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8th Parliament of Ontario

The 8th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from June 26, 1894, until January 28, 1898, just prior to the 1898 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Liberal Party led by Oliver Mowat. Arthur Sturgis Hardy succeeded Mowat as Premier in 1896 after Mowat entered federal politics. The Assembly also had significant groupings from the Patrons of Industry (representing farmers' interests) and the Protestant Protective Association (representing anti-Catholic sentiment, and associated with the Orange Order), each of which returned candidates either on their own or with local Liberal or Conservative support.

William Douglas Balfour served as Speaker for the assembly until he was named to cabinet on July 14, 1896. Alfred Évanturel succeeded him as Speaker.

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 M. Savage	Conservative	1894
James Conmee (1895)	Liberal	1885, 1895
Brant	William Bruce Wood	Liberal	1886
Daniel Burt (1895)	Liberal	1895
Brant South	Arthur Sturgis Hardy	Liberal	1873
Brockville	George Augustus Dana	Liberal	1894
Bruce Centre	John Stevenson McDonald	Liberal-Patrons of Industry	1894
	Bruce North	Daniel McNaughton	Liberal-Protestant Protective
Bruce South	Reuben Eldridge Truax	Liberal	1894
	Cardwell	Edward Alfred Little	Conservative-Protestant Protective
Carleton	George Nelson Kidd	Conservative-Patrons of Industry	1894
Dufferin	William Dynes	Patrons of Industry	1894
Dundas	James Pliny Whitney	Conservative	1888
Durham East	William Armstrong Fallis	Conservative	1894
	Durham West	William Henry Reid	Conservative-Protestant Protective
Elgin East	Charles Andrew Brower	Conservative	1894
Elgin West	Donald Macnish	Liberal-Patrons of Industry	1894
Essex North	William J. McKee	Liberal	1894
Essex South	William Douglas Balfour	Liberal	1882
John Allan Auld (1896)	Liberal	1896
Frontenac	Joseph Longford Haycock	Liberal-Patrons of Industry	1894
Glengarry	David Murdoch McPherson	Liberal-Patrons of Industry	1894
Grenville	Orlando Bush	Conservative	1890
	Grey Centre	Thomas Gamey	Protestant Protective
Grey North	James Cleland	Liberal	1890
Grey South	David McNicol	Patrons of Industry	1894
Haldimand	John Senn	Conservative	1894
Jacob Baxter (1895)	Liberal	1867, 1895
Halton	William Kerns	Conservative	1883
Hamilton East	James Taylor Middleton	Liberal	1894
Hamilton West	John Morison Gibson	Liberal	1879, 1891
Hastings East	Alexander McLaren	Liberal-Patrons of Industry	1894
Hastings North	James Haggerty	Patrons of Industry	1894
Hastings West	William Hodgins Biggar	Liberal	1890
Huron East	Thomas Gibson	Liberal	1871
Huron South	Murdo Young McLean	Liberal	1894
Huron West	James Thompson Garrow	Liberal	1890
Kent East	Robert Ferguson	Liberal	1885
Kent West	Thomas Letson Pardo	Liberal-Patrons of Industry	1894
Kingston	Edward H. Smythe	Conservative	1894
William Harty (1895)	Liberal	1895
Lambton East	Peter Duncan McCallum	Independent	1893
	Lambton West	Alfred Thomas Gurd	Conservative-Protestant Protective
Lanark North	Richard Franklin Preston	Conservative	1894
Lanark South	Arthur James Matheson	Conservative	1894
Leeds	Walter Beatty	Conservative	1894
Lennox	Walter William Meacham	Conservative	1886
Lincoln	James Hiscott	Conservative	1890
London	William Ralph Meredith	Conservative	1872
Thomas Saunders Hobbs (1894)	Liberal	1894
	Middlesex East	William Shore	Liberal-Protestant Protective
Middlesex North	William Henry Taylor	Liberal-Patrons of Industry	1894
Middlesex West	George William Ross	Liberal	1883
Monck	Richard Harcourt	Liberal	1879
	Muskoka	George Edward Langford	Conservative-Protestant Protective
Nipissing	John Loughrin	Liberal	1890
Norfolk North	Edwin Clarendon Carpenter	Liberal	1891
Norfolk South	William Andrew Charlton	Liberal	1890
Northumberland East	William Arnson Willoughby	Conservative	1886, 1888
Northumberland West	Corelli Collard Field	Liberal	1886
Ontario North	Thomas William Chapple	Liberal	1894
Ontario South	John Dryden	Liberal	1879
Ottawa	George O. O'Keefe	Liberal	1894
Ottawa	Erskine Henry Bronson	Liberal	1886
Oxford North	Oliver Mowat	Liberal	1872
Andrew Pattulo (1896)	Liberal	1896
Oxford South	Angus McKay	Liberal	1886
Parry Sound	William Rabb Beatty	Liberal-Patrons of Industry	1894
Peel	John Smith	Liberal	1892
Perth North	Thomas Magwood	Conservative	1891
Perth South	John McNeill	Liberal-Patrons of Industry	1894
Peterborough East	Thomas Blezard	Liberal	1879
Peterborough West	James Robert Stratton	Liberal	1886
Prescott	Francis Eugene Alfred Evanturel	Liberal	1886
Prince Edward	John Caven	Liberal-Patrons of Industry	1894
Renfrew North	Henry Barr	Liberal	1892
Renfrew South	Robert Adam Campbell	Liberal	1894
Russell	Alexander Robillard	Liberal	1886
Simcoe Centre	Robert Paton	Liberal	1890
Simcoe East	Andrew Miscampbell	Conservative	1890
Simcoe West	Archibald S. Currie	Liberal-Patrons of Industry	1894
Stormont	John Bennett	Liberal-Patrons of Industry	1894
Toronto East	George Ryerson	Conservative	1893
Toronto North	George Frederick Marter	Conservative	1886
Toronto South	Oliver Aiken Howland	Conservative	1894
Toronto West	Thomas Crawford	Conservative	1894
Victoria East	John Hilliard Carnegie	Conservative	1894
Victoria West	John McKay	Liberal-Equal Rights	1890
Waterloo North	Alexander Black Robertson	Liberal	1894
Waterloo South	John Douglas Moore	Liberal	1890
Welland	William Manley German	Liberal	1894
Wellington East	John Craig	Liberal	1894
Wellington South	John Mutrie	Liberal	1894
	Wellington West	George Tucker	Conservative-Protestant Protective
James Tucker (1896)	Conservative	1896
Wentworth North	John Ira Flatt	Liberal	1894
Wentworth South	Nicholas Awrey	Liberal	1879
John Dickenson (1896)	Liberal	1896
York East	John Richardson	Liberal	1894
York North	Elihu James Davis	Liberal	1888
York West	Joseph Wesley St. John	Conservative	1894

