24th Parliament of Ontario

The 24th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from November 22, 1951, until May 2, 1955, just prior to the 1955 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party led by Leslie Frost.

M.C. Davies served as speaker for the assembly.[1]

Members elected to the Assembly

  Addington: John Abbott Pringle
  Algoma—Manitoulin: John Arthur Fullerton
  Beaches: William Collings
  Bellwoods: John Yaremko
  Bracondale: Arthur George Frost
  Brant: Harry Corwin Nixon
  Brantford: George Gordon
  Bruce: John Philemon Johnstone
  Carleton: Donald Morrow
  Cochrane North: Philip Kelly
  Cochrane South: Bill Grummett
  Dovercourt: David Kerr
  Dufferin—Simcoe: Alfred Wallace Downer
  Durham: John Weir Foote
  Eglinton: William James Dunlop
  Elgin: Fletcher Stewart Thomas
  Essex North: Arthur Reaume
  Essex South: William Murdoch
  Fort William: Clare Edgar Mapledoram
  Glengarry: Osie Villeneuve
  Grenville—Dundas: George Holmes Challies
  Grey North: Mac Phillips
  Grey South: Farquhar Robert Oliver
  Haldimand—Norfolk: James Noble Allan
  Halton: Stanley Hall
  Hamilton Centre: Bill Warrender
  Hamilton East: Robert Ellsworth Elliott
  Hamilton—Wentworth: Ray Connell
  Hastings East: Roscoe Robson
  Hastings West: Elmer Sandercock
  High Park: Alfred Hozack Cowling
  Huron: Thomas Pryde
  Huron—Bruce: John William Hanna
  Kenora: Albert Wren
  Kent East: Andrew Thomas Ward
  Kent West: George Parry
  Kingston: William McAdam Nickle
  Lambton East: Charles Janes
  Lambton West: Bryan Cathcart
  Leeds: Charles MacOdrum
  Lincoln: Charles Daley
  London: John Robarts
  Middlesex North: Thomas Patrick
  Middlesex South: Harry Allen
  Muskoka—Ontario: George Arthur Welsh
  Niagara Falls: William Houck
  Nipissing: William Bruce Harvey
  Northumberland: Bill Goodfellow
  Ontario: Tommy Thomas
  Ottawa East: Aurele Chartrand
  Ottawa South: George Harrison Dunbar
  Oxford: Thomas Dent
  Parkdale: William James Stewart
  Parry Sound: Allister Johnston
  Perth: J. Fred Edwards
  Peterborough: Harold Scott
  Port Arthur: George Wardrope
  Prescott: Louis-Pierre Cécile
  Prince Edward—Lennox: Norris Whitney
  Rainy River: Bill Noden
  Renfrew North: Stanley Joseph Hunt
  Renfrew South: James Shannon Dempsey
  Riverdale: Robert Macaulay
  Russell: Joseph Daniel Nault
  St. Andrew: Joseph Baruch Salsberg
  St. David: Everett Weaver
  St. George: Dana Porter
  St. Patrick: Kelso Roberts
  Sault Ste. Marie: Harry Lyons
  Simcoe Centre: George Johnston
  Simcoe East: John Duncan McPhee
  Stormont: Peter Manley
  Sudbury: Welland Gemmell
  Timiskaming: Alexander Robert Herbert
  Victoria: Leslie Frost
  Waterloo North: Stanley Francis Leavine
  Wellington North: John Henry Haines Root
  Wellington South: William Ernest Hamilton
  Wentworth: Arthur Child
  Windsor—Walkerville: M.C. Davies
  Woodbine: Harold Fishleigh
  York East: Hollis Beckett
  York North: Lex MacKenzie
  York South: William George Beech
  York West: Elmer Brandon


Timeline

24th Legislative Assembly of Ontario - Movement in seats held (1951-1955)
Party 1951 Gain/(loss) due to 1955
Resignation
as MPP
Death
in office
Byelection
gain
Byelection
hold
Progressive Conservative 79 (4) 1 4 80
Liberal 7 (1) 6
Co-operative Commonwealth 2 2
Labor–Progressive 1 1
Liberal–Labour 1 1
Total 90 (1) (4) 1 4 90
Changes in seats held (1951–1955)
Seat Before Change
Date Member Party Reason Date Member Party
Niagara Falls July 22, 1953 William Houck  Liberal Chose to stand in Niagara Falls in the 1953 federal election October 26, 1953 Arthur Connaught Jolley  PC
Simcoe East December 2, 1953 John Duncan McPhee  PC Died in office February 8, 1954 Lloyd Letherby  PC
Nipissing March 1, 1954 William Bruce Harvey  PC Died in office September 16, 1954 Jean Marc Chaput  PC
Leeds March 15, 1954 Charles MacOdrum  PC Died in office September 16, 1954 James Auld  PC
Russell March 18, 1954 Joseph Daniel Nault  PC Died in office September 16, 1954 Gordon Lavergne  PC
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References

  1. ^ "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Archived from the original on 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2014-08-27.
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