14th Parliament of Ontario explained

The 14th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from June 29, 1914, until September 23, 1919, just prior to the 1919 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Conservative Party led by Sir James P. Whitney.

William Howard Hearst became party leader and Premier after the death of James P. Whitney in September 1914.

David Jamieson served as speaker for the assembly.^[1]

Members elected to the Assembly

Italicized names indicate members returned by acclamation.

Timeline

14th Legislative Assembly of Ontario - Movement in seats held (1914-1919)

Party		1914	Gain/(loss) due to				1919
			Death in office	Resignation as MPP	Byelection gain	Byelection hold
84	(8)	(5)		8	79
24		(1)	3	1	27
-			2		2
1					1
1					1
		Liberal-Temperance	1					1
Total		111	(8)	(6)	5	9	111

Changes in seats held (1914–1919)

Seat	Before				Change
	Date	Member	Party	Reason	Date	Member	Party
Hamilton West	September 25, 1914	John Strathearn Hendrie		Appointed Lieutenant Governor	November 18, 1914	John Allan
Dundas	September 25, 1914	James Pliny Whitney		Died in office	December 7, 1914	Irwin Foster Hilliard
Algoma	October 7, 1915	Albert Grigg		Appointed Deputy Minister	February 24, 1916	John Morrow Robb
Peel	January 28, 1916	James Robinson Fallis		Resigned to contest by-election	February 24, 1916	William James Lowe
Muskoka	May 15, 1916	Samuel Henry Armstrong		Died in office	June 12, 1916	George Walter Ecclestone
Perth North	June 13, 1916	James Torrance		Accepted federal Customs appointment	July 10, 1916	Francis Wellington Hay
Toronto Southwest - A	June 13, 1916	James Joseph Foy		Died in office	August 21, 1916	Herbert Hartley Dewart
Simcoe West	November 17, 1916	James Stoddart Duff		Died in office	January 15, 1917	William Torrance Allen
Lennox	March 15, 1917	Thomas George Carscallen		Died in office	August 29, 1918	Reginald Amherst Fowler
Manitoulin	March 19, 1917	Robert Roswell Gamey		Died in office	October 24, 1918	Beniah Bowman
Toronto Northeast - A	May 23, 1918	Robert Allan Pyne		Accepted municipal appointment	August 19, 1918	Henry John Cody
Oxford North	September 6, 1918	Newton Wesley Rowell		Entered federal politics	September 23, 1918	John Alexander Calder
Ontario North	October 27, 1918	William Henry Hoyle		Died in office	February 18, 1919	John Wesley Widdifield
St. Catharines	October 24, 1918	Elisha Jessop		Died in office	February 15, 1919	Frederick Raymond Parnell

External links

• Members in Parliament 14

Notes and References

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 .