10th Parliament of Ontario

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The 10th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from May 29, 1902, until December 13, 1904, just prior to the 1905 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Liberal Party led by George William Ross.

William Andrew Charlton served as speaker for the assembly.[1]

## Members of the Assembly

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Italicized names indicate members returned by acclamation.

| Riding  | Member  | Party  | First elected / previously elected

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| Addington | James Reid | Conservative | 1890
| Algoma | William Ross Smyth | Conservative | 1902
| Brant | Daniel Burt | Liberal | 1895
| Brant South | Thomas Hiram Preston | Liberal | 1899
| Brockville | George Perry Graham | Liberal | 1898
| Bruce Centre | Hugh Clark | Conservative | 1902
| Bruce North | Charles Martin Bowman | Liberal | 1898
| Bruce South | Reuben Eldridge Truax | Liberal | 1894
| Cardwell | Edward Alfred Little | Conservative | 1894
| Carleton | George Nelson Kidd | Conservative | 1894
| Dufferin | John Barr | Conservative | 1875, 1890, 1898
| Dundas | James Pliny Whitney | Conservative | 1888
| Durham East | Josiah Johnston Preston | Conservative | 1902
| Durham West | William Rickard | Liberal | 1902
| Elgin East | Charles Andrew Brower | Conservative | 1894
| Elgin West | Findlay George MacDiarmid | Conservative | 1898, 1900
| Essex North | Joseph Octave Reaume | Conservative | 1902
| Essex South | John Allan Auld | Liberal | 1896
| Fort William and Lake of the Woods | Douglas Colin Cameron | Liberal | 1902
| Frontenac | John S. Gallagher | Conservative | 1898
| Glengarry | William Duncan McLeod | Conservative | 1902
| Grenville | Robert L. Joynt | Conservative | 1898
| Grey Centre | Isaac Benson Lucas | Conservative | 1898
| Grey North | Alexander Grant MacKay | Liberal | 1902
| Grey South | David Jamieson | Conservative | 1898
| Haldimand | Joseph William Holmes | Liberal | 1898
| Halton | John Roaf Barber | Liberal | 1898
| Hamilton East | Henry Carscallen | Conservative | 1898
| Hamilton West | John Strathearn Hendrie | Conservative | 1902
| Hastings East | Samuel Russell | Liberal | 1898
| Hastings North | Josiah Williams Pearce | Conservative | 1902
| Hastings West | Marshall Bidwell Morrison | Conservative | 1898
| Huron East | Archibald Hislop | Liberal | 1898
| Huron South | Henry Eilber | Conservative | 1898
| Huron West | Malcolm Graeme Cameron | Liberal | 1902
| Kent East | John Lee | Liberal | 1901
| Kent West | Thomas Letson Pardo | Liberal | 1894
| Kingston | Edward John Barker Pense | Liberal | 1901
| Lambton East | Henry John Pettypiece | Liberal | 1898
| Lambton West | William John Hanna | Conservative | 1902
| Lanark North | William Clyde Caldwell | Liberal | 1872, 1879, 1888, 1898
| Lanark South | Arthur James Matheson | Conservative | 1894
| Leeds | Walter Beatty | Conservative | 1894
| Lennox | Thomas George Carscallen | Conservative | 1902
| Lincoln | Elisha Jessop | Conservative | 1898
| London | Adam Beck | Conservative | 1902
| Manitoulin | Robert Roswell Gamey | Conservative | 1902
| Middlesex East | George Albert Routledge | Liberal | 1902
| Middlesex North | William Henry Taylor | Liberal | 1894
| Middlesex West | George William Ross | Liberal | 1883
| Monck | Richard Harcourt | Liberal | 1879
| Muskoka | Samuel Bridgeland[a] | Liberal | 1898
| Arthur Arnold Mahaffy (1903)  | Conservative | 1903
| Nipissing East | Michael James | Liberal | 1902
| Nipissing West | Joseph Michaud | Liberal | 1902
| Norfolk North | Frederick S. Snider | Conservative | 1902
| Archibald Little (1903)  | Liberal | 1903
| Norfolk South | William Andrew Charlton | Liberal | 1890
| Northumberland East | William Arnson Willoughby | Conservative | 1886, 1888, 1902
| Northumberland West | Samuel Clarke | Liberal | 1898
| Ontario North | William Henry Hoyle | Conservative | 1898
| Ontario South | John Dryden | Liberal | 1879, 1899
| Ottawa[b] | Charles Berkeley Powell | Conservative | 1898
| Ottawa  | Dennis Murphy | Conservative | 1902
| Oxford North | Andrew Pattulo[a] | Liberal | 1896
| James S. Munro (1904)  | Liberal | 1904
| Oxford South | Donald Sutherland | Conservative | 1902
| Parry Sound | Joseph Milton Carr | Liberal | 1902
| Peel | John Smith | Liberal | 1892
| Perth North | John C. Monteith[c] | Conservative | 1902
| John Brown (1903)  | Liberal | 1898, 1903
| Perth South | Valentine Stock | Liberal | 1902
| Peterborough East | William A. Anderson | Liberal | 1902
| Peterborough West | James Robert Stratton | Liberal | 1886
| Port Arthur and Rainy River | James Conmee | Liberal | 1885, 1895
| Prescott | Francis Eugene Alfred Evanturel | Liberal | 1886
| Prince Edward | Morley Currie | Liberal | 1902
| Renfrew North | John W. Munro | Liberal | 1900
| Edward Arunah Dunlop (1903)  | Conservative | 1903
| Renfrew South | Francis Robert Latchford | Liberal | 1899
| Russell | Onésime Guibord | Liberal | 1898
| Sault Ste. Marie | Andrew Miscampbell | Conservative | 1890
| Charles Napier Smith (1903)  | Liberal | 1903
| Simcoe Centre | David Davidson | Liberal | 1902
| Simcoe East | James Brockett Tudhope | Liberal | 1902
| Simcoe West | James Stoddart Duff | Conservative | 1898
| Stormont | William John McCart | Liberal | 1902
| Toronto East | Robert Allan Pyne | Conservative | 1898
| Toronto North | William Beattie Nesbitt | Conservative | 1902
| Toronto South | J.J. Foy | Conservative | 1898
| Toronto West | Thomas Crawford | Conservative | 1894
| Victoria East | John Hilliard Carnegie | Conservative | 1894
| Victoria West | Samuel John Fox | Conservative | 1898
| Waterloo North | Henry George Lackner | Conservative | 1898, 1902
| Waterloo South | William Abram Kribs | Conservative | 1898
| Welland | John Franklin Gross | Liberal | 1900
| Wellington East | John Morison Gibson | Liberal | 1879,[d] 1891,[e] 1899
| Wellington South | Joseph Patrick Downey | Conservative | 1902
| Wellington West | James Tucker | Conservative | 1896
| Wentworth North | Robert Adam Thompson | Liberal | 1902
| Wentworth South | John Dickenson | Liberal | 1896
| York East | John Richardson | Liberal | 1894
| York North | Elihu James Davis | Liberal | 1888
| York West | Joseph Wesley St. John | Conservative | 1894, 1902

