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The '''25th Legislative Assembly of Ontario''' was in session from June 9, 1955 until May 4, 1959, just prior to the [[Ontario general election, 1959|1959 general election]]. The majority party was the [[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party]] led by [[Leslie Frost]].
The '''25th Legislative Assembly of Ontario''' was in session from June 9, 1955, until May 4, 1959, just prior to the [[1959 Ontario general election|1959 general election]]. The majority party was the [[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party]] led by [[Leslie Frost]].


[[Wally Downer|Alfred Wallace Downer]] served as speaker for the assembly.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://speaker.ontla.on.ca/en/at-the-assembly/speakers/ |title=Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Ontario}}</ref>
[[Wally Downer|Alfred Wallace Downer]] served as speaker for the assembly.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://speaker.ontla.on.ca/en/at-the-assembly/speakers/ |title=Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Ontario |access-date=2014-08-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140801101335/http://speaker.ontla.on.ca/en/at-the-assembly/speakers/ |archive-date=2014-08-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Members elected to the Assembly==
{| class="wikitable"

!Riding
{{col-begin}}{{col-break}}
!Member
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Algoma—Manitoulin (provincial electoral district)|Algoma—Manitoulin]]''': [[John Arthur Fullerton]]}}
!Party
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Beaches (provincial electoral district)|Beaches]]''': [[William Collings (politician)|William Collings]]}}
!Notes
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Bellwoods]]''': [[John Yaremko]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Bracondale]]''': [[Arthur George Frost]]}}
{{legend|#EA6D6A|'''[[Brant (provincial electoral district)|Brant]]''': [[Harry Corwin Nixon]]}}
{{legend|#EA6D6A|'''[[Brantford (provincial electoral district)|Brantford]]''': [[George Gordon (Ontario politician)|George Gordon]]}}
{{legend|#EA6D6A|'''[[Bruce (Ontario provincial electoral district)|Bruce]]''': [[Ross Whicher|Ross MacKenzie Whicher]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Carleton (Ontario provincial electoral district)|Carleton]]''': [[William Erskine Johnston]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Cochrane North (provincial electoral district)|Cochrane North]]''': [[Philip Kelly (Canadian politician)|Philip Kelly]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Cochrane South]]''': [[Wilf Spooner]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Dovercourt (provincial electoral district)|Dovercourt]]''': [[David Kerr (Ontario politician)|David Kerr]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Dufferin–Simcoe (provincial electoral district)|Dufferin—Simcoe]]''': [[Alfred Wallace Downer]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Durham (provincial electoral district)|Durham]]''': [[John Weir Foote]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Eglinton (provincial electoral district)|Eglinton]]''': [[William James Dunlop]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Elgin (provincial electoral district)|Elgin]]''': [[Fletcher Stewart Thomas]]}}
{{legend|#EA6D6A|'''[[Essex North (provincial electoral district)|Essex North]]''': [[Arthur Reaume]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Essex South (provincial electoral district)|Essex South]]''': [[William Murdoch (politician)|William Murdoch]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Fort William (provincial electoral district)|Fort William]]''': [[Clare Edgar Mapledoram]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Frontenac—Addington (provincial electoral district)|Frontenac—Addington]]''': [[David John Rankin]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Glengarry (provincial electoral district)|Glengarry]]''': [[Osie Villeneuve]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Grenville (provincial electoral district)|Grenville—Dundas]]''': [[Frederick Cass]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Grey North (provincial electoral district)|Grey North]]''': [[Mac Phillips]]}}
{{legend|#EA6D6A|'''[[Grey South (provincial electoral district)|Grey South]]''': [[Farquhar Robert Oliver]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Haldimand—Norfolk (provincial electoral district)|Haldimand—Norfolk]]''': [[James Noble Allan]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Halton (provincial electoral district)|Halton]]''': [[Stanley Hall (politician)|Stanley Hall]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Hamilton Centre (provincial electoral district)|Hamilton Centre]]''': [[Bill Warrender]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Hamilton East (provincial electoral district)|Hamilton East]]''': [[Robert Ellsworth Elliott]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Hamilton—Wentworth (provincial electoral district)|Hamilton—Wentworth]]''': [[Ray Connell (Ontario politician)|Ray Connell]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Hastings East (provincial electoral district)|Hastings East]]''': [[Roscoe Robson]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Hastings West (provincial electoral district)|Hastings West]]''': [[Elmer Sandercock]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[High Park (provincial electoral district)|High Park]]''': [[Alfred Hozack Cowling]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Huron (provincial electoral district)|Huron]]''': [[Thomas Pryde]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Huron—Bruce (provincial electoral district)|Huron—Bruce]]''': [[John William Hanna]]}}
{{col-break}}
{{legend|#EEBBBB|'''[[Kenora (provincial electoral district)|Kenora]]''': [[Albert Wren]] ({{abbr|Lib-Lab|Liberal-Labour}})}}
{{legend|#EA6D6A|'''[[Kent East (provincial electoral district)|Kent East]]''': [[Jack Spence (politician)|John Purvis Spence]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Kent West (provincial electoral district)|Kent West]]''': [[George Parry (Ontario politician)|George Parry]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Kingston (provincial electoral district)|Kingston]]''': [[William McAdam Nickle]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Lambton East (provincial electoral district)|Lambton East]]''': [[Charles Janes]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Lambton West (provincial electoral district)|Lambton West]]''': [[Bryan Cathcart]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Lanark (provincial electoral district)|Lanark]]''': [[George Henry Doucett]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Leeds (provincial electoral district)|Leeds]]''': [[James Auld (politician)|James Auld]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Lincoln (provincial electoral district)|Lincoln]]''': [[Charles Daley]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[London North]]''': [[John Robarts]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[London South]]''': [[George Jackson (Ontario politician)|George Jackson]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Middlesex North (provincial electoral district)|Middlesex North]]''': [[Thomas Patrick]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Middlesex South (provincial electoral district)|Middlesex South]]''': [[Harry Allen (Ontario politician)|Harry Allen]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Muskoka (provincial electoral district)|Muskoka]]''': [[Robert James Boyer]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Niagara Falls (provincial electoral district)|Niagara Falls]]''': [[Arthur Connaught Jolley]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Nickel Belt (provincial electoral district)|Nickel Belt]]''': [[Rhéal Bélisle]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Nipissing (provincial electoral district)|Nipissing]]''': [[Jean Marc Chaput]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Northumberland (Ontario provincial electoral district)|Northumberland]]''': [[Bill Goodfellow]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Ontario (provincial electoral district)|Ontario]]''': [[Matthew Dymond]]}}
{{legend|#EEDDAA|'''[[Oshawa (provincial electoral district)|Oshawa]]''': [[Tommy Thomas (politician)|Tommy Thomas]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Ottawa—Vanier (provincial electoral district)|Ottawa East]]''': [[Jules Morin]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Ottawa South (provincial electoral district)|Ottawa South]]''': [[George Harrison Dunbar]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Ottawa West]]''': [[Donald Morrow]]}}
{{legend|#EA6D6A|'''[[Oxford (provincial electoral district)|Oxford]]''': [[Gordon Innes (Ontario politician)|Gordon Innes]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Parkdale (provincial electoral district)|Parkdale]]''': [[William James Stewart]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Parry Sound (provincial electoral district)|Parry Sound]]''': [[Allister Johnston]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Peel (provincial electoral district)|Peel]]''': [[Thomas Laird Kennedy]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Perth (provincial electoral district)|Perth]]''': [[J. Fred Edwards]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Peterborough (provincial electoral district)|Peterborough]]''': [[Harold Scott (Ontario politician)|Harold Scott]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Port Arthur (provincial electoral district)|Port Arthur]]''': [[George Wardrope]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Prescott (provincial electoral district)|Prescott]]''': [[Louis-Pierre Cécile]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Prince Edward—Lennox (provincial electoral district)|Prince Edward—Lennox]]''': [[Norris Whitney (Ontario politician)|Norris Whitney]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Rainy River (electoral district)|Rainy River]]''': [[Bill Noden]]}}
