18th Parliament of Ontario explained

The 18th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from October 30, 1929, until May 16, 1934, just prior to the 1934 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Conservative Party led by George Howard Ferguson.

George Stewart Henry replaced Ferguson as party leader and Premier in December 1930 after Ferguson was named Canadian High Commissioner in London.

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

Members elected to the Assembly

Italicized names indicate members returned by acclamation.

Timeline

18th Legislative Assembly of Ontario - Movement in seats held (1929-1934)

Party		1929	Gain/(loss) due to				1934
			Death in office	Resignation as MPP	Byelection gain	Byelection hold
90	(9)	(3)		7	85
13			3		16
4					4
1					1
1					1
1					1
2					2
-	2				2
Total		112	(7)	(3)	3	7	112

Changes in seats held (1929–1934)

Seat	Before				Change
	Date	Member	Party	Reason	Date	Member	Party
Nipissing	June 30, 1930	Henri Morel		Chose to stand for Nipissing in the 1930 federal election	October 29, 1930	Charles Robert Harrison
Lanark South	August 3, 1930	James Alexander Anderson		Died in office	October 29, 1930	Egerton Reuben Stedman
Waterloo South	July 12, 1930	Karl Kenneth Homuth		Chose to stand for Waterloo North in the 1930 federal election	October 29, 1930	Norman Otto Hipel
Perth South	July 19, 1930	David Bonis		Died in office	October 29, 1930	Charles Edward Richardson
Hamilton West	November 15, 1930	Frederick Thomas Smye		Died in office	February 11, 1931	D'Arcy Argue Counsell Martin
Grenville	December 15, 1930	George Howard Ferguson		Appointed Canadian High Commissioner in London	February 11, 1931	James Alfred Sanderson
Norfolk	May 13, 1931	John Strickler Martin		Died in office	July 8, 1931	Arthur Campbell Burt
Wellington South	September 19, 1931	Lincoln Goldie		Died in office	November 18, 1931	Duncan Paul Munro
York West	January 6, 1932	Forbes Godfrey		Died in office	May 28, 1932	Henry Isaac Price
Kent East	August 13, 1933	Philip James Henry		Died in office	January 3, 1934	Douglas Munro Campbell
Renfrew North	January 1, 1934	Edward Arunah Dunlop		Died in office
Perth North	January 8, 1934	Joseph Dunsmore Monteith		Died in office

External links

• Members in Parliament 18

Notes and References

1. Web site: Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario . Legislative Assembly of Ontario . 2014-08-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140801101335/http://speaker.ontla.on.ca/en/at-the-assembly/speakers/ . 2014-08-01 . dead .