13th Parliament of Ontario

1911–1914 term of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada 13th Parliament of Ontario Ontario Parliament Buildings, Toronto.jpg 240px Ontario Legislative Building ca. 1910 Legislative Assembly Ontario Legislative Building Canada Ontario 1911 Election ON PC #FFF Whitney ministryConservative Party ON Liberal #FFF Liberal Party December 11, 1911 May 29, 1914 12th 14th 106 83 106 ON PC 1 Speaker ON PC #FFF William Henry Hoyle Premier ON PC #FFF Sir James Whitney Leader of the Opposition ON Liberal #FFF Newton Rowell The 13th Parliament of Ontario, or the 13th Legislature of Ontario (the term used in formal records of the day) was the legislature of the Government of Ontario that was in office from December 11, 1911, until May 29, 1914. It composed primarily of members elected in the Ontario general election held on December 11, 1911, which delivered the third of four super-majority governing mandates to the Conservative Party led by Premier Sir James Whitney. It was dissolved prior to the 1914 general election. Standing post 1911 election When the 12th Parliament was dissolved, it was the fifth times James Whitney led the Conservative Party into election battles, but the first time as Sir James. Though he secured the largest share of the popular votes of the six election he contested, the conservative party actually won slightly fewer seats than from the 1908 election. The Whitney ministry however continued to be sustained by an overwhelming super-majority in the 13th Parliament. The government was further strengthened by the unexpected misfortune in the opposition rank. A.G MacKay, who led the opposition Liberals in the two previous parliaments and the only Liberals with cabinet experience remaining after the 1908 election, was hit by a salacious law suits (which was later proven unfounded) and resigned just days before the 1911 election campaign was to start. In the new parliament, sitting across from Whitney was Newton Rowell, a Toronto barrister prominent in the Liberal circles for a number of years who had never ran for office prior to the 1911 election. Rowell accepted the Liberal leadership on the condition that his temperance stance be accepted by the party, an issue that would dominate political discourse for the next two decades. The 13th Parliament consisted of sixty-eight members who served in the 12th Parliament, plus one member (Edward Arunah Dunlop of Renfrew North) who served previously but not in the 12th Parliament. Thirty-seven members of the 13th Parliament were first time members. Among them, twenty-four were Conservatives (including one who ran as Liberal-Conservative) and thirteen were Liberals, including the leader of the opposition Newton Rowell. Nineteen of the new members succeeded retired members from the same party.Eighteen new members won their seats from another party. Political partyParty leader12th Parliament members1911 Election13th Parliamentelected 1908at diss. standing at dissolution of previous parliament at 1911 electionsSame party Held by the same party in the previous parliamentChanged Held by different party in the previous parliamentStooddownRe-electDefeatedVote % Share of popular vote from the 1911 electionSeatsInc. Ret'ed Member in the previous parliament re-electedNew member New member successfully retained the seat for the previous partyOpen seat Previous member stood down, new member from a different partyOustedincum. New member gained the seat by defeating the prevous member Conservativefigures inclusive of one MPP elected as Liberal-ConservativeJames P. Whitney 868721588 55.9083 581744 LiberalNewton Rowell 1918693 38.51229247 Labour – 11–1– 2.4311 – ––Total106106276811 1066819811 Seventeen Conservative members were returned by acclamation, the highest number of acclamation ever in Ontario electoral history. Five of the acclaimed members were first time members. One member, who served in previous parliaments was acclaimed to a seat held by the Liberals in the 12th Parliament. alt=Sir John Morison Gibson, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, opening the second session of the 13th Parliament of Ontario and delivered the 1913 Speech from the Throne, outlining the program of the Conservative Whitney ministry.