20th Parliament of Ontario

The 20th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from October 6, 1937, until June 30, 1943, just prior to the 1943 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Liberal Party led by Mitchell Hepburn.

In 1938, the title "Member of Provincial Parliament", abbreviated as "MPP", was officially adopted by the members of the legislative assembly.

Hepburn resigned as Premier in October 1942, remaining party leader, and Gordon Daniel Conant became Premier. In 1943, Harry Nixon became both party leader and Premier after a leadership convention was held for the provincial Liberal party.

Norman Otto Hipel served as speaker for the assembly until September 2, 1938. James Howard Clark replaced Hipel as speaker.

Members of the Assembly

Riding	Member	Party	First elected / previously elected
Addington	William David Black	Conservative	1911
Algoma—Manitoulin	Wilfred Lynn Miller	Liberal	1934
Beaches	Thomas Alexander Murphy	Conservative	1926
Bellwoods	Arthur Wentworth Roebuck	Liberal	1934
Bracondale	Lionel Pretoria Conacher	Liberal	1937
Brant	Harry Corwin Nixon	Liberal	1919
Brantford	Morrison Mann MacBride	Independent-Liberal	1919, 1934
	Louis Hagey (1938)	Liberal	1938
Bruce	John William Sinclair	Liberal	1934
Carleton	Adam Holland Acres	Conservative	1923
Cochrane North	Joseph-Anaclet Habel	Liberal	1934
Cochrane South	Charles Vincent Gallagher	Liberal	1937
Dovercourt	William Duckworth	Conservative	1934
Dufferin—Simcoe	Alfred Wallace Downer	Conservative	1937
Durham	Cecil George Mercer	Liberal	1937
Eglinton	Harold James Kirby	Liberal	1934
Elgin	Mitchell Frederick Hepburn	Liberal	1934
Essex North	Adélard Charles Trottier	Liberal	1934
Essex South	Charles George Fletcher	Liberal	1926, 1937
Fort William	Franklin Harford Spence	Conservative	1923, 1937
Glengarry	Edmund MacGillivray	Liberal	1937
Grenville—Dundas	George Holmes Challies	Conservative	1929
Grey North	Roland Patterson	Liberal-Progressive	1934
Grey South	Farquhar Robert Oliver	United Farmers	1926
Haldimand—Norfolk	Eric William Blake Cross	Liberal	1937
Halton	Thomas Aston Blakelock	Liberal	1929
Hamilton Centre	William Frederick Schwenger	Liberal	1934
	John Newlands (1938)	Liberal	1938
Hamilton East	John P. MacKay	Liberal	1937
Hamilton—Wentworth	Thomas Baker McQuesten	Liberal	1934
Hastings East	Harold Edward Welsh	Conservative	1936
Hastings West	Richard Duke Arnott	Conservative	1937
High Park	William Alexander Baird	Conservative	1926
Huron	James Simpson Ballantyne	Liberal	1934
Huron—Bruce	Charles Alexander Robertson	Liberal	1926
Kenora	Peter Heenan	Liberal	1919, 1934
Kent East	Douglas Munro Campbell	Liberal-Progressive	1934
Kent West	Arthur St. Clair Gordon	Liberal	1934
Kingston	Thomas Ashmore Kidd	Conservative	1926
Lambton East	Milton Duncan McVicar	Liberal	1934
	Charles Oliver Fairbank (1938)	Liberal	1938
Lambton West	William Guthrie	Liberal	1934
Lanark	George Henry Doucett	Conservative	1937
Leeds	Walter Bain Reynolds	Conservative	1937
Lincoln	Archibald Judson Haines	Liberal	1937
London	Archibald Stuart Duncan	Liberal	1934
Middlesex North	John Willard Freeborn	Liberal	1919, 1934
Middlesex South	Charles Maitland MacFie	Liberal	1934
Muskoka—Ontario	James Francis Kelly	Liberal	1934
Niagara Falls	William Houck	Liberal	1934
Nipissing	Joseph Elie Cholette	Liberal	1937
Northumberland	Harold Norman Carr	Liberal	1934
Ontario	Gordon Daniel Conant	Liberal	1937
Ottawa East	Marie Charles Denis Paul Leduc	Liberal	1934
	Robert Laurier (1940)	Liberal	1940
Ottawa South	George Harrison Dunbar	Conservative	1937
Oxford	Patrick Michael Dewan	Liberal	1934
Parkdale	Frederick George McBrien	Conservative	1923, 1937
	William James Stewart (1938)	Conservative	1938
Parry Sound	Milton Taylor Armstrong	Liberal	1934
Peel	Thomas Laird Kennedy	Conservative	1919, 1937
Perth	William Angus Dickson	Liberal	1934
Peterborough	Alexander Leslie Elliott	Liberal	1937
Port Arthur	Charles Winnans Cox	Liberal	1934
Prescott	Aurélien Bélanger	Liberal	1923, 1934
Prince Edward—Lennox	James de Congalton Hepburn	Conservative	1937
Rainy River	Randolph George Croome	Liberal	1934
Renfrew North	John Courtland Bradley	Liberal	1934
Renfrew South	Thomas Patrick Murray	Liberal	1929
Riverdale	William Summerville	Conservative	1937
Russell	Romeo Bégin	Liberal	1937
Sault Ste. Marie	Richard McMeekin	Liberal	1937
	Colin Alexander Campbell (1937)	Liberal	1937
Simcoe Centre	Leonard Jennett Simpson	Liberal	1929
	Duncan McArthur (1940)	Liberal	1940
Simcoe East	William Finlayson	Conservative	1923, 1937
	George Alexander Drew (1939)	Conservative	1938
St. Andrew	John Judah Glass	Liberal	1934
St. David	Allan Austin Lamport	Liberal	1937
St. George	Ian Thomas Strachan	Liberal	1934
St. Patrick	Frederick Fraser Hunter	Liberal	1934
Stormont	Fergus Beck Brownridge	Liberal	1934
Sudbury	James Maxwell Cooper	Liberal	1937
Timiskaming	William Glennie Nixon	Liberal	1934
Victoria	Leslie Miscampbell Frost	Conservative	1937
Waterloo North	Justus Albert Smith	Liberal	1937
Waterloo South	Norman Otto Hipel	Liberal	1930
Welland	Edward James Anderson	Liberal	1934
Wellington North	Ross Atkinson McEwing	Liberal	1937
Wellington South	James Harold King	Liberal	1934
Wentworth	George Henry Bethune	Liberal	1934
Windsor—Sandwich	James Howard Clark	Liberal	1934
Windsor—Walkerville	David Arnold Croll	Liberal	1934
Woodbine	Goldwin Corlett Elgie	Conservative	1934
York East	George Stewart Henry	Conservative	1913
York North	Morgan Baker	Liberal	1934
York South	Leopold Macaulay	Conservative	1926
York West	William James Gardhouse	Liberal	1934