{{col-break}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Renfrew North (provincial electoral district)|Renfrew North]]''': [[Stanley Joseph Hunt]]}}
{{legend|#DCDCDC|'''[[Renfrew South (provincial electoral district)|Renfrew South]]''': [[James Shannon Dempsey]] ({{abbr|Ind-PC|Independent Progressive Conservative}})}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Riverdale (provincial electoral district)|Riverdale]]''': [[Robert Macaulay]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Russell (Ontario provincial electoral district)|Russell]]''': [[Gordon Lavergne]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[St. Andrew (provincial electoral district)|St. Andrew]]''': [[Allan Grossman]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[St. David (provincial electoral district)|St. David]]''': [[Henry James Price]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[St. George (Ontario provincial electoral district)|St. George]]''': [[Dana Porter]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[St. Patrick (provincial electoral district)|St. Patrick]]''': [[Kelso Roberts]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Sault Ste. Marie (provincial electoral district)|Sault Ste. Marie]]''': [[Harry Lyons (politician)|Harry Lyons]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Simcoe Centre (provincial electoral district)|Simcoe Centre]]''': [[George Johnston (Ontario politician)|George Johnston]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Simcoe East (provincial electoral district)|Simcoe East]]''': [[Lloyd Letherby]]}}
{{legend|#EA6D6A|'''[[Stormont (provincial electoral district)|Stormont]]''': [[Peter Manley (politician)|Peter Manley]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Sudbury (provincial electoral district)|Sudbury]]''': [[Gerry Monaghan]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Timiskaming (provincial electoral district)|Timiskaming]]''': [[Robert Herbert (Ontario politician)|Robert Herbert]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Victoria—Haliburton (provincial electoral district)|Victoria]]''': [[Leslie Frost]]}}
{{legend|#EA6D6A|'''[[Waterloo North (provincial electoral district)|Waterloo North]]''': [[John Wintermeyer]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Waterloo South]]''': [[Raymond Myers]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Welland (provincial electoral district)|Welland]]''': [[Ellis Price Morningstar]]}}
{{legend|#EA6D6A|'''[[Wellington South (provincial electoral district)|Wellington South]]''': [[Harry Worton]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Wellington (Ontario provincial electoral district)|Wellington—Dufferin]]''': [[John Henry Haines Root]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Wentworth (provincial electoral district)|Wentworth]]''': [[Arthur Child (Ontario politician)|Arthur Child]]}}
{{legend|#EEDDAA|'''[[Wentworth East]]''': [[Reg Gisborn]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Windsor—Sandwich]]''': [[William Griesinger]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Windsor—Walkerville (provincial electoral district)|Windsor—Walkerville]]''': [[M. C. Davies (politician)|M.C. Davies]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[Woodbine (electoral district)|Woodbine]]''': [[Harold Fishleigh]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[York Centre (federal electoral district)|York Centre]]''': [[Thomas Graham (Canadian politician)|Thomas Graham]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[York East (provincial electoral district)|York East]]''': [[Hollis Beckett]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[York North (Ontario provincial electoral district)|York North]]''': [[Lex MacKenzie]]}}
{{legend|#EEDDAA|'''[[York South (provincial electoral district)|York South]]''': [[Donald C. MacDonald]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[York West (provincial electoral district)|York West]]''': [[Elmer Brandon]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[York—Humber (federal electoral district)|York—Humber]]''': [[Bev Lewis]]}}
{{legend|#9999FF|'''[[York—Scarborough (provincial electoral district)|York—Scarborough]]''': [[Dick Sutton]]}}
{{col-end}}

==Timeline==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+ [[25th Legislative Assembly of Ontario]] - Movement in seats held (1955-1959)
