16th Parliament of Ontario

The 16th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from June 25, 1923, until October 18, 1926, just prior to the 1926 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Conservative Party led by George Howard Ferguson.

The United Farmers of Ontario party, who had held the balance of power in the preceding assembly, lost most of their seats to Conservatives.

The Liberals led by Wellington Hay were recognized as the Official Opposition following the 1923 election by the governing Conservatives, despite the fact that the United Farmers of Ontario had more seats. According to historian Peter Oliver, this was an arbitrary decision without basis in precedent or law. Conservative Premier G. Howard Ferguson used as justification an announcement by UFO general secretary James J. Morrison that the UFO would be withdrawing from party politics, though Oliver argues that this was facetious logic. UFO parliamentary leader Manning Doherty protested the decision, but to no avail.[1] In the course of the parliament, most UFO MLAs reorganized themselves as the Progressive Party under the leadership of first Manning Doherty and then William Raney, with only Beniah Bowman and Leslie Warner Oke continuing as UFO MLAs.

Joseph Elijah Thompson served as speaker for the assembly.[2]

Members of the Assembly

Listing reflects the UFO/Progressive split in 1924. Italicized names indicate members returned by acclamation.

Riding Member Party First elected / previously elected
  Addington William David Black Conservative 1911
  Algoma Arthur Gladstone Wallis Liberal 1923
  Brant Harry Corwin Nixon United Farmers 1919
  Brant South Morrison Mann MacBride Labour 1919
  Brockville Hezekiah Allan Clark Conservative 1923
  Bruce North William Henry Fenton United Farmers 1919
  Bruce South Malcolm Alex McCallum United Farmers 1923
  Bruce West Alexander Patterson Mewhinney Liberal 1919
  Carleton Adam Holland Acres Conservative 1923
  Cochrane Malcolm Lang Liberal 1914
  Dufferin Charles Robert McKeown Conservative 1907, 1923
  Dundas Aaron Sweet Conservative 1923
  Durham East Albert James Fallis Conservative 1923
  Durham West William John Bragg Liberal 1919
  Elgin East Michael McKnight Conservative 1923
  Elgin West Findlay George MacDiarmid Conservative 1898, 1899, 1923
  Essex North Edward Philip Tellier Liberal 1923
  Essex South Adolphus T. Armstrong Conservative 1923
  Fort William Franklin Harford Spence Conservative 1923
  Frontenac Anthony McGuin Rankin Conservative 1911
  Glengarry James Alexander Sangster Liberal 1923
  Grenville George Howard Ferguson Conservative 1905
  Grey Centre Dougall Carmichael United Farmers 1919
  Grey North David James Taylor United Farmers 1919
  Grey South David Jamieson Conservative 1898, 1923
  Haldimand Richard Nixon Berry Conservative 1923
  Halton George Hillmer Conservative 1923
  Hamilton East Leeming Carr Conservative 1923
  Hamilton West Arthur Campbell Garden Conservative 1923
  Hastings East James Ferguson Hill Conservative 1923
  Hastings North John Robert Cooke Conservative 1911
  Hastings West William Henry Ireland Conservative 1919
  Huron Centre Ebon Rinaldo Wigle Conservative 1923
  Huron North John Joynt Conservative 1919
  Huron South Nelson William Trewartha Conservative 1923
  Kenora Peter Heenan Labour 1919
  Kent East Manning William Doherty United Farmers 1920
  Kent West Robert Livingstone Brackin Liberal 1919
  Kingston William Folger Nickle Conservative 1908, 1922
  Lambton East Leslie Warner Oke United Farmers[nb 1] 1919
  Lambton West Wilfred Smith Haney Conservative 1923
  Lanark North Thomas Alfred Thompson Conservative 1923
  Lanark South Egerton Reuben Stedman Conservative 1923
  Leeds Andrew Wellington Gray Conservative 1919
  Lennox John Perry Vrooman[nb 2] Liberal 1923
  Charles Wesley Hambly (1924) Conservative 1924
  Lincoln Robert Henry Kemp United Farmers 1923
  London Adam Beck Conservative 1902, 1923
  Manitoulin Beniah Bowman United Farmers[nb 1] 1918
  Middlesex East John Willard Freeborn United Farmers 1919
  Middlesex North George Adam Elliott Conservative 1923
  Middlesex West John Giles Lethbridge United Farmers 1919
  Muskoka George Walter Ecclestone Conservative 1919
  Niagara Falls William Gore Willson Conservative 1923
  Nipissing Henri Morel Conservative 1908, 1923
  Norfolk North George David Sewell United Farmers 1919
  Norfolk South John Strickler Martin Conservative 1923
  Northumberland East James Franklin Beatty Belford Conservative 1923
  Northumberland West Samuel Clarke Liberal 1898
  Ontario North John Wesley Widdifield United Farmers 1919
  Ontario South William Edmund Newton Sinclair Liberal 1911, 1919
  Ottawa East Joseph Albert Pinard Liberal 1914
  Ottawa West Harold Fisher Liberal 1923
  Oxford North David Munroe Ross United Farmers 1921
  Oxford South William Henry Chambers Conservative 1923
  Parkdale William Herbert Price Conservative 1914
  Parry Sound George Vernon Harcourt Conservative 1923
  Peel Thomas Laird Kennedy Conservative 1919
  Perth North Joseph Dunsmore Monteith Conservative 1923
  Perth South McCausland Irvine Conservative 1923
  Peterborough East Thomas Dalton Johnston Conservative 1923
  Peterborough West William Herbert Bradburn Conservative 1923
  Port Arthur Francis Henry Keefer Conservative 1923
  Prescott Edmond Proulx Independent 1923
  Prince Edward Horace Stanley Colliver Conservative 1923
  Rainy River John Fullarton Callan Labour 1923
  Renfrew North Alexander Stuart Conservative 1923
  Renfrew South John Carty United Farmers 1919
  Riverdale George Oakley Conservative 1923
  Russell Aurélien Bélanger Liberal 1923
  Sault Ste. Marie James Lyons Conservative 1923
  Simcoe Centre Charles Ernest Wright Conservative 1923
  Simcoe East William Finlayson Conservative 1923
  Simcoe South William Earl Rowe Conservative 1923
  Simcoe West James Edgar Jamieson Conservative 1923
  St. Catharines Edwin Cyrus Graves Conservative 1923
  Stormont John Colborne Milligan Conservative 1923
  Sturgeon Falls Zotique Mageau Liberal 1911
  Sudbury Charles McCrea Conservative 1911
  Timiskaming Angus John Kennedy Conservative 1923
  Toronto Northeast - A Alexander Cameron Lewis Conservative 1920
  Toronto Northeast - B Joseph Elijah Thompson Conservative 1919
  Toronto Northwest - A Thomas Crawford[nb 3] Conservative 1894
  William Henry Edwards (1924) Conservative 1924
  Toronto Northwest - B Arthur Russell Nesbitt Conservative 1923
  Toronto Southeast - A John Allister Currie Conservative 1922
  Toronto Southeast - B Edward William James Owens Conservative 1911, 1923
  Toronto Southwest - A James Arthur McCausland Conservative 1923
  Toronto Southwest - B Frederick George McBrien Conservative 1923
  Victoria North James Raglan Mark Conservative 1923
  Victoria South Robert John Patterson Conservative 1923
  Waterloo North William George Weichel Conservative 1923
  Waterloo South Karl Kenneth Homuth Labour 1919
  Welland Marshall Vaughan Conservative 1923
  Wellington East William Edgar Raney United Farmers 1920
  Wellington South Lincoln Goldie Conservative 1923
  Wellington West William Clarke Chambers Conservative 1911, 1923
  Wentworth North Frank Campbell Biggs United Farmers 1919
  Wentworth South Thomas Joseph Mahony Conservative 1923
  Windsor Frank Worthington Wilson Conservative 1923
  York East George Stewart Henry Conservative 1913
  York North William Keith Conservative 1923
  York West Forbes Godfrey Conservative 1907

