22nd Parliament of Ontario

The 22nd Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from June 4, 1945, until April 27, 1948, just prior to the 1948 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party led by George Drew.

William James Stewart served as speaker for the assembly until March 21, 1947. James de Congalton Hepburn succeeded Stewart as speaker.^[1]

Members of the Assembly

	Riding	Member	Party	First elected / previously elected
	Addington	John Abbott Pringle	Progressive Conservative	1943
	Algoma—Manitoulin	John Arthur Fullerton	Progressive Conservative	1945
	Beaches	Thomas Alexander Murphy	Progressive Conservative	1926
	Bellwoods	Albert Alexander MacLeod	Labour-Progressive	1943
	Bracondale	Harry Hyland Hyndman	Progressive Conservative	1945
	Brant	Harry Corwin Nixon	Liberal	1919
	Brantford	Stanley Dye	Progressive Conservative	1945
	Bruce	John Philemon Johnstone	Progressive Conservative	1945
	Carleton	Adam Holland Acres	Progressive Conservative	1923
	Cochrane North	Joseph-Anaclet Habel	Liberal	1934, 1945
	Cochrane South	Bill Grummett	Co-operative Commonwealth	1943
	Dovercourt	William Duckworth	Progressive Conservative	1934
	Dufferin—Simcoe	Alfred Wallace Downer	Progressive Conservative	1937
	Durham	Reginald Percival Vivian	Progressive Conservative	1943
	Eglinton	Leslie Egerton Blackwell	Progressive Conservative	1943
	Elgin	Fletcher Stewart Thomas	Progressive Conservative	1945
	Essex North	Alexander A. Parent	Liberal-Labour	1945
	Essex South	William Murdoch	Progressive Conservative	1943
	Fort William	Garfield Anderson	Co-operative Commonwealth	1943
	Glengarry	Edmund MacGillivray	Liberal	1937
	Grenville—Dundas	George Holmes Challies	Progressive Conservative	1929
	Grey North	Mackinnon Phillips	Progressive Conservative	1945
	Grey South	Farquhar Robert Oliver	Liberal	1926[a]
	Haldimand—Norfolk	Charles Hammond Martin	Progressive Conservative	1944
	Halton	Stanley Leroy Hall	Progressive Conservative	1943
	Hamilton Centre	Vernon Charles Knowles	Progressive Conservative	1945
	Hamilton East	Robert Ellsworth Elliott	Progressive Conservative	1945
	Hamilton—Wentworth	Russell Temple Kelley	Progressive Conservative	1945
	Hastings East	Roscoe Robson	Progressive Conservative	1943
	Hastings West	James Frederick Wilson	Progressive Conservative	1945
	High Park	George Alexander Drew	Progressive Conservative	1938
	Huron	Robert Hobbs Taylor	Progressive Conservative	1943
	Thomas Pryde (1948)	Progressive Conservative	1948
	Huron—Bruce	John William Hanna	Progressive Conservative	1943
	Kenora	William Manson Docker	Co-operative Commonwealth	1943
	Kent East	Wesley Gardiner Thompson	Progressive Conservative	1943
	Kent West	George William Parry	Progressive Conservative	1945
	Kingston	Harry Allan Stewart	Progressive Conservative	1943
	Lambton East	Charles Eusibius Janes	Progressive Conservative	1945
	Lambton West	Bryan Lewis Cathcart	Progressive Conservative	1945
	Lanark	George Henry Doucett	Progressive Conservative	1937
	Leeds	Walter Bain Reynolds	Progressive Conservative	1937
	Lincoln	Charles Daley	Progressive Conservative	1943
	London	William Gourlay Webster	Progressive Conservative	1943
	Middlesex North	Thomas L. Patrick	Progressive Conservative	1943
	Middlesex South	Harry Marshall Allen	Progressive Conservative	1945
