19th Parliament of Ontario

The 19th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from June 19, 1934, until August 25, 1937, just prior to the 1937 general election. The Ontario Liberal Party led by Mitchell Hepburn came to power with a majority government.

Norman Otto Hipel served as speaker for the assembly.^[1]

Members of the Assembly

	Riding	Member	Party	First elected / previously elected
	Addington	William David Black	Conservative	1911
	Algoma—Manitoulin	Wilfred Lynn Miller	Liberal	1934
	Beaches	Thomas Alexander Murphy	Conservative	1926
	Bellwoods	Arthur Wentworth Roebuck	Liberal	1934
	Bracondale	Arthur Russell Nesbitt	Conservative	1923
	Brant	Harry Corwin Nixon	Liberal-Progressive	1919
	Brantford	Morrison Mann MacBride	Independent	1919, 1934
	Bruce	John William Sinclair	Liberal	1934
	Carleton	Adam Holland Acres	Conservative	1923
	Cochrane North	Joseph-Anaclet Habel	Liberal	1934
	Cochrane South	John Rowlandson	Liberal	1934
	Dovercourt	William Duckworth	Conservative	1934
	Dufferin—Simcoe	Wilfred Davy Smith	Liberal	1934
	Durham	William John Bragg	Liberal	1919
	Eglinton	Harold James Kirby	Liberal	1934
	Elgin	Mitchell Frederick Hepburn	Liberal	1934
	Essex North	Adélard Charles Trottier	Liberal	1934
	Essex South	Lambert Peter Wigle	Liberal	1914, 1934
	Fort William	Joseph Edmund Crawford	Liberal	1934
	Glengarry	James Alexander Sangster	Liberal	1923, 1929
	Grenville—Dundas	George Holmes Challies	Conservative	1929
	Grey North	David James Taylor[a]	Liberal-Progressive	1919
	Roland Patterson (1934)	Liberal-Progressive	1934
	Grey South	Farquhar Robert Oliver	United Farmers	1926
	Haldimand—Norfolk	Richard Samuel Colter	Liberal	1934
	Halton	Thomas Aston Blakelock	Liberal	1929
	Hamilton Centre	William Frederick Schwenger	Liberal	1934
	Hamilton East	Samuel Lawrence	Co-operative Commonwealth	1934
	Hamilton—Wentworth	Thomas Baker McQuesten	Liberal	1934
	Hastings East	James Ferguson Hill	Conservative	1923
	Harold Edward Welsh (1936)	Conservative	1936
	Hastings West	James Albert Faulkner	Liberal	1934
	High Park	William Alexander Baird	Conservative	1926
	Huron	James Simpson Ballantyne	Liberal	1934
	Huron—Bruce	Charles Alexander Robertson	Liberal	1926
	Kenora	Earl Hutchinson[b]	Labour	1929
	Peter Heenan (1934)	Liberal	1919, 1934
	Kent East	Douglas Munro Campbell	Liberal-Progressive	1934
	Kent West	Arthur St. Clair Gordon	Liberal	1934
	Kingston	Thomas Ashmore Kidd	Conservative	1926
	Lambton East	Milton Duncan McVicar	Liberal	1934
	Lambton West	William Guthrie	Liberal	1934
	Lanark	John Alexander Craig	Conservative	1929
	Leeds	George Taylor Fulford	Liberal	1934
	Lincoln	Frederick Harold Avery	Liberal	1934
	London	Archibald Stuart Duncan	Liberal	1934
	Middlesex North	John Willard Freeborn	Liberal	1919, 1934
	Middlesex South	Charles Maitland MacFie	Liberal	1934
	Muskoka—Ontario	James Francis Kelly	Liberal-Progressive	1934
	Niagara Falls	William Houck	Liberal	1934
	Nipissing	Théodore Legault[c]	Liberal	1926, 1934
	Joseph Marceau (1935)	Liberal	1919, 1935
	Northumberland	Harold Norman Carr	Liberal	1934
	Ontario	William Edmund Newton Sinclair	Liberal	1911, 1919
	Ottawa East	Marie Charles Denis Paul Leduc	Liberal	1934
	Ottawa South	Arthur Ellis	Conservative	1929
	Oxford	Patrick Michael Dewan	Liberal	1934
	Parkdale	William Herbert Price	Conservative	1914
	Parry Sound	Milton Taylor Armstrong	Liberal	1934
	Peel	Duncan McLean Marshall	Liberal	1934
	Perth	William Angus Dickson	Liberal	1934
	Peterborough	Thomas Percival Lancaster	Conservative	1929
	Port Arthur	Charles Winnans Cox	Liberal	1934
	Prescott	Aurélien Bélanger	Liberal	1923[d], 1934
	Prince Edward—Lennox	Thomas Gilmore Bowerman	Liberal	1934
	Rainy River	Randolph George Croome	Liberal	1934
	Renfrew North	John Courtland Bradley	Liberal	1934
	Renfrew South	Thomas Patrick Murray	Liberal	1929
	Riverdale	Robert Allen	Liberal	1934
	Russell	Arthur Desrosiers	Liberal	1934
	Sault Ste. Marie	Augustus Roberts	Liberal	1934
	Simcoe Centre	Leonard Jennett Simpson	Liberal	1929
	Simcoe East	Garnet Edward Tanner	Liberal	1934
	St. Andrew	John Judah Glass	Liberal	1934
	St. David	Wilfred Heighington	Conservative	1929
	St. George	Ian Thomas Strachan	Liberal	1934
	St. Patrick	Frederick Fraser Hunter	Liberal	1934
	Stormont	Fergus Beck Brownridge	Liberal	1934
	Sudbury	Edmund Anthony Lapierre	Liberal	1934
	Timiskaming	William Glennie Nixon	Liberal	1934
	Victoria	William Newman	Liberal	1926
	Waterloo North	Nicholas Asmussen	Liberal	1919, 1934
	Waterloo South	Norman Otto Hipel	Liberal	1930
	Welland	Edward James Anderson	Liberal	1934
	Wellington North	George Alexander McQuibban	Liberal	1926
	Wellington South	Duncan Paul Munro[b]	Liberal	1931
	James Harold King (1934)	Liberal	1934
	Wentworth	George Henry Bethune	Liberal	1934
	Windsor—Sandwich	James Howard Clark	Liberal	1934
	Windsor—Walkerville	David Arnold Croll	Liberal	1934
	Woodbine	Goldwin Corlett Elgie	Conservative	1934
	York East	George Stewart Henry	Conservative	1913
	York North	Morgan Baker	Liberal	1934
	York South	Leopold Macaulay	Conservative	1926
	York West	William James Gardhouse	Liberal	1934

