# 7th Parliament of Ontario

The 7th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from June 5, 1890, until May 29, 1894, just prior to the 1894 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Liberal Party led by Oliver Mowat.
Thomas Ballantyne served as speaker for the assembly.
There was a small third-party movement represented in the 7th Parliament: the McCarthyite movement included Liberals and Conservatives who supported the "Equal Rights Party," which was anti-Catholic and anti-French, and involved four members.

## Members of the Assembly

| Riding | Member | Party | First elected / previously elected | Comments |
| Addington | James Reid | Conservative | 1890 | |
| Algoma East | Alexander Franklin Campbell | Conservative | 1890 | |
| Algoma West | James Conmee | Liberal | 1885 | |
| Brant North | William Bruce Wood | Liberal | 1886 | |
| Brant South | Arthur Sturgis Hardy | Liberal | 1873 | Commissioner of Crown Lands in Mowat ministry |
| Brockville | Christopher Finlay Fraser | Conservative | 1872 | Commissioner of Public Works in Mowat ministry |
| Bruce Centre | Walter MacMorris Dack | Liberal | 1886 | |
| Bruce North | John George | Conservative | 1890 | unseated after an appeal |
| Bruce North | David Porter (1891) | Liberal | 1891 | elected March 3, 1891; died August 7, 1893 |
| Bruce North | Daniel McNaughton (1893) | Liberal | 1893 | elected December 2, 1893 |
| Bruce South | Hamilton Parke O'Connor | Liberal | 1882 | |
| Cardwell | William Henry Hammell | Conservative | 1883 | |
| Carleton | George William Monk | Conservative | 1871 | |
| Dufferin | John Barr | Conservative Equal Rights | 1875, 1890 | |
| Dundas | James Pliny Whitney | Conservative | 1888 | |
| Durham East | George Campbell | Conservative Equal Rights | 1890 | |
| Durham West | William Thomas Lockhart | Liberal | 1890 | |
| Elgin East | Henry Thomas Godwin | Conservative | 1890 | |
| Elgin West | Dugald McColl | Conservative | 1890 | |
| Essex North | Solomon White | Conservative | 1878, 1890 | |
| Essex South | William Douglas Balfour | Liberal | 1882 | |
| Frontenac | Hugh Smith | Conservative | 1888 | |
| Glengarry | James Rayside | Liberal | 1882 | |
| Grenville | Orlando Bush | Conservative | 1890 | |
| Grey Centre | Joseph Rorke | Conservative | 1886 | |
| Grey North | James Cleland | Liberal | 1890 | |
| Grey South | James Hill Hunter | Liberal | 1875, 1890 | died February 2, 1891 |
| Grey South | Gilbert McKechnie (1891) | Liberal | 1891 | elected April 1, 1891 |
| Haldimand | Jacob Baxter | Liberal | 1867 | |
| Halton | William Kerns | Conservative | 1883 | |
| Hamilton | Thomas Henry Stinson | Conservative | 1890 | |
| Hamilton | John Morison Gibson (1891) | Liberal | 1879, 1891 | Provincial Secretary and Registrar in Mowat ministry |
| Hastings East | William Parker Hudson | Conservative | 1883 | |
| Hastings North | Alpheus Field Wood | Conservative | 1883 | |
| Hastings West | William Hodgins Biggar | Liberal | 1890 | |
| Huron East | Thomas Gibson | Liberal | 1871 | |
| Huron South | Archibald Bishop | Liberal | 1873 | |
| Huron West | James Thompson Garrow | Liberal | 1890 | |
| Kent East | Robert Ferguson | Liberal | 1885 | |
| Kent West | James Clancy | Conservative | 1883 | |
| Kingston | James Henry Metcalfe | Conservative | 1879 | resigned 1891 after being elected to a seat in federal parliament |
| Kingston | William Harty (1892) | Liberal | 1892 | elected February 23, 1892 |
| Lambton East | Hugh McKenzie | Liberal | 1890 | died October 3, 1893 |
| Lambton East | Peter Duncan McCallum (1893) | Independent Conservative | 1893 | elected December 2, 1893 |
| Lambton West | Charles MacKenzie | Liberal | 1889 | |
| Lanark North | William Clyde Caldwell | Liberal-Equal Rights | 1872, 1879, 1888 | |
| Lanark South | Nathaniel McLenaghan | Conservative | 1890 | resigned 1893 after appointment as deputy custom collector in Perth |
