7th Parliament of Ontario explained

The 7th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from June 5, 1890, until May 29, 1894, just prior to the 1894 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Liberal Party led by Oliver Mowat.

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

Riding	Member	Party
Addington	James Reid	Conservative
Algoma East	Alexander Franklin Campbell	Conservative
Algoma West	James Conmee	Liberal
Brant	William Bruce Wood	Liberal
Brant South	Arthur Sturgis Hardy	Liberal
Brockville	Christopher Finlay Fraser	Conservative
Bruce Centre	Walter MacMorris Dack	Liberal
Bruce North	John George^[2]	Conservative
	David Porter (1891) ^[3]	Liberal
	Daniel McNaughton (1893)	Liberal
Bruce South	Hamilton Parke O'Connor	Liberal
Cardwell	William Henry Hammell	Conservative
Carleton	George William Monk	Conservative
Dufferin	John Barr	Conservative Equal Rights
Dundas	James Pliny Whitney	Conservative
Durham East	George Campbell	Conservative Equal Rights
Durham West	William Thomas Lockhart	Liberal
Elgin East	Henry Thomas Godwin	Conservative
Elgin West	Dugald McColl	Conservative
Essex North	Solomon White	Conservative
Essex South	William Douglas Balfour	Liberal
Frontenac	Hugh Smith	Conservative
Glengarry	James Rayside	Liberal
Grenville	Orlando Bush	Conservative
Grey Centre	Joseph Rorke	Conservative
Grey North	James Cleland	Liberal
Grey South	James Hill Hunter^[4]	Liberal
	Gilbert McKechnie (1891)	Liberal
Haldimand	Jacob Baxter	Liberal
Halton	William Kerns	Conservative
Hamilton	John Morison Gibson	Liberal
Hastings East	William Parker Hudson	Conservative
Hastings North	Alpheus Field Wood	Conservative
Hastings West	William Hodgins Biggar	Liberal
Huron East	Thomas Gibson	Liberal
Huron South	Archibald Bishop	Liberal
Huron West	James Thompson Garrow	Liberal
Kent East	Robert Ferguson	Liberal
Kent West	James Clancy	Conservative
Kingston	James Henry Metcalfe^[5]	Conservative
	William Harty (1892)	Liberal
Lambton East	Hugh McKenzie	Liberal
	Peter Duncan McCallum (1893)	Independent Conservative
Lambton West	Charles MacKenzie	Liberal
Lanark North	William Clyde Caldwell	Liberal-Equal Rights
Lanark South	Nathaniel McLenaghan	Conservative
	James Maitland Clarke (1894)	Liberal
Leeds	Robert Henry Preston	Conservative
Lennox	Walter William Meacham	Conservative
Lincoln	James Hiscott	Conservative
London	William Ralph Meredith	Conservative
Middlesex East	Richard Tooley	Conservative
Middlesex North	John Waters	Liberal
Middlesex West	George William Ross	Liberal
Monck	Richard Harcourt	Liberal
Muskoka	George Frederick Marter	Conservative
Nipissing	John Loughrin	Liberal
Norfolk North	John Bailey Freeman^[6]	Liberal
	Edwin Clarendon Carpenter (1891)	Liberal
Norfolk South	William Andrew Charlton	Liberal
Northumberland East	William Arnson Willoughby	Conservative
Northumberland West	Corelli Collard Field	Liberal
Ontario North	James Glendinning	Conservative
Ontario South	John Dryden	Liberal
Ottawa	Erskine Henry Bronson	Liberal
Oxford North	Oliver Mowat	Liberal
Oxford South	Angus McKay	Liberal
Parry Sound	James Sharpe	Liberal
Peel	Kenneth Chisholm^[7]	Liberal
	John Smith (1893)	Liberal
Perth North	Alfred Emanuel Ahrens	Liberal
	Thomas Magwood (1891)	Conservative
Perth South	Thomas Ballantyne	Liberal
Peterborough East	Thomas Blezard	Liberal
Peterborough West	James Robert Stratton	Liberal
Prescott	Francis Eugene Alfred Evanturel	Liberal
Prince Edward	John Allison Sprague	Liberal
Renfrew North	Arunah Dunlop	Conservative
	Henry Barr (1892)	Liberal
Renfrew South	John Francis Dowling	Liberal
Russell	Alexander Robillard	Liberal
Simcoe Centre	Robert Paton	Liberal
Simcoe East	Andrew Miscampbell	Conservative
Simcoe West	Thomas Wylie	Conservative
Stormont	William Mack	Liberal
Toronto^[8]	Edward Frederick Clarke	Conservative
	Henry Edward Clarke^[9]	Conservative
	Joseph Tait	Liberal
Toronto by-el	Nelson Gordon Bigelow(1892)	Liberal
Toronto by-el	George Ryerson (1893)	Conservative
Victoria East	John Fell	Conservative
Victoria West	John McKay	Liberal-Equal Rights
Waterloo North	Elias Weber Bingeman Snider	Liberal
Waterloo South	John Douglas Moore	Liberal
Welland	William McCleary	Conservative
Wellington East	Charles Clarke^[10]	Liberal
	James Kirkwood (1891)	Liberal
Wellington South	Donald Guthrie	Liberal
Wellington West	Absalom Shade Allan	Liberal
Wentworth North	James McMahon	Liberal
Wentworth South	Nicholas Awrey	Liberal
York East	George Byron Smith	Liberal
York North	Elihu James Davis	Liberal
York West	John Taylor Gilmour	Liberal

Notes

1. Web site: Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario . Legislative Assembly of Ontario . 2014-08-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140801101335/http://speaker.ontla.on.ca/en/at-the-assembly/speakers/ . 2014-08-01 . dead .
2. unseated after an appeal
3. died in 1893
4. died in 1891
5. elected to federal seat
6. died in 1890
7. resigned after being appointed registrar
8. Toronto had 3 seats
9. died in 1892
10. appointed clerk for the legislature

External links

• A History of Ontario : its resources and development., Alexander Fraser
• Members in Parliament 7