# 19th Parliament of Ontario

The 19th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from June 19, 1934, until August 25, 1937, just prior to the 1937 general election. The Ontario Liberal Party led by Mitchell Hepburn came to power with a majority government.
Norman Otto Hipel served as speaker for the assembly.

## Members of the Assembly

| Riding | Member | Party | First elected / previously elected |
| Addington | William David Black | Conservative | 1911 |
| Algoma—Manitoulin | Wilfred Lynn Miller | Liberal | 1934 |
| Beaches | Thomas Alexander Murphy | Conservative | 1926 |
| Bellwoods | Arthur Wentworth Roebuck | Liberal | 1934 |
| Bracondale | Arthur Russell Nesbitt | Conservative | 1923 |
| Brant | Harry Corwin Nixon | Liberal-Progressive | 1919 |
| Brantford | Morrison Mann MacBride | Independent | 1919, 1934 |
| Bruce | John William Sinclair | Liberal | 1934 |
| Carleton | Adam Holland Acres | Conservative | 1923 |
| Cochrane North | Joseph-Anaclet Habel | Liberal | 1934 |
| Cochrane South | John Rowlandson | Liberal | 1934 |
| Dovercourt | William Duckworth | Conservative | 1934 |
| Dufferin—Simcoe | Wilfred Davy Smith | Liberal | 1934 |
| Durham | William John Bragg | Liberal | 1919 |
| Eglinton | Harold James Kirby | Liberal | 1934 |
| Elgin | Mitchell Frederick Hepburn | Liberal | 1934 |
| Essex North | Adélard Charles Trottier | Liberal | 1934 |
| Essex South | Lambert Peter Wigle | Liberal | 1914, 1934 |
| Fort William | Joseph Edmund Crawford | Liberal | 1934 |
| Glengarry | James Alexander Sangster | Liberal | 1923, 1929 |
| Grenville—Dundas | George Holmes Challies | Conservative | 1929 |
| Grey North | David James Taylor | Liberal-Progressive | 1919 |
| Grey North | Roland Patterson (1934) | Liberal-Progressive | 1934 |
| Grey South | Farquhar Robert Oliver | United Farmers | 1926 |
| Haldimand—Norfolk | Richard Samuel Colter | Liberal | 1934 |
| Halton | Thomas Aston Blakelock | Liberal | 1929 |
| Hamilton Centre | William Frederick Schwenger | Liberal | 1934 |
| Hamilton East | Samuel Lawrence | Co-operative Commonwealth | 1934 |
| Hamilton—Wentworth | Thomas Baker McQuesten | Liberal | 1934 |
| Hastings East | James Ferguson Hill | Conservative | 1923 |
| Hastings East | Harold Edward Welsh (1936) | Conservative | 1936 |
| Hastings West | James Albert Faulkner | Liberal | 1934 |
| High Park | William Alexander Baird | Conservative | 1926 |
| Huron | James Simpson Ballantyne | Liberal | 1934 |
| Huron—Bruce | Charles Alexander Robertson | Liberal | 1926 |
| Kenora | Earl Hutchinson | Labour | 1929 |
| Kenora | Peter Heenan (1934) | Liberal | 1919, 1934 |
| Kent East | Douglas Munro Campbell | Liberal-Progressive | 1934 |
| Kent West | Arthur St. Clair Gordon | Liberal | 1934 |
| Kingston | Thomas Ashmore Kidd | Conservative | 1926 |
| Lambton East | Milton Duncan McVicar | Liberal | 1934 |
| Lambton West | William Guthrie | Liberal | 1934 |
| Lanark | John Alexander Craig | Conservative | 1929 |
| Leeds | George Taylor Fulford | Liberal | 1934 |
| Lincoln | Frederick Harold Avery | Liberal | 1934 |
| London | Archibald Stuart Duncan | Liberal | 1934 |
| Middlesex North | John Willard Freeborn | Liberal | 1919, 1934 |
| Middlesex South | Charles Maitland MacFie | Liberal | 1934 |
| Muskoka—Ontario | James Francis Kelly | Liberal-Progressive | 1934 |
| Niagara Falls | William Houck | Liberal | 1934 |
| Nipissing | Théodore Legault | Liberal | 1926, 1934 |
| Nipissing | Joseph Marceau (1935) | Liberal | 1919, 1935 |
| Northumberland | Harold Norman Carr | Liberal | 1934 |
| Ontario | William Edmund Newton Sinclair | Liberal | 1911, 1919 |
| Ottawa East | Marie Charles Denis Paul Leduc | Liberal | 1934 |
| Ottawa South | Arthur Ellis | Conservative | 1929 |
| Oxford | Patrick Michael Dewan | Liberal | 1934 |
| Parkdale | William Herbert Price | Conservative | 1914 |
| Parry Sound | Milton Taylor Armstrong | Liberal | 1934 |
| Peel | Duncan McLean Marshall | Liberal | 1934 |
| Perth | William Angus Dickson | Liberal | 1934 |
| Peterborough | Thomas Percival Lancaster | Conservative | 1929 |
| Port Arthur | Charles Winnans Cox | Liberal | 1934 |
| Prescott | Aurélien Bélanger | Liberal | 1923, 1934 |
| Prince Edward—Lennox | Thomas Gilmore Bowerman | Liberal | 1934 |
| Rainy River | Randolph George Croome | Liberal | 1934 |
| Renfrew North | John Courtland Bradley | Liberal | 1934 |
| Renfrew South | Thomas Patrick Murray | Liberal | 1929 |
| Riverdale | Robert Allen | Liberal | 1934 |
| Russell | Arthur Desrosiers | Liberal | 1934 |
| Sault Ste. Marie | Augustus Roberts | Liberal | 1934 |
| Simcoe Centre | Leonard Jennett Simpson | Liberal | 1929 |
| Simcoe East | Garnet Edward Tanner | Liberal | 1934 |
| St. Andrew | John Judah Glass | Liberal | 1934 |
| St. David | Wilfred Heighington | Conservative | 1929 |
| St. George | Ian Thomas Strachan | Liberal | 1934 |
| St. Patrick | Frederick Fraser Hunter | Liberal | 1934 |
| Stormont | Fergus Beck Brownridge | Liberal | 1934 |
| Sudbury | Edmund Anthony Lapierre | Liberal | 1934 |
| Timiskaming | William Glennie Nixon | Liberal | 1934 |
| Victoria | William Newman | Liberal | 1926 |
| Waterloo North | Nicholas Asmussen | Liberal | 1919, 1934 |
| Waterloo South | Norman Otto Hipel | Liberal | 1930 |
| Welland | Edward James Anderson | Liberal | 1934 |
| Wellington North | George Alexander McQuibban | Liberal | 1926 |
| Wellington South | Duncan Paul Munro | Liberal | 1931 |
| Wellington South | James Harold King (1934) | Liberal | 1934 |
| Wentworth | George Henry Bethune | Liberal | 1934 |
| Windsor—Sandwich | James Howard Clark | Liberal | 1934 |
| Windsor—Walkerville | David Arnold Croll | Liberal | 1934 |
| Woodbine | Goldwin Corlett Elgie | Conservative | 1934 |
| York East | George Stewart Henry | Conservative | 1913 |
| York North | Morgan Baker | Liberal | 1934 |
| York South | Leopold Macaulay | Conservative | 1926 |
| York West | William James Gardhouse | Liberal | 1934 |

