15th Parliament of Ontario

Legislative session of the Parliament of Ontario January 2025 January 2025 The 15th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from October 20, 1919, until May 10, 1923.Members of the 15th parliament Legislative Assembly of Ontario https://www.ola.org/en/members/parliament-15 2024-11-04 www.ola.org The parliament was elected in the 1919 Ontario general election and was dissolved prior to the 1923 general election. The leading party in the chamber after the election was the United Farmers of Ontario (UFO). It formed a coalition government with 11 Labour MLAs and three Independent candidates of varying stripes. The coalition held a slight majority of the seats and the parties it represented had taken about 34 percent of the vote in the 1919 election. The rest of the votes had been split between the Conservatives, the Liberals and others, many of which were unsuccessful candidates. (Under the first-past-the-post system, any votes cast for unsuccessful candidates are simply disregarded.) The UFO derived a benefit from winning many rural seats where the number of votes involved were less than in the urban districts. In Brant North the UFO candidate won while receiving only 3,600 votes while in Ottawa West the Conservative candidate took 9,000 votes to win his seat. The party approached Ernest Charles Drury, who had not run in the election, to serve as party leader and premier. Drury had not run in the 1919 election and was elected in a by-election held in Halton in 1920. He made it known that the coalition government party should be known by the name "The People's Party."1920 Parliamentary Guide, p. 316 Most of the seats the United Farmers won were taken at the expense of the Conservative party, who had formed the government in the preceding assembly and would again regain power in 1923. Nelson Parliament served as speaker for the assembly.http://speaker.ontla.on.ca/en/at-the-assembly/speakers/ Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario Legislative Assembly of Ontario 2014-08-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20140801101335/http://speaker.ontla.on.ca/en/at-the-assembly/speakers/ 2014-08-01 dead The power wielded by the UFO-Labour coalition enabled the passage of progressive Labour and farmer legislation. The government created the first Department of Welfare for the province and brought in allowances for widows and children, a minimum wage for women and standardized adoption procedures. The government also expanded Ontario Hydro and promoted rural electrification, created the Province of Ontario Savings Office - a provincially owned bank that lent money to farmers at a lower rate - began the first major reforestation program in North America, and began construction of the modern highway system.Wiki: United Farmers of Ontario The government was a strict enforcer of the Ontario Temperance Act, enacted in 1916, and Prohibition stayed in force until 1927. The 1923 election saw the UFO-Labour coalition government defeated by a re-energized Conservative Party. The UFO vote stayed solid as compared to 1919 but the UFO suffered under First past the post and took about half the seats it was due. In 1924 (after the 1923 election), the provincial treasurer Peter Smith was found guilty of conspiracy to defraud the government following a series of events known as the Ontario Bond Scandal.PETER SMITH AND AEMILIUS JARVIS SR. CONVICTED The Globe Oct 25, 1924 1 In the waning days of the UFO-Labour government, the government attempted to reform the province's electoral system (to introduce proportional representation) but the effort failed, in part due to Conservative opposition. The UFO suffered under the First past the post electoral system used in the 1923 election, taking just about half the seats they were due proportionally.Blais, To keep or to change First Past The Post, p. 113 Members of the Assembly Italicized names indicate members returned by acclamation. RidingMemberPartyFirst elected / previously electedNo. of termsON Conservative row AddingtonWilliam David BlackConservative19113rd termON Liberal row AlgomaKenneth Spencer StoverLiberal19191st termON United Farmers row BrantHarry Corwin NixonUnited Farmers19191st termON Labour row Brant SouthMorrison Mann MacBrideLabour19191st termON Liberal row BrockvilleDonald McAlpineLiberal19191st termON United Farmers row Bruce NorthWilliam Henry FentonUnited Farmers19191st termON Liberal row Bruce SouthFrank RennieLiberal19191st termON Liberal row Bruce WestAlexander Patterson MewhinneyLiberal19191st termON United Farmers row CarletonRobert Henry GrantUnited Farmers19191st termON Liberal row CochraneMalcolm LangLiberal19142nd termON United Farmers row DufferinThomas Kerr SlackUnited Farmers19191st termON United Farmers row DundasWilliam H. CasselmanUnited Farmers19191st termON United Farmers row Durham EastSamuel Sandford StaplesUnited Farmers19191st termON Liberal row Durham