18th Parliament of Ontario

The 18th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from October 30, 1929, until May 16, 1934, just prior to the 1934 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Conservative Party led by George Howard Ferguson.

George Stewart Henry replaced Ferguson as party leader and Premier in December 1930 after Ferguson was named Canadian High Commissioner in London.

Thomas Ashmore Kidd served as speaker for the assembly.^[1]

Members elected to the Assembly

Italicized names indicate members returned by acclamation.

Addington: William David Black   Algoma: John Morrow Robb   Beaches: Thomas Alexander Murphy   Bellwoods: Thomas Hamilton Bell   Bracondale: Arthur Russell Nesbitt   Brant County: Harry Corwin Nixon (Prog)   Brantford: William George Martin   Brockton: Frederick George McBrien   Brockville: Hezekiah Allan Clark   Bruce North: Frederick Wellington Elliott   Bruce South:[a 1] William John MacKay   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 Holmes Challies   Durham: William John Bragg   Eglinton: Alvin Coulter McLean   Elgin East: Herbert James Davis   Elgin West: Charles Edmund Raven   Essex North: Paul Poisson   Essex South: Austin Burton Smith   Fort William: Franklin Harford Spence   Frontenac—Lennox: Charles Wesley Hambly   Glengarry: James Alexander Sangster   Greenwood: George Joseph Smith   Grenville: George Howard Ferguson   Grey North: David James Taylor (Prog)   Grey South: Farquhar Robert Oliver (UFO)   Haldimand: Richard Nixon Berry   Halton: Thomas Aston Blakelock   Hamilton Centre: Thomas William Jutten   Hamilton East: William Morrison   Hamilton West: Frederick Thomas Smye   Hastings East: James Ferguson Hill   Hastings North: John Robert Cooke   Hastings West: William Henry Ireland

High Park: William Alexander Baird   Huron North: Charles Alexander Robertson   Huron South: William George Medd (Prog)   Kenora: Earl Hutchinson   Kent East: Philip James Henry   Kent West: Archibald Clement Calder   Kingston: Thomas Ashmore Kidd   Lambton East: Thomas Howard Fraleigh   Lambton West: Andrew Robinson McMillen   Lanark North: John Alexander Craig   Lanark South: James Alexander Anderson   Leeds: Frederick James Skinner   Lincoln: Sidney James Wilson   London North: James Percy Moore   London South: John Cameron Wilson   Manitoulin: Alvin Edwin Graham   Middlesex North: Fred Van Wyck Laughton   Middlesex West: Lloyd William Morgan Freele   Muskoka: George Walter Ecclestone   Niagara Falls: William Gore Willson   Nipissing: Henri Morel   Norfolk: John Strickler Martin   Northumberland: Frederick John McArthur   Ontario North: James Blanchard   Ontario South: William Edmund Newton Sinclair   Ottawa East: Louis Côté   Ottawa North: Albert Edwin Honeywell   Ottawa South: Arthur Ellis   Oxford North: David Munroe Ross (L-Prog)   Oxford South: Robert Andrew Baxter   Parkdale: William Herbert Price   Parry Sound: George Vernon Harcourt   Peel: Thomas Laird Kennedy   Perth North: Joseph Dunsmore Monteith   Perth South: David Bonis   Peterborough City: James Fordyce Strickland   Peterborough County: Thomas Percival Lancaster   Port Arthur: Donald McDonald Hogarth

Prescott: Joseph St. Denis (I-Con)   Prince Edward: Horace Stanley Colliver   Rainy River: William Herbert Elliott (I-Con)   Renfrew North: Edward Arunah Dunlop   Renfrew South: Thomas Patrick Murray   Riverdale: George Oakley   Russell: Charles Avila Séguin   St. Andrew: Ephraim Frederick Singer   St. Catharines: Edwin Cyrus Graves   St. David: Wilfred Heighington   St. George: Henry Scholfield   St. Patrick: Edward Joseph Murphy   Sault Ste. Marie: James Lyons   Simcoe Centre: Leonard Jennett Simpson   Simcoe East: William Finlayson   Simcoe Southwest: James Edgar Jamieson   Stormont: Duncan Alexander McNaughton   Sturgeon Falls: Albert Zenophile Aubin   Sudbury: Charles McCrea   Timiskaming: Angus John Kennedy   Victoria North: William Newman   Victoria South: Wellesley Wilson Staples   Waterloo North: Sydney Charles Tweed   Waterloo South: Karl Kenneth Homuth   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: Clifford Case   York South: Leopold Macaulay   York West: Forbes Godfrey

1. election deferred to November 27, 1929, due to the death of Alexander Patterson Mewhinney the day before Election Day

Timeline

18th Legislative Assembly of Ontario - Movement in seats held (1929-1934)

Party		1929	Gain/(loss) due to				1934
			Death in office	Resignation as MPP	Byelection gain	Byelection hold
	Conservative	90	(9)	(3)		7	85
	Liberal	13			3		16
	Progressive	4					4
	Liberal–Progressive	1					1
	United Farmers	1					1
	Labour	1					1
	Independent-Conservative	2					2
	Vacant	–	2				2
Total		112	(7)	(3)	3	7	112

Changes in seats held (1929–1934)

Seat	Before				Change
	Date	Member	Party	Reason	Date	Member	Party
Nipissing	June 30, 1930	Henri Morel	█ Conservative	Chose to stand for Nipissing in the 1930 federal election	October 29, 1930	Charles Robert Harrison	█ Conservative
Lanark South	August 3, 1930	James Alexander Anderson	█ Conservative	Died in office	October 29, 1930	Egerton Reuben Stedman	█ Conservative
Waterloo South	July 12, 1930	Karl Kenneth Homuth	█ Conservative	Chose to stand for Waterloo North in the 1930 federal election	October 29, 1930	Norman Otto Hipel	█ Liberal
Perth South	July 19, 1930	David Bonis	█ Conservative	Died in office	October 29, 1930	Charles Edward Richardson	█ Conservative
Hamilton West	November 15, 1930	Frederick Thomas Smye	█ Conservative	Died in office	February 11, 1931	D'Arcy Argue Counsell Martin	█ Conservative
Grenville	December 15, 1930	George Howard Ferguson	█ Conservative	Appointed Canadian High Commissioner in London	February 11, 1931	James Alfred Sanderson	█ Conservative
Norfolk	May 13, 1931	John Strickler Martin	█ Conservative	Died in office	July 8, 1931	Arthur Campbell Burt	█ Conservative
Wellington South	September 19, 1931	Lincoln Goldie	█ Conservative	Died in office	November 18, 1931	Duncan Paul Munro	█ Liberal
York West	January 6, 1932	Forbes Godfrey	█ Conservative	Died in office	May 28, 1932	Henry Isaac Price	█ Conservative
Kent East	August 13, 1933	Philip James Henry	█ Conservative	Died in office	January 3, 1934	Douglas Munro Campbell	█ Liberal
Renfrew North	January 1, 1934	Edward Arunah Dunlop	█ Conservative	Died in office			█ Vacant
Perth North	January 8, 1934	Joseph Dunsmore Monteith	█ Conservative	Died in office			█ Vacant

External links

• Members in Parliament 18 Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine

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.