Timeline

20th Legislative Assembly of Ontario - Movement in seats held (1937–1943)

Party		1937	Gain/(loss) due to					1943
			Changed party	Death in office	Resignation as MPP	Byelection gain	Byelection hold
	Liberal	62	2	(4)	(7)	1	5	59
	Conservative	23		(4)	(2)		2	19
	Liberal–Progressive	3	(1)					2
	United Farmers	1	(1)					–
	Independent-Liberal	1		(1)				–
	Vacant	–		5	5			10
Total		90	–	(4)	(4)	1	7	90

Changes in seats held (1937–1943)

Seat	Before				Change
	Date	Member	Party	Reason	Date	Member	Party
Sault Ste. Marie	October 20, 1937	Richard McMeekin	█ Liberal	Resigned to allow Campbell to enter provincial politics	November 23, 1937	Colin Alexander Campbell	█ Liberal
Hamilton Centre	January 26, 1938	William Frederick Schwenger	█ Liberal	Appointed to Bench	March 2, 1938	John Newlands	█ Liberal
Lambton East	February 3, 1938	Milton Duncan McVicar	█ Liberal	Died in office	March 22, 1938	Charles Oliver Fairbank	█ Liberal
Brantford	June 5, 1938	Morrison Mann MacBride	█ Independent-Liberal	Died in office	July 20, 1938	Louis Hagey	█ Liberal
Parkdale	July 2, 1938	Fred McBrien	█ Conservative	Died in office	October 5, 1938	William James Stewart	█ Conservative
Simcoe East	January 13, 1939	William Finlayson	█ Conservative	Resigned to enable Drew to gain seat as new party leader	February 14, 1939	George Drew	█ Conservative
Kingston	March 7, 1940	Thomas Ashmore Kidd	█ Conservative	Chose to stand in Kingston City in the 1940 federal election			█ Vacant
Bellwoods	March 8, 1940	Arthur Wentworth Roebuck	█ Liberal	Chose to stand in Trinity in the 1940 federal election			█ Vacant
Huron—Bruce	March 22, 1940	Charles Alexander Robertson	█ Liberal	Died in office			█ Vacant
Cochrane South	May 28, 1940	Charles Vincent Gallagher	█ Liberal	Died in office			█ Vacant
High Park	May 30, 1940	William Alexander Baird	█ Conservative	Died in office			█ Vacant
Simcoe Centre	August 18, 1940	Leonard Jennett Simpson	█ Liberal	Died in office	October 23, 1940	Duncan McArthur	█ Liberal
Ottawa East	September 27, 1940	Paul Leduc	█ Liberal	Appointed Registrar of Supreme Court of Canada	November 27, 1940	Robert Laurier	█ Liberal
Grey South	January 23, 1941	Farquhar Oliver	█ United Farmers	Appointed Minister of Public Works	February 24, 1941	Farquhar Robert Oliver	█ Liberal
Lincoln	January 10, 1942	Archibald Judson Haines	█ Liberal	Resigned, in protest of a liquor licence being issued despite prior guarantees that it would not happen.			█ Vacant
Fort William	January 16, 1943	Franklin Harford Spence	█ Conservative	Died in office			█ Vacant
Ontario	May 18, 1943	Gordon Daniel Conant	█ Liberal	Appointed Master of the Supreme Court of Ontario.			█ Vacant
Hastings East	May 20, 1943	Harold Edward Welsh	█ Conservative	Died in office, having drowned while fishing in Algonquin Provincial Park.			█ Vacant
St. George	June 1, 1943	Ian Thomas Strachan	█ Liberal	Appointed Registrar of Deeds for the City of Toronto.			█ Vacant

External links

• Members in Parliament 20 Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine