24th Parliament of Ontario

The 24th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from November 22, 1951, until May 2, 1955, just prior to the 1955 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party led by Leslie Frost.

M.C. Davies served as speaker for the assembly.^[1]

Members elected to the Assembly

Addington: John Abbott Pringle   Algoma—Manitoulin: John Arthur Fullerton   Beaches: William Collings   Bellwoods: John Yaremko   Bracondale: Arthur George Frost   Brant: Harry Corwin Nixon   Brantford: George Gordon   Bruce: John Philemon Johnstone   Carleton: Donald Morrow   Cochrane North: Philip Kelly   Cochrane South: Bill Grummett   Dovercourt: David Kerr   Dufferin—Simcoe: Alfred Wallace Downer   Durham: John Weir Foote   Eglinton: William James Dunlop   Elgin: Fletcher Stewart Thomas   Essex North: Arthur Reaume   Essex South: William Murdoch   Fort William: Clare Edgar Mapledoram   Glengarry: Osie Villeneuve   Grenville—Dundas: George Holmes Challies   Grey North: Mac Phillips   Grey South: Farquhar Robert Oliver   Haldimand—Norfolk: James Noble Allan   Halton: Stanley Hall   Hamilton Centre: Bill Warrender   Hamilton East: Robert Ellsworth Elliott   Hamilton—Wentworth: Ray Connell   Hastings East: Roscoe Robson   Hastings West: Elmer Sandercock

High Park: Alfred Hozack Cowling   Huron: Thomas Pryde   Huron—Bruce: John William Hanna   Kenora: Albert Wren   Kent East: Andrew Thomas Ward   Kent West: George Parry   Kingston: William McAdam Nickle   Lambton East: Charles Janes   Lambton West: Bryan Cathcart   Lanark: George Henry Doucett   Leeds: Charles MacOdrum   Lincoln: Charles Daley   London: John Robarts   Middlesex North: Thomas Patrick   Middlesex South: Harry Allen   Muskoka—Ontario: George Arthur Welsh   Niagara Falls: William Houck   Nipissing: William Bruce Harvey   Northumberland: Bill Goodfellow   Ontario: Tommy Thomas   Ottawa East: Aurele Chartrand   Ottawa South: George Harrison Dunbar   Oxford: Thomas Dent   Parkdale: William James Stewart   Parry Sound: Allister Johnston   Peel: Thomas Laird Kennedy   Perth: J. Fred Edwards   Peterborough: Harold Scott   Port Arthur: George Wardrope   Prescott: Louis-Pierre Cécile

Prince Edward—Lennox: Norris Whitney   Rainy River: Bill Noden   Renfrew North: Stanley Joseph Hunt   Renfrew South: James Shannon Dempsey   Riverdale: Robert Macaulay   Russell: Joseph Daniel Nault   St. Andrew: Joseph Baruch Salsberg   St. David: Everett Weaver   St. George: Dana Porter   St. Patrick: Kelso Roberts   Sault Ste. Marie: Harry Lyons   Simcoe Centre: George Johnston   Simcoe East: John Duncan McPhee   Stormont: Peter Manley   Sudbury: Welland Gemmell   Timiskaming: Alexander Robert Herbert   Victoria: Leslie Frost   Waterloo North: Stanley Francis Leavine   Waterloo South: Raymond Myers   Welland: Ellis Price Morningstar   Wellington North: John Henry Haines Root   Wellington South: William Ernest Hamilton   Wentworth: Arthur Child   Windsor—Sandwich: William Griesinger   Windsor—Walkerville: M.C. Davies   Woodbine: Harold Fishleigh   York East: Hollis Beckett   York North: Lex MacKenzie   York South: William George Beech   York West: Elmer Brandon

Timeline

24th Legislative Assembly of Ontario - Movement in seats held (1951-1955)

Party		1951	Gain/(loss) due to				1955
			Resignation as MPP	Death in office	Byelection gain	Byelection hold
	Progressive Conservative	79		(4)	1	4	80
	Liberal	7	(1)				6
	Co-operative Commonwealth	2					2
	Labor–Progressive	1					1
	Liberal–Labour	1					1
Total		90	(1)	(4)	1	4	90

Changes in seats held (1951–1955)

Seat	Before				Change
	Date	Member	Party	Reason	Date	Member	Party
Niagara Falls	July 22, 1953	William Houck	█ Liberal	Chose to stand in Niagara Falls in the 1953 federal election	October 26, 1953	Arthur Connaught Jolley	█ PC
Simcoe East	December 2, 1953	John Duncan McPhee	█ PC	Died in office	February 8, 1954	Lloyd Letherby	█ PC
Nipissing	March 1, 1954	William Bruce Harvey	█ PC	Died in office	September 16, 1954	Jean Marc Chaput	█ PC
Leeds	March 15, 1954	Charles MacOdrum	█ PC	Died in office	September 16, 1954	James Auld	█ PC
Russell	March 18, 1954	Joseph Daniel Nault	█ PC	Died in office	September 16, 1954	Gordon Lavergne	█ PC

External links

• Members in Parliament 24

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.