8th Parliament of Ontario

The 8th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from June 26, 1894, until January 28, 1898, just prior to the 1898 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Liberal Party led by Oliver Mowat. Arthur Sturgis Hardy succeeded Mowat as Premier in 1896 after Mowat entered federal politics. The Assembly also had significant groupings from the Patrons of Industry (representing farmers' interests) and the Protestant Protective Association (representing anti-Catholic sentiment, and associated with the Orange Order), each of which returned candidates either on their own or with local Liberal or Conservative support.

William Douglas Balfour served as Speaker for the assembly until he was named to cabinet on July 14, 1896. [1] Alfred Évanturel succeeded him as Speaker.[2]

## Members elected to the Assembly[edit]

Addington: James Reid

Algoma East: Charles Franklin Farwell

Algoma West: James M. Savage

Brant North: William Bruce Wood

Brant South: Arthur Sturgis Hardy

Brockville: George Augustus Dana

Bruce Centre: John Stevenson McDonald (Lib-Pat)

Bruce North: Daniel McNaughton (Lib-PPA)

Bruce South: Reuben Eldridge Truax

Cardwell: 'Edward Alfred Little (Con-Pat)

Carleton: George Nelson Kidd (Con-Pat)

Dufferin: William Dynes

Dundas: James Pliny Whitney

Durham East: William Armstrong Fallis

Durham West: William Henry Reid (Con-PPA)

Elgin East: Charles Andrew Brower

Elgin West: Donald Macnish (Lib-Pat)

Essex North: William J. McKee

Essex South: William Douglas Balfour

Frontenac: Joseph Longford Haycock (Lib-Pat)

Glengarry: David Murdoch McPherson (Lib-Pat)

Grenville: Orlando Bush

Grey Centre: Thomas Gamey

Grey North: James Cleland

Grey South: David McNicol

Haldimand: John Senn

Halton: William Kerns

Hamilton East: James Taylor Middleton

Hamilton West: John Morison Gibson

Hastings East: Alexander McLaren (Lib-Pat)

Hastings North: James Haggerty

Hastings West: William Hodgins Biggar

Huron East: Thomas Gibson

Huron South: Murdo Young McLean

Huron West: James Thompson Garrow

Kent East: Robert Ferguson

Kent West: Thomas Letson Pardo (Lib-Pat)

Kingston: Edward H. Smythe

Lambton East: Peter Duncan McCallum (Ind-Con-PPA)

Lambton West: Alfred Thomas Gurd (Con-PPA)

Lanark North: Richard Franklin Preston

Lanark South: Arthur James Matheson

Leeds: Walter Beatty

Lennox: Walter William Meacham

Lincoln: James Hiscott

London: William Ralph Meredith

Middlesex East: William Shore (Lib-PPA)

Middlesex North: William Taylor (Lib-Pat)

Middlesex West: George William Ross

Monck: Richard Harcourt

Muskoka: George Edward Langford (Con-PPA)

Nipissing: John Loughrin

Norfolk North: Edwin Clarendon Carpenter

Norfolk South: William Andrew Charlton

Northumberland East: William Arnson Willoughby

Northumberland West: Corelli Collard Field

Ontario North: Thomas William Chapple

Ontario South: John Dryden

Ottawa:[a 1] George O. O'Keefe; Erskine Henry Bronson

Oxford North: Oliver Mowat

Oxford South: Angus McKay

Parry Sound: William Rabb Beatty (Lib-Pat)

Peel: John Smith

Perth North: Thomas Magwood

Perth South: John McNeill (Lib-Pat)

Peterborough East: Thomas Blezard

Peterborough West: James Robert Stratton

Prescott: Alfred Evanturel

Prince Edward: John Caven (Lib-Pat)

Renfrew North: Henry Barr

Renfrew South: 'Robert Adam Campbell

Russell: Alexander Robillard

Simcoe Centre: Robert Paton

Simcoe East: Andrew Miscampbell

Simcoe West: Archibald S. Currie (Lib-Pat)

Stormont: John Bennett (Lib-Pat)

Toronto East: George Ryerson (Con-PPA)

