# 18th Parliament of Ontario

The 18th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from October 30, 1929, until May 16, 1934, just prior to the 1934 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Conservative Party led by George Howard Ferguson.
George Stewart Henry replaced Ferguson as party leader and Premier in December 1930 after Ferguson was named Canadian High Commissioner in London.
Thomas Ashmore Kidd served as speaker for the assembly.

## Members of the Assembly

Italicized names indicate members returned by acclamation.
| Riding | Member | Party | First elected / previously elected |
| Addington | William David Black | Conservative | 1911 |
| Algoma | John Morrow Robb | Conservative | 1915, 1926 |
| Beaches | Thomas Alexander Murphy | Conservative | 1926 |
| Bellwoods | Thomas Hamilton Bell | Conservative | 1929 |
| Bracondale | Arthur Russell Nesbitt | Conservative | 1923 |
| Brant County | Harry Corwin Nixon | Progressive | 1919 |
| Brantford | William George Martin | Conservative | 1926 |
| Brockton | Frederick George McBrien | Conservative | 1923 |
| Brockville | Hezekiah Allan Clark | Conservative | 1923 |
| Bruce North | Frederick Wellington Elliott | Liberal | 1929 |
| Bruce South | William John MacKay | Liberal | 1929 |
| Carleton | Adam Holland Acres | Conservative | 1923 |
| Cochrane North | Albert Victor Waters | Conservative | 1926 |
| Cochrane South | Alfred Franklin Kenning | Conservative | 1926 |
| Dovercourt | Samuel Thomas Wright | Conservative | 1926 |
| Dufferin | Thomas Kerr Slack | Progressive | 1919, 1926 |
| Dundas | George Holmes Challies | Conservative | 1929 |
| Durham | William John Bragg | Liberal | 1919 |
| Eglinton | Alvin Coulter McLean | Conservative | 1929 |
| Elgin East | Herbert James Davis | Conservative | 1929 |
| Elgin West | Charles Edmund Raven | Conservative | 1929 |
| Essex North | Paul Poisson | Conservative | 1926 |
| Essex South | Austin Burton Smith | Conservative | 1929 |
| Fort William | Franklin Harford Spence | Conservative | 1923 |
| Frontenac-Lennox | Charles Wesley Hambly | Conservative | 1923, 1929 |
| Glengarry | James Alexander Sangster | Liberal | 1923, 1929 |
| Greenwood | George Joseph Smith | Conservative | 1926 |
| Grenville | George Howard Ferguson | Conservative | 1905 |
| Grenville | James Alfred Sanderson (1931) | Conservative | 1931 |
| Grey North | David James Taylor | Progressive | 1919 |
| Grey South | Farquhar Robert Oliver | United Farmers | 1926 |
| Haldimand | Richard Nixon Berry | Conservative | 1923, 1929 |
| Halton | Thomas Aston Blakelock | Liberal | 1929 |
| Hamilton Centre | Thomas William Jutten | Conservative | 1926 |
| Hamilton East | William Morrison | Conservative | 1928 |
| Hamilton West | Frederick Thomas Smye | Conservative | 1926 |
| Hamilton West | D'Arcy Argue Counsell Martin (1931) | Conservative | 1931 |
| Hastings East | James Ferguson Hill | Conservative | 1923 |
| Hastings North | John Robert Cooke | Conservative | 1911 |
| Hastings West | William Henry Ireland | Conservative | 1919 |
| High Park | William Alexander Baird | Conservative | 1926 |
| Huron North | Charles Alexander Robertson | Liberal | 1926 |
| Huron South | William George Medd | Progressive | 1926 |
| Kenora | Earl Hutchinson | Labour | 1929 |
| Kent East | Philip James Henry | Conservative | 1929 |
| Kent East | Douglas Munro Campbell (1934) | Liberal | 1934 |
| Kent West | Archibald Clement Calder | Conservative | 1926 |
| Kingston | Thomas Ashmore Kidd | Conservative | 1926 |
| Lambton East | Thomas Howard Fraleigh | Conservative | 1929 |
| Lambton West | Andrew Robinson McMillen | Conservative | 1929 |
| Lanark North | John Alexander Craig | Conservative | 1929 |
| Lanark South | James Alexander Anderson | Conservative | 1929 |
| Lanark South | Egerton Reuben Stedman (1931) | Conservative | 1931 |
| Leeds | Frederick James Skinner | Conservative | 1926 |
| Lincoln | Sidney James Wilson | Conservative | 1929 |
| London North | James Percy Moore | Conservative | 1926 |
| London South | John Cameron Wilson | Conservative | 1926 |