| Lanark South | James Maitland Clarke (1894) | Liberal | 1894 | elected February 16, 1894 |
| Leeds | Robert Henry Preston | Conservative | 1875, 1883 | |
| Lennox | Walter William Meacham | Conservative | 1886 | |
| Lincoln | James Hiscott | Conservative | 1890 | |
| London | William Ralph Meredith | Conservative | 1872 | Leader of the Opposition |
| Middlesex East | Richard Tooley | Conservative | 1871, 1886 | |
| Middlesex North | John Waters | Liberal | 1879 | |
| Middlesex West | George William Ross | Liberal | 1883 | Minister of Education in Mowat ministry |
| Monck | Richard Harcourt | Liberal | 1879 | Treasurer in Mowat ministry after October 25, 1890 |
| Muskoka | George Frederick Marter | Conservative | 1886 | |
| Nipissing | John Loughrin | Liberal | 1890 | |
| Norfolk North | John Bailey Freeman | Liberal | 1879 | died November 22, 1890 |
| Norfolk North | Edwin Clarendon Carpenter (1891) | Liberal | 1891 | elected January 23, 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 | James Glendinning | Conservative | 1890 | |
| Ontario South | John Dryden | Liberal | 1879 | Minister of Agriculture in Mowat ministry after September 16, 1890 |
| Ottawa | Erskine Henry Bronson | Liberal | 1886 | |
| Oxford North | Oliver Mowat | Liberal | 1872 | Premier and Attorney General in Mowat ministry |
| Oxford South | Angus McKay | Liberal | 1886 | |
| Parry Sound | James Sharpe | Liberal | 1890 | |
| Peel | Kenneth Chisholm | Liberal | 1873 | resigned 1892 after being appointed registrar of Peel |
| Peel | John Smith (1892) | Liberal | 1892 | elected December 30, 1892 |
| Perth North | Alfred Emanuel Ahrens | Liberal | 1890 | unseated after an appeal |
| Perth North | Thomas Magwood (1891) | Conservative | 1891 | elected February 6, 1891 |
| Perth South | Thomas Ballantyne | Liberal | 1875 | Speaker |
| Peterborough East | Thomas Blezard | Liberal | 1879 | |
| Peterborough West | James Robert Stratton | Liberal | 1886 | |
| Prescott | Francis Eugene Alfred Evanturel | Liberal | 1886 | |
| Prince Edward | John Allison Sprague | Liberal | 1886 | |
| Renfrew North | Arunah Dunlop | Conservative | 1890 | died January 1, 1892 |
| Renfrew North | Henry Barr (1892) | Liberal | 1892 | elected February 23, 1892 |
| Renfrew South | John Francis Dowling | Liberal | 1883, 1890 | |
| Russell | Alexander Robillard | Liberal | 1886 | |
| Simcoe Centre | Robert Paton | Liberal | 1890 | |
| Simcoe East | Andrew Miscampbell | Conservative | 1890 | |
| Simcoe West | Thomas Wylie | Conservative | 1886 | |
| Stormont | William Mack | Liberal | 1879, 1886 | |
| Toronto | Edward Frederick Clarke | Conservative | 1886 | |
| Toronto | Henry Edward Clarke (1892) | Conservative | 1892 | died March 25, 1892 |
| Toronto | Joseph Tait (1893) | Liberal | 1893 | |
| Toronto by-el | Nelson Gordon Bigelow(1892) | Liberal | 1892 | elected April 29, 1892; died November 4, 1892 |
| Toronto by-el | George Ryerson (1893) | Conservative | 1893 | elected February 28, 1893 |
| Victoria East | John Fell | Conservative | 1883 | |
| Victoria West | John McKay | Liberal-Equal Rights | 1890 | |
| Waterloo North | Elias Weber Bingeman Snider | Liberal | 1881 | |
| Waterloo South | John Douglas Moore | Liberal | 1890 | |
| Welland | William McCleary | Conservative | 1890 | |
| Wellington East | Charles Clarke | Liberal | 1871 | resigned October 6, 1891 after appointment as clerk for the legislature |
| Wellington East | James Kirkwood (1891) | Liberal | 1891 | elected November 10, 1891 |
| Wellington South | Donald Guthrie | Liberal | 1886 | |
| Wellington West | Absalom Shade Allan | Liberal | 1886 | |
| Wentworth North | James McMahon | Liberal | 1875 | |
| Wentworth South | Nicholas Awrey | Liberal | 1879 | |
| York East | George Byron Smith | Liberal | 1886 | |
| York North | Elihu James Davis | Liberal | 1888 | |
| York West | John Taylor Gilmour | Liberal | 1886 | |