Toronto North: George Frederick Marter

Toronto South: Oliver Aiken Howland

Toronto West: Thomas Crawford

Victoria East: John Hilliard Carnegie

Victoria West: John McKay

Waterloo North: Alexander Black Robertson

Waterloo South: John Douglas Moore

Welland: William Manley German

Wellington East: John Craig

Wellington South: John Mutrie

Wellington West: George Tucker (Con-PPA)

Wentworth North: John Ira Flatt

Wentworth South: Nicholas Awrey

York East: John Richardson

York North: Elihu James Davis

York West: Joseph Wesley St. John

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1. ^ returned two members

## Timeline[edit]

8th Legislative Assembly of Ontario \- Movement in seats held (1894-1898)  Party  | 1894  | Gain/(loss) due to  | 1898

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Void
election  | Resignation
as MPP  | Death
in office  | Byelection
gain  | Byelection
hold
| Liberal | 45 | (1) | (3) | (1) | 4 | 5 | 49
| Conservative | 23 | (3) | (1) |  | 1 |  | 20
| Liberal-Patrons | 12 |  |  |  |  |  | 12
| Conservative–P.P.A. | 5 | (1) |  |  |  |  | 4
| Patrons of Industry | 3 |  |  |  |  |  | 3
| Conservative-Patrons | 2 |  |  |  |  |  | 2
| Liberal-P.P.A. | 2 |  |  |  |  |  | 2
| Protestant Protective Association | 1 |  |  |  |  |  | 1
| Independent-Conservative-PPA  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Total | 94 | (5) | (4) | (1) | 5 | 5 | 94
Changes in seats held (1894–1898)  Seat  | Before  | Change

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Date  | Member  | Party  | Reason  | Date  | Member  | Party
London | October 25, 1894  | William Ralph Meredith |  | Conservative | Appointed to Bench  | November 20, 1894  | Thomas Saunders Hobbs |  | Liberal
Algoma West | December 20, 1894  | James M. Savage |  | Conservative | Election declared void  | January 29, 1895  | James Conmee |  | Liberal
Kingston | December 27, 1894[3] | Edward H. Smythe |  | Conservative | Election declared void  | January 28, 1895  | William Harty |  | Liberal
Wellington West | January 29, 1895[a 1] | George Tucker |  | Conservative–P.P.A. | Election declared void  | February 1, 1896  | James Tucker[a 2] |  | Conservative
Haldimand | February 27, 1895[4] | John Senn |  | Conservative | Election declared void  | March 19, 1895  | Jacob Baxter |  | Liberal
Brant North | April 23, 1895  | William Bruce Wood |  | Liberal | Appointed Registrar of Brant County | May 20, 1895[a 3] | Daniel Burt |  | Liberal
Kingston | September 20, 1895  | William Harty |  | Liberal | Election declared void  | October 8, 1895[a 3] | William Harty |  | Liberal
Wentworth South | December 26, 1895[5] | Nicholas Awrey |  | Liberal | Appointed Sheriff of Wentworth County | January 24, 1896  | John Dickenson |  | Liberal
Oxford North | July 14, 1896  | Oliver Mowat |  | Liberal | Appointed to the Senate  | September 7, 1896  | Andrew Pattulo |  | Liberal
Essex South | August 19, 1896  | William Douglas Balfour |  | Liberal | Died in office  | October 20, 1896  | John Allan Auld |  | Liberal

1. ^ dismissed on appeal, November 29, 1895
2. ^ brother of George Tucker
3. ^ a b returned by acclamation

## External links[edit]

* A History of Ontario : its resources and development., Alexander Fraser
* Members in Parliament 8

## References[edit]

1. ^ Balfour died shortly afterwards on August 19, 1896.
2. ^ "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Archived from the original on 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2014-08-29.
3. ^ "Dr. Smythe Unseated". Weekly British Whig. December 20, 1894. p. 1.
4. ^ "Editorial Notes". Waterloo County Chronicle. February 28, 1895. p. 4.
5. ^ "General Paragraphs". Daily British Whig. January 4, 1896. p. 1.

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