Timeline

19th Legislative Assembly of Ontario - Movement in seats held (1934-1937)

Party		1934	Gain/(loss) due to				1937
			Death in office	Resignation as MPP	Byelection gain	Byelection hold
	Liberal	65	(2)		1	2	66
	Conservative	17	(1)			1	17
	Liberal–Progressive	4		(1)		1	4
	United Farmers	1					1
	Co-operative Commonwealth	1					1
	Labour	1		(1)			–
	Independent	1					1
	Vacant	–					–
Total		90	(3)	(2)	1	4	90

Changes in seats held (1934–1937)

Seat	Before				Change
	Date	Member	Party	Reason	Date	Member	Party
Wellington South	July 1, 1934	Duncan Paul Munro	█ Liberal	Died shortly after Election Day	August 20, 1934	James Harold King	█ Liberal
Kenora	July 12, 1934	Earl Hutchinson	█ Labour	Resigned to enable Heenan to return to Cabinet	August 7, 1934	Peter Heenan[e]	█ Liberal
Grey North	July 17, 1934	David James Taylor	█ Lib-Progressive	Appointed Deputy Minister	August 20, 1934	Roland Patterson	█ Lib-Progressive
Nipissing	January 17, 1935	Théodore Legault	█ Liberal	Died in office	March 4, 1935	Joseph Marceau	█ Liberal
Hastings East	October 15, 1936	James Ferguson Hill	█ Conservative	Died in office	December 9, 1936	Harold Edward Welsh	█ Conservative

Notes

1. resigned seat to accept post
2. died in 1934
3. died in 1935
4. Russell
5. Returned by acclamation.