8th Parliament of Ontario

The 8th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from June 26, 1894 until January 28, 1898, just prior to the 1898 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Liberal Party led by Oliver Mowat. Arthur Sturgis Hardy succeeded Mowat as Premier in 1896 after Mowat entered federal politics.

William Douglas Balfour served as speaker for the assembly until he was named to cabinet on July 14, 1896. François-Eugène-Alfred Évanturel succeeded Balfour as speaker.^[1]

Riding	Member	Party
Addington	James Reid	Conservative
Algoma East	Charles Franklin Farwell	Liberal
Algoma West	James M. Savage ^{[nb 1]}	Conservative
	James Conmee (1895)	Liberal
Brant North	William Bruce Wood ^{[nb 2]}	Liberal
	Daniel Burt (1895)	Liberal
Brant South	Arthur Sturgis Hardy	Liberal
Brockville	George Augustus Dana	Liberal
Bruce Centre	John Stevenson McDonald	Liberal-Patrons of Industry
Bruce North	Daniel McNaughton	Liberal-Protestant Protective
Bruce South	Reuben Eldridge Truax	Liberal
Cardwell	Edward Alfred Little	Conservative-Protestant Protective
Carleton	George Nelson Kidd	Conservative-Patrons of Industry
Dufferin	William Dynes	Patrons of Industry
Dundas	James Pliny Whitney	Conservative
Durham East	William Armstrong Fallis	Conservative
Durham West	William Henry Reid	Conservative-Protestant Protective
Elgin East	Charles Andrew Brower	Conservative
Elgin West	Donald Macnish	Liberal-Patrons of Industry
Essex North	William J. McKee	Liberal
Essex South	William Douglas Balfour ^{[nb 3]}	Liberal
	John Allan Auld (1896)	Liberal
Frontenac	Joseph Longford Haycock	Liberal-Patrons of Industry
Glengarry	David Murdoch McPherson	Liberal-Patrons of Industry
Grenville	Orlando Bush	Conservative
Grey Centre	Thomas Gamey	Patron-Protestant Protective
Grey North	James Cleland	Liberal
Grey South	David McNicol	Patrons of Industry
Haldimand	John Senn ^{[nb 1]}	Conservative
	Jacob Baxter (1895)	Liberal
Halton	William Kerns	Conservative
Hamilton East	James Taylor Middleton	Liberal
Hamilton West	John Morison Gibson	Liberal
Hastings East	Alexander McLaren	Liberal-Patrons of Industry
Hastings North	James Haggerty	Patrons of Industry
Hastings West	William Hodgins Biggar	Liberal
Huron East	Thomas Gibson	Liberal
Huron South	Murdo Young McLean	Liberal
Huron West	James Thompson Garrow	Liberal
Kent East	Robert Ferguson	Liberal
Kent West	Thomas Letson Pardo	Liberal-Patrons of Industry
Kingston	Edward H. Smythe ^{[nb 1]}	Conservative
	William Harty (1895)	Liberal
Lambton East	Peter Duncan McCallum	Independent
Lambton West	Alfred Thomas Gurd	Conservative-Protestant Protective
Lanark North	Richard Franklin Preston	Conservative
Lanark South	Arthur James Matheson	Conservative
Leeds	Walter Beatty	Conservative
Lennox	Walter William Meacham	Conservative
Lincoln	James Hiscott	Conservative
London	William Ralph Meredith ^{[nb 4]}	Conservative
	Thomas Saunders Hobbs (1894)	Liberal
Middlesex East	William Shore	Liberal-Protestant Protective
Middlesex North	William Henry Taylor	Liberal-Patrons of Industry
Middlesex West	George William Ross	Liberal
Monck	Richard Harcourt	Liberal
Muskoka	George Edward Langford	Conservative-Protestant Protective
Nipissing	John Loughrin	Liberal
Norfolk North	Edwin Clarendon Carpenter	Liberal
Norfolk South	William Andrew Charlton	Liberal
Northumberland East	William Arnson Willoughby	Conservative
Northumberland West	Corelli Collard Field	Liberal
Ontario North	Thomas William Chapple	Liberal
Ontario South	John Dryden	Liberal
Ottawa ^{[nb 5]}	George O. O'Keefe	Liberal
Ottawa	Erskine Henry Bronson	Liberal
Oxford North	Oliver Mowat ^{[nb 6]}	Liberal
	Andrew Pattulo (1896)	Liberal
Oxford South	Angus McKay	Liberal
Parry Sound	William Rabb Beatty	Liberal-Patrons of Industry
Peel	John Smith	Liberal
Perth North	Thomas Magwood	Conservative
Perth South	John McNeill	Liberal-Patrons of Industry
Peterborough East	Thomas Blezard	Liberal
Peterborough West	James Robert Stratton	Liberal
Prescott	Francis Eugene Alfred Evanturel	Liberal
Prince Edward	John Caven	Liberal-Patrons of Industry
Renfrew North	Henry Barr	Liberal
Renfrew South	Robert Adam Campbell	Liberal
Russell	Alexander Robillard	Liberal
Simcoe Centre	Robert Paton	Liberal
Simcoe East	Andrew Miscampbell	Conservative
Simcoe West	Archibald S. Currie	Liberal-Patrons of Industry
Stormont	John Bennett	Liberal-Patrons of Industry
Toronto East	George Ryerson	Conservative
Toronto North	George Frederick Marter	Conservative
Toronto South	Oliver Aiken Howland	Conservative
Toronto West	Thomas Crawford	Conservative
Victoria East	John Hilliard Carnegie	Conservative
Victoria West	John McKay	Liberal-Equal Rights
Waterloo North	Alexander Black Robertson	Liberal
Waterloo South	John Douglas Moore	Liberal
Welland	William Manley German	Liberal
Wellington East	John Craig	Liberal
Wellington South	John Mutrie	Liberal
Wellington West	George Tucker ^{[nb 1]}	Conservative-Protestant Protective
	James Tucker (1896)	Conservative
Wentworth North	John Ira Flatt	Liberal
Wentworth South	Nicholas Awrey ^{[nb 7]}	Liberal
	John Dickenson (1896)	Liberal
York East	John Richardson	Liberal
York North	Elihu James Davis	Liberal
York West	Joseph Wesley St. John	Conservative

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d unseated after an appeal
^ retired due to poor health
^ died in 1896
^ appointed judge
^ Ottawa had 2 seats
^ elected to federal seat
^ appointed to office

References

^ "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario". Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

[appeal-2] unseated after an appeal

[3] retired due to poor health

[4] 1896

[5] ted judge

[6] Ottawa had 2 seats

[7] ted to federal seat

[8] ted to office

[1] "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario". Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

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