|thumb|Sir John Morison Gibson, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, opening the second session of the 13th Parliament of Ontario and delivered the 1913 Speech from the Throne, outlining the program of the Conservative Whitney ministry. Sessions The 13th Parliament was convened over three sessions, held in the spring of 1912, 1913, 1914.Froman 1984 153 Session Convened Prorogued1stWednesday, February 7, 1912Tuesday, April 16, 19122ndTuesday, February 4, 1913Friday, May 9, 19133rdWednesday, February 18, 1914Friday, May 1, 1914 William Henry Hoyle served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly for the duration of the 13th Parliament.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 Change in party standing Political partyParty leader12th Parl. 19111st session 2nd session 3rd session1908diss. at dissolution start end start end start diss. at dissolution Conservativefigures inclusive of one MPP elected as Liberal-ConservativeJames P. Whitney 86 8683 82 82 82 83 84 84 LiberalNewton Rowell 19 1822 22 22 21 20 20 20 Labour – 1 11 111111Members at divisions 106 105106105105104104105105 Speaker –1–11 1111 Vacant 1 1 Majority – 67– 5959 60 62 6363 Presiding officers & parliamentary leaders GovernmentOppositionleft|frameless|50x50pxGeorge V (1910–36)King of the United Kingdom Prior to the Statute of Westminster 1931, Canada was strictly speaking a dominion of the British Empire, thus did not have its own Crown per se.60 80 100 20 5 King George V cropped.pngleft|frameless|52x52px SirJohn Morison GibsonLieutenant Governor60 80 90 15 10 Picture of John Morison Gibson.jpgWilliam Henry Hoyle, SpeakerOntario North60 80 160 60 15 William Hoyle.jpg PremierConservative Party Leader Sir James WhitneyDundas60 80 100 20 10 James Whitney.jpgNewton RowellOxford North60 80 80 10 0 Newton Rowell.jpg Leader of the OppositionLiberal Party Leader Designated Acting Premierde facto deputy leaderFoy was designated as acting Premier on every occasions that the Premier is unavailable, which was often James Joseph Foy Toronto North - B60 80 130 47 0 JamesJosephFoy23.jpg Members of the Assembly RidingMemberPartyFirst elected / previously electedNo. of termsCommentsAddingtonWilliam David BlackConservative19111st termAlgomaAlbert GriggConservative19082nd termBrantJohn Wesley WestbrookConservative19111st termBrant SouthWilloughby Staples BrewsterConservative19082nd termBrockvilleAlbert Edward DonovanConservative19073rd termBruce CentreWilliam MacDonaldLiberal19111st termBruce NorthCharles Martin BowmanLiberal18985th termBruce SouthJohn AndersonLiberal19111st termCarletonRobert Herbert McElroyConservative19073rd termDufferinCharles Robert McKeownConservative19073rd termDundasJames Pliny WhitneyConservative18888th termPremierDurham EastJosiah Johnston PrestonConservative19024th termDurham WestJohn Henry DevittConservative19053rd termElgin EastCharles Andrew BrowerConservative18946th termElgin WestFindlay George MacDiarmidConservative1898, 19006th term*Essex NorthJoseph Octave ReaumeConservative19024th termMinister in the Whitney ministry As Minister of Public WorksEssex SouthCharles N. AndersonConservative19082nd termFort WilliamCharles William JarvisConservative19111st termFrontenacAnthony McGuin RankinConservative19111st termGlengarryHugh MunroLiberal19111st termGrenvilleGeorge Howard FergusonConservative19053rd termGrey CentreIsaac Benson LucasConservative18985th termMinister in the Whitney ministry As a minister without portfolio from 1909 and as Treasurer from 1913Grey NorthAlexander Grant MacKay Liberal19024th termResignationA former minister in the Ross ministry, and Liberal Party leader until the eve of the 1911 election, resigned upon being subject of a bizzare lawsuits that was later proven unfounded. Opted to move to Alberta, and later served as Alberta's first health minister in the Stewart ministry, one of a handful of Canadian to have served in provincial cabinet of more than one province.Colin Stewart Cameron (1913)Conservative19131st termEntry via by-electionGrey SouthDavid JamiesonConservative18985th termHaldimandChristian KohlerLiberal19111st termHaltonAlfred Westland NixonConservative19053rd termHamilton EastAllan StudholmeLabour19063rd termHamilton WestJohn Strathearn HendrieConservative19024th termHastings EastSandy GrantConservative19111st termHastings NorthJohn Robert CookeConservative19111st termHastings WestJohn Wesley JohnsonConservative19082nd termHuron CentreWilliam ProudfootLiberal19082nd termHuron NorthArmstrong MusgroveConservative19082nd termHuron SouthHenry EilberConservative18985th termKenoraHarold Arthur Clement MachinConservative19082nd termKent EastWalter Renwick FergusonLiberal19111st termKent WestGeorge William SulmanConservative19082nd termKingstonArthur Edward RossConservative19111st termLambton EastRobert John McCormickLiberal19082nd termLambton WestWilliam John HannaConservative19024th termMinister in the Whitney ministry As Provincial Secretary and RegistrarLanark NorthRichard Franklin PrestonConservative1894, 19054th term*Lanark SouthArthur James Matheson † Conservative18946th termDied in office; minister in the Whitney ministryas Treasurer until his death on January 25, 1913John Charles Ebbs (1913)Conservative19131st termEntry via by-electionLeedsJohn Robertson DargavelConservative19053rd termLennoxThomas George CarscallenConservative19024th termLincolnElisha JessopConservative18985th termLondonAdam BeckConservative19024th termManitoulinRobert Roswell GameyConservative19024th termMiddlesex EastRobert SutherlandLiberal19111st termDied in officeGeorge Wesley Neely † (1912)Conservative1905, 19122nd term*Entry via by-election; died in officeJohn McFarlan † (1913)Conservative19131st termEntry via by-electionMiddlesex NorthDuncan MacArthurConservative19111st termMiddlesex WestJohn Campbell ElliottLiberal19082nd termMonckThomas A. MarshallLiberal19111st termMuskokaArthur Arnold MahaffyConservative19034th termResignationofficeappointed a district court judgeSamuel Henry Armstrong (1912)Conservative19121st termEntry via by-electionNipissingHenri MorelConservative19082nd termNorfolk NorthThomas Robert AtkinsonLiberal1905, 19112nd term*Norfolk SouthArthur Clarence PrattConservative19053rd termNorthumberland EastSamuel Greerson NesbittConservative19082nd termNorthumberland WestSamuel ClarkeLiberal18985th termOntario NorthWilliam Henry HoyleConservative18985th termSpeaker of the Legislative AssemblyOntario SouthWilliam Edmund Newton SinclairLiberal19111st termOttawa EastNapoléon ChampagneConservative19111st termOttawa WestJames Albert EllisConservative19111st termOxford NorthNewton Wesley RowellLiberal19111st termLeader of the OppositionOxford SouthThomas Richard MayberryLiberal19082nd termParry SoundJohn GalnaConservative19053rd termPeelSamuel Charters Conservative19082nd termResignationfor health reasonsJames Robinson Fallis (1913)Conservative19131st termEntry via by-electionPerth NorthJames TorranceConservative19053rd termPerth SouthJohn BenneweisConservative19111st termPeterborough EastJames ThompsonConservative19082nd termPeterborough WestEdward Armour PeckConservative19111st termPort ArthurDonald McDonald HogarthConservative19111st termPrescottGustave ÉvanturelLiberal19111st termPrince EdwardRobert Addison NormanConservative19082nd termRainy RiverJames Arthur MathieuConservativeelected as a Liberal-Conservative19111st termRenfrew NorthEdward Arunah DunlopConservative1903, 19113rd term*Renfrew SouthThomas William McGarryConservative19053rd termRussellDamase