4th Parliament of Ontario

The 4th Parliament of Ontario was in session from June 5, 1879, until February 1, 1883, just prior to the 1883 general election. The majority party was the Liberal Party led by Oliver Mowat.

Charles Clarke served as speaker for the assembly.^[1]

Members of the Assembly

Western Ontario

Riding	Member	Party	Comments
Brant	James Young	Liberal
Brant South	Arthur Sturgis Hardy	Liberal	Provincial Secretary and Registrar in Mowat ministry[2]
Bruce North	Donald Sinclair	Liberal
Bruce South	Rupert Mearse Wells	Liberal	resigned June 6, 1882 to contest (successfully) federal seat[3]
	Hamilton Parke O'Connor (1882)	Liberal	elected October 18, 1882[4]
Elgin East	Thomas McIntyre Nairn	Liberal
Elgin West	John Cascaden	Liberal
Essex North	Solomon White	Conservative
Essex South	Lewis Wigle	Conservative	resigned June 9, 1882 to contest (successfully) federal seat[5]
	William Douglas Balfour (1882)	Liberal	elected October 18, 1882[6]
Grey East	Abram William Lauder	Conservative
Grey North	David Creighton	Conservative
Grey South	James Hill Hunter	Liberal
Haldimand	Jacob Baxter	Liberal
Huron East	Thomas Gibson	Liberal
Huron South	Archibald Bishop	Liberal
Huron West	Alexander McLagan Ross	Liberal
Kent East	Daniel McCraney	Liberal
Kent West	Edward Robinson	Liberal
Lambton East	Peter Graham	Liberal
Lambton West	Timothy Blair Pardee	Liberal	Commissioner of Crown Lands in Mowat ministry[7]
London	William Ralph Meredith	Conservative	Leader of the Opposition
Middlesex East	Richard Tooley	Conservative
Middlesex North	John Waters	Liberal
Middlesex West	John Watterworth	Liberal
Norfolk North	John Bailey Freeman	Liberal
Norfolk South	William Morgan	Conservative
Oxford North	Oliver Mowat	Liberal	Premier and Attorney General in Mowat ministry[8]
Oxford South	Adam Crooks	Liberal	Minister of Education in Mowat ministry[9]
Perth North	David Davidson Hay	Liberal
Perth South	Thomas Ballantyne	Liberal
Waterloo North	Moses Springer	Liberal	resigned April 25, 1879 after he was appointed sheriff[10]
	Elias Weber Bingeman Snider (1881)	Liberal	elected June 17, 1881[11]
Waterloo South	James Livingston	Liberal	resigned February 1, 1883 after he was elected to federal seat[12]
	Isaac Master (1882)	Liberal	elected October 18, 1882[13]
Wellington Centre	Charles Clarke	Liberal	Speaker
Wellington South	James Laidlaw	Liberal
Wellington West	Robert McKim	Liberal

Central and Northern Ontario

Riding	Member	Party	Comments
Algoma	Robert Adam Lyon	Liberal
Cardwell	Charles Robinson	Liberal
Dufferin	John Barr	Conservative	unseated December 11m 1879 after the election results were appealed[14]
	William Jelly (1880)	Conservative	elected January 9, 1880[15]
Durham East	John Rosevear	Conservative	died May 12, 1881[16]
	Charles Herbert Brereton (1882)	Conservative	elected June 29, 1881[17]
Durham West	James Wellington McLaughlin	Liberal
Halton	David Robertson	Liberal
Hamilton	John Morison Gibson	Liberal
Lincoln	Sylvester Neelon	Liberal
Monck	Richard Harcourt	Liberal
Muskoka and Parry Sound	John Classon Miller	Liberal	resigned June 2, 1882 to contest (unsuccessfully) federal seat[18]
	James Whitney Bettes (1882)	Liberal	elected October 30, 1882[19]
Northumberland East	James Marshall Ferris	Liberal
Northumberland West	John Collard Field	Liberal
Ontario North	Thomas Paxton	Liberal	resigned February 1, 1883 after he was appointed sheriff[20]
	Frank Madill (1881)	Conservative	elected June 14, 1881[21]
Ontario South	John Dryden	Liberal
Peel	Kenneth Chisholm	Liberal
Peterborough East	Thomas Blezard	Liberal
Peterborough West	William Hepburn Scott	Conservative	died July 11, 1881[22]
	Robert Kincaid (1882)	Conservative	elected August 24, 1881[23]
Simcoe East	Herman Henry Cook	Liberal	resigned June 1, 1882 to contest (successfully) federal seat[24]
	Charles Alfred Drury (1882)	Liberal	elected October 18, 1882[25]
Simcoe South	William James Parkhill	Conservative
Simcoe West	Thomas Long	Conservative
Toronto East	Alexander Morris	Conservative
Toronto West	Robert Bell	Conservative
Victoria North	Samuel Stanley Peck	Liberal
Victoria South	Samuel Casey Wood	Liberal	Treasurer and Commissioner of Agriculture in Mowat ministry[26]
Welland	Daniel Near	Liberal
Wentworth North	James McMahon	Liberal
Wentworth South	Nicholas Awrey	Liberal
York East	George Badgerow	Liberal
York North	Joseph Henry Widdifield	Liberal
York West	Peter Patterson	Liberal

