3 7 112
Changes in seats held (1929–1934)
Seat Before Change
Date Member Party Reason Date Member Party
Nipissing June 30, 1930 Henri Morel █ Conservative Chose to stand for Nipissing in the 1930 federal election October 29, 1930 Charles Robert Harrison █ Conservative
Lanark South August 3, 1930 James Alexander Anderson █ Conservative Died in office October 29, 1930 Egerton Reuben Stedman █ Conservative
Waterloo South July 12, 1930 Karl Kenneth Homuth █ Conservative Chose to stand for Waterloo North in the 1930 federal election October 29, 1930 Norman Otto Hipel █ Liberal
Perth South July 19, 1930 David Bonis █ Conservative Died in office October 29, 1930 Charles Edward Richardson █ Conservative
Hamilton West November 15, 1930 Frederick Thomas Smye █ Conservative Died in office February 11, 1931 D'Arcy Argue Counsell Martin █ Conservative
Grenville December 15, 1930 George Howard Ferguson █ Conservative Appointed Canadian High Commissioner in London February 11, 1931 James Alfred Sanderson █ Conservative
Norfolk May 13, 1931 John Strickler Martin █ Conservative Died in office July 8, 1931 Arthur Campbell Burt █ Conservative
Wellington South September 19, 1931 Lincoln Goldie █ Conservative Died in office November 18, 1931 Duncan Paul Munro █ Liberal
York West January 6, 1932 Forbes Godfrey █ Conservative Died in office May 28, 1932 Henry Isaac Price █ Conservative
Kent East August 13, 1933 Philip James Henry █ Conservative Died in office January 3, 1934 Douglas Munro Campbell █ Liberal
Renfrew North January 1, 1934 Edward Arunah Dunlop █ Conservative Died in office █ Vacant
Perth North January 8, 1934 Joseph Dunsmore Monteith █ Conservative Died in office █ Vacant

Notes

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  1. ^ accepted appointment
  2. ^ a b died in 1930
  3. ^ a b died in 1931
  4. ^ Wellington South
  5. ^ resigned to run for federal seat
  6. ^ died in 1932

References

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  1. ^ "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Archived from the original on 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2014-08-27.
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