RacineLiberal19053rd termSault Ste. MarieWilliam Howard HearstConservative19082nd termMinister in the Whitney ministry As Minister of Lands, Forests and MinesSimcoe CentreAlfred Burke ThompsonConservative1898, 19054th term*Simcoe EastJames Irwin HarttConservative19111st termSimcoe SouthAlexander FergusonConservative19063rd termSimcoe WestJames Stoddart DuffConservative18985th termMinister in the Whitney ministry As Minister of AgricultureStormontJohn Colborne MilliganConservative19111st termSturgeon FallsZotique MageauLiberal19111st termSudburyCharles McCreaConservative19111st termTimiskamingRobert Taylor ShillingtonConservative19082nd termToronto East - ARobert Allan PyneConservative18985th termMinister in the Whitney ministry As Minister of EducationToronto East - BThomas Richard WhitesidesConservative19082nd termToronto North - AWilliam Kirkpatrick McNaughtConservative19063rd termToronto North - BJames Joseph FoyConservative18985th termMinister in the Whitney ministry As Attorney General; designated as acting premier in Whitney's absenceToronto South - AEdward William James OwensConservative19111st termToronto South - BGeorge Horace GooderhamConservative19082nd termToronto West - AThomas CrawfordConservative18946th termToronto West - BWilliam David McPhersonConservative19082nd termVictoria EastRobert Mercer MasonConservative19092nd termVictoria WestAdam Edward VroomanConservative19111st termWaterloo NorthHenry George LacknerConservative1898, 19026th term*Resignation Acceptence of an office of profit or emolument under the Crown officeAppointed sheriff for Waterloo CountyCharles Henry Mills (1912)Conservative19121st termEntry via by-electionWaterloo SouthGeorge PattinsonConservative19053rd termWellandEvan Eugene FraserConservative19053rd termWellington EastUdney RichardsonLiberal19111st termWellington SouthHenry ScholfieldConservative19111st termWellington WestWilliam Clarke ChambersConservative19111st termWentworth NorthJames McQueenLiberal19111st termWentworth SouthJames Thomas Hammill ReganConservative19111st termYork EastAlexander McCowanConservative19053rd termResignationofficeAppointed Sheriff of York CountyGeorge Stewart Henry (1913)Conservative19131st termEntry via by-electionYork NorthThomas Herbert LennoxConservative19053rd termYork WestForbes GodfreyConservative19073rd term Changes in membership + Changes in seats held (1926–1929) ElectoralDistrict BeforeChangeDateReasonMemberNew MemberDateMiddlesex EastJuly 5, 1912Died Robert SutherlandGeorge Neely October 28, 1912Waterloo NorthSeptember 30, 1912Resignationappointed sheriff for Waterloo County Henry George Lackner Charles Henry Mills October 28, 1912MuskokaOctober 14, 1912Resignationappointed District Judge of Muskoka Arthur Arnold Mahaffy Samuel Henry Armstrong November 7, 1912Lanark SouthJanuary 25, 1913Died Arthur James MathesonJohn Charles Ebbs March 26 1913Grey NorthApril 12, 1913ResignationRelocated to Alberta A.G. MacKayColin Stewart Cameron July 14, 1913Grey CentreMay 13, 1913Ministerial byelectionby acclamation Isaac Benson Lucas June 2, 1913York EastAugust 11, 1913Resignationappointed sheriff for York County Alexander McCowanGeorge Stewart Henry September 8, 1913.PeelOctober 9, 1913Resignationappointed registrar of deeds for Peel County Samuel Charters James Robinson Fallis November 3, 1913Middlesex EastOctober 17, 1913Died George NeelyJohn McFarlan November 27, 1913 Notes References https://www.ola.org/en/members/parliament-13 All members serving in the 13th Parliament: February 7, 1912 – May 29, 1914 Legislative Assembly of Ontario Legislative Assembly of Ontario Froman Debra Legislators and Legislatures of Ontario: A Reference Guide 1984 Legislative Assembly of Ontario 2 153-175 13th Legislature Category:Terms of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario Category:1911 establishments in Ontario Category:1914 disestablishments in Ontario Category:Long stubs with short prose