# 24th Parliament of Ontario

The 24th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from November 22, 1951, until May 2, 1955, just prior to the 1955 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party led by Leslie Frost.
M.C. Davies served as speaker for the assembly.

## Members of the Assembly

| Riding | Member | Party | First elected / previously elected |
| Addington | John Abbott Pringle | Progressive Conservative | 1943 |
| Algoma—Manitoulin | John Arthur Fullerton | Progressive Conservative | 1945 |
| Beaches | William Henry Collings | Progressive Conservative | 1951 |
| Bellwoods | John Yaremko | Progressive Conservative | 1951 |
| Bracondale | Arthur George Frost | Progressive Conservative | 1951 |
| Brant | Harry Corwin Nixon | Liberal | 1919 |
| Brantford | George Thomas Gordon | Liberal | 1948 |
| Bruce | John Philemon Johnstone | Progressive Conservative | 1945, 1951 |
| Carleton | Donald Hugo Morrow | Progressive Conservative | 1948 |
| Cochrane North | Philip Kelly | Progressive Conservative | 1951 |
| Cochrane South | Bill Grummett | Co-operative Commonwealth | 1943 |
| Dovercourt | David Kerr | Progressive Conservative | 1951 |
| Dufferin—Simcoe | Alfred Wallace Downer | Progressive Conservative | 1937 |
| Durham | John Weir Foote | Progressive Conservative | 1948 |
| Eglinton | William James Dunlop | Progressive Conservative | 1951 |
| Elgin | Fletcher Stewart Thomas | Progressive Conservative | 1945 |
| Essex North | Arthur John Reaume | Liberal | 1951 |
| Essex South | William Murdoch | Progressive Conservative | 1943 |
| Fort William | Clare Edgar Mapledoram | Progressive Conservative | 1951 |
| Glengarry | Osie Villeneuve | Progressive Conservative | 1948 |
| Grenville—Dundas | George Holmes Challies | Progressive Conservative | 1929 |
| Grey North | Mackinnon Phillips | Progressive Conservative | 1945 |
| Grey South | Farquhar Robert Oliver | Liberal | 1926 |
| Haldimand—Norfolk | James Noble Allan | Progressive Conservative | 1951 |
| Halton | Stanley Leroy Hall | Progressive Conservative | 1943 |
| Hamilton Centre | William Kenneth Warrender | Progressive Conservative | 1951 |
| Hamilton East | Robert Ellsworth Elliott | Progressive Conservative | 1945, 1951 |
| Hamilton—Wentworth | Thomas Ray Connell | Progressive Conservative | 1951 |
| Hastings East | Roscoe Robson | Progressive Conservative | 1943 |
| Hastings West | Elmer Sandercock | Progressive Conservative | 1948 |
| High Park | Alfred Hozack Cowling | Progressive Conservative | 1951 |
| Huron | Thomas Pryde | Progressive Conservative | 1948 |
| Huron—Bruce | John William Hanna | Progressive Conservative | 1943 |
| Kenora | Albert Wren | Liberal-Labour | 1951 |
| Kent East | Andrew Thomas Ward | Progressive Conservative | 1951 |
| Kent West | George William Parry | Progressive Conservative | 1945 |
| Kingston | William McAdam Nickle | Progressive Conservative | 1951 |
| Lambton East | Charles Eusibius Janes | Progressive Conservative | 1945 |
| Lambton West | Bryan Lewis Cathcart | Progressive Conservative | 1945 |
| Lanark | George Henry Doucett | Progressive Conservative | 1937 |
| Leeds | Charles Gordon MacOdrum | Progressive Conservative | 1951 |
| Leeds | James Auld (1954) | Progressive Conservative | 1954 |
| Lincoln | Charles Daley | Progressive Conservative | 1943 |
| London | John Parmenter Robarts | Progressive Conservative | 1951 |
| Middlesex North | Thomas L. Patrick | Progressive Conservative | 1943 |
| Middlesex South | Harry Marshall Allen | Progressive Conservative | 1945 |
| Muskoka—Ontario | George Arthur Welsh | Progressive Conservative | 1945 |
| Niagara Falls | William Houck | Liberal | 1934, 1948 |
| Niagara Falls | Arthur Connaught Jolley (1954) | Progressive Conservative | 1954 |
| Nipissing | William Bruce Harvey | Progressive Conservative | 1948 |
| Nipissing | Jean Marc Chaput (1954) | Progressive Conservative | 1954 |
| Northumberland | William Arthur Goodfellow | Progressive Conservative | 1943 |
| Ontario | T.D. Thomas | Co-operative Commonwealth | 1948 |
| Ottawa East | Aurele Chartrand | Liberal | 1948 |
| Ottawa South | George Harrison Dunbar | Progressive Conservative | 1937 |
| Oxford | Thomas Roy Dent | Progressive Conservative | 1943 |
| Parkdale | William James Stewart | Progressive Conservative | 1938, 1951 |
| Parry Sound | Allister Johnston | Progressive Conservative | 1948 |
| Peel | Thomas Laird Kennedy | Progressive Conservative | 1919, 1937 |
| Perth | James Frederick Edwards | Progressive Conservative | 1945 |
| Peterborough | Harold Robinson Scott | Progressive Conservative | 1943 |
| Port Arthur | George Calvin Wardrope | Progressive Conservative | 1951 |
| Prescott | Louis-Pierre Cécile | Progressive Conservative | 1948 |
| Prince Edward—Lennox | Norris Eldon Howe Whitney | Progressive Conservative | 1951 |
| Rainy River | William George Noden | Progressive Conservative | 1951 |
| Renfrew North | Stanley Joseph Hunt | Progressive Conservative | 1943 |
| Renfrew South | James Shannon Dempsey | Progressive Conservative | 1945 |
| Riverdale | Robert William Macaulay | Progressive Conservative | 1951 |
| Russell | Joseph Daniel Nault | Progressive Conservative | 1948 |
| Russell | Gordon Lavergne (1954) | Progressive Conservative | 1954 |
| Sault Ste. Marie | Harry Lyons | Progressive Conservative | 1951 |
| Simcoe Centre | George Graham Johnston | Progressive Conservative | 1943 |
| Simcoe East | John Duncan McPhee | Progressive Conservative | 1943 |
| Simcoe East | Lloyd Averall Letherby (1954) | Progressive Conservative | 1954 |
| St. Andrew | Joseph Baruch Salsberg | Labour-Progressive | 1943 |
| St. David | Everett Weaver | Progressive Conservative | 1951 |
| St. George | Dana Harris Porter | Progressive Conservative | 1943 |
| St. Patrick | Archibald Kelso Roberts | Progressive Conservative | 1943, 1951 |
| Stormont | Peter Thomas Manley | Liberal | 1951 |
| Sudbury | Welland Stewart Gemmell | Progressive Conservative | 1948 |
| Timiskaming | Alexander Robert Herbert | Progressive Conservative | 1951 |
| Victoria | Leslie Miscampbell Frost | Progressive Conservative | 1937 |
| Waterloo North | Stanley Francis Leavine | Progressive Conservative | 1951 |
| Waterloo South | Raymond Munro Myers | Progressive Conservative | 1951 |
| Welland | Ellis Price Morningstar | Progressive Conservative | 1951 |
| Wellington North | John Henry Haines Root | Progressive Conservative | 1951 |
| Wellington South | William Ernest Hamilton | Progressive Conservative | 1945 |
| Wentworth | Arthur John Child | Progressive Conservative | 1951 |
| Windsor—Sandwich | William Griesinger | Progressive Conservative | 1945 |
| Windsor—Walkerville | M.C. Davies | Progressive Conservative | 1945 |
| Woodbine | Harold Ferguson Fishleigh | Progressive Conservative | 1951 |
| York East | Hollis Edward Beckett | Progressive Conservative | 1951 |
| York North | Addison Alexander MacKenzie | Progressive Conservative | 1945 |
| York South | William George Beech | Progressive Conservative | 1951 |
| York West | W. Elmer Brandon | Progressive Conservative | 1951 |

