11th Parliament of Ontario explained

The 11th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from January 25, 1905, until May 2, 1908, just prior to the 1908 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Conservative Party led by Sir James P. Whitney.

The Commissioner of Crown Lands became the Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines. The Commissioner of Public Works became the Minister of Public Works. An Electrical Power Commission was formed to consider the feasibility of delivering electrical power generated at Niagara Falls to industrial centres in the province.

Joseph Wesley St. John served as speaker for the assembly until his death on April 7, 1907. Thomas Crawford succeeded St. John as speaker.^[1]

Western Ontario

Riding	Member	Party	Comment
Brant	John Henry Fisher	Conservative
Brant South	Thomas Hiram Preston	Liberal
Bruce Centre	Hugh Clark	Conservative
Bruce North	Charles Martin Bowman	Liberal
Bruce South	Robert Edwin Clapp	Conservative
Elgin East	Charles Andrew Brower	Conservative
Elgin West	Findlay George MacDiarmid	Conservative
Essex North	Joseph Octave Reaume	Conservative	Minister of Public Works in Whitney ministry
Essex South	John Allan Auld	Liberal
Grey Centre	Isaac Benson Lucas	Conservative
Grey North	Alexander Grant MacKay	Liberal	Leader of the Opposition after August 1907
Grey South	David Jamieson	Conservative
Haldimand	Jacob Kohler	Liberal
Huron East	Archibald Hislop	Liberal
Huron South	Henry Eilber	Conservative
Huron West	Malcolm Graeme Cameron	Liberal
Kent East	Philip Henry Bowyer	Conservative
Kent West	Archibald Blake McCoig	Liberal
Lambton East	Hugh Montgomery	Conservative
Lambton West	William John Hanna	Conservative	Provincial Secretary and Registrar in Whitney ministry
London	Adam Beck	Conservative
Middlesex East	George Wesley Neely	Conservative
Middlesex North	Charles Constantine Hodgins	Conservative
Middlesex West	George William Ross^[2]	Liberal	Leader of the Opposition until January 1907
	Duncan Campbell Ross (1907)	Liberal
Norfolk North	Thomas Robert Atkinson	Liberal
Norfolk South	Arthur Clarence Pratt	Conservative
Oxford North	James S. Munro	Liberal
Oxford South	Donald Sutherland	Conservative
Perth North	James Torrance	Conservative
Perth South	Samuel Nelson Monteith	Conservative	Minister of Agriculture in Whitney ministry
Waterloo North	Henry George Lackner	Conservative
Waterloo South	George Pattinson	Conservative
Wellington East	James J. Craig	Conservative
Wellington South	Joseph Patrick Downey	Conservative
Wellington West	James Tucker	Conservative

Central and Northern Ontario

Riding	Member	Party	Comments
Algoma	William Ross Smyth	Conservative
Cardwell	Edward Alfred Little^[3]	Conservative
	Alexander Ferguson (1906)	Conservative
Dufferin	Frederick William Lewis	Conservative
	Charles Robert McKeown (1907)	Conservative
Durham East	Josiah Johnston Preston	Conservative
Durham West	John Henry Devitt	Conservative
Fort William and Lake of the Woods	Thomas Smellie	Conservative
Halton	Alfred Westland Nixon	Conservative
Hamilton East	Henry Carscallen^[4]	Conservative
	Allan Studholme (1906)	Labour
Hamilton West	John Strathearn Hendrie	Conservative
Lincoln	Elisha Jessop	Conservative
Manitoulin	Robert Roswell Gamey	Conservative
Monck	Richard Harcourt	Liberal
Muskoka	Arthur Arnold Mahaffy	Conservative
Nipissing East	Charles Lamarche^[5]	Conservative
	Francis Cochrane (1905)	Conservative	Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines in Whitney ministry after May 30, 1905
Nipissing West	Azaire Adulphe Aubin	Conservative
Northumberland East	William Arnson Willoughby	Conservative
Northumberland West	Samuel Clarke	Liberal
Ontario North	William Henry Hoyle	Conservative
Ontario South	Charles Calder	Conservative
Parry Sound	John Galna	Conservative
Peel	John Smith	Liberal
Peterborough East	William A. Anderson	Liberal
Peterborough West	Thomas Evans Bradburn	Conservative
Port Arthur and Rainy River	Hugh W. Kennedy	Liberal
	William Alfred Preston (1907)	Conservative
Sault Ste. Marie	Charles Napier Smith	Liberal
Simcoe Centre	Alfred Burke Thompson	Conservative
Simcoe East	James Brockett Tudhope	Liberal
Simcoe West	James Stoddart Duff	Conservative
Toronto East	Robert Allan Pyne	Conservative	Minister of Education in Whitney ministry
Toronto North	William Beattie Nesbitt	Conservative
	William Kirkpatrick McNaught (1906)	Conservative
Toronto South	J.J. Foy	Conservative	Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines in Whitney ministry before May 30, 1905 Attorney General in Whitney ministry after May 30, 1905
Toronto West	Thomas Crawford	Conservative	Speaker after April 7, 1907
Victoria East	John Hilliard Carnegie	Conservative
Victoria West	Samuel John Fox	Conservative
Welland	Evan Eugene Fraser	Conservative
Wentworth North	Robert Adam Thompson	Liberal
Wentworth South	Daniel Reed	Liberal
York East	Alexander McCowan	Conservative
York North	Thomas Herbert Lennox	Conservative
York West	Joseph Wesley St. John	Conservative	Speaker until April 7, 1907
	Forbes Godfrey (1907)	Conservative

Eastern Ontario

Riding	Member	Party	Comments
Addington	William James Paul	Conservative
Brockville	George Perry Graham^[6]	Liberal	Leader of the Opposition from January 1907 to August 1907
	Albert Edward Donovan (1907)	Conservative
Carleton	George Nelson Kidd^[7]	Conservative
	Robert Herbert McElroy (1907)	Conservative
Dundas	James Pliny Whitney	Conservative	Premier in Whitney ministry also Attorney General in Whitney ministry before May 30, 1905
Frontenac	John S. Gallagher	Conservative
Glengarry	John Angus McMillan	Liberal
Grenville	George Howard Ferguson	Conservative
Hastings East	Edward Walter Rathbun	Independent Liberal
Hastings North	Josiah Williams Pearce	Conservative
Hastings West	Marshall Bidwell Morrison	Conservative
Kingston	Edward John Barker Pense	Liberal
Lanark North	Richard Franklin Preston	Conservative
Lanark South	Arthur James Matheson	Conservative	Treasurer in Whitney ministry
Leeds	John Robertson Dargavel	Conservative
Lennox	Thomas George Carscallen	Conservative
Ottawa^[8]	George Samuel May	Liberal
Ottawa	Donald Joseph McDougal	Liberal
Prescott	Joseph Louis Labrosse	Liberal
Prince Edward	Morley Currie	Liberal
Renfrew North	Edward Arunah Dunlop	Conservative
Renfrew South	Thomas William McGarry	Conservative
Russell	Damase Racine	Liberal
Stormont	George Kerr	Conservative

Notes

1. Web site: Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario . Legislative Assembly of Ontario . 2014-08-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140801101335/http://speaker.ontla.on.ca/en/at-the-assembly/speakers/ . 2014-08-01 . dead .
2. named to Senate
3. resigned to accept appointment
4. died in 1906
5. resigned his seat
6. elected to federal seat
7. died in 1907
8. Ottawa had 2 seats

References

• A History of Ontario : its resources and development., Alexander Fraser
• Members in Parliament 11