24th Parliament of Ontario

The 24th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from November 22, 1951, until May 2, 1955, just prior to the 1955 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party led by Leslie Frost.

M.C. Davies served as speaker for the assembly.[1]

## Members elected to the Assembly

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Addington: John Abbott Pringle

Algoma—Manitoulin: John Arthur Fullerton

Beaches: William Collings

Bellwoods: John Yaremko

Bracondale: Arthur George Frost

Brant: Harry Corwin Nixon

Brantford: George Gordon

Bruce: John Philemon Johnstone

Carleton: Donald Morrow

Cochrane North: Philip Kelly

Cochrane South: Bill Grummett

Dovercourt: David Kerr

Dufferin—Simcoe: Alfred Wallace Downer

Durham: John Weir Foote

Eglinton: William James Dunlop

Elgin: Fletcher Stewart Thomas

Essex North: Arthur Reaume

Essex South: William Murdoch

Fort William: Clare Edgar Mapledoram

Glengarry: Osie Villeneuve

Grenville—Dundas: George Holmes Challies

Grey North: Mac Phillips

Grey South: Farquhar Robert Oliver

Haldimand—Norfolk: James Noble Allan

Halton: Stanley Hall

Hamilton Centre: Bill Warrender

Hamilton East: Robert Ellsworth Elliott

Hamilton—Wentworth: Ray Connell

Hastings East: Roscoe Robson

Hastings West: Elmer Sandercock

High Park: Alfred Hozack Cowling

Huron: Thomas Pryde

Huron—Bruce: John William Hanna

Kenora: Albert Wren

Kent East: Andrew Thomas Ward

Kent West: George Parry

Kingston: William McAdam Nickle

Lambton East: Charles Janes

Lambton West: Bryan Cathcart

Lanark: George Henry Doucett

Leeds: Charles MacOdrum

Lincoln: Charles Daley

London: John Robarts

Middlesex North: Thomas Patrick

Middlesex South: Harry Allen

Muskoka—Ontario: George Arthur Welsh

Niagara Falls: William Houck

Nipissing: William Bruce Harvey

Northumberland: Bill Goodfellow

Ontario: Tommy Thomas

Ottawa East: Aurele Chartrand

Ottawa South: George Harrison Dunbar

Oxford: Thomas Dent

Parkdale: William James Stewart

Parry Sound: Allister Johnston

Peel: Thomas Laird Kennedy

Perth: J. Fred Edwards

Peterborough: Harold Scott

Port Arthur: George Wardrope

Prescott: Louis-Pierre Cécile

Prince Edward—Lennox: Norris Whitney

Rainy River: Bill Noden

Renfrew North: Stanley Joseph Hunt

Renfrew South: James Shannon Dempsey

Riverdale: Robert Macaulay

Russell: Joseph Daniel Nault

St. Andrew: Joseph Baruch Salsberg

St. David: Everett Weaver

St. George: Dana Porter

St. Patrick: Kelso Roberts

Sault Ste. Marie: Harry Lyons

Simcoe Centre: George Johnston

Simcoe East: John Duncan McPhee

Stormont: Peter Manley

Sudbury: Welland Gemmell

Timiskaming: Alexander Robert Herbert

Victoria: Leslie Frost

Waterloo North: Stanley Francis Leavine

Waterloo South: Raymond Myers

Welland: Ellis Price Morningstar

Wellington North: John Henry Haines Root

Wellington South: William Ernest Hamilton

Wentworth: Arthur Child

Windsor—Sandwich: William Griesinger

Windsor—Walkerville: M.C. Davies

Woodbine: Harold Fishleigh

York East: Hollis Beckett

York North: Lex MacKenzie

York South: William George Beech

York West: Elmer Brandon

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## Timeline

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24th Legislative Assembly of Ontario \- Movement in seats held (1951-1955)  Party  | 1951  | Gain/(loss) due to  | 1955

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Resignation
as MPP  | Death
in office  | Byelection
gain  | Byelection
hold
| Progressive Conservative | 79 |  | (4) | 1 | 4 | 80
| Liberal | 7 | (1) |  |  |  | 6
| Co-operative Commonwealth | 2 |  |  |  |  | 2
| Labor–Progressive | 1 |  |  |  |  | 1
| Liberal–Labour | 1 |  |  |  |  | 1
Total | 90 | (1) | (4) | 1 | 4 | 90
Changes in seats held (1951–1955)  Seat  | Before  | Change

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Date  | Member  | Party  | Reason  | Date  | Member  | Party
Niagara Falls | July 22, 1953  | William Houck | █ Liberal | Chose to stand in Niagara Falls in the 1953 federal election | October 26, 1953  | Arthur Connaught Jolley | █ PC
Simcoe East | December 2, 1953  | John Duncan McPhee | █ PC | Died in office  | February 8, 1954  | Lloyd Letherby | █ PC
Nipissing | March 1, 1954  | William Bruce Harvey | █ PC | Died in office  | September 16, 1954  | Jean Marc Chaput | █ PC
Leeds | March 15, 1954  | Charles MacOdrum | █ PC | Died in office  | September 16, 1954  | James Auld | █ PC
Russell | March 18, 1954  | Joseph Daniel Nault | █ PC | Died in office  | September 16, 1954  | Gordon Lavergne | █ PC

## External links

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* Members in Parliament 24

## 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 2014-08-27.

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