16th Parliament of Ontario

January 2025 1923–1926 term of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada 16th Parliament of Ontario General views of Ontario Legislative Building (I0015137).jpg Ontario Legislative Building ca. 1948 Legislative Assembly Canada Ontario Ontario Legislative Building 1923 Election Ferguson ministry(Conservative) June 25, 1923 (election) October 8th, 1926 (dissolution) 15th 17th 111 75 111 ON PC 1 Speaker Joseph Thompson Premier Howard Ferguson (Conservative) Leader of the Opposition W.E.N. Sinclair (Liberal) The 16th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from June 25, 1923, until October 18, 1926, just prior to the 1926 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Conservative Party led by George Howard Ferguson. The United Farmers of Ontario party, who had held the balance of power in the preceding assembly, lost most of their seats to Conservatives. The Liberals led by W. E. N. Sinclair were recognized as the Official Opposition following the 1923 election by the governing Conservatives, despite the fact that the United Farmers of Ontario had more seats. According to historian Peter Oliver, this was an arbitrary decision without basis in precedent or law. Conservative Premier G. Howard Ferguson used as justification an announcement by UFO general secretary James J. Morrison that the UFO would be withdrawing from party politics, though Oliver argues that this was facetious logic. UFO parliamentary leader Manning Doherty protested the decision, but to no avail.Peter Oliver, G. Howard Ferguson: Ontario Tory, (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1977), p. 158.) In the course of the parliament, most UFO MLAs reorganized themselves as the Progressive Party under the leadership of first Manning Doherty and then William Raney, with only Beniah Bowman and Leslie Warner Oke continuing as UFO MLAs. Joseph Elijah Thompson 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 2014-08-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20140801101335/http://speaker.ontla.on.ca/en/at-the-assembly/speakers/ 2014-08-01 dead January 2025 Members of the Assembly Listing reflects the UFO/Progressive split in 1924. Italicized names indicate members returned by acclamation. RidingMemberPartyFirst elected / previously electedNo. of termsON Conservative row AddingtonWilliam David BlackConservative19114th termON Liberal row AlgomaArthur Gladstone WallisLiberal19231st termON United Farmers row BrantHarry Corwin NixonUnited Farmers19192nd termON Labour row Brant SouthMorrison Mann MacBrideLabour19192nd termON Conservative row BrockvilleHezekiah Allan ClarkConservative19231st termON United Farmers row Bruce NorthWilliam Henry FentonUnited Farmers19192nd termON United Farmers row Bruce SouthMalcolm Alex McCallumUnited Farmers19231st termON Liberal row Bruce WestAlexander Patterson MewhinneyLiberal19192nd termON Conservative row CarletonAdam Holland AcresConservative19231st termON Liberal row CochraneMalcolm LangLiberal19143rd termON Conservative row DufferinCharles Robert McKeownConservative1907, 19235th term*ON Conservative row DundasAaron SweetConservative19231st termON Conservative row Durham EastAlbert James FallisConservative19231st termON Liberal row Durham WestWilliam John BraggLiberal19192nd termON Conservative row Elgin EastMichael McKnightConservative19231st termON Conservative row Elgin WestFindlay George MacDiarmidConservative1898, 1899, 19238th term*ON Liberal row Essex NorthEdward Philip TellierLiberal19231st termON Conservative row Essex SouthAdolphus T. ArmstrongConservative19231st termON Conservative row Fort WilliamFranklin Harford SpenceConservative19231st termON Conservative row FrontenacAnthony McGuin RankinConservative19114th termON Liberal row GlengarryJames Alexander SangsterLiberal19231st termON Conservative row GrenvilleGeorge Howard FergusonConservative19056th termON United Farmers row Grey CentreDougall CarmichaelUnited Farmers19192nd termON United Farmers row Grey NorthDavid James TaylorUnited Farmers19192nd termON Conservative row Grey SouthDavid JamiesonConservative1898, 19237th term*ON Conservative row HaldimandRichard Nixon BerryConservative19231st termON Conservative row HaltonGeorge HillmerConservative19231st termON Conservative row