12th Parliament of Ontario explained

The 12th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from June 8, 1908, until November 13, 1911, just prior to the 1911 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Conservative Party led by Sir James P. Whitney.

Thomas Crawford served as speaker for the assembly.^[1]

Riding	Member	Party
Addington	William James Paul	Conservative
Algoma	William Ross Smyth^[2]	Conservative
	Albert Grigg (1908)	Conservative
Brant	John Henry Fisher	Conservative
Brant South	Willoughby Staples Brewster	Conservative
Brockville	Albert Edward Donovan	Conservative
Bruce Centre	Hugh Clark	Conservative
Bruce North	Charles Martin Bowman	Liberal
Bruce South	Reuben Eldridge Truax	Liberal
Carleton	Robert Herbert McElroy	Conservative
Dufferin	Charles Robert McKeown	Conservative
Dundas	James Pliny Whitney	Conservative
Durham East	Josiah Johnston Preston	Conservative
Durham West	John Henry Devitt	Conservative
Elgin East	Charles Andrew Brower	Conservative
Elgin West	Findlay George MacDiarmid	Conservative
Essex North	Joseph Octave Reaume	Conservative
Essex South	Charles N. Anderson	Conservative
Fort William	Thomas Smellie	Conservative
Frontenac	John S. Gallagher	Conservative
Glengarry	Donald Robert McDonald	Conservative
Grenville	George Howard Ferguson	Conservative
Grey Centre	Isaac Benson Lucas	Conservative
Grey North	Alexander Grant MacKay	Liberal
Grey South	David Jamieson	Conservative
Haldimand	Jacob Kohler	Liberal
Halton	Alfred Westland Nixon	Conservative
Hamilton East	Allan Studholme	Labour
Hamilton West	John Strathearn Hendrie	Conservative
Hastings East	Amos Augustus Richardson	Conservative
Hastings North	Josiah Williams Pearce	Conservative
Hastings West	John Wesley Johnson	Conservative
Huron Centre	William Proudfoot	Liberal
Huron North	Armstrong Musgrove	Conservative
Huron South	Henry Eilber	Conservative
Kenora	Harold Arthur Clement Machin	Conservative
Kent East	Philip Henry Bowyer	Conservative
Kent West	George William Sulman	Conservative
Kingston	William Folger Nickle	Conservative
Lambton East	Robert John McCormick	Liberal
Lambton West	William John Hanna	Conservative
Lanark North	Richard Franklin Preston	Conservative
Lanark South	Arthur James Matheson	Conservative
Leeds	John Robertson Dargavel	Conservative
Lennox	Thomas George Carscallen	Conservative
Lincoln	Elisha Jessop	Conservative
London	Adam Beck	Conservative
Manitoulin	Robert Roswell Gamey	Conservative
Middlesex East	George Wesley Neely	Conservative
Middlesex North	Duncan Campbell Ross	Liberal
	James William Doyle (1909)	Conservative
Middlesex West	John Campbell Elliott	Liberal
Monck	James Alway Ross	Conservative
Muskoka	Arthur Arnold Mahaffy	Conservative
Nipissing	Henri Morel	Conservative
Norfolk North	Hugh Paterson Innes	Conservative
Norfolk South	Arthur Clarence Pratt	Conservative
Northumberland East	Samuel Greerson Nesbitt	Conservative
Northumberland West	Samuel Clarke	Liberal
Ontario North	William Henry Hoyle	Conservative
Ontario South	Charles Calder	Conservative
Ottawa East	Donald Joseph McDougal	Liberal
Ottawa West	Alfred Ernest Fripp	Conservative
Oxford North	Andrew MacKay	Liberal
Oxford South	Thomas Richard Mayberry	Liberal
Parry Sound	John Galna	Conservative
Peel	Samuel Charters	Conservative
Perth North	James Torrance	Conservative
Perth South	Valentine Stock	Liberal
Peterborough East	James Thompson	Conservative
Peterborough West	Thomas Evans Bradburn	Conservative
Port Arthur	John James Carrick	Conservative
Prescott	George Hector Pharand	Conservative
Prince Edward	Robert Addison Norman	Conservative
Rainy River	William Alfred Preston	Conservative
Renfrew North	Norman Reid	Liberal
Renfrew South	Thomas William McGarry	Conservative
Russell	Damase Racine	Liberal
Sault Ste. Marie	William Howard Hearst	Conservative
Simcoe Centre	Alfred Burke Thompson	Conservative
Simcoe East	James Brockett Tudhope	Liberal
Simcoe South	Alexander Ferguson	Conservative
Simcoe West	James Stoddart Duff	Conservative
Stormont	William John McCart	Liberal
Sturgeon Falls	Azaire Adulphe Aubin	Conservative
Sudbury	Francis Cochrane	Conservative
Timiskaming	Robert Taylor Shillington	Conservative
Toronto East - A	Robert Allan Pyne	Conservative
Toronto East - B	Thomas Richard Whitesides	Conservative
Toronto North - A	William Kirkpatrick McNaught	Conservative
Toronto North - B	John Shaw	Conservative
Toronto South - A	J.J. Foy	Conservative
Toronto South - B	George Horace Gooderham	Conservative
Toronto West - A	Thomas Crawford	Conservative
Toronto West - B	William David McPherson	Conservative
Victoria East	John Hilliard Carnegie^[3]	Conservative
	Robert Mercer Mason (1909)	Conservative
Victoria West	Samuel John Fox	Conservative
Waterloo North	Henry George Lackner	Conservative
Waterloo South	George Pattinson	Conservative
Welland	Evan Eugene Fraser	Conservative
Wellington East	James J. Craig	Conservative
Wellington South	Joseph Patrick Downey^[4]	Conservative
	John Ransom Howitt (1910)	Conservative
Wellington West	James McEwing	Liberal
Wentworth North	Gordon Crooks Wilson	Conservative
Wentworth South	Daniel Reed	Liberal
York East	Alexander McCowan	Conservative
York North	Thomas Herbert Lennox	Conservative
York West	Forbes Godfrey	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. elected to federal seat
3. retired
4. resigned to accept appointment

References

• Members in Parliament 12