Timeline

16th Legislative Assembly of Ontario - Movement in seats held (1923-1926)
Party 1923 Gain/(loss) due to 1926
Party
split 		Death
in office 		Resignation
as MPP 		Byelection
gain 		Byelection
hold
Conservative 75 (1) (2) 1 1 74
United Farmers 17 (15) (1) 1
Progressive – 15 (4) 11
Liberal 14 (2) (1) 11
Labour 4 (1) 3
Independent 1 1
Vacant – 2 8 10
Total 111 – (1) (1) 1 1 111
Changes in seats held (1923–1926)
Seat Before Change
Date Member Party Reason Date Member Party
Lennox August 23, 1923 John Perry Vrooman █ Liberal Died in office October 22, 1923 Charles Wesley Hambly █ Conservative
Toronto Northwest - A May 15, 1924 Thomas Crawford █ Conservative Accepted provincial appointment July 7, 1924 William Henry Edwards █ Conservative
Simcoe South April 14, 1925 William Earl Rowe █ Conservative Resigned to run in 1925 federal election █ Vacant
Kenora April 14, 1925 Peter Heenan █ Labour Resigned to run in 1925 federal election █ Vacant
Cochrane April 14, 1925 Malcolm Lang █ Liberal Resigned to run in 1925 federal election █ Vacant
Norfolk North April 14, 1925 George David Sewell █ Progressive Resigned to run in 1925 federal election █ Vacant
Grey Centre April 14, 1925 Dougall Carmichael █ Progressive Resigned to run in 1925 federal election █ Vacant
Kent East April 14, 1925 Manning William Doherty █ Progressive Resigned seat to promote cooperative movement █ Vacant
London August 15, 1925 Adam Beck █ Conservative Died in office █ Vacant
Middlesex East April 8, 1926 John Willard Freeborn █ Progressive Resigned to run in 1926 federal election █ Vacant
Manitoulin April 8, 1926 Beniah Bowman █ United Farmers Resigned to run in 1926 federal election █ Vacant
Kent West October 11, 1926 Robert Livingstone Brackin █ Liberal Died in office █ Vacant

Notes

  1. ^ a b Oke and Bowman sat as their own UFO faction after January 1925
  2. ^ died in 1923
  3. ^ accepted post

References

  1. ^ Peter Oliver, G. Howard Ferguson: Ontario Tory, (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1977), p. 158.)
  2. ^ "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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