## Timeline

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10th Legislative Assembly of Ontario \- Movement in seats held (1902-1905)  Party  | 1902  | Gain/(loss) due to  | 1905

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Void
election  | Death
in office  | Byelection
gain  | Byelection
hold
| Liberal | 50 |  | (3) | 3 | 1 | 51
| Conservative | 48 | (3) |  | 2 |  | 47
Total | 98 | (3) | (3) | 5 | 1 | 98
Changes in seats held (1902–1905)  Seat  | Before  | Change

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Date  | Member  | Party  | Reason  | Date  | Member  | Party
Renfrew North | May 31, 1902  | John W. Munro | █ Liberal | Died in office  | December 26, 1903  | Edward Arunah Dunlop | █ Conservative
Perth North | November 6, 1902  | John C. Monteith | █ Conservative | Resignation in exchange for withdrawal of election petition  | January 7, 1903  | John Brown | █ Liberal
Norfolk North | November 13, 1902  | Frederick Snider | █ Conservative | Election declared void  | January 7, 1903  | Archibald Little | █ Liberal
Muskoka | May 6, 1903  | Samuel Bridgeland | █ Liberal | Died in office  | October 27, 1903  | Arthur Arnold Mahaffy | █ Conservative
Sault Ste. Marie | May 18, 1903  | Andrew Miscampbell | █ Conservative | Election declared void  | October 27, 1903  | Charles Napier Smith | █ Liberal
Oxford North | December 29, 1903  | Andrew Pattulo | █ Liberal | Died in office  | January 26, 1904  | James S. Munro | █ Liberal

Re-elections on seats being vacated (1902–1905)  Seat | Incumbent | Party | Vacated | Reason | By-election

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Grey North | Alexander Grant MacKay | █ Liberal | November 21, 1902  | Election declared void  | January 7, 1903
York North | Elihu James Davis | █ Liberal | February 6, 1903  | Resignation in exchange for withdrawal of election petition  | February 26, 1903
Bruce Centre | Hugh Clark | █ Conservative | February 6, 1903  | Election declared void  | February 26, 1903

## External links

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* A History of Ontario : its resources and development., Alexander Fraser
* Members in Parliament 10 Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine

## Notes

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1. ^ a b died in 1903
2. ^ Ottawa had 2 seats
3. ^ unseated after an appeal
4. ^ Hamilton
5. ^ Hamilton West

## References

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1. ^ "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Archived from the original on 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2014-08-29.

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