## Timeline

19th Legislative Assembly of Ontario - Movement in seats held (1934-1937) :
| Party | Party | 1934 | Gain/(loss) due to | Gain/(loss) due to | Gain/(loss) due to | Gain/(loss) due to | 1937 |
| Party | Party | 1934 | Death in office | Resignation as MPP | Byelection gain | Byelection hold | 1937 |
| | Liberal | 65 | (2) | | 1 | 2 | 66 |
| | Conservative | 17 | (1) | | | 1 | 17 |
| | Liberal–Progressive | 4 | | (1) | | 1 | 4 |
| | United Farmers | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| | Labour | 1 | | (1) | | | – |
| | Independent | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| | Vacant | – | | | | | – |
| Total | Total | 90 | (3) | (2) | 1 | 4 | 90 |
Changes in seats held (1934–1937) :
| Seat | Before | Before | Before | Before | Change | Change | Change |
| Seat | Date | Member | Party | Reason | Date | Member | Party |
| Wellington South | July 1, 1934 | Duncan Paul Munro | █ Liberal | Died shortly after Election Day | August 20, 1934 | James Harold King | █ Liberal |
| Kenora | July 12, 1934 | Earl Hutchinson | █ Labour | Resigned to enable Heenan to return to Cabinet | August 7, 1934 | Peter Heenan | █ Liberal |
| Grey North | July 17, 1934 | David James Taylor | █ Lib-Progressive | Appointed Deputy Minister | August 20, 1934 | Roland Patterson | █ Lib-Progressive |
| Nipissing | January 17, 1935 | Théodore Legault | █ Liberal | Died in office | March 4, 1935 | Joseph Marceau | █ Liberal |
| Hastings East | October 15, 1936 | James Ferguson Hill | █ Conservative | Died in office | December 9, 1936 | Harold Edward Welsh | █ Conservative |