9th Parliament of Ontario

The 9th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from March 1, 1898, until April 19, 1902, just prior to the 1902 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Liberal Party led by Arthur Sturgis Hardy. George William Ross became the Liberal leader when Hardy retired in 1899.

Historical souvenir, Ontario Legislative Assembly in 1901. B. F. Johnston, British Library.

François-Eugène-Alfred Évanturel served as speaker for the assembly.^[1]

Members of the Assembly

	Riding	Member	Party	First elected / previously elected
	Addington	James Reid	Conservative	1890
	Algoma East	Charles Franklin Farwell	Liberal	1894
	Algoma West	James Conmee	Liberal	1885, 1895
	Brant	Daniel Burt	Liberal	1895
	Brant South	Arthur Sturgis Hardy[a]	Liberal	1873
	Thomas Hiram Preston (1899)	Liberal	1899
	Brockville	George Perry Graham	Liberal	1898
	Bruce Centre	Andrew Malcolm	Liberal	1898
	Bruce North	Charles Martin Bowman	Liberal	1898
	Bruce South	Reuben Eldridge Truax	Liberal	1894
	Cardwell	Edward Alfred Little	Conservative	1894
	Carleton	George Nelson Kidd	Independent Conservative	1894
	Dufferin	John Barr	Conservative	1875, 1890, 1898
	Dundas	James Pliny Whitney	Conservative	1888
	Durham East	William Armstrong Fallis	Conservative	1894
	Durham West	William Henry Reid	Conservative	1894
	Elgin East	Charles Andrew Brower	Conservative	1894
	Elgin West	Findlay George MacDiarmid[b]	Conservative	1898
		Donald Macnish (1899)[b]	Liberal	1894, 1899
	Findlay George MacDiarmid (1900)	Conservative	1898, 1900
	Essex North	William J. McKee	Liberal	1894
	Essex South	John Allan Auld	Liberal	1896
	Frontenac	John S. Gallagher	Conservative	1898
	Glengarry	Donald Robert McDonald	Conservative	1898
	Grenville	Robert L. Joynt	Conservative	1898
	Grey Centre	Isaac Benson Lucas	Conservative	1898
	Grey North	George Milward Boyd	Conservative	1898
	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	Edward Alexander Colquhoun	Conservative	1898
	Hastings East	Samuel Russell	Liberal	1898
	Hastings North	William John Allen	Conservative	1898
	Hastings West	Marshall Bidwell Morrison	Conservative	1898
	Huron East	Archibald Hislop	Liberal	1898
	Huron South	Henry Eilber	Conservative	1898
	Huron West	James Thompson Garrow	Liberal	1890
	Kent East	Robert Ferguson[c]	Liberal	1885
	John Lee (1901)	Liberal	1901
	Kent West	Thomas Letson Pardo	Liberal	1894
	Kingston	William Harty[d]	Liberal	1895
	Edward John Barker Pense (1901)	Liberal	1901
	Lambton East	Henry John Pettypiece	Liberal	1898
	Lambton West	Frederick Forsyth Pardee	Liberal	1898
	Lanark North	William Clyde Caldwell	Liberal	1872, 1879, 1888, 1898
	Lanark South	Arthur James Matheson	Conservative	1894
	Leeds	Walter Beatty	Conservative	1894
	Lennox	Bowen Ebenezer Aylsworth	Liberal	1898
	Lincoln	Elisha Jessop	Conservative	1898
	London	Francis Baxter Leys	Liberal	1898
	Middlesex East	Thomas D. Hodgins	Conservative	1898
	Thomas Robson (1900)	Conservative	1900
	Middlesex North	William Henry Taylor	Liberal	1894
	Middlesex West	George William Ross	Liberal	1883
	Monck	Richard Harcourt	Liberal	1879
	Muskoka	Samuel Bridgeland	Liberal	1898
	Nipissing	John Loughrin	Liberal	1890
	Norfolk North	Edwin Clarendon Carpenter	Liberal	1891
	Norfolk South	William Andrew Charlton	Liberal	1890
	Northumberland East	John Henry Douglas	Liberal	1898
	Northumberland West	Samuel Clarke	Liberal	1898
	Ontario North	William Henry Hoyle	Conservative	1898
	Ontario South	Charles Calder[b]	Conservative	1898
	John Dryden (1899)	Liberal	1879, 1899
	Ottawa[e]	Charles Berkeley Powell	Conservative	1898
	Ottawa	Alexander Lumsden	Liberal	1898
	Oxford North	Andrew Pattulo	Liberal	1896
	Oxford South	Angus McKay	Liberal	1886
	Parry Sound	William Rabb Beatty	Liberal	1894
	Peel	John Smith	Liberal	1892
	Perth North	John Brown	Liberal	1898
	Perth South	William Caven Moscrip[b]	Liberal	1898
	Samuel Nelson Monteith (1899)	Conservative	1899
	Peterborough East	Thomas Blezard	Liberal	1879
	Peterborough West	James Robert Stratton	Liberal	1886
	Prescott	Francis Eugene Alfred Evanturel	Liberal	1886
	Prince Edward	William Ryerson Dempsey	Conservative	1898
	Renfrew North	Andrew Thomas White[f]	Conservative	1898
	John W. Munro (1900)	Liberal	1900
	Renfrew South	Robert Adam Campbell	Liberal	1894
	Francis Robert Latchford (1899)	Liberal	1899
	Russell	Onésime Guibord	Liberal	1898
	Simcoe Centre	Alfred Burke Thompson	Conservative	1898
	Simcoe East	Andrew Miscampbell	Conservative	1890
	Simcoe West	James Stoddart Duff	Conservative	1898
	Stormont	John McLaughlin	Conservative	1898
	Toronto East	Robert Allan Pyne	Conservative	1898
	Toronto North	George Frederick Marter	Conservative	1886
	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[b]	Conservative	1898
	Louis Jacob Breithaupt (1899)	Liberal	1899
	Waterloo South	William Abram Kribs	Conservative	1898
	Welland	William Manley German[d]	Liberal	1898
	John Franklin Gross (1900)	Liberal	1900
	Wellington East	John Craig<[g]	Liberal	1894
	John Morison Gibson (1899)	Liberal	1879,[h] 1891,[i] 1899
	Wellington South	John Mutrie	Liberal	1894
	Wellington West	James Tucker	Conservative	1896
	Wentworth North	Thomas Atkins Wardell	Conservative	1898
	Wentworth South	John Dickenson	Liberal	1896
	York East	John Richardson	Liberal	1894
	York North	Elihu James Davis	Liberal	1888
	York West	William James Hill	Liberal	1898

Timeline

9th Legislative Assembly of Ontario - Movement in seats held (1898-1902)

Party		1898	Gain/(loss) due to					1902
			Void election	Resignation as MPP	Death in office	Byelection gain	Byelection hold
	Liberal	51	(3)	(4)	(2)	4	6	52
	Conservative	42	(2)		(2)	2	1	41
	Independent-Conservative	1						1
Total		94	(5)	(4)	(4)	6	7	94

Changes in seats held (1898–1902)

Seat	Before				Change
	Date	Member	Party	Reason	Date	Member	Party
Wellington East	September 6, 1898	John Craig	█ Liberal	Died in office	October 27, 1898	John Morison Gibson	█ Liberal
Elgin West	October 12, 1898	Findlay George MacDiarmid	█ Conservative	Election declared void	January 12, 1899	Donald Macnish	█ Liberal
Ontario South	October 13, 1898	Charles Calder	█ Conservative	Election declared void	December 12, 1899	John Dryden	█ Liberal
Perth South	January 27, 1899	William Caven Moscrip	█ Liberal	Election declared void	February 28, 1899	Samuel Nelson Monteith	█ Conservative
Waterloo North	April 1, 1899	Henry George Lackner	█ Conservative	Election declared void	October 31, 1900[j]	Louis Jacob Breithaupt	█ Liberal
Brant South	October 17, 1899	Arthur Sturgis Hardy	█ Liberal	Retired from politics	December 12, 1899	Thomas Hiram Preston	█ Liberal
Renfrew South	October 25, 1899	Robert Adam Campbell	█ Liberal	Resigned to provide a seat for Latchford	November 14, 1899	Francis Robert Latchford	█ Liberal
Middlesex East	November 20, 1899	Thomas D. Hodgins	█ Conservative	Died in office	January 31, 1900	Thomas Robson	█ Conservative
Elgin West	November 21, 1899	Donald Macnish	█ Liberal	Election declared void	December 12, 1899	Findlay George MacDiarmid	█ Conservative
Welland	April 30, 1900	William Manley German	█ Liberal	Chose to stand for Welland in the 1900 federal election	December 13, 1900	John Franklin Gross	█ Liberal
Renfrew North	May 17, 1900	Andrew Thomas White	█ Conservative	Died in office	June 19, 1900[j]	John W. Munro	█ Liberal
Kingston	April 15, 1901	William Harty	█ Liberal	Chose to stand for Kingston in the 1902 federal byelection	January 30, 1902[j]	Edward John Barker Pense	█ Liberal
Kent East	September 7, 1901	Robert Ferguson	█ Liberal	Died in office	November 4, 1901[j]	John Lee	█ Liberal

Re-elections on seats being vacated (1898–1902)

Seat	Incumbent	Party	Vacated	Reason	By-election
Lennox	Bowen Ebenezer Aylsworth	█ Liberal	October 20, 1898	Election declared void	November 18, 1898
Huron West	James Thompson Garrow	█ Liberal	November 2, 1898	Resignation in exchange for withdrawal of election petition	December 8, 1898
Halton	John Roaf Barber	█ Liberal	November 4, 1898	Election declared void	December 8, 1898
Hastings North	William John Allen	█ Conservative	November 13, 1898	Resignation in exchange for withdrawal of election petition	December 27, 1898
Nipissing	John Loughrin	█ Liberal	November 16, 1898	Election declared void	December 27, 1898
Northumberland East	John Henry Douglas	█ Liberal	November 18, 1898	Election declared void	December 14, 1898
Elgin East	Charles Andrew Brower	█ Conservative	April 1, 1899	Election declared void	December 12, 1899
Peterborough West	James Robert Stratton	█ Liberal	October 21, 1899	Sought re-election upon appointment as Provincial Secretary and Registrar	November 7, 1899[j]
Ontario South	John Dryden	█ Liberal	November 21, 1899	Election declared void	December 12, 1899
Waterloo North	Louis Jacob Breithaupt	█ Liberal	October 19, 1900	Election declared void	October 31, 1900[j]
Huron West	James Thompson Garrow	█ Liberal	March 12, 1901	Election declared void	December 4, 1901
London	Francis Baxter Leys	█ Liberal	April 15, 1901	Sought re-election in support of removing a dam on the Thames River	July 9, 1901

Notes

1. retired from politics in 1899
2. unseated after an appeal
3. died in 1901
4. elected to federal seat
5. Ottawa had 2 seats
6. died in 1900
7. died in 1898
8. Hamilton
9. Hamilton West
10. returned by acclamation