Eastern Ontario

Riding	Member	Party	Comments
Addington	Hammel Madden Deroche	Liberal
Brockville	Christopher Finlay Fraser	Conservative	Commissioner of Public Works in Mowat ministry[27]
Carleton	George William Monk	Conservative
Cornwall	William Mack	Liberal
Dundas	Andrew Broder	Conservative
Frontenac	Delino Dexter Calvin	Conservative
Glengarry	Donald Macmaster	Conservative	resigned February 1, 1883 after he was elected to federal seat[28]
	James Rayside (1882)	Liberal	elected October 18, 1882[29]
Grenville South	Frederick John French	Conservative
Hastings East	Nathaniel Stephen Appleby	Independent Conservative
Hastings North	George Henry Boulter	Conservative
Hastings West	Alexander Robertson	Conservative	resigned June 2, 1882 to contest (successfully) federal seat[30]
	Baltis Rose (1882)	Conservative	elected October 18, 1882[31]
Kingston	James Henry Metcalfe	Conservative
Lanark North	William Clyde Caldwell	Liberal
Lanark South	William Lees	Independent
Leeds North and Grenville North	Henry Merrick	Conservative
Leeds South	William Richardson	Conservative
Lennox	George Douglas Hawley	Liberal
Ottawa	Patrick Baskerville	Conservative
Prescott	William Harkin	Conservative	died February 11, 1881[32]
	Albert Peter Hagar	Liberal (1881)	elected April 22, 1881[33]
Prince Edward	Gideon Striker	Liberal
Renfrew North	Thomas Murray	Liberal	resigned to contest (unsuccessfully) federal seat[34] (date of resignation unclear)
	William Balmer McAllister (1882)	Conservative	elected October 18, 1882[35]
Renfrew South	James Bonfield	Liberal
Russell	Adam Jacob Baker	Conservative
Stormont	Joseph Kerr	Conservative

References

1. "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Archived from the original on 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2014-08-29.
2. "Arthur Sturgis Hardy | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
3. "Rupert Mearse Wells | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
4. "Hamilton Parke O'Connor | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
5. "Lewis Wigle | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
6. "William Douglas Balfour | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
7. "Timothy Blair Pardee | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
8. "Oliver Mowat | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
9. "Adam Crooks | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
10. "Moses Springer | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
11. "Elias Weber Bingeman Snider | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
12. "James Livingston | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
13. "Isaac Master | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
14. "John Barr | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
15. "William Jelly | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
16. "John Rosevear | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
17. "Charles Herbert Brereton | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
18. "John Classon Miller | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
19. "James Whitney Bettes | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
20. "Thomas Paxton | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
21. "Frank Madill | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
22. "William Hepburn Scott | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
23. "Robert Kincaid | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
24. "Herman Henry Cook | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
25. "Charles Alfred Drury | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
26. "Samuel Casey Wood | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
27. "Christopher Finlay Fraser | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
28. "Donald Macmaster | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
29. "James Rayside | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
30. "Alexander Robertson | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
31. "Baltis Rose | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
32. "William Harkin | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
33. "Albert Peter Hagar | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
34. "Thomas Murray | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".
35. "William Balmer McAllister | Legislative Assembly of Ontario".

External links

• A History of Ontario : its resources and development., Alexander Fraser
• Members in Parliament 4