# 9th Parliament of Ontario

The 9th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from March 1, 1898, until April 19, 1902, just prior to the 1902 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Liberal Party led by Arthur Sturgis Hardy. George William Ross became the Liberal leader when Hardy retired in 1899.
François-Eugène-Alfred Évanturel served as speaker for the assembly.

## Members of the Assembly

| Riding | Member | Party | First elected / previously elected |
| Addington | James Reid | Conservative | 1890 |
| Algoma East | Charles Franklin Farwell | Liberal | 1894 |
| Algoma West | James Conmee | Liberal | 1885, 1895 |
| Brant | Daniel Burt | Liberal | 1895 |
| Brant South | Arthur Sturgis Hardy | Liberal | 1873 |
| Brant South | Thomas Hiram Preston (1899) | Liberal | 1899 |
| Brockville | George Perry Graham | Liberal | 1898 |
| Bruce Centre | Andrew Malcolm | Liberal | 1898 |
| Bruce North | Charles Martin Bowman | Liberal | 1898 |
| Bruce South | Reuben Eldridge Truax | Liberal | 1894 |
| Cardwell | Edward Alfred Little | Conservative | 1894 |
| Carleton | George Nelson Kidd | Independent Conservative | 1894 |
| Dufferin | John Barr | Conservative | 1875, 1890, 1898 |
| Dundas | James Pliny Whitney | Conservative | 1888 |
| Durham East | William Armstrong Fallis | Conservative | 1894 |
| Durham West | William Henry Reid | Conservative | 1894 |
| Elgin East | Charles Andrew Brower | Conservative | 1894 |
| Elgin West | Findlay George MacDiarmid | Conservative | 1898 |
| Elgin West | Donald Macnish (1899) | Liberal | 1894, 1899 |
| Elgin West | Findlay George MacDiarmid (1900) | Conservative | 1898, 1900 |
| Essex North | William J. McKee | Liberal | 1894 |
| Essex South | John Allan Auld | Liberal | 1896 |
| Frontenac | John S. Gallagher | Conservative | 1898 |
| Glengarry | Donald Robert McDonald | Conservative | 1898 |
| Grenville | Robert L. Joynt | Conservative | 1898 |
| Grey Centre | Isaac Benson Lucas | Conservative | 1898 |
| Grey North | George Milward Boyd | Conservative | 1898 |
| Grey South | David Jamieson | Conservative | 1898 |
| Haldimand | Joseph William Holmes | Liberal | 1898 |
| Halton | John Roaf Barber | Liberal | 1898 |
| Hamilton East | Henry Carscallen | Conservative | 1898 |
| Hamilton West | Edward Alexander Colquhoun | Conservative | 1898 |
| Hastings East | Samuel Russell | Liberal | 1898 |
| Hastings North | William John Allen | Conservative | 1898 |
| Hastings West | Marshall Bidwell Morrison | Conservative | 1898 |
| Huron East | Archibald Hislop | Liberal | 1898 |
| Huron South | Henry Eilber | Conservative | 1898 |
| Huron West | James Thompson Garrow | Liberal | 1890 |
| Kent East | Robert Ferguson | Liberal | 1885 |
| Kent East | John Lee (1901) | Liberal | 1901 |
| Kent West | Thomas Letson Pardo | Liberal | 1894 |
| Kingston | William Harty | Liberal | 1895 |
| Kingston | Edward John Barker Pense (1901) | Liberal | 1901 |
| Lambton East | Henry John Pettypiece | Liberal | 1898 |
| Lambton West | Frederick Forsyth Pardee | Liberal | 1898 |
| Lanark North | William Clyde Caldwell | Liberal | 1872, 1879, 1888, 1898 |
| Lanark South | Arthur James Matheson | Conservative | 1894 |
| Leeds | Walter Beatty | Conservative | 1894 |
| Lennox | Bowen Ebenezer Aylsworth | Liberal | 1898 |