| Manitoulin | Alvin Edwin Graham | Conservative | 1929 |
| Middlesex North | Fred Van Wyck Laughton | Conservative | 1929 |
| Middlesex West | Lloyd William Morgan Freele | Conservative | 1929 |
| Muskoka | George Walter Ecclestone | Conservative | 1919 |
| Niagara Falls | William Gore Willson | Conservative | 1923 |
| Nipissing | Henri Morel | Conservative | 1908, 1923 |
| Nipissing | Charles Robert Harrison (1930) | Conservative | 1930 |
| Norfolk | John Strickler Martin | Conservative | 1923 |
| Norfolk | Arthur Campbell Burt (1931) | Conservative | 1931 |
| Northumberland | Frederick John McArthur | Conservative | 1929 |
| Ontario North | James Blanchard | Conservative | 1929 |
| Ontario South | William Edmund Newton Sinclair | Liberal | 1911, 1919 |
| Ottawa East | Louis Côté | Conservative | 1929 |
| Ottawa North | Albert Edwin Honeywell | Conservative | 1926 |
| Ottawa South | Arthur Ellis | Conservative | 1929 |
| Oxford North | David Munroe Ross | Liberal-Progressive | 1921 |
| Oxford South | Robert Andrew Baxter | Liberal | 1929 |
| Parkdale | William Herbert Price | Conservative | 1914 |
| Parry Sound | George Vernon Harcourt | Conservative | 1923 |
| Peel | Thomas Laird Kennedy | Conservative | 1919 |
| Perth North | Joseph Dunsmore Monteith | Conservative | 1923 |
| Perth South | David Bonis | Conservative | 1929 |
| Perth South | Charles Edward Richardson (1930) | Conservative | 1930 |
| Peterborough City | James Fordyce Strickland | Conservative | 1929 |
| Peterborough County | Thomas Percival Lancaster | Conservative | 1929 |
| Port Arthur | Donald McDonald Hogarth | Conservative | 1911, 1926 |
| Prescott | Joseph St. Denis | Independent-Conservative | 1929 |
| Prince Edward | Horace Stanley Colliver | Conservative | 1923, 1928 |
| Rainy River | William Herbert Elliott | Independent-Conservative | 1929 |
| Renfrew North | Edward Arunah Dunlop | Conservative | 1903, 1911, 1929 |
| Renfrew South | Thomas Patrick Murray | Liberal | 1929 |
| Riverdale | George Oakley | Conservative | 1923 |
| Russell | Charles Avila Séguin | Conservative | 1929 |
| Sault Ste. Marie | James Lyons | Conservative | 1923 |
| Simcoe Centre | Leonard Jennett Simpson | Liberal | 1929 |
| Simcoe East | William Finlayson | Conservative | 1923 |
| Simcoe Southwest | James Edgar Jamieson | Conservative | 1923, 1929 |
| St. Andrew | Ephraim Frederick Singer | Conservative | 1929 |
| St. Catharines | Edwin Cyrus Graves | Conservative | 1923 |
| St. David | Wilfred Heighington | Conservative | 1929 |
| St. George | Henry Scholfield | Conservative | 1911, 1926 |
| St. Patrick | Edward Joseph Murphy | Conservative | 1929 |
| Stormont | Duncan Alexander McNaughton | Conservative | 1926 |
| Sturgeon Falls | Albert Zenophile Aubin | Conservative | 1929 |
| Sudbury | Charles McCrea | Conservative | 1911 |
| Timiskaming | Angus John Kennedy | Conservative | 1923 |
| Victoria North | William Newman | Liberal | 1926 |
| Victoria South | Wellesley Wilson Staples | Conservative | 1929 |
| Waterloo North | Sydney Charles Tweed | Liberal | 1929 |
| Waterloo South | Karl Kenneth Homuth | Conservative | 1919 |
| Waterloo South | Norman Otto Hipel (1930) | Liberal | 1930 |
| Welland | Marshall Vaughan | Conservative | 1923 |
| Wellington Northeast | George Alexander McQuibban | Liberal | 1926 |
| Wellington South | Lincoln Goldie | Conservative | 1923 |
| Wellington South | Duncan Paul Munro (1931) | Liberal | 1931 |
| Wentworth North | Alex Laurence Shaver | Conservative | 1926 |
| Wentworth South | Thomas Joseph Mahony | Conservative | 1923 |
| Windsor East | Frank Worthington Wilson | Conservative | 1923 |
| Windsor West | John Frederick Reid | Conservative | 1926 |
| Woodbine | George Sylvester Shields | Conservative | 1926 |
| York East | George Stewart Henry | Conservative | 1913 |
| York North | Clifford Case | Conservative | 1929 |
| York South | Leopold Macaulay | Conservative | 1926 |
| York West | Forbes Godfrey | Conservative | 1907 |
| York West | Henry Isaac Price (1932) | Conservative | 1932 |

