10th Parliament of Ontario

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

Italicized names indicate members returned by acclamation.

	Riding	Member	Party	First elected / previously elected
	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

10th Legislative Assembly of Ontario - Movement in seats held (1902-1905)

Party		1902	Gain/(loss) due to				1905
			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
	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
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

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

Notes

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