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]

Western Ontario

Brant: Harry Corwin Nixon   Brantford: Stanley Dye   Bruce: John Philemon Johnstone   Elgin: Fletcher Stewart Thomas   Essex North: Alexander Parent   Essex South: William Murdoch   Grey North: Mac Phillips   Grey South: Farquhar Robert Oliver   Haldimand—Norfolk: Charles Hammond Martin

Huron: Robert Hobbs Taylor   Huron—Bruce: John William Hanna   Kent East: Wesley Gardiner Thompson   Kent West: George Parry   Lambton East: Charles Janes   Lambton West: Bryan Cathcart   London: William Gourlay Webster   Middlesex North: Thomas Patrick   Middlesex South: Harry Allen

Oxford: Thomas Dent   Perth: J. Fred Edwards   Waterloo North: Joseph Ignatino Meinzinger   Waterloo South: Gordon Chaplin   Wellington North: Ross Atkinson McEwing   Wellington South: William Ernest Hamilton   Windsor—Sandwich: William Griesinger   Windsor—Walkerville: M.C. Davies

Central Ontario

Dufferin—Simcoe: Alfred Wallace Downer   Durham: Percy Vivian   Halton: Stanley Leroy Hall   Hamilton Centre: Vernon Charles Knowles   Hamilton East: Robert Ellsworth Elliott   Hamilton—Wentworth: Russell Temple Kelley

Lincoln: Charles Daley   Niagara Falls: Carl David Hanniwell   Northumberland: Bill Goodfellow   Ontario: Thomas Kelso Creighton   Peel: Thomas Laird Kennedy

Peterborough: Harold Scott   Simcoe Centre: George Johnston   Simcoe East: John Duncan McPhee   Victoria: Leslie Frost   Welland: Thomas Henry Lewis   Wentworth: William Robertson

Toronto and York Region

Beaches: Thomas Alexander Murphy   Bellwoods: Albert Alexander MacLeod   Bracondale: Harry Hyland Hyndman   Dovercourt: William Duckworth   Eglinton: Leslie Egerton Blackwell   High Park: George Drew

Parkdale: William James Stewart   Riverdale: Gordon James Millen   St. Andrew: Joseph Baruch Salsberg   St. David: Roland Michener   St. George: Dana Porter   St. Patrick: Kelso Roberts

Woodbine: Goldwin Corlett Elgie   York East: John A. Leslie   York North: Lex MacKenzie   York South: Howard Julian Sale   York West: John Pearman Allan

Eastern Ontario

Addington: John Abbott Pringle   Carleton: Adam Holland Acres   Glengarry: Edmund MacGillivray   Grenville—Dundas: George Holmes Challies   Hastings East: Roscoe Robson   Hastings West: James Frederick Wilson

Kingston: Harry Allan Stewart   Lanark: George Henry Doucett   Leeds: Walter Bain Reynolds   Ottawa East: Aurele Chartrand   Ottawa South: George Harrison Dunbar   Prescott: Aurélien Bélanger

Prince Edward—Lennox: James de Congalton Hepburn   Renfrew North: Stanley Joseph Hunt   Renfrew South: James Shannon Dempsey   Russell: Romeo Bégin   Stormont: William Alexander Murray

Northern Ontario

Algoma—Manitoulin: John Arthur Fullerton   Cochrane North: Joseph-Anaclet Habel   Cochrane South: Bill Grummett   Fort William: Garfield Anderson

Kenora: William Manson Docker   Muskoka—Ontario: George Arthur Welsh   Nipissing: Victor Martin   Parry Sound: Milton Taylor Armstrong

Port Arthur: Frederick Oliver Robinson   Rainy River: James Melvin Newman   Sault Ste. Marie: George Isaac Harvey   Sudbury: Robert Carlin   Timiskaming: Calvin Howard Taylor

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

External links

• Members in Parliament 22

References

1. "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Archived from the original on 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2014-08-27.