| Lincoln | Elisha Jessop | Conservative | 1898 |
| London | Francis Baxter Leys | Liberal | 1898 |
| Middlesex East | Thomas D. Hodgins | Conservative | 1898 |
| Middlesex East | Thomas Robson (1900) | Conservative | 1900 |
| Middlesex North | William Henry Taylor | Liberal | 1894 |
| Middlesex West | George William Ross | Liberal | 1883 |
| Monck | Richard Harcourt | Liberal | 1879 |
| Muskoka | Samuel Bridgeland | Liberal | 1898 |
| Nipissing | John Loughrin | Liberal | 1890 |
| Norfolk North | Edwin Clarendon Carpenter | Liberal | 1891 |
| Norfolk South | William Andrew Charlton | Liberal | 1890 |
| Northumberland East | John Henry Douglas | Liberal | 1898 |
| Northumberland West | Samuel Clarke | Liberal | 1898 |
| Ontario North | William Henry Hoyle | Conservative | 1898 |
| Ontario South | Charles Calder | Conservative | 1898 |
| Ontario South | John Dryden (1899) | Liberal | 1879, 1899 |
| Ottawa | Charles Berkeley Powell | Conservative | 1898 |
| Ottawa | Alexander Lumsden | Liberal | 1898 |
| Oxford North | Andrew Pattulo | Liberal | 1896 |
| Oxford South | Angus McKay | Liberal | 1886 |
| Parry Sound | William Rabb Beatty | Liberal | 1894 |
| Peel | John Smith | Liberal | 1892 |
| Perth North | John Brown | Liberal | 1898 |
| Perth South | William Caven Moscrip | Liberal | 1898 |
| Perth South | Samuel Nelson Monteith (1899) | Conservative | 1899 |
| Peterborough East | Thomas Blezard | Liberal | 1879 |
| Peterborough West | James Robert Stratton | Liberal | 1886 |
| Prescott | Francis Eugene Alfred Evanturel | Liberal | 1886 |
| Prince Edward | William Ryerson Dempsey | Conservative | 1898 |
| Renfrew North | Andrew Thomas White | Conservative | 1898 |
| Renfrew North | John W. Munro (1900) | Liberal | 1900 |
| Renfrew South | Robert Adam Campbell | Liberal | 1894 |
| Renfrew South | Francis Robert Latchford (1899) | Liberal | 1899 |
| Russell | Onésime Guibord | Liberal | 1898 |
| Simcoe Centre | Alfred Burke Thompson | Conservative | 1898 |
| Simcoe East | Andrew Miscampbell | Conservative | 1890 |
| Simcoe West | James Stoddart Duff | Conservative | 1898 |
| Stormont | John McLaughlin | Conservative | 1898 |
| Toronto East | Robert Allan Pyne | Conservative | 1898 |
| Toronto North | George Frederick Marter | Conservative | 1886 |
| Toronto South | J.J. Foy | Conservative | 1898 |
| Toronto West | Thomas Crawford | Conservative | 1894 |
| Victoria East | John Hilliard Carnegie | Conservative | 1894 |
| Victoria West | Samuel John Fox | Conservative | 1898 |
| Waterloo North | Henry George Lackner | Conservative | 1898 |
| Waterloo North | Louis Jacob Breithaupt (1899) | Liberal | 1899 |
| Waterloo South | William Abram Kribs | Conservative | 1898 |
| Welland | William Manley German | Liberal | 1898 |
| Welland | John Franklin Gross (1900) | Liberal | 1900 |
| Wellington East | John Craig< | Liberal | 1894 |
| Wellington East | John Morison Gibson (1899) | Liberal | 1879, 1891, 1899 |
| Wellington South | John Mutrie | Liberal | 1894 |
| Wellington West | James Tucker | Conservative | 1896 |
| Wentworth North | Thomas Atkins Wardell | Conservative | 1898 |
| Wentworth South | John Dickenson | Liberal | 1896 |
| York East | John Richardson | Liberal | 1894 |
| York North | Elihu James Davis | Liberal | 1888 |
| York West | William James Hill | Liberal | 1898 |

