16th Parliament of Ontario

The 16th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from June 25, 1923, until October 18, 1926, just prior to the 1926 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Conservative Party led by George Howard Ferguson.

The United Farmers of Ontario party, who had held the balance of power in the preceding assembly, lost most of their seats to Conservatives.

The Liberals led by W. E. N. Sinclair were recognized as the Official Opposition following the 1923 election by the governing Conservatives, despite the fact that the United Farmers of Ontario had more seats. According to historian Peter Oliver, this was an arbitrary decision without basis in precedent or law. Conservative Premier G. Howard Ferguson used as justification an announcement by UFO general secretary James J. Morrison that the UFO would be withdrawing from party politics, though Oliver argues that this was facetious logic. UFO parliamentary leader Manning Doherty protested the decision, but to no avail.Peter Oliver, G. Howard Ferguson: Ontario Tory, (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1977), p. 158.) In the course of the parliament, most UFO MLAs reorganized themselves as the Progressive Party under the leadership of first Manning Doherty and then William Raney, with only Beniah Bowman and Leslie Warner Oke continuing as UFO MLAs.

Joseph Elijah Thompson served as speaker for the assembly.

Members of the Assembly Listing reflects the UFO/Progressive split in 1924. Italicized names indicate members returned by acclamation. RidingMemberPartyFirst elected / previously electedNo. of termsAddingtonWilliam David BlackConservative19114th termAlgomaArthur Gladstone WallisLiberal19231st termBrantHarry Corwin NixonUnited Farmers19192nd termBrant SouthMorrison Mann MacBrideLabour19192nd termBrockvilleHezekiah Allan ClarkConservative19231st termBruce NorthWilliam Henry FentonUnited Farmers19192nd termBruce SouthMalcolm Alex McCallumUnited Farmers19231st termBruce WestAlexander Patterson MewhinneyLiberal19192nd termCarletonAdam Holland AcresConservative19231st termCochraneMalcolm LangLiberal19143rd termDufferinCharles Robert McKeownConservative1907, 19235th term*DundasAaron SweetConservative19231st termDurham EastAlbert James FallisConservative19231st termDurham WestWilliam John BraggLiberal19192nd termElgin EastMichael McKnightConservative19231st termElgin WestFindlay George MacDiarmidConservative1898, 1899, 19238th term*Essex NorthEdward Philip TellierLiberal19231st termEssex SouthAdolphus T. ArmstrongConservative19231st termFort WilliamFranklin Harford SpenceConservative19231st termFrontenacAnthony McGuin RankinConservative19114th termGlengarryJames Alexander SangsterLiberal19231st termGrenvilleGeorge Howard FergusonConservative19056th termGrey CentreDougall CarmichaelUnited Farmers19192nd termGrey NorthDavid James TaylorUnited Farmers19192nd termGrey SouthDavid JamiesonConservative1898, 19237th term*HaldimandRichard Nixon BerryConservative19231st termHaltonGeorge HillmerConservative19231st termHamilton EastLeeming CarrConservative19231st termHamilton WestArthur Campbell GardenConservative19231st termHastings EastJames Ferguson HillConservative19231st termHastings NorthJohn Robert CookeConservative19114th termHastings WestWilliam Henry IrelandConservative19192nd termHuron CentreEbon Rinaldo WigleConservative19231st termHuron NorthJohn JoyntConservative19192nd termHuron SouthNelson William TrewarthaConservative19231st termKenoraPeter HeenanLabour19192nd termKent EastManning William DohertyUnited Farmers19202nd termKent WestRobert Livingstone BrackinLiberal19192nd termKingstonWilliam Folger NickleConservative1908, 19223rd term*Lambton EastLeslie Warner OkeUnited Farmers19192nd termLambton WestWilfred Smith HaneyConservative19231st termLanark NorthThomas Alfred ThompsonConservative19231st termLanark SouthEgerton Reuben StedmanConservative19231st termLeedsAndrew Wellington GrayConservative19192nd termLennoxJohn Perry Vroomandied in 1923Liberal19231st termCharles Wesley Hambly (1924)Conservative19241st termLincolnRobert Henry KempUnited Farmers19231st termLondonAdam BeckConservative1902, 19236th term*ManitoulinBeniah BowmanUnited FarmersOke and Bowman sat as their own UFO faction after January 192519183rd termMiddlesex EastJohn Willard FreebornUnited Farmers19192nd termMiddlesex NorthGeorge Adam ElliottConservative19231st termMiddlesex WestJohn Giles LethbridgeUnited Farmers19192nd termMuskokaGeorge Walter EcclestoneConservative19192nd termNiagara FallsWilliam Gore WillsonConservative19231st termNipissingHenri MorelConservative1908, 19234th term*Norfolk NorthGeorge David SewellUnited Farmers19192nd termNorfolk SouthJohn Strickler MartinConservative19231st termNorthumberland EastJames Franklin Beatty BelfordConservative19231st termNorthumberland WestSamuel ClarkeLiberal18988th termOntario NorthJohn Wesley WiddifieldUnited Farmers19193rd termOntario SouthWilliam Edmund Newton SinclairLiberal1911, 19193rd term*Ottawa EastJoseph Albert PinardLiberal19143rd termOttawa WestHarold FisherLiberal19231st termOxford NorthDavid Munroe RossUnited Farmers19212nd termOxford SouthWilliam Henry ChambersConservative19231st termParkdaleWilliam Herbert PriceConservative19143rd termParry SoundGeorge Vernon HarcourtConservative19231st termPeelThomas Laird KennedyConservative19192nd termPerth NorthJoseph Dunsmore MonteithConservative19231st termPerth SouthMcCausland IrvineConservative19231st termPeterborough EastThomas Dalton JohnstonConservative19231st termPeterborough WestWilliam Herbert BradburnConservative19231st termPort ArthurFrancis Henry KeeferConservative19231st termPrescottEdmond ProulxIndependent19231st termPrince EdwardHorace Stanley ColliverConservative19231st termRainy RiverJohn Fullarton CallanLabour19231st termRenfrew NorthAlexander StuartConservative19231st termRenfrew SouthJohn CartyUnited Farmers19192nd termRiverdaleGeorge OakleyConservative19231st termRussellAurélien BélangerLiberal19231st termSault Ste. MarieJames LyonsConservative19231st termSimcoe CentreCharles Ernest WrightConservative19231st termSimcoe EastWilliam FinlaysonConservative19231st termSimcoe SouthWilliam Earl RoweConservative19231st termSimcoe WestJames Edgar JamiesonConservative19231st termSt. CatharinesEdwin Cyrus GravesConservative19231st termStormontJohn Colborne MilliganConservative19231st termSturgeon FallsZotique MageauLiberal19114th termSudburyCharles McCreaConservative19114th termTimiskamingAngus John KennedyConservative19231st termToronto Northeast - AAlexander Cameron LewisConservative19202nd termToronto Northeast - BJoseph Elijah ThompsonConservative19192nd termToronto Northwest - AThomas Crawfordaccepted postConservative18949th termWilliam Henry Edwards (1924)Conservative19241st termToronto Northwest - BArthur Russell NesbittConservative19231st termToronto Southeast - AJohn Allister CurrieConservative19222nd termToronto Southeast - BEdward William James OwensConservative1911, 19233rd term*Toronto Southwest - AJames Arthur McCauslandConservative19231st termToronto Southwest - BFrederick George McBrienConservative19231st termVictoria NorthJames Raglan MarkConservative19231st termVictoria SouthRobert John PattersonConservative19231st termWaterloo NorthWilliam George WeichelConservative19231st termWaterloo SouthKarl Kenneth HomuthLabour19192nd termWellandMarshall VaughanConservative19231st termWellington EastWilliam Edgar RaneyUnited Farmers19202nd termWellington SouthLincoln GoldieConservative19231st termWellington WestWilliam Clarke ChambersConservative1911, 19233rd term*Wentworth NorthFrank Campbell BiggsUnited Farmers19192nd termWentworth SouthThomas Joseph MahonyConservative19231st termWindsorFrank Worthington WilsonConservative19231st termYork EastGeorge Stewart HenryConservative19134th termYork NorthWilliam KeithConservative19231st termYork WestForbes GodfreyConservative19076th term

Timeline + 16th Legislative Assembly of Ontario - Movement in seats held (1923-1926)Party1923Gain/(loss) due to1926 Partysplit Deathin office Resignationas MPP Byelectiongain Byelectionhold75 (1) (2) 1 1 7417 (15) (1) 1– 15 (4) 1114 (2) (1) 114 (1) 31 1– 2 8 10Total 111 – (1) (1) 1 1 111

+ Changes in seats held (1923–1926) Electoral District BeforeChangeDateReasonMember exitedNew memberDateLennoxAugust 23, 1923 Death John Perry VroomanCharles Wesley Hambly October 22, 1923Toronto Northwest - AMay 15, 1924Resignation Thomas CrawfordWilliam Henry Edwards July 7, 1924Simcoe South April 14, 1925Resignation William Earl Rowe Vacant at dissolutionKenoraApril 14, 1925Resignation Peter HeenanCochraneApril 14, 1925Resignation Malcolm LangNorfolk NorthApril 14, 1925ResignationGeorge David SewellGrey CentreApril 14, 1925Resignation Dougall CarmichaelKent EastApril 14, 1925ResignationManning William DohertyLondonAugust 15, 1925DeathAdam Beck ⁂Middlesex EastApril 8, 1926Resignation John Willard FreebornManitoulinApril 8, 1926Resignation Beniah BowmanKent WestOctober 11, 1926DeathRobert Livingstone Brackin

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