5th Parliament of Ontario

The 5th Parliament of Ontario was in session from February 27, 1883, until November 15, 1886, just prior to the 1886 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Liberal Party led by Oliver Mowat.

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

Members of the Assembly

Riding Member Party First elected / previously elected Comments
  Addington George Denison Conservative 1883
  Algoma[a] Robert Adam Lyon Liberal 1878
  Algoma East Robert Adam Lyon Liberal 1878
  Algoma West James Conmee Liberal 1885 elected June 26, 1885[2]
  Brant James Young Liberal 1879 Treasurer and Commissioner of Agriculture in Mowat ministry from June 2 to November 2, 1883[3]
  Brant South Arthur Sturgis Hardy Liberal 1873 Provincial Secretary and Registrar in Mowat ministry[4]
  Brockville Christopher Finlay Fraser Conservative 1872 Commissioner of Public Works in Mowat ministry[5]
  Bruce North John Gillies Independent-Liberal 1883
  Bruce South Hamilton Parke O'Connor Liberal 1882
  Cardwell William Henry Hammell Conservative 1883
  Carleton George William Monk Conservative 1871
  Cornwall Alexander Peter Ross Conservative 1883
  Dufferin Robert McGhee Conservative 1883
  Dundas Andrew Broder Conservative 1875
  Durham East Charles Herbert Brereton Conservative 1882
  Durham West James Wellington McLaughlin Liberal 1879
  Elgin East Charles Oaks Ermatinger Conservative 1883
  Elgin West John Cascaden Liberal 1879
  Essex North Solomon White Conservative 1878
  Essex South William Douglas Balfour Liberal 1882
  Frontenac Henry Wilmot Conservative 1883
  Glengarry James Rayside Liberal 1882
  Grenville South Frederick John French Conservative 1879
  Grey East Abram William Lauder Conservative 1867 died February 20, 1884[6]
(his first name may be Abraham)
  Neil McColman (1884) Conservative 1884 elected March 18, 1884[7]
  Grey North David Creighton Conservative 1875
  Grey South John Blythe Conservative 1883
  Haldimand Jacob Baxter Liberal 1867
  Halton William Kerns Conservative 1883
  Hamilton John Morison Gibson Liberal 1879
  Hastings East William Parker Hudson Conservative 1883
  Hastings North Alpheus Field Wood Conservative 1883
  Hastings West Ephraim George Sills Liberal 1883
  Huron East Thomas Gibson Liberal 1871
  Huron South Archibald Bishop Liberal 1873
  Huron West Alexander McLagan Ross Liberal 1875 Treasurer and Commissioner of Agriculture in Mowat ministry after November 2, 1883[8]
  Kent East Daniel McCraney Liberal 1875 died February 28, 1885[9]
  Robert Ferguson (1885) Liberal 1885 elected June 20, 1885[10]
  Kent West James Clancy Conservative 1883
  Kingston James Henry Metcalfe Conservative 1879
  Lambton East Peter Graham Liberal 1875
  Lambton West Timothy Blair Pardee Liberal 1867 Commissioner of Crown Lands in Mowat ministry[11]
  Lanark North William Clyde Caldwell Liberal 1872, 1879
  Lanark South William Lees Independent 1879
  Leeds North and
Grenville North		 Henry Merrick Conservative 1871
  Leeds South Robert Henry Preston Conservative 1875, 1883
  Lennox Alexander Hall Roe Liberal 1883 died July 12, 1884[12]
  George Douglas Hawley (1884) Liberal 1879, 1884 elected August 25, 1884[13]
  Lincoln Sylvester Neelon Liberal 1875, 1879
  London William Ralph Meredith Conservative 1872 Leader of the Opposition
  Middlesex East Donald MacKenzie Liberal 1883
  Middlesex North John Waters Liberal 1879
  Middlesex West Alexander Johnston Conservative 1883 unseated November 15, 1883(?) after an appeal[14]
  George William Ross (1883) Liberal 1883 elected December 14, 1883
Minister of Education in Mowat ministry after November 23, 1883[15]
  Monck Richard Harcourt Liberal 1879
  Muskoka
and Parry Sound		 Frederick G. Fauquier Conservative 1883 unseated November 15, 1883(?) after an appeal[16]
  Jacob William Dill (1884) Liberal 1884 elected July 23, 1884[17]
