14th Parliament of Ontario

The 14th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from June 29, 1914, until September 23, 1919, just prior to the 1919 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Conservative Party led by Sir James P. Whitney.

William Howard Hearst became party leader and Premier after the death of James P. Whitney in September 1914.

David Jamieson served as speaker for the assembly.[1]

## Members elected to the Assembly

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Italicized names indicate members returned by acclamation.

Addington: William David Black

Algoma: Albert Grigg

Brant: Thomas Scott Davidson

Brant South: Joseph Henry Ham

Brockville: Albert Edward Donovan

Bruce North: William MacDonald

Bruce South: Wellington David Cargill

Bruce West: Charles Martin Bowman

Carleton: Robert Herbert McElroy

Cochrane: Malcolm Lang

Dufferin: Charles Robert McKeown

Dundas: James Pliny Whitney

Durham East: Josiah Johnston Preston

Durham West: John Henry Devitt

Elgin East: Charles Andrew Brower

Elgin West: Findlay George MacDiarmid

Essex North: Severin Ducharme

Essex South: Lambert Peter Wigle

Fort William: Charles William Jarvis

Frontenac: Anthony McGuin Rankin

Glengarry: Hugh Munro

Grenville: George Howard Ferguson

Grey Centre: Isaac Benson Lucas

Grey North: Colin Stewart Cameron

Grey South: David Jamieson

Haldimand: William Jaques

Halton: Alfred Westland Nixon

Hamilton East: Allan Studholme

Hamilton West: John Strathearn Hendrie

Hastings East: Sandy Grant

Hastings North: John Robert Cooke

Hastings West: John Wesley Johnson

Huron Centre: William Proudfoot

Huron North: Armstrong Musgrove

Huron South: Henry Eilber

Kenora: Harold Arthur Clement Machin

Kent East: Walter Renwick Ferguson

Kent West: George William Sulman

Kingston: Arthur Edward Ross

Lambton East: John Burton Martyn

Lambton West: William John Hanna

Lanark North: Richard Franklin Preston

Lanark South: Francis William Hall

Leeds: John Robertson Dargavel

Lennox: Thomas George Carscallen

Lincoln: Thomas A. Marshall

London: Adam Beck

Manitoulin: Robert Roswell Gamey

Middlesex East: John McFarlane

Middlesex North: John Grieve

Middlesex West: John Campbell Elliott

Muskoka: Samuel Henry Armstrong

Niagara Falls: George Musgrove

Nipissing: Henri Morel

Norfolk North: Thomas Robert Atkinson

Norfolk South: Arthur Clarence Pratt

Northumberland East: Samuel Greerson Nesbitt

Northumberland West: Samuel Clarke

Ontario North: William Henry Hoyle

Ontario South: Charles Calder

Ottawa East: Joseph Albert Pinard

Ottawa West: George Charles Hurdman

Oxford North: Newton Wesley Rowell

Oxford South: Victor Albert Sinclair

Parkdale: William Herbert Price

Parry Sound: Joseph Edgar

Peel: James Robinson Fallis

Perth North: James Torrance

Perth South: John Benneweis

Peterborough East: James Thompson

Peterborough West: George Alexander Gillespie

Port Arthur: Donald McDonald Hogarth

Prescott: Gustave Évanturel (I-Lib)

Prince Edward: Nelson Parliament

Rainy River: James Arthur Mathieu

Renfrew North: Edward Arunah Dunlop

Renfrew South: Thomas William McGarry

Riverdale: Joseph Russell

Russell: Damase Racine

St. Catharines: Elisha Jessop

Sault Ste. Marie: William Howard Hearst

Simcoe Centre: Alfred Burke Thompson

Simcoe East: James Irwin Hartt

Simcoe South: Alexander Ferguson

Simcoe West: James Stoddart Duff

Stormont: Robert Austin Shearer

Sturgeon Falls: Zotique Mageau

Sudbury: Charles McCrea

Timiskaming: Thomas Magladery

Toronto Northeast \- A: Robert Allan Pyne

Toronto Northeast - B: Mark Howard Irish

Toronto Northwest \- A: Thomas Crawford

Toronto Northwest - B: William David McPherson

Toronto Southeast \- A: Edward William James Owens

Toronto Southeast - B: Thomas Hook

Toronto Southwest \- A: James Joseph Foy

Toronto Southwest - B: George Horace Gooderham

Victoria North: Robert Mercer Mason

Victoria South: John Carew

Waterloo North: Charles Henry Mills

Waterloo South: Zachariah Adam Hall

Welland: Donald Sharpe

Wellington East: Udney Richardson

Wellington South: Samuel Carter (Lib-Temp)

