20th Parliament of Ontario
The 20th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from October 6, 1937, until June 30, 1943, just prior to the 1943 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Liberal Party led by Mitchell Hepburn.
In 1938, the title "Member of Provincial Parliament", abbreviated as "MPP", was officially adopted by the members of the legislative assembly.
Hepburn resigned as Premier in October 1942, remaining party leader, and Gordon Daniel Conant became Premier. In 1943, Harry Nixon became both party leader and Premier after a leadership convention was held for the provincial Liberal party.
Norman Otto Hipel served as speaker for the assembly until September 2, 1938. James Howard Clark replaced Hipel as speaker.[1]
Members elected to the Assembly
Italicized names indicate members returned by acclamation.
| Addington: William David Black Algoma—Manitoulin: Wilfred Lynn Miller Beaches: Thomas Alexander Murphy Bellwoods: Arthur Wentworth Roebuck Bracondale: Lionel Pretoria Conacher Brant: Harry Corwin Nixon Brantford: Morrison Mann MacBride (I-Lib) Bruce: John William Sinclair Carleton: Adam Holland Acres Cochrane North: Joseph-Anaclet Habel Cochrane South: Charles Vincent Gallagher Dovercourt: William Duckworth Dufferin—Simcoe: Alfred Wallace Downer Durham: Cecil George Mercer Eglinton: Harold James Kirby Elgin: Mitchell Frederick Hepburn Essex North: Adélard Charles Trottier Essex South: Charles George Fletcher Fort William: Franklin Harford Spence Glengarry: Edmund MacGillivray Grenville—Dundas: George Holmes Challies Grey North: Roland Patterson (L-Prog) Grey South: Farquhar Robert Oliver (UFO) Haldimand—Norfolk: Eric William Blake Cross Halton: Thomas Aston Blakelock (L-Prog) Hamilton Centre: William Frederick Schwenger Hamilton East: John P. MacKay Hamilton—Wentworth: Thomas Baker McQuesten Hastings East: Harold Edward Welsh Hastings West: Richard Duke Arnott | High Park: William Alexander Baird Huron: James Simpson Ballantyne Huron—Bruce: Charles Alexander Robertson Kenora: Peter Heenan Kent East: Douglas Munro Campbell (L-Prog) Kent West: Arthur St. Clair Gordon Kingston: Thomas Ashmore Kidd Lambton East: Milton Duncan McVicar Lambton West: William Guthrie Lanark: George Henry Doucett Leeds: Walter Bain Reynolds Lincoln: Archibald Judson Haines London: Archibald Stuart Duncan Middlesex North: John Willard Freeborn Middlesex South: Charles Maitland MacFie Muskoka—Ontario: James Francis Kelly Niagara Falls: William Houck Nipissing: Joseph Elie Cholette Northumberland: Harold Norman Carr Ontario: Gordon Daniel Conant Ottawa East: Paul Leduc Ottawa South: George Harrison Dunbar Oxford: Patrick Michael Dewan Parkdale: Fred McBrien Parry Sound: Milton Taylor Armstrong Peel: Thomas Laird Kennedy Perth: William Angus Dickson Peterborough: Alexander Leslie Elliott Port Arthur: Charles Winnans Cox Prescott: Aurélien Bélanger | Prince Edward—Lennox: James de Congalton Hepburn Rainy River: Randolph George Croome Renfrew North: John Courtland Bradley Renfrew South: Thomas Patrick Murray Riverdale: William Summerville Russell: Romeo Bégin St. Andrew: John Judah Glass St. David: Allan Austin Lamport St. George: Ian Thomas Strachan St. Patrick: Frederick Fraser Hunter Sault Ste. Marie: Richard McMeekin Simcoe Centre: Leonard Jennett Simpson Simcoe East: William Finlayson Stormont: Fergus Beck Brownridge Sudbury: James Cooper Timiskaming: William Glennie Nixon Victoria: Leslie Frost Waterloo North: Justus Albert Smith Welland: Edward James Anderson Wellington North: Ross Atkinson McEwing Wellington South: James Harold King Wentworth: George Henry Bethune Windsor—Walkerville: David Arnold Croll Woodbine: Goldwin Corlett Elgie York East: George Stewart Henry York North: Morgan Baker York South: Leopold Macaulay York West: William James Gardhouse
