14th Parliament of Ontario

The 14th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from June 29, 1914, until September 23, 1919, just prior to the 1919 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Conservative Party led by Sir James P. Whitney.

William Howard Hearst became party leader and Premier after the death of James P. Whitney in September 1914.

David Jamieson served as speaker for the assembly.[1]

Members elected to the Assembly

Italicized names indicate members returned by acclamation.

  Addington: William David Black
  Algoma: Albert Grigg
  Brant: Thomas Scott Davidson
  Brant South: Joseph Henry Ham
  Brockville: Albert Edward Donovan
  Bruce North: William MacDonald
  Bruce South: Wellington David Cargill
  Bruce West: Charles Martin Bowman
  Carleton: Robert Herbert McElroy
  Cochrane: Malcolm Lang
  Dufferin: Charles Robert McKeown
  Dundas: James Pliny Whitney
  Durham East: Josiah Johnston Preston
  Durham West: John Henry Devitt
  Elgin East: Charles Andrew Brower
  Elgin West: Findlay George MacDiarmid
  Essex North: Severin Ducharme
  Essex South: Lambert Peter Wigle
  Fort William: Charles William Jarvis
  Frontenac: Anthony McGuin Rankin
  Glengarry: Hugh Munro
  Grenville: George Howard Ferguson
  Grey Centre: Isaac Benson Lucas
  Grey North: Colin Stewart Cameron
  Grey South: David Jamieson
  Haldimand: William Jaques
  Hamilton East: Allan Studholme
  Hamilton West: John Strathearn Hendrie
  Hastings East: Sandy Grant
  Hastings North: John Robert Cooke
  Hastings West: John Wesley Johnson
  Huron Centre: William Proudfoot
  Huron North: Armstrong Musgrove
  Huron South: Henry Eilber
  Kent West: George William Sulman
  Kingston: Arthur Edward Ross
  Lambton East: John Burton Martyn
  Lambton West: William John Hanna
  Lanark North: Richard Franklin Preston
  Lanark South: Francis William Hall
  Lincoln: Thomas A. Marshall
  London: Adam Beck
  Manitoulin: Robert Roswell Gamey
  Middlesex East: John McFarlane
  Middlesex North: John Grieve
  Middlesex West: John Campbell Elliott
  Niagara Falls: George Musgrove
  Nipissing: Henri Morel
  Norfolk North: Thomas Robert Atkinson
  Norfolk South: Arthur Clarence Pratt
  Northumberland East: Samuel Greerson Nesbitt
  Northumberland West: Samuel Clarke
  Ontario North: William Henry Hoyle
  Ontario South: Charles Calder
  Ottawa East: Joseph Albert Pinard
  Oxford North: Newton Wesley Rowell
  Oxford South: Victor Albert Sinclair
  Parkdale: William Herbert Price
  Parry Sound: Joseph Edgar
  Perth North: James Torrance
  Perth South: John Benneweis
  Peterborough East: James Thompson
  Peterborough West: George Alexander Gillespie
  Port Arthur: Donald McDonald Hogarth
  Prescott: Gustave Évanturel (I-Lib)
  Prince Edward: Nelson Parliament
  Rainy River: James Arthur Mathieu
  Renfrew North: Edward Arunah Dunlop
  Renfrew South: Thomas William McGarry
  Riverdale: Joseph Russell
  Russell: Damase Racine
  St. Catharines: Elisha Jessop
  Sault Ste. Marie: William Howard Hearst
  Simcoe Centre: Alfred Burke Thompson
  Simcoe East: James Irwin Hartt
  Simcoe South: Alexander Ferguson
  Stormont: Robert Austin Shearer
  Sturgeon Falls: Zotique Mageau
  Sudbury: Charles McCrea
  Timiskaming: Thomas Magladery
  Toronto Northeast - A: Robert Allan Pyne
  Toronto Northeast - B: Mark Howard Irish
  Toronto Northwest - A: Thomas Crawford
  Toronto Northwest - B: William David McPherson
  Toronto Southeast - B: Thomas Hook
  Toronto Southwest - B: George Horace Gooderham
  Victoria North: Robert Mercer Mason
  Victoria South: John Carew
  Waterloo North: Charles Henry Mills
  Welland: Donald Sharpe
  Wellington East: Udney Richardson
  Wellington South: Samuel Carter (Lib-Temp)
  Wellington West: William Clarke Chambers
  Wentworth North: Arthur Frederick Rykert
  Wentworth South: James Thomas Hammill Regan
  Windsor: James Craig Tolmie
  York East: George Stewart Henry
  York North: Thomas Herbert Lennox
  York West: Forbes Godfrey

Timeline

14th Legislative Assembly of Ontario - Movement in seats held (1914-1919)
Party 1914 Gain/(loss) due to 1919
Death
in office
Resignation
as MPP
Byelection
gain
Byelection
hold
Conservative 84 (8) (5) 8 79
Liberal 24 (1) 3 1 27
United Farmers 2 2
Independent Liberal 1 1
Labour 1 1
Liberal-Temperance 1 1
Total 111 (8) (6) 5 9 111
Changes in seats held (1914–1919)
Seat Before Change
Date Member Party Reason Date Member Party
Hamilton West September 25, 1914 John Strathearn Hendrie  Conservative Appointed Lieutenant Governor November 18, 1914 John Allan  Conservative
Dundas September 25, 1914 James Pliny Whitney  Conservative Died in office December 7, 1914 Irwin Foster Hilliard  Conservative
Algoma October 7, 1915 Albert Grigg  Conservative Appointed Deputy Minister February 24, 1916 John Morrow Robb  Conservative
Peel January 28, 1916 James Robinson Fallis  Conservative Resigned to contest by-election February 24, 1916 William James Lowe  Liberal
Muskoka May 15, 1916 Samuel Henry Armstrong  Conservative Died in office June 12, 1916 George Walter Ecclestone  Conservative
Perth North June 13, 1916 James Torrance  Conservative Accepted federal Customs appointment July 10, 1916 Francis Wellington Hay  Liberal
Toronto Southwest - A June 13, 1916 James Joseph Foy  Conservative Died in office August 21, 1916 Herbert Hartley Dewart  Liberal
Simcoe West November 17, 1916 James Stoddart Duff  Conservative Died in office January 15, 1917 William Torrance Allen  Conservative
Lennox March 15, 1917 Thomas George Carscallen  Conservative Died in office August 29, 1918 Reginald Amherst Fowler  Conservative
Manitoulin March 19, 1917 Robert Roswell Gamey  Conservative Died in office October 24, 1918 Beniah Bowman  United Farmers
Toronto Northeast - A May 23, 1918 Robert Allan Pyne  Conservative Accepted municipal appointment August 19, 1918 Henry John Cody  Conservative
Oxford North September 6, 1918 Newton Wesley Rowell  Liberal Entered federal politics September 23, 1918 John Alexander Calder  Liberal
Ontario North October 27, 1918 William Henry Hoyle  Conservative Died in office February 18, 1919 John Wesley Widdifield  United Farmers
St. Catharines October 24, 1918 Elisha Jessop  Conservative Died in office February 15, 1919 Frederick Raymond Parnell  Conservative

References

  1. ^ "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Archived from the original on 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2014-08-28.

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