|-
|-
! rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Party
|[[Algoma—Manitoulin (provincial electoral district)|Algoma—Manitoulin]]
! rowspan="2"|1955
|[[John Arthur Fullerton]]
! colspan="4"|Gain/(loss) due to
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
! rowspan="2"|1959
|
|-
|-
! Resignation<br/>as MPP
|[[Beaches (provincial electoral district)|Beaches]]
! Death<br/>in office
|[[William Collings|William Henry Collings]]
! Byelection<br/>gain
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
! Byelection<br/>hold
|
|-
|-
{{Canadian party colour|ON|PC|row-name}}
|[[Bellwoods]]
|83 ||(6) ||(5) ||1 ||11 ||84
|[[John Yaremko]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|
|-
|-
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row-name}}
|[[Bracondale]]
|10 || || || || ||10
|[[Arthur George Frost]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|
|-
|-
{{Canadian party colour|ON|CCF|row-name}}
|[[Brant (provincial electoral district)|Brant County]]
|3 || || || || ||3
|[[Harry Corwin Nixon]]
|[[Liberal Party of Ontario|Liberal]]
|
|-
|-
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal-Labour|row-name}}
|[[Brantford (provincial electoral district)|Brantford]]
|1|| || || || ||1
|[[George Gordon (Ontario politician)|George Thomas Gordon]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|-
|-
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent PC|row-name}}
|[[Bruce (Ontario provincial electoral district)|Bruce]]
|1|| ||(1) || || ||&ndash;
|[[Ross Whicher|Ross MacKenzie Whicher]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|-
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|'''Total''' ||98 ||(6) ||(6) ||1 ||11 ||98
|[[Carleton (Ontario provincial electoral district)|Carleton]]
|}
|[[William Erskine Johnston]]

|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
{|class="wikitable" style="border: none;"
|
|+ Changes in seats held (1955-1959)
|-
|-
!rowspan="2" | Seat
|[[Cochrane North]]
!colspan="4" | Before
|[[Philip Kelly (Canadian politician)|Philip Kelly]]
!colspan="3" | Change
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|
|-
|-
!Date
|
!Member
|[[René Brunelle]] (1958)
!Party
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
!Reason
|
!Date
!Member
!Party
|-
|-
|[[Renfrew South (provincial electoral district)|Renfrew South]]
|[[Cochrane South]]
|October 24, 1955
|[[Wilf Spooner]]
|[[James Shannon Dempsey]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|{{Canadian party colour|ON|Independent PC|colour&name|short}}
|
|Died in office
|January 12, 1956
|[[James Maloney (Ontario politician)|James Maloney]]
|{{Canadian party colour|ON|PC|colour&name|short}}
|-
|-
|[[Dovercourt (provincial electoral district)|Dovercourt]]
|[[York West (provincial electoral district)|York West]]
|July 2, 1956
|[[David Kerr (Ontario politician)|David Kerr]]
|[[Elmer Brandon]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|{{Canadian party colour|ON|PC|colour&name|short}}
|
|Died in office
|October 18, 1956
|[[Leslie Rowntree]]
|{{Canadian party colour|ON|PC|colour&name|short}}
|-
|-
|[[Middlesex North (provincial electoral district)|Middlesex North]]
|[[Dufferin—Simcoe]]
|January 10, 1957
|[[Alfred Wallace Downer]]
|[[Thomas Patrick]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|{{Canadian party colour|ON|PC|colour&name|short}}
|
|Died in office
|September 5, 1957
|[[William Atcheson Stewart]]
|{{Canadian party colour|ON|PC|colour&name|short}}
|-
|-
|[[Durham (provincial electoral district)|Durham]]
|[[Glengarry (provincial electoral district)|Glengarry]]
|May 25, 1957
|[[John Weir Foote]]
|[[Osie Villeneuve]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|{{Canadian party colour|ON|PC|colour&name|short}}
|
|Resigned to contest the House of Commons seat of [[Glengarry—Prescott]] in the [[1957 Canadian federal election|1957 election]]
|September 5, 1957
|[[Fernand Guindon]]
|{{Canadian party colour|ON|PC|colour&name|short}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Lanark (provincial electoral district)|Lanark]]
|August 14, 1957
|[[George Henry Doucett]]
|{{Canadian party colour|ON|PC|colour&name|short}}
|Resigned to contest the House of Commons seat of [[Lanark (federal electoral district)|Lanark]] in a byelection, upon the death of [[William Gourlay Blair]]
|October 24, 1957
|[[John Arthur McCue]]
|{{Canadian party colour|ON|PC|colour&name|short}}
|-
|-
|May 26, 1958
|[[Eglinton (provincial electoral district)|Eglinton]]
|[[William James Dunlop]]
|[[John Arthur McCue]]
|{{Canadian party colour|ON|PC|colour&name|short}}
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|Died in office
|
|August 28, 1958
|[[George Gomme]]
|{{Canadian party colour|ON|PC|colour&name|short}}
|-
|-
|[[Elgin (provincial electoral district)|Elgin]]
|[[Elgin (provincial electoral district)|Elgin]]
|November 9, 1957