Hamilton EastLeeming CarrConservative19231st termON Conservative row Hamilton WestArthur Campbell GardenConservative19231st termON Conservative row Hastings EastJames Ferguson HillConservative19231st termON Conservative row Hastings NorthJohn Robert CookeConservative19114th termON Conservative row Hastings WestWilliam Henry IrelandConservative19192nd termON Conservative row Huron CentreEbon Rinaldo WigleConservative19231st termON Conservative row Huron NorthJohn JoyntConservative19192nd termON Conservative row Huron SouthNelson William TrewarthaConservative19231st termON Labour row KenoraPeter HeenanLabour19192nd termON United Farmers row Kent EastManning William DohertyUnited Farmers19202nd termON Liberal row Kent WestRobert Livingstone BrackinLiberal19192nd termON Conservative row KingstonWilliam Folger NickleConservative1908, 19223rd term*ON United Farmers row Lambton EastLeslie Warner OkeUnited Farmers19192nd termON Conservative row Lambton WestWilfred Smith HaneyConservative19231st termON Conservative row Lanark NorthThomas Alfred ThompsonConservative19231st termON Conservative row Lanark SouthEgerton Reuben StedmanConservative19231st termON Conservative row LeedsAndrew Wellington GrayConservative19192nd termON Liberal row LennoxJohn Perry Vroomandied in 1923Liberal19231st termON Conservative row Charles Wesley Hambly (1924)Conservative19241st termON United Farmers row LincolnRobert Henry KempUnited Farmers19231st termON Conservative row LondonAdam BeckConservative1902, 19236th term*ON United Farmers row ManitoulinBeniah BowmanUnited FarmersOke and Bowman sat as their own UFO faction after January 192519183rd termON United Farmers row Middlesex EastJohn Willard FreebornUnited Farmers19192nd termON Conservative row Middlesex NorthGeorge Adam ElliottConservative19231st termON United Farmers row Middlesex WestJohn Giles LethbridgeUnited Farmers19192nd termON Conservative row MuskokaGeorge Walter EcclestoneConservative19192nd termON Conservative row Niagara FallsWilliam Gore WillsonConservative19231st termON Conservative row NipissingHenri MorelConservative1908, 19234th term*ON United Farmers row Norfolk NorthGeorge David SewellUnited Farmers19192nd termON Conservative row Norfolk SouthJohn Strickler MartinConservative19231st termON Conservative row Northumberland EastJames Franklin Beatty BelfordConservative19231st termON Liberal row Northumberland WestSamuel ClarkeLiberal18988th termON United Farmers row Ontario NorthJohn Wesley WiddifieldUnited Farmers19193rd termON Liberal row Ontario SouthWilliam Edmund Newton SinclairLiberal1911, 19193rd term*ON Liberal row Ottawa EastJoseph Albert PinardLiberal19143rd termON Liberal row Ottawa WestHarold FisherLiberal19231st termON United Farmers row Oxford NorthDavid Munroe RossUnited Farmers19212nd termON Conservative row Oxford SouthWilliam Henry ChambersConservative19231st termON Conservative row ParkdaleWilliam Herbert PriceConservative19143rd termON Conservative row Parry SoundGeorge Vernon HarcourtConservative19231st termON Conservative row PeelThomas Laird KennedyConservative19192nd termON Conservative row Perth NorthJoseph Dunsmore MonteithConservative19231st termON Conservative row Perth SouthMcCausland IrvineConservative19231st termON Conservative row Peterborough EastThomas Dalton JohnstonConservative19231st termON Conservative row Peterborough WestWilliam Herbert BradburnConservative19231st termON Conservative row Port ArthurFrancis Henry KeeferConservative19231st termON Independent row PrescottEdmond ProulxIndependent19231st termON Conservative row Prince EdwardHorace Stanley ColliverConservative19231st termON Labour row Rainy RiverJohn Fullarton CallanLabour19231st termON Conservative row Renfrew NorthAlexander StuartConservative19231st termON United Farmers row Renfrew SouthJohn CartyUnited Farmers19192nd termON Conservative row RiverdaleGeorge OakleyConservative19231st termON Liberal row RussellAurélien BélangerLiberal19231st termON Conservative row Sault Ste. MarieJames LyonsConservative19231st termON Conservative row Simcoe CentreCharles Ernest WrightConservative19231st termON Conservative row Simcoe EastWilliam FinlaysonConservative19231st termON Conservative row Simcoe SouthWilliam Earl RoweConservative19231st termON Conservative row Simcoe WestJames Edgar