Timeline

Party	1894	Gain/(loss) due to	1898	Void
election	Resignation
as MPP	Death
in office	Byelection
gain	Byelection
hold
45	(1)	(3)	(1)	4	5	49
23	(3)	(1)		1		20
Liberal-Patrons	12						12
	Conservative–P.P.A.	5	(1)					4
3						3
Conservative-Patrons	2						2
	Liberal-P.P.A.	2						2
	Protestant Protective Association	1						1
1						1
Total	94	(5)	(4)	(1)	5	5	94

Seat	Before	Change	Member	Party	Reason	Date	Member
London	October 25, 1894	William Ralph Meredith		Conservative	Appointed to Bench	November 20, 1894	Thomas Saunders Hobbs		Liberal
Algoma West	December 20, 1894	James M. Savage		Conservative	Election declared void	January 29, 1895	James Conmee		Liberal
Kingston	December 27, 1894	Edward H. Smythe		Conservative	Election declared void	January 28, 1895	William Harty		Liberal
Wellington West	January 29, 1895	George Tucker	Conservative–P.P.A.	Election declared void	February 1, 1896	James Tucker		Conservative
Haldimand	February 27, 1895	John Senn		Conservative	Election declared void	March 19, 1895	Jacob Baxter		Liberal
Brant North	April 23, 1895	William Bruce Wood		Liberal	Appointed Registrar of Brant County	May 20, 1895	Daniel Burt		Liberal
Kingston	September 20, 1895	William Harty		Liberal	Election declared void	October 8, 1895	William Harty		Liberal
Wentworth South	December 26, 1895	Nicholas Awrey		Liberal	Appointed Sheriff of Wentworth County	January 24, 1896	John Dickenson		Liberal
Oxford North	July 14, 1896	Oliver Mowat		Liberal	Appointed to the Senate	September 7, 1896	Andrew Pattulo		Liberal
Essex South	August 19, 1896	William Douglas Balfour		Liberal	Died in office	October 20, 1896	John Allan Auld		Liberal

Notes

References

"Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario". Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
. (December 20, 1894). ["Dr. Smythe Unseated"](https://vitacollections.ca/digital-kingston/2792372/page/1). *[[Kingston Whig-Standard*.
. (February 28, 1895). ["Editorial Notes"](https://images.ourontario.ca/waterloo/3539286/page/5). *Waterloo County Chronicle*.
. (January 4, 1896). ["General Paragraphs"](https://vitacollections.ca/digital-kingston/2796856/page/1). *[[Kingston Whig-Standard*.

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