|[[Fletcher Stewart Thomas]]
|[[Fletcher Stewart Thomas]]
|{{Canadian party colour|ON|PC|colour&name|short}}
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|Died in office
|
|January 30, 1958
|-
|[[Ron McNeil]]
|
|{{Canadian party colour|ON|PC|colour&name|short}}
|[[Ron McNeil|Ronald Keith McNeil]] (1958)
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|
|-
|[[Essex North (provincial electoral district)|Essex North]]
|[[Arthur Reaume|Arthur John Reaume]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|-
|[[Essex South]]
|[[William Murdoch (politician)|William Murdoch]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|
|-
|[[Fort William (provincial electoral district)|Fort William]]
|[[Clare Edgar Mapledoram]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|
|-
|[[Frontenac—Addington]]
|[[David John Rankin]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|
|-
|[[Glengarry (provincial electoral district)|Glengarry]]
|[[Osie Villeneuve]]<ref name="federal" group="nb">Elected to federal seat.</ref>
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|
|-
|
|[[Fernand Guindon]] (1957)
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|
|-
|[[Grenville—Dundas]]
|[[Frederick Cass|Frederick McIntosh Cass]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|
|-
|[[Grey North (provincial electoral district)|Grey North]]
|[[Mac Phillips|Mackinnon Phillips]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|
|-
|[[Grey South (provincial electoral district)|Grey South]]
|[[Farquhar Robert Oliver]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|-
|[[Haldimand—Norfolk (provincial electoral district)|Haldimand—Norfolk]]
|[[James Noble Allan]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|
|-
|[[Halton (provincial electoral district)|Halton]]
|[[Stanley Hall (Ontario politician)|Stanley Leroy Hall]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|
|-
|[[Hamilton Centre]]
|[[Bill Warrender|William Kenneth Warrender]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|
|-
|[[Hamilton East (provincial electoral district)|Hamilton East]]
|[[Robert Ellsworth Elliott]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|
|-
|[[Hamilton—Wentworth]]
|[[Ray Connell (Ontario politician)|Thomas Ray Connell]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|
|-
|[[Hastings East]]
|[[Roscoe Robson]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|
|-
|
|[[Lloyd Harrison Price]] (1958)
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|
|-
|[[Hastings West (provincial electoral district)|Hastings West]]
|[[Elmer Sandercock]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|
|-
|[[High Park (provincial electoral district)|High Park]]
|[[Alfred Hozack Cowling]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Huron (provincial electoral district)|Huron]]
|[[Huron (provincial electoral district)|Huron]]
|January 5, 1958
|[[Thomas Pryde]]
|[[Thomas Pryde]]
|{{Canadian party colour|ON|PC|colour&name|short}}
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|Died in office
|
|May 12, 1958
|[[Charles MacNaughton]]
|{{Canadian party colour|ON|PC|colour&name|short}}
|-
|-
|[[Cochrane North (provincial electoral district)|Cochrane North]]
|
|January 22, 1958
|[[Charles MacNaughton|Charles Steel MacNaughton]] (1958)
|[[Philip Kelly (Canadian politician)|Philip Kelly]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|{{Canadian party colour|ON|PC|colour&name|short}}
|
|Resigned from seat, after previously being ordered to resign as [[Ministry of Northern Development and Mines|Minister of Mines]]
|May 12, 1958
|[[René Brunelle]]
|{{Canadian party colour|ON|PC|colour&name|short}}
|-
|-
|[[St. George (Ontario provincial electoral district)|St. George]]
|[[Huron—Bruce]]
| January 30, 1958
|[[John William Hanna]]
|[[Dana Porter]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|{{Canadian party colour|ON|PC|colour&name|short}}
|
|Appointed as [[Chief Justice]] of the [[Ontario Court of Appeal]]
|-
|May 12, 1958
|[[Kenora (provincial electoral district)|Kenora]]
|[[Allan Lawrence (politician)|Allan Lawrence]]
|[[Albert Wren]]
|{{Canadian party colour|ON|PC|colour&name|short}}
|[[Liberal-Labour (Canada)|Liberal-Labour]]
|
|-
|[[Kent East (provincial electoral district)|Kent East]]
|[[Jack Spence (politician)|John Purvis Spence]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|-
|[[Kent West (provincial electoral district)|Kent West]]
|[[George Parry (Ontario politician)|George William Parry]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|
|-
|[[Kingston (provincial electoral district)|Kingston]]
|[[William McAdam Nickle]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|
|-
|[[Lambton East]]
|[[Charles Janes|Charles Eusibius Janes]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|
|-
|[[Lambton West]]
|[[Bryan Cathcart|Bryan Lewis Cathcart]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|
