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
  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
  Huron South: William George Medd (Prog)
  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
  Lincoln: Robert Henry Kemp (Prog)
  London North: James Percy Moore
  London South: John Cameron Wilson
  Manitoulin: Thomas Farquhar (UFO)
  Middlesex North: Alexander Daniel McLean (I-Prog)
  Middlesex West: John Giles Lethbridge (Prog)
  Niagara Falls: William Gore Willson
  Nipissing: Henri Morel
  Northumberland: William George Robertson
  Ontario North: John Wesley Widdifield (Prog)
  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
  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
  Simcoe Southwest: John Henry Mitchell (L-Prog)
  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 East: Frank Worthington Wilson
  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

Timeline

17th Legislative Assembly of Ontario - Movement in seats held (1926-1929)
Party 1926 Gain/(loss) due to 1929
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
Changes in seats held (1926–1929)
Seat Before Change
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

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Notes and references

Notes

  1. ^ Hogarth was one of two Conservative candidates who were selected in parallel meetings arising from a dispute over the validity of the list of delegates.[2]
  2. ^ Newman was selected to represent both the Liberals and the Progressives. He would join the Liberal caucus after the election.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Archived from the original on 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2014-08-27.
  2. ^ "Two Conservatives Run Same Riding". Oshawa Daily Reformer. November 11, 1926. p. 2.
  3. ^ "Fusionist Chosen". Oshawa Daily Reformer. November 1, 1926. p. 8.
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