# 6th Parliament of Ontario

The 6th Parliament of Ontario was in session from December 29, 1886, until April 26, 1890, just prior to the 1890 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Liberal Party led by Oliver Mowat.
Jacob Baxter served as speaker for the assembly.

## Members of the Assembly

| Riding | Member | Party | First elected / previously elected | Comments |
| Addington | John Stewart Miller | Conservative | 1886 | |
| Algoma East | Robert Adam Lyon | Liberal | 1878 | |
| Algoma West | James Conmee | Liberal | 1885 | |
| Brant North | William Bruce Wood | Liberal | 1886 | |
| Brant South | Arthur Sturgis Hardy | Liberal | 1873 | Provincial Secretary and Registrar in Mowat ministry until January 18, 1889; Commissioner of Crown Lands in Mowat ministry after January 18, 1889 |
| Brockville | Christopher Finlay Fraser | Conservative | 1872 | Commissioner of Public Works in Mowat ministry |
| Bruce Centre | Walter MacMorris Dack | Liberal | 1886 | |
| Bruce North | John Walter Scott Biggar | Conservative | 1886 | |
| Bruce South | Hamilton Parke O'Connor | Liberal | 1882 | |
| Cardwell | William Henry Hammell | Conservative | 1883 | |
| Carleton | George William Monk | Conservative | 1871 | |
| Cornwall and Stormont | William Mack | Liberal | 1879, 1886 | |
| Dufferin | Falkner Cornwall Stewart | Conservative | 1886 | |
| Dundas | Theodore F. Chamberlain | Liberal | 1886 | unseated April 23, 1887 after an appeal |
| Dundas | James Pliny Whitney (1888) | Conservative | 1888 | elected January 31, 1888 |
| Durham East | Thomas Dixon Craig | Conservative | 1886 | |
| Durham West | James Wellington McLaughlin | Liberal | 1879 | |
| Elgin East | Thomas McIntyre Nairn | Liberal | 1879, 1886 | died June 1, 1888 |
| Elgin East | James Charles Dance (1888) | Liberal | 1888 | elected October 26, 1888 |
| Elgin West | Andrew B. Ingram | Conservative | 1886 | |
| Essex North | Gaspard Pacaud | Liberal | 1886 | |
| Essex South | William Douglas Balfour | Liberal | 1882 | |
| Frontenac | Henry Wilmot | Conservative | 1883 | died July 1, 1888 |
| Frontenac | Hugh Smith (1888) | Conservative | 1888 | elected October 11, 1888 |
| Glengarry | James Rayside | Liberal | 1882 | |
| Grenville | Frederick John French | Conservative | 1879 | |
| Grey Centre | Joseph Rorke | Conservative | 1886 | |
| Grey North | David Creighton | Conservative | 1875 | |
| Grey South | John Blythe | Conservative | 1883 | |
| Haldimand | Jacob Baxter | Liberal | 1867 | Speaker |
| Halton | William Kerns | Conservative | 1883 | |
| Hamilton | John Morison Gibson | Liberal | 1879 | Provincial Secretary and Registrar in Mowat ministry after January 18, 1889 |
| Hastings East | William Parker Hudson | Conservative | 1883 | |
| Hastings North | Alpheus Field Wood | Conservative | 1883 | |
| Hastings West | Gilbert Wellington Ostrom | Conservative | 1886 | |
| Huron East | Thomas Gibson | Liberal | 1871 | |
| Huron South | Archibald Bishop | Liberal | 1873 | |
| Huron West | Alexander McLagan Ross | Liberal | 1875 | Treasurer in Mowat ministry; Commissioner of Agriculture in Mowat ministry until May 1, 1888 |
| Kent East | Robert Ferguson | Liberal | 1885 | |
| Kent West | James Clancy | Conservative | 1883 | |
| Kingston | James Henry Metcalfe | Conservative | 1879 | |
| Lambton East | Peter Graham | Liberal | 1875 | |
| Lambton West | Timothy Blair Pardee | Liberal | 1867 | Commissioner of Crown Lands in Mowat ministry until January 18, 1889; died January 18, 1888 |
| Lambton West | Charles MacKenzie (1889) | Liberal | 1889 | elected October 19, 1889 |
| Lanark North | Daniel Hilliard | Liberal | 1886 | died June 1, 1888 |
| Lanark North | William Clyde Caldwell (1888) | Liberal | 1872, 1879, 1888 | elected August 23, 1888 |
| Lanark South | William Lees | Conservative | 1879 | |
| Leeds | Robert Henry Preston | Conservative | 1875, 1883 | |
| Lennox | Walter William Meacham | Conservative | 1886 | |
| Lincoln | William Garson | Liberal | 1886 | |
| 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 | |
| Muskoka | George Frederick Marter | Conservative | 1886 | |
| Norfolk North | John Bailey Freeman | Liberal | 1879 | |
| Norfolk South | William Morgan | Conservative | 1879 | |
| Northumberland East | William Arnson Willoughby | Conservative | 1886 | unseated February 1, 1888; |
| Northumberland East | Richard Clarke (1888) | Liberal | 1888 | seated February 1, 1888; died August 7, 1888 |
| Northumberland East | William Arnson Willoughby (1888) | Conservative | 1886, 1888 | elected October 11, 1888 |
| Northumberland West | Corelli Collard Field | Liberal | 1886 | |
| Ontario North | Isaac James Gould | Liberal | 1883 | |
| Ontario South | John Dryden | Liberal | 1879 | |
| 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 | Samuel Armstrong | Independent | 1886 |
| Peel | Kenneth Chisholm | Liberal | 1873 | |
| Perth North | John George Hess | Conservative | 1883 | |
| Perth South | Thomas Ballantyne | Liberal | 1875 | |
| 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 | Thomas Murray | Liberal | 1869, 1879, 1883 | |
| Renfrew South | John Alfred McAndrew | Liberal | 1886 | |
| Russell | Alexander Robillard | Liberal | 1886 | |
| Simcoe Centre | Orson James Phelps | Liberal | 1883 | |
| Simcoe East | Charles Alfred Drury | Liberal | 1882 | Commissioner of Agriculture in Mowat ministry after May 1, 1888 |
| Simcoe West | Thomas Wylie | Conservative | 1886 | |
| Toronto | Edward Frederick Clarke | Conservative | 1886 | |
| Toronto | Henry Edward Clarke | Conservative | 1883 | |
| Toronto | John Leys | Liberal | 1886 | |
| Victoria East | John Fell | Conservative | 1883 | |
| Victoria West | John Saunders Cruess | Conservative | 1886 | |
| Waterloo North | Elias Weber Bingeman Snider | Liberal | 1881 | |
| Waterloo South | Isaac Master | Liberal | 1877, 1882 | |
| Welland | James E. Morin | Liberal | 1883 | |
| Wellington East | Charles Clarke | Liberal | 1871 | |
| 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 | Joseph Henry Widdifield | Liberal | 1875 | resigned March 5, 1888 after being appointed sheriff |
| York North | Elihu James Davis (1888) | Liberal | 1888 | elected May 23, 1888 |
| York West | John Taylor Gilmour | Liberal | 1886 | |