  Norfolk North John Bailey Freeman Liberal 1879
  Norfolk South William Morgan Conservative 1879
  Northumberland East James Marshall Ferris Liberal 1875
  Northumberland West Robert Mulholland Conservative 1883
  Ontario North Isaac James Gould Liberal 1883
  Ontario South John Dryden Liberal 1879
  Ottawa Patrick Baskerville Conservative 1879
  Oxford North Oliver Mowat Liberal 1872 Premier and Attorney General in Mowat ministry[18]
  Oxford South Adam Crooks Liberal 1871,[b] 1875 Minister of Education in Mowat ministry until November 23, 1883[19]
resigned from legislative assembly February 14, 1884
  George Atwell Cooke (1884) Liberal 1884 elected March 5, 1884[20]
  Peel Kenneth Chisholm Liberal 1873
  Perth North John George Hess Conservative 1883
  Perth South Thomas Ballantyne Liberal 1875
  Peterborough East Thomas Blezard Liberal 1879
  Peterborough West John Carnegie Conservative 1867, 1883
  Prescott Albert Peter Hagar Liberal 1881
  Prince Edward James Hart Independent-Liberal 1883
  Renfrew North Thomas Murray Liberal 1869, 1879, 1883
  Renfrew South John Francis Dowling Liberal 1883
  Russell Honoré Robillard Liberal-Conservative 1883
  Simcoe East Charles Alfred Drury Liberal 1882
  Simcoe South George Prevost McKay Conservative 1883
  Simcoe West Orson James Phelps Liberal 1883
  Stormont Joseph Kerr Conservative 1879
  Toronto East Alexander Morris Conservative 1879
  Toronto West Henry Edward Clarke Conservative 1883
  Victoria North John Fell Conservative 1883
  Victoria South Duncan John McIntyre Liberal 1883
  Waterloo North Elias Weber Bingeman Snider Liberal 1881
  Waterloo South Isaac Master Liberal 1877, 1882
  Welland James E. Morin Liberal 1883
  Wellington Centre Charles Clarke Liberal 1871 Speaker
  Wellington South James Laidlaw Liberal 1879
  Wellington West Robert McKim Liberal 1867,[c] 1879
  Wentworth North James McMahon Liberal 1875
  Wentworth South Nicholas Awrey Liberal 1879
  York East George Badgerow Liberal 1879
  York North Joseph Henry Widdifield Liberal 1875
  York West John Gray Conservative 1883

Notes

  1. ↑ Algoma split into Algoma East and West on February 1, 1885
  2. ↑ Toronto West
  3. ↑ Wellington North

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. ↑ "James Conmee | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  3. ↑ "James Young | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  4. ↑ "Arthur Sturgis Hardy | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  5. ↑ "Christopher Finlay Fraser | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  6. ↑ "Abraham William Lauder | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  7. ↑ "Neil McColman | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  8. ↑ "Alexander McLagan Ross | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  9. ↑ "Daniel McCraney | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  10. ↑ "Robert Ferguson | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  11. ↑ "Timothy Blair Pardee | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  12. ↑ "Alexander Hall Roe | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  13. ↑ "George Douglas Hawley | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  14. ↑ "Alexander Johnston | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  15. ↑ "George William Ross | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  16. ↑ "Frederick G. Fauquier | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  17. ↑ "Jacob William Dill | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  18. ↑ "Oliver Mowat | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  19. ↑ "Adam Crooks | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  20. ↑ "George Atwell Cooke | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
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