## Timeline

24th Legislative Assembly of Ontario - Movement in seats held (1951-1955) :
| Party | Party | 1951 | Gain/(loss) due to | Gain/(loss) due to | Gain/(loss) due to | Gain/(loss) due to | 1955 |
| Party | Party | 1951 | Resignation as MPP | Death in office | Byelection gain | Byelection hold | 1955 |
| | Progressive Conservative | 79 | | (4) | 1 | 4 | 80 |
| | Liberal | 7 | (1) | | | | 6 |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | 2 | | | | | 2 |
| | Labor–Progressive | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| | Liberal–Labour | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| Total | Total | 90 | (1) | (4) | 1 | 4 | 90 |
Changes in seats held (1951–1955) :
| Seat | Before | Before | Before | Before | Change | Change | Change |
| Seat | Date | Member | Party | Reason | Date | Member | Party |
| Niagara Falls | July 22, 1953 | William Houck | █ Liberal | Chose to stand in Niagara Falls in the 1953 federal election | October 26, 1953 | Arthur Connaught Jolley | █ PC |
| Simcoe East | December 2, 1953 | John Duncan McPhee | █ PC | Died in office | February 8, 1954 | Lloyd Letherby | █ PC |
| Nipissing | March 1, 1954 | William Bruce Harvey | █ PC | Died in office | September 16, 1954 | Jean Marc Chaput | █ PC |
| Leeds | March 15, 1954 | Charles MacOdrum | █ PC | Died in office | September 16, 1954 | James Auld | █ PC |
| Russell | March 18, 1954 | Joseph Daniel Nault | █ PC | Died in office | September 16, 1954 | Gordon Lavergne | █ PC |