WestWilliam John BraggLiberal19191st termON United Farmers row Elgin EastMalcolm MacVicarUnited Farmers19191st termON United Farmers row Elgin WestPeter Gow CameronUnited Farmers19191st termON United Farmers row Essex NorthAlphonse George TisdelleUnited Farmers19191st termON United Farmers row Essex SouthMilton C. FoxUnited Farmers19191st termON Labour row Fort WilliamHenry MillsLabour19191st termON Conservative row FrontenacAnthony McGuin RankinConservative19113rd termON United Farmers row GlengarryDuncan Alexander RossUnited Farmers19191st termON Conservative row GrenvilleGeorge Howard FergusonConservative19055th termON United Farmers row Grey CentreDougall CarmichaelUnited Farmers19191st termON Farmer-Liberal row Grey NorthDavid James TaylorLiberal-United Farmers19191st termON United Farmers row Grey SouthGeorge Mansfield LeesonUnited Farmers19191st termON United Farmers row HaldimandWarren StringerUnited Farmers19191st termON United Farmers row HaltonJohn Featherstone Ford"resign" resigned his seatUnited Farmers19191st termON United Farmers row Ernest Charles Drury (1920)United Farmers19201st termON Labour row Hamilton EastGeorge Grant HalcrowLabour19191st termON Labour row Hamilton WestWalter RolloLabour19191st termON United Farmers row Hastings EastHenry Ketcheson DenyesUnited Farmers19191st termON Conservative row Hastings NorthJohn Robert CookeConservative19113rd termON Conservative row Hastings WestWilliam Henry IrelandConservative19191st termON Labour row Huron CentreJohn M. GovenlockLabour19191st termON Conservative row Huron NorthJohn JoyntConservative19191st termON United Farmers row Huron SouthAndrew HicksUnited Farmers19191st termON Labour row KenoraPeter HeenanLabour19191st termON United Farmers row Kent EastJames B. ClarkUnited Farmers19191st termON United Farmers row Manning William Doherty (1920)United Farmers19201st termON Liberal row Kent WestRobert Livingstone BrackinLiberal19191st termON Conservative row KingstonArthur Edward Rosselected to federal seatConservative19113rd termON Conservative row William Folger Nickle (1922)Conservative1908, 19222nd term*ON United Farmers row Lambton EastLeslie Warner OkeUnited Farmers19191st termON United Farmers row Lambton WestJonah Moorehouse WebsterUnited Farmers19191st termON United Farmers row Lanark NorthHiram McCrearyUnited Farmers19191st termON United Farmers row Lanark SouthWilliam J. JohnstonUnited Farmers19191st termON Conservative row LeedsAndrew Wellington GrayConservative19191st termON Conservative row LennoxReginald Amherst FowlerConservative19182nd termON Liberal row LincolnThomas A. MarshallLiberal18987th termON Labour row LondonHugh Allen StevensonLabour19191st termON United Farmers row ManitoulinBeniah BowmanUnited Farmers19182nd termON United Farmers row Middlesex EastJohn Willard FreebornUnited Farmers19191st termON United Farmers row Middlesex NorthJames C. BrownUnited Farmers19191st termON United Farmers row Middlesex WestJohn Giles LethbridgeUnited Farmers19191st termON Conservative row MuskokaGeorge Walter EcclestoneConservative19162nd termON Labour row Niagara FallsCharles Fletcher SwayzeLabour19191st termON Liberal row NipissingJoseph MarceauLiberal19191st termON United Farmers row Norfolk NorthGeorge David SewellUnited Farmers19191st termON United Farmers row Norfolk SouthJoseph CridlandUnited Farmers19191st termON United Farmers row Northumberland EastWesley MontgomeryUnited Farmers19191st termON Liberal row Northumberland WestSamuel ClarkeLiberal18987th termON United Farmers row Ontario NorthJohn Wesley WiddifieldUnited Farmers19192nd termON Liberal row Ontario SouthWilliam Edmund Newton SinclairLiberal1911, 19192nd term*ON Liberal row Ottawa EastJoseph Albert PinardLiberal19142nd termON Conservative row Ottawa WestHammett Pinhey HillConservative19191st termON Liberal row Oxford NorthJohn Alexander CalderLiberal19182nd termON United Farmers row David Munroe Ross (1921)United Farmers19211st termON United Farmers row Oxford SouthAlbert Thomas WalkerUnited Farmers19191st termON Conservative row ParkdaleWilliam Herbert PriceConservative19142nd termON Liberal row Parry SoundRichard Reese HallLiberal19191st termON Conservative row PeelThomas Laird KennedyConservative19191st termON Liberal row Perth NorthFrancis Wellington HayLiberal19162nd termON United Farmers row Perth SouthPeter SmithUnited Farmers19191st termON United Farmers row Peterborough EastErnest Nicholls McDonaldUnited Farmers19191st termON Labour row Peterborough WestThomas ToomsLabour19191st termON Conservative row Port ArthurDonald McDonald HogarthConservative19113rd termON Liberal row PrescottGustave ÉvanturelLiberal19113rd termON Liberal row Prince EdwardNelson ParliamentLiberal19142nd termON Conservative row Rainy RiverJames Arthur MathieuConservative-Liberal19113rd termON United Farmers row Renfrew NorthRalph Melville WarrenUnited Farmers19191st termON United Farmers row Renfrew SouthJohn CartyUnited Farmers19191st termCA Soldier row RiverdaleJoseph McNamaraSoldier19191st termON Liberal row RussellDamase Racinedied in 1921Liberal19055th termON Liberal row Alfred Goulet (1922)Liberal19221st termON Labour row Sault Ste. MarieJames Bertram CunninghamLabour19191st termON United Farmers row Simcoe CentreGilbert Hugh MurdochUnited Farmers19191st termON United Farmers row Simcoe EastJohn Benjamin JohnstonUnited Farmers19191st termON United Farmers row Simcoe SouthEdgar James EvansUnited Farmers19191st termON Conservative row Simcoe WestWilliam Torrance AllenConservative19172nd termON Labour row St. CatharinesFrank Howard GreenlawLabour19191st termON Liberal row StormontJames William McLeodLiberal19191st termON Liberal row Sturgeon FallsZotique MageauLiberal19113rd termON Conservative row SudburyCharles McCreaConservative19113rd termON Conservative row TimiskamingThomas MagladeryConservative19142nd termON Conservative row Toronto Northeast - AHenry John Cody"resign"Conservative19182nd termON Conservative row Alexander Cameron Lewis (1920)Conservative19201st termON Conservative row Toronto Northeast - BJoseph Elijah ThompsonConservative19191st termON Conservative row Toronto Northwest - AThomas CrawfordConservative18948th termON Liberal row Toronto Northwest - BHenry Sloane CooperLiberal19191st termON Liberal row Toronto Southeast - AJohn O'NeillLiberal19191st termON Conservative row John Allister Currie (1922)Conservative19221st termON Liberal row Toronto Southeast - BJames Walter CurryLiberal19191st termON Liberal row Toronto Southwest - AHerbert Hartley DewartLiberal19162nd termON Liberal row Toronto Southwest - BJohn Carman RamsdenLiberal19191st termON United Farmers row Victoria NorthEdgar WatsonUnited Farmers19191st termON United Farmers row Victoria SouthFrederick George SandyUnited Farmers19191st termCA Independent-Liberal row Waterloo NorthNicholas AsmussenIndependent Liberal19191st termON Farmer-Labour row Waterloo SouthKarl Kenneth HomuthLabour-United Farmers19191st termON Liberal row WellandRobert CooperLiberal19191st termON United Farmers row Wellington EastAlbert HellyerUnited Farmers19191st termON United Farmers row William Edgar Raney (1920)United Farmers19201st termON Conservative row Wellington SouthCaleb Henry BucklandConservative19191st termON United Farmers row Wellington WestRobert Neil McArthurUnited Farmers19191st termON United Farmers row Wentworth NorthFrank Campbell BiggsUnited Farmers19191st termON United Farmers row Wentworth SouthWilson A. CrockettUnited Farmers19191st termON Liberal row WindsorJames Craig TolmieLiberal19142nd termON Conservative row York EastGeorge Stewart HenryConservative19133rd termON Conservative row York NorthThomas Herbert LennoxConservative19055th termON Conservative row York WestForbes GodfreyConservative19075th term Timeline + 15th Legislative Assembly of Ontario - Movement in seats held (1919–1923)Party1919Gain/(loss) due to1923 Deathin office Resignationas MPP Byelectiongain ByelectionholdON United Farmers row-name 44 (3) 1 3 45ON Liberal row-name 27 (2) (1) 1 25ON Conservative row-name 25 (2) 1 2 26ON Labour row-name 11 11CA Independent-Liberal row-name 1 1ON Farmer-Labour row-name 1 1ON Farmer-Liberal row-name 1 1CA Soldier row-name 1 1Total 111 (2) (6) 2 6 111 + Changes in seats held (1919–1923) Seat Before Change Date Member Party Reason Date Member PartyKent EastJanuary 9, 1920James B. ClarkON United Farmers colour&name shortResignationFebruary 9, 1920Manning William DohertyON United Farmers colour&name shortHaltonJanuary 10, 1920John Featherstone FordON United Farmers colour&name shortResignationFebruary 16, 1920Ernest Charles DruryON United Farmers colour&name shortWellington EastFebruary 4, 1920Albert HellyerON United Farmers colour&name shortResignationFebruary 23, 1920William Edgar RaneyON United Farmers colour&name shortToronto Northeast - AMarch 3, 1920Henry John CodyON Conservative colour&name shortResignationNovember 8, 1920Alexander Cameron LewisON Conservative colour&name shortKingstonNovember 18, 1921Arthur Edward RossON Conservative colour&name shortElected to federal seatFebruary 6, 1922William Folger NickleON Conservative colour&name shortOxford NorthNovember 18, 1921John Alexander CalderON Liberal colour&name shortResignationDecember 19, 1921David Munroe RossON United Farmers colour&name shortRussellDecember 2, 1921Damase RacineON Liberal colour&name shortDied in officeOctober 23, 1922Alfred GouletON Liberal colour&name shortToronto Southeast - AJanuary 6, 1922John O'NeillON Liberal colour&name shortDied in officeOctober 23, 1922John Allister CurrieON Conservative colour&name short Notes External links Members in Parliament 15 https://web.archive.org/web/20110610234759/http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_list.do?parlID=15 2011-06-10 References Category:Terms of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario Category:1919 establishments in Ontario Category:1923 disestablishments in Ontario