## Timeline

9th Legislative Assembly of Ontario - Movement in seats held (1898-1902) :
| Party | Party | 1898 | Gain/(loss) due to | Gain/(loss) due to | Gain/(loss) due to | Gain/(loss) due to | Gain/(loss) due to | 1902 |
| Party | Party | 1898 | Void election | Resignation as MPP | Death in office | Byelection gain | Byelection hold | 1902 |
| | Liberal | 51 | (3) | (4) | (2) | 4 | 6 | 52 |
| | Conservative | 42 | (2) | | (2) | 2 | 1 | 41 |
| | Independent-Conservative | 1 | | | | | | 1 |
| Total | Total | 94 | (5) | (4) | (4) | 6 | 7 | 94 |
Changes in seats held (1898–1902) :
| Seat | Before | Before | Before | Before | Change | Change | Change |
| Seat | Date | Member | Party | Reason | Date | Member | Party |
| Wellington East | September 6, 1898 | John Craig | █ Liberal | Died in office | October 27, 1898 | John Morison Gibson | █ Liberal |
| Elgin West | October 12, 1898 | Findlay George MacDiarmid | █ Conservative | Election declared void | January 12, 1899 | Donald Macnish | █ Liberal |
| Ontario South | October 13, 1898 | Charles Calder | █ Conservative | Election declared void | December 12, 1899 | John Dryden | █ Liberal |
| Perth South | January 27, 1899 | William Caven Moscrip | █ Liberal | Election declared void | February 28, 1899 | Samuel Nelson Monteith | █ Conservative |
| Waterloo North | April 1, 1899 | Henry George Lackner | █ Conservative | Election declared void | October 31, 1900 | Louis Jacob Breithaupt | █ Liberal |
| Brant South | October 17, 1899 | Arthur Sturgis Hardy | █ Liberal | Retired from politics | December 12, 1899 | Thomas Hiram Preston | █ Liberal |
| Renfrew South | October 25, 1899 | Robert Adam Campbell | █ Liberal | Resigned to provide a seat for Latchford | November 14, 1899 | Francis Robert Latchford | █ Liberal |
| Middlesex East | November 20, 1899 | Thomas D. Hodgins | █ Conservative | Died in office | January 31, 1900 | Thomas Robson | █ Conservative |
| Elgin West | November 21, 1899 | Donald Macnish | █ Liberal | Election declared void | December 12, 1899 | Findlay George MacDiarmid | █ Conservative |
| Welland | April 30, 1900 | William Manley German | █ Liberal | Chose to stand for Welland in the 1900 federal election | December 13, 1900 | John Franklin Gross | █ Liberal |
| Renfrew North | May 17, 1900 | Andrew Thomas White | █ Conservative | Died in office | June 19, 1900 | John W. Munro | █ Liberal |
| Kingston | April 15, 1901 | William Harty | █ Liberal | Chose to stand for Kingston in the 1902 federal byelection | January 30, 1902 | Edward John Barker Pense | █ Liberal |
| Kent East | September 7, 1901 | Robert Ferguson | █ Liberal | Died in office | November 4, 1901 | John Lee | █ Liberal |
Re-elections on seats being vacated (1898–1902) :
| Seat | Incumbent | Party | Vacated | Reason | By-election |
| Lennox | Bowen Ebenezer Aylsworth | █ Liberal | October 20, 1898 | Election declared void | November 18, 1898 |
| Huron West | James Thompson Garrow | █ Liberal | November 2, 1898 | Resignation in exchange for withdrawal of election petition | December 8, 1898 |
| Halton | John Roaf Barber | █ Liberal | November 4, 1898 | Election declared void | December 8, 1898 |
| Hastings North | William John Allen | █ Conservative | November 13, 1898 | Resignation in exchange for withdrawal of election petition | December 27, 1898 |
| Nipissing | John Loughrin | █ Liberal | November 16, 1898 | Election declared void | December 27, 1898 |
| Northumberland East | John Henry Douglas | █ Liberal | November 18, 1898 | Election declared void | December 14, 1898 |
| Elgin East | Charles Andrew Brower | █ Conservative | April 1, 1899 | Election declared void | December 12, 1899 |
| Peterborough West | James Robert Stratton | █ Liberal | October 21, 1899 | Sought re-election upon appointment as Provincial Secretary and Registrar | November 7, 1899 |
| Ontario South | John Dryden | █ Liberal | November 21, 1899 | Election declared void | December 12, 1899 |
| Waterloo North | Louis Jacob Breithaupt | █ Liberal | October 19, 1900 | Election declared void | October 31, 1900 |
| Huron West | James Thompson Garrow | █ Liberal | March 12, 1901 | Election declared void | December 4, 1901 |
| London | Francis Baxter Leys | █ Liberal | April 15, 1901 | Sought re-election in support of removing a dam on the Thames River | July 9, 1901 |