	Muskoka—Ontario	George Arthur Welsh	Progressive Conservative	1945
	Niagara Falls	Carl David Hanniwell	Progressive Conservative	1945
	Nipissing	Victor Martin	Liberal	1945
	Northumberland	William Arthur Goodfellow	Progressive Conservative	1943
	Ontario	Thomas Kelso Creighton	Progressive Conservative	1945
	Ottawa East	Aurele Chartrand	Liberal	1945
	Ottawa South	George Harrison Dunbar	Progressive Conservative	1937
	Oxford	Thomas Roy Dent	Progressive Conservative	1943
	Parkdale	William James Stewart	Progressive Conservative	1938
	Parry Sound	Milton Taylor Armstrong	Liberal	1934, 1945
	Peel	Thomas Laird Kennedy	Progressive Conservative	1919, 1937
	Perth	James Frederick Edwards	Progressive Conservative	1945
	Peterborough	Harold Robinson Scott	Progressive Conservative	1943
	Port Arthur	Frederick Oliver Robinson	Co-operative Commonwealth	1943
	Prescott	Aurélien Bélanger	Liberal	1923,[b] 1934
	Prince Edward—Lennox	James de Congalton Hepburn	Progressive Conservative	1937
	Rainy River	James Melvin Newman	Liberal-Labour	1945
	Renfrew North	Stanley Joseph Hunt	Progressive Conservative	1943
	Renfrew South	James Shannon Dempsey	Progressive Conservative	1945
	Riverdale	Gordon James Millen	Progressive Conservative	1945
	Russell	Romeo Bégin	Liberal	1937
	Sault Ste. Marie	George Isaac Harvey	Co-operative Commonwealth	1943
	Simcoe Centre	George Graham Johnston	Progressive Conservative	1943
	Simcoe East	John Duncan McPhee	Progressive Conservative	1943
	St. Andrew	Joseph Baruch Salsberg	Labour-Progressive	1943
	St. David	Daniel Roland Michener	Progressive Conservative	1945
	St. George	Dana Harris Porter	Progressive Conservative	1943
	St. Patrick	Archibald Kelso Roberts	Progressive Conservative	1943
	Stormont	William Alexander Murray	Liberal	1945
	Sudbury	Robert Hugh Carlin	Co-operative Commonwealth	1943
	Timiskaming	Calvin Howard Taylor	Co-operative Commonwealth	1943
	Victoria	Leslie Miscampbell Frost	Progressive Conservative	1937
	Waterloo North	Joseph Ignatino Meinzinger	Liberal-Labour	1945
	Waterloo South	Gordon Chaplin	Progressive Conservative	1945
	Welland	Thomas Henry Lewis	Progressive Conservative	1945
	Wellington North	Ross Atkinson McEwing	Liberal	1937
	Wellington South	William Ernest Hamilton	Progressive Conservative	1945
	Wentworth	William Robertson	Co-operative Commonwealth	1943
	Windsor—Sandwich	William Griesinger	Progressive Conservative	1945
	Windsor—Walkerville	M.C. Davies	Progressive Conservative	1945
	Woodbine	Goldwin Corlett Elgie	Progressive Conservative	1934, 1945
	York East	John A. Leslie	Progressive Conservative	1945
	York North	Addison Alexander MacKenzie	Progressive Conservative	1945
	York South	Howard Julian Sale	Progressive Conservative	1945
	York West	John Pearman Allan	Progressive Conservative	1945

Timeline

22nd Legislative Assembly of Ontario - Movement in seats held (1945–1948)

Party		1945	Gain/(loss) due to		1948
			Death in office	Byelection hold
	Progressive Conservative	66	(1)	1	66
	Liberal	11			11
	Co-operative Commonwealth	8			8
	Liberal–Labour	3			3
	Labor–Progressive	2			2
Total		90	(1)	1	90

Changes in seats held (1945–1948)

Seat	Before				Change
	Date	Member	Party	Reason	Date	Member	Party
Huron	December 17, 1947	Robert Hobbs Taylor	█ PC	Died in office	February 16, 1948	Thomas Pryde	█ PC

Notes

1. First elected as United Farmers
2. Russell