JamiesonConservative19231st termON Conservative row St. CatharinesEdwin Cyrus GravesConservative19231st termON Conservative row StormontJohn Colborne MilliganConservative19231st termON Liberal row Sturgeon FallsZotique MageauLiberal19114th termON Conservative row SudburyCharles McCreaConservative19114th termON Conservative row TimiskamingAngus John KennedyConservative19231st termON Conservative row Toronto Northeast - AAlexander Cameron LewisConservative19202nd termON Conservative row Toronto Northeast - BJoseph Elijah ThompsonConservative19192nd termON Conservative row Toronto Northwest - AThomas Crawfordaccepted postConservative18949th termON Conservative row William Henry Edwards (1924)Conservative19241st termON Conservative row Toronto Northwest - BArthur Russell NesbittConservative19231st termON Conservative row Toronto Southeast - AJohn Allister CurrieConservative19222nd termON Conservative row Toronto Southeast - BEdward William James OwensConservative1911, 19233rd term*ON Conservative row Toronto Southwest - AJames Arthur McCauslandConservative19231st termON Conservative row Toronto Southwest - BFrederick George McBrienConservative19231st termON Conservative row Victoria NorthJames Raglan MarkConservative19231st termON Conservative row Victoria SouthRobert John PattersonConservative19231st termON Conservative row Waterloo NorthWilliam George WeichelConservative19231st termON Labour row Waterloo SouthKarl Kenneth HomuthLabour19192nd termON Conservative row WellandMarshall VaughanConservative19231st termON United Farmers row Wellington EastWilliam Edgar RaneyUnited Farmers19202nd termON Conservative row Wellington SouthLincoln GoldieConservative19231st termON Conservative row Wellington WestWilliam Clarke ChambersConservative1911, 19233rd term*ON United Farmers row Wentworth NorthFrank Campbell BiggsUnited Farmers19192nd termON Conservative row Wentworth SouthThomas Joseph MahonyConservative19231st termON Conservative row WindsorFrank Worthington WilsonConservative19231st termON Conservative row York EastGeorge Stewart HenryConservative19134th termON Conservative row York NorthWilliam KeithConservative19231st termON Conservative row York WestForbes GodfreyConservative19076th term Timeline + 16th Legislative Assembly of Ontario - Movement in seats held (1923-1926)Party1923Gain/(loss) due to1926 Partysplit Deathin office Resignationas MPP Byelectiongain ByelectionholdON Conservative row-name 75 (1) (2) 1 1 74ON United Farmers row-name 17 (15) (1) 1ON Progressive row-name – 15 (4) 11ON Liberal row-name 14 (2) (1) 11ON Labour row-name 4 (1) 3ON Independent row-name 1 1ON Vacant row-name – 2 8 10Total 111 – (1) (1) 1 1 111 + Changes in seats held (1923–1926) Electoral District BeforeChangeDateReasonMember exitedNew memberDateLennoxAugust 23, 1923 Death John Perry VroomanCharles Wesley Hambly October 22, 1923Toronto Northwest - AMay 15, 1924Resignation To accept appointment as registrar of deeds for the City of Toronto.https://archive.org/details/whoseservantiams00ontauoft Whose servant I am : speakers of the assemblies of the province of Upper Canada, Canada and Ontario, 1792-1992 199–203 Dale Clare A Ontario Legislative Library Toronto 1992 978-0-7729-9343-4 Thomas CrawfordWilliam Henry Edwards July 7, 1924Simcoe South April 14, 1925Resignation to contest the 1925 federal (dominion) election 1925fed William Earl Rowe Vacant at dissolutionKenoraApril 14, 1925Resignation 1925fedPeter HeenanCochraneApril 14, 1925Resignation 1925fedMalcolm LangNorfolk NorthApril 14, 1925Resignation1925fedGeorge David SewellGrey CentreApril 14, 1925Resignation 1925fedDougall CarmichaelKent EastApril 14, 1925ResignationManning William DohertyLondonAugust 15, 1925DeathAdam Beck ⁂Middlesex EastApril 8, 1926Resignation To contest the 1926 federal (dominion) election 1926fedJohn Willard FreebornManitoulinApril 8, 1926Resignation 1926fedBeniah BowmanKent WestOctober 11, 1926DeathRobert Livingstone Brackin Notes nb References External links Members in Parliament 16 https://web.archive.org/web/20110611001259/http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_list.do?parlID=16 2011-06-11 Category:Terms of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario Category:1923 establishments in Ontario Category:1926 disestablishments in Ontario