9th Parliament of Ontario explained

The 9th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from March 1, 1898, until April 19, 1902, just prior to the 1902 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Liberal Party led by Arthur Sturgis Hardy. George William Ross became the Liberal leader when Hardy retired in 1899.

Timeline

9th Legislative Assembly of Ontario - Movement in seats held (1898-1902)
Party		1898	Gain/(loss) due to					1902
Party		1898	Void election	Resignation as MPP	Death in office	Byelection gain	Byelection hold	1902
51	(3)	(4)	(2)	4	6	52
42	(2)		(2)	2	1	41
1						1
Total		94	(5)	(4)	(4)	6	7	94

Changes in seats held (1898–1902)
Seat	Before				Change
Seat	Date	Member	Party	Reason	Date	Member	Party
Wellington East	September 6, 1898	John Craig		Died in office	October 27, 1898	John Morison Gibson
Elgin West	October 12, 1898	Findlay George MacDiarmid		Election declared void	January 12, 1899	Donald Macnish
Ontario South	October 13, 1898	Charles Calder		Election declared void	December 12, 1899	John Dryden
Perth South	January 27, 1899	William Caven Moscrip		Election declared void	February 28, 1899	Samuel Nelson Monteith
Waterloo North	April 1, 1899	Henry George Lackner		Election declared void	October 31, 1900	Louis Jacob Breithaupt
Brant South	October 17, 1899	Arthur Sturgis Hardy		Retired from politics	December 12, 1899	Thomas Hiram Preston
Renfrew South	October 25, 1899	Robert Adam Campbell		Resigned to provide a seat for Latchford	November 14, 1899	Francis Robert Latchford
Middlesex East	November 20, 1899	Thomas D. Hodgins		Died in office	January 31, 1900	Thomas Robson
Elgin West	November 21, 1899	Donald Macnish		Election declared void	December 12, 1899	Findlay George MacDiarmid
Welland	April 30, 1900	William Manley German		Chose to stand for Welland in the 1900 federal election	December 13, 1900	John Franklin Gross
Renfrew North	May 17, 1900	Andrew Thomas White		Died in office	June 19, 1900	John W. Munro
Kingston	April 15, 1901	William Harty		Chose to stand for Kingston in the 1902 federal byelection	January 30, 1902	Edward John Barker Pense
Kent East	September 7, 1901	Robert Ferguson		Died in office	November 4, 1901^[2]	John Lee

Re-elections on seats being vacated (1898–1902)
Seat	Incumbent	Vacated	Reason	By-election
Lennox	Bowen Ebenezer Aylsworth	October 20, 1898	Election declared void	November 18, 1898
Huron West	James Thompson Garrow	November 2, 1898	Resignation in exchange for withdrawal of election petition	December 8, 1898
Halton	John Roaf Barber	November 4, 1898	Election declared void	December 8, 1898
Hastings North	William John Allen	November 13, 1898	Resignation in exchange for withdrawal of election petition	December 27, 1898
Nipissing	John Loughrin	November 16,1898	Election declared void	December 27, 1898
Northumberland East	John Henry Douglas	November 18, 1898	Election declared void	December 14, 1898
Elgin East	Charles Andrew Brower	April 1, 1899	Election declared void	December 12, 1899
Peterborough West	James Robert Stratton	October 21, 1899	Sought re-election upon appointment as Provincial Secretary and Registrar	November 7, 1899
Ontario South	John Dryden	November 21, 1899	Election declared void	December 12, 1899
Waterloo North	Louis Jacob Breithaupt	October 19, 1900	Election declared void	October 31, 1900^[3]
Huron West	James Thompson Garrow	March 12, 1901	Election declared void	December 4, 1901
London	Francis Baxter Leys	April 15, 1901	Sought re-election in support of removing a dam on the Thames River	July 9, 1901

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