## Timeline

18th Legislative Assembly of Ontario - Movement in seats held (1929-1934) :
| Party | Party | 1929 | Gain/(loss) due to | Gain/(loss) due to | Gain/(loss) due to | Gain/(loss) due to | 1934 |
| Party | Party | 1929 | Death in office | Resignation as MPP | Byelection gain | Byelection hold | 1934 |
| | Conservative | 90 | (9) | (3) | | 7 | 85 |
| | Liberal | 13 | | | 3 | | 16 |
| | Progressive | 4 | | | | | 4 |
| | Liberal–Progressive | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| | United Farmers | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| | Labour | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| | Independent-Conservative | 2 | | | | | 2 |
| | Vacant | – | 2 | | | | 2 |
| Total | Total | 112 | (7) | (3) | 3 | 7 | 112 |
Changes in seats held (1929–1934) :
| Seat | Before | Before | Before | Before | Change | Change | Change |
| Seat | Date | Member | Party | Reason | Date | Member | Party |
| Nipissing | June 30, 1930 | Henri Morel | █ Conservative | Chose to stand for Nipissing in the 1930 federal election | October 29, 1930 | Charles Robert Harrison | █ Conservative |
| Lanark South | August 3, 1930 | James Alexander Anderson | █ Conservative | Died in office | October 29, 1930 | Egerton Reuben Stedman | █ Conservative |
| Waterloo South | July 12, 1930 | Karl Kenneth Homuth | █ Conservative | Chose to stand for Waterloo North in the 1930 federal election | October 29, 1930 | Norman Otto Hipel | █ Liberal |
| Perth South | July 19, 1930 | David Bonis | █ Conservative | Died in office | October 29, 1930 | Charles Edward Richardson | █ Conservative |
| Hamilton West | November 15, 1930 | Frederick Thomas Smye | █ Conservative | Died in office | February 11, 1931 | D'Arcy Argue Counsell Martin | █ Conservative |
| Grenville | December 15, 1930 | George Howard Ferguson | █ Conservative | Appointed Canadian High Commissioner in London | February 11, 1931 | James Alfred Sanderson | █ Conservative |
| Norfolk | May 13, 1931 | John Strickler Martin | █ Conservative | Died in office | July 8, 1931 | Arthur Campbell Burt | █ Conservative |
| Wellington South | September 19, 1931 | Lincoln Goldie | █ Conservative | Died in office | November 18, 1931 | Duncan Paul Munro | █ Liberal |
| York West | January 6, 1932 | Forbes Godfrey | █ Conservative | Died in office | May 28, 1932 | Henry Isaac Price | █ Conservative |
| Kent East | August 13, 1933 | Philip James Henry | █ Conservative | Died in office | January 3, 1934 | Douglas Munro Campbell | █ Liberal |
| Renfrew North | January 1, 1934 | Edward Arunah Dunlop | █ Conservative | Died in office | | | █ Vacant |
| Perth North | January 8, 1934 | Joseph Dunsmore Monteith | █ Conservative | Died in office | | | █ Vacant |