Wellington West: William Clarke Chambers

Wentworth North: Arthur Frederick Rykert

Wentworth South: James Thomas Hammill Regan

Windsor: James Craig Tolmie

York East: George Stewart Henry

York North: Thomas Herbert Lennox

York West: Forbes Godfrey

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## Timeline

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14th Legislative Assembly of Ontario \- Movement in seats held (1914-1919)  Party  | 1914  | Gain/(loss) due to  | 1919

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Death
in office  | Resignation
as MPP  | Byelection
gain  | Byelection
hold
| Conservative | 84 | (8) | (5) |  | 8 | 79
| Liberal | 24 |  | (1) | 3 | 1 | 27
| United Farmers | - |  |  | 2 |  | 2
| Independent Liberal  | 1 |  |  |  |  | 1
| Labour | 1 |  |  |  |  | 1
| Liberal-Temperance  | 1 |  |  |  |  | 1
Total | 111 | (8) | (6) | 5 | 9 | 111
Changes in seats held (1914–1919)  Seat  | Before  | Change

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Date  | Member  | Party  | Reason  | Date  | Member  | Party
Hamilton West | September 25, 1914  | John Strathearn Hendrie | █ Conservative | Appointed Lieutenant Governor  | November 18, 1914  | John Allan | █ Conservative
Dundas | September 25, 1914  | James Pliny Whitney | █ Conservative | Died in office  | December 7, 1914  | Irwin Foster Hilliard | █ Conservative
Algoma | October 7, 1915  | Albert Grigg | █ Conservative | Appointed Deputy Minister  | February 24, 1916  | John Morrow Robb | █ Conservative
Peel | January 28, 1916  | James Robinson Fallis | █ Conservative | Resigned to contest by-election  | February 24, 1916  | William James Lowe | █ Liberal
Muskoka | May 15, 1916  | Samuel Henry Armstrong | █ Conservative | Died in office  | June 12, 1916  | George Walter Ecclestone | █ Conservative
Perth North | June 13, 1916  | James Torrance | █ Conservative | Accepted federal Customs appointment  | July 10, 1916  | Francis Wellington Hay | █ Liberal
Toronto Southwest \- A  | June 13, 1916  | James Joseph Foy | █ Conservative | Died in office  | August 21, 1916  | Herbert Hartley Dewart | █ Liberal
Simcoe West | November 17, 1916  | James Stoddart Duff | █ Conservative | Died in office  | January 15, 1917  | William Torrance Allen | █ Conservative
Lennox | March 15, 1917  | Thomas George Carscallen | █ Conservative | Died in office  | August 29, 1918  | Reginald Amherst Fowler | █ Conservative
Manitoulin | March 19, 1917  | Robert Roswell Gamey | █ Conservative | Died in office  | October 24, 1918  | Beniah Bowman | █ United Farmers
Toronto Northeast \- A  | May 23, 1918  | Robert Allan Pyne | █ Conservative | Accepted municipal appointment  | August 19, 1918  | Henry John Cody | █ Conservative
Oxford North | September 6, 1918  | Newton Wesley Rowell | █ Liberal | Entered federal politics  | September 23, 1918  | John Alexander Calder | █ Liberal
Ontario North | October 27, 1918  | William Henry Hoyle | █ Conservative | Died in office  | February 18, 1919  | John Wesley Widdifield | █ United Farmers
St. Catharines | October 24, 1918  | Elisha Jessop | █ Conservative | Died in office  | February 15, 1919  | Frederick Raymond Parnell | █ Conservative

## 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 2014-08-28.

## External links

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* Members in Parliament 14 Archived 2011-06-10 at the Wayback Machine

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