13th Parliament of Ontario

13th Parliament of Ontario
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Ontario Legislative Building ca. 1910
Overview
Legislative bodyLegislative Assembly
JurisdictionOntario, Canada
Meeting placeOntario Legislative Building
TermDecember 11, 1911 – May 29, 1914
Election1911 Election
Government  Whitney ministry
     Conservative Party
Opposition  Liberal Party
Members106
Speaker  William Henry Hoyle
Premier  Sir James Whitney
Leader of the Opposition  Newton Rowell
Party control

The 13th Parliament of Ontario, or the 13th Legislature of Ontario (the term used in formal records of the day) was the legislature of the Government of Ontario that was in office from December 11, 1911, until May 29, 1914. It composed primarily of members elected in the Ontario general election held on December 11, 1911, which delivered the third of four super-majority governing mandates to the Conservative Party led by Premier Sir James Whitney. It was dissolved prior to the 1914 general election.

Standing post 1911 election

When the 12th Parliament was dissolved, it was the fifth times James Whitney led the Conservative Party into election battles, but the first time as Sir James. Though he secured the largest share of the popular votes of the six election he contested, the conservative party actually won slightly fewer seats than from the 1908 election. The Whitney ministry however continued to be sustained by an overwhelming super-majority in the 13th Parliament.

The government was further strengthened by the unexpected misfortune in the opposition rank. A.G MacKay, who led the opposition Liberals in the two previous parliaments and the only Liberals with cabinet experience remaining after the 1908 election, was hit by a salacious law suits (which was later proven unfounded) and resigned just days before the 1911 election campaign was to start. In the new parliament, sitting across from Whitney was Newton Rowell, a Toronto barrister prominent in the Liberal circles for a number of years who had never ran for office prior to the 1911 election. Rowell accepted the Liberal leadership on the condition that his temperance stance be accepted by the party, an issue that would dominate political discourse for the next two decades.

The 13th Parliament consisted of sixty-eight members who served in the 12th Parliament, plus one member (Edward Arunah Dunlop of Renfrew North) who served previously but not in the 12th Parliament.

Thirty-seven members of the 13th Parliament were first time members. Among them, twenty-four were Conservatives (including one who ran as Liberal-Conservative) and thirteen were Liberals, including the leader of the opposition Newton Rowell. Nineteen of the new members succeeded retired members from the same party.Eighteen new members won their seats from another party.

Political party Party leader12th Parliament members 1911 Election13th Parliament
elected 1908 at diss. at 1911 elections Same party Changed
Stood
down		Re-elect Defeated Vote %Seats Inc. Ret'ed New member Open seat Ousted
incum.
Conservative[a]James P. Whitney 86872158855.9083581744
LiberalNewton Rowell 191869338.51229247
Labour– 11–1–2.4311–––
Total
106
106
2768111066819811

Seventeen Conservative members were returned by acclamation, the highest number of acclamation ever in Ontario electoral history. Five of the acclaimed members were first time members. One member, who served in previous parliaments was acclaimed to a seat held by the Liberals in the 12th Parliament.

Sir John Morison Gibson, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, opening the second session of the 13th Parliament of Ontario and delivered the 1913 Speech from the Throne, outlining the program of the Conservative Whitney ministry.
Sir John Morison Gibson, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, opening the second session of the 13th Parliament of Ontario and delivered the 1913 Speech from the Throne, outlining the program of the Conservative Whitney ministry.

Sessions

The 13th Parliament was convened over three sessions, held in the spring of 1912, 1913, 1914.[1]

SessionConvenedProrogued
1stWednesday, February 7, 1912Tuesday, April 16, 1912
2ndTuesday, February 4, 1913Friday, May 9, 1913
3rdWednesday, February 18, 1914Friday, May 1, 1914

William Henry Hoyle served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly for the duration of the 13th Parliament.[2]

Change in party standing

Political party Party leader12th Parl. 1911 1st session2nd session3rd session
1908 diss. startendstartendstartdiss.
Conservative[b]James P. Whitney 868683 828282Increase 83Increase 8484
LiberalNewton Rowell 191822 2222Decrease 21Decrease 202020
Labour– 111 111111
Members at divisions
106
105
106105105104104105105
Speaker–1–111111
Vacant11
Majority –
67
– 5959Increase 60Increase 62Increase 6363

Presiding officers & parliamentary leaders

Government Opposition
George V (1910–36)
King of the United Kingdom [c]
SirJohn Morison Gibson
Lieutenant Governor
Premier
Conservative Party Leader		 Sir James Whitney
Dundas
Newton Rowell
Oxford North
Leader of the Opposition
Liberal Party Leader
Designated Acting Premier
de facto deputy leader[d]		 James Joseph Foy
Toronto North - B

Members of the Assembly

Changes in membership

Changes in seats held (1926–1929)
Electoral
District		 Before Change
Date Reason Member New Member Date
Middlesex EastJuly 5, 1912Died Robert Sutherland George NeelyOctober 28, 1912
Waterloo NorthSeptember 30, 1912Resignation[t] Henry George Lackner Charles Henry MillsOctober 28, 1912
MuskokaOctober 14, 1912Resignation[u] Arthur Arnold Mahaffy Samuel Henry ArmstrongNovember 7, 1912
Lanark SouthJanuary 25, 1913Died Arthur James Matheson John Charles EbbsMarch 26 1913
Grey NorthApril 12, 1913Resignation[v] A.G. MacKay Colin Stewart CameronJuly 14, 1913
Grey CentreMay 13, 1913Ministerial byelection[w] Isaac Benson LucasJune 2, 1913
York EastAugust 11, 1913Resignation[x] Alexander McCowan George Stewart HenrySeptember 8, 1913.
PeelOctober 9, 1913Resignation[y] Samuel Charters James Robinson FallisNovember 3, 1913
Middlesex EastOctober 17, 1913Died George Neely John McFarlanNovember 27, 1913

Notes

  1. ↑ figures inclusive of one MPP elected as Liberal-Conservative
  2. ↑ figures inclusive of one MPP elected as Liberal-Conservative
  3. ↑ Prior to the Statute of Westminster 1931, Canada was strictly speaking a dominion of the British Empire, thus did not have its own Crown per se.
  4. ↑ Foy was designated as acting Premier on every occasions that the Premier is unavailable, which was often
  5. ↑ As Minister of Public Works
  6. ↑ As a minister without portfolio from 1909 and as Treasurer from 1913
  7. ↑ A former minister in the Ross ministry, and Liberal Party leader until the eve of the 1911 election, resigned upon being subject of a bizzare lawsuits that was later proven unfounded. Opted to move to Alberta, and later served as Alberta's first health minister in the Stewart ministry, one of a handful of Canadian to have served in provincial cabinet of more than one province.
  8. ↑ As Provincial Secretary and Registrar
  9. ↑ as Treasurer until his death on January 25, 1913
  10. 1 2 3 Acceptence of an office of profit or emolument under the Crown
  11. ↑ appointed a district court judge
  12. ↑ for health reasons
  13. ↑ elected as a Liberal-Conservative
  14. ↑ As Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines
  15. ↑ As Minister of Agriculture
  16. ↑ As Minister of Education
  17. ↑ As Attorney General; designated as acting premier in Whitney's absence
  18. ↑ Appointed sheriff for Waterloo County
  19. ↑ Appointed Sheriff of York County
  20. ↑ appointed sheriff for Waterloo County
  21. ↑ appointed District Judge of Muskoka
  22. ↑ Relocated to Alberta
  23. ↑ by acclamation
  24. ↑ appointed sheriff for York County
  25. ↑ appointed registrar of deeds for Peel County

References

  1. ↑ Froman 1984, p. 153.
  2. ↑ "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Archived from the original on 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2014-08-28.


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