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Timeline
| Party | 1937 | Gain/(loss) due to | 1943 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Changed party | Death in office | Resignation as MPP | Byelection gain | Byelection hold | ||||
| Liberal | 62 | 2 | (4) | (7) | 1 | 5 | 59 | |
| Conservative | 23 | (4) | (2) | 2 | 19 | |||
| Liberal–Progressive | 3 | (1) | 2 | |||||
| United Farmers | 1 | (1) | – | |||||
| Independent-Liberal | 1 | (1) | – | |||||
| Vacant | – | 5 | 5 | 10 | ||||
| Total | 90 | – | (4) | (4) | 1 | 7 | 90 | |
| Seat | Before | Change | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Member | Party | Reason | Date | Member | Party | |
| Sault Ste. Marie | October 20, 1937 | Richard McMeekin | █ Liberal | Resigned to allow Campbell to enter provincial politics | November 23, 1937 | Colin Alexander Campbell[a 1] | █ Liberal |
| Hamilton Centre | January 26, 1938 | William Frederick Schwenger | █ Liberal | Appointed to Bench | March 2, 1938 | John Newlands | █ Liberal |
| Lambton East | February 3, 1938 | Milton Duncan McVicar | █ Liberal | Died in office | March 22, 1938 | Charles Oliver Fairbank | █ Liberal |
| Brantford | June 5, 1938 | Morrison Mann MacBride | █ Independent-Liberal | Died in office | July 20, 1938 | Louis Hagey | █ Liberal |
| Parkdale | July 2, 1938 | Fred McBrien | █ Conservative | Died in office | October 5, 1938 | William James Stewart | █ Conservative |
| Simcoe East | January 13, 1939 | William Finlayson | █ Conservative | Resigned to enable Drew to gain seat as new party leader | February 14, 1939 | George Drew[a 1] | █ Conservative |
| Kingston | March 7, 1940 | Thomas Ashmore Kidd | █ Conservative | Chose to stand in Kingston City in the 1940 federal election | █ Vacant | ||
| Bellwoods | March 8, 1940 | Arthur Wentworth Roebuck | █ Liberal | Chose to stand in Trinity in the 1940 federal election | █ Vacant | ||
| Huron—Bruce | March 22, 1940 | Charles Alexander Robertson | █ Liberal | Died in office | █ Vacant | ||
| Cochrane South | May 28, 1940 | Charles Vincent Gallagher | █ Liberal | Died in office | █ Vacant | ||
| High Park | May 30, 1940 | William Alexander Baird | █ Conservative | Died in office | █ Vacant | ||
| Simcoe Centre | August 18, 1940 | Leonard Jennett Simpson | █ Liberal | Died in office | October 23, 1940 | Duncan McArthur[a 1] | █ Liberal |
| Ottawa East | September 27, 1940 | Paul Leduc | █ Liberal | Appointed Registrar of Supreme Court of Canada | November 27, 1940 | Robert Laurier | █ Liberal |
| Grey South | January 23, 1941 | Farquhar Robert Oliver | █ United Farmers | Appointed Minister of Public Works | February 24, 1941 | Farquhar Robert Oliver[a 1] | █ Liberal |
| Lincoln | January 10, 1942 | Archibald Judson Haines | █ Liberal | Resigned, in protest of a liquor licence being issued despite prior guarantees that it would not happen. | █ Vacant | ||
| Fort William | January 16, 1943 | Franklin Harford Spence | █ Conservative | Died in office | █ Vacant | ||
| Ontario | May 18, 1943 | Gordon Daniel Conant | █ Liberal | Appointed Master of the Supreme Court of Ontario. | █ Vacant | ||
| Hastings East | May 20, 1943 | Harold Edward Welsh | █ Conservative | Died in office, having drowned while fishing in Algonquin Provincial Park. | █ Vacant | ||
| St. George | June 1, 1943 | Ian Thomas Strachan | █ Liberal | Appointed Registrar of Deeds for the City of Toronto. | █ Vacant | ||
- ^ a b c d Won byelection by acclamation
External links
- Members in Parliament 20 Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine
References
- ^ "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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