|-
|[[Lanark (provincial electoral district)|Lanark]]
|[[George Henry Doucett]]<ref name="federal" group="nb"/>
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|
|-
|
|[[John Arthur McCue]] (1957)
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|
|-
|
|[[George Gomme|George Ellis Gomme]] (1958)
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|
|-
|[[Leeds (provincial electoral district)|Leeds]]
|[[James Auld (politician)|James Auld]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|
|-
|[[Lincoln (provincial electoral district)|Lincoln]]
|[[Charles Daley]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|
|-
|[[London North]]
|[[John Robarts|John Parmenter Robarts]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|
|-
|[[London South]]
|[[George Ernest Jackson]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|
|-
|[[Middlesex North]]
|[[Thomas L. Patrick]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|
|-
|
|[[William Atcheson Stewart]] (1957)
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|
|-
|[[Middlesex South]]
|[[Harry Allen (Ontario politician)|Harry Marshall Allen]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|
|-
|[[Muskoka (provincial electoral district)|Muskoka]]
|[[Robert James Boyer]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|
|-
|[[Niagara Falls (provincial electoral district)|Niagara Falls]]
|[[Arthur Connaught Jolley]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|
|-
|[[Nickel Belt]]
|[[Rhéal Bélisle]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|
|-
|[[Nipissing (provincial electoral district)|Nipissing]]
|[[Jean Marc Chaput]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|
|-
|[[Northumberland (Ontario electoral district)|Northumberland]]
|[[Bill Goodfellow|William Arthur Goodfellow]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|
|-
|[[Ontario (provincial electoral district)|Ontario]]
|[[Matthew Dymond|Matthew Bulloch Dymond]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
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|[[Oshawa (provincial electoral district)|Oshawa]]
|[[Tommy Thomas (politician)|T.D. Thomas]]
|[[Ontario CCF|Co-operative Commonwealth]]
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|[[Ottawa—Vanier (provincial electoral district)|Ottawa East]]
|[[Jules Morin]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
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|[[Ottawa South (provincial electoral district)|Ottawa South]]
|[[George Harrison Dunbar]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
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|[[Ottawa West]]
|[[Donald Morrow|Donald Hugo Morrow]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
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|[[Oxford (provincial electoral district)|Oxford]]
|[[Gordon Innes (Ontario politician)|Gordon William Innes]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
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|[[Parkdale (provincial electoral district)|Parkdale]]
|[[William James Stewart]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
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|[[Parry Sound (provincial electoral district)|Parry Sound]]
|[[Allister Johnston]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
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|[[Peel (provincial electoral district)|Peel]]
|[[Thomas Laird Kennedy]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
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|[[Perth (provincial electoral district)|Perth]]
|[[J. Fred Edwards|James Frederick Edwards]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
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|[[Peterborough (provincial electoral district)|Peterborough]]
|[[Harold Scott (Ontario politician)|Harold Robinson Scott]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
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|[[Port Arthur (provincial electoral district)|Port Arthur]]
|[[George Wardrope|George Calvin Wardrope]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
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|[[Prescott (provincial electoral district)|Prescott]]
|[[Louis-Pierre Cécile]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
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|[[Prince Edward—Lennox]]
|[[Norris Whitney (Ontario politician)|Norris Eldon Howe Whitney]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
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|[[Rainy River (provincial electoral district)|Rainy River]]
|[[Bill Noden|William George Noden]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
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|[[Renfrew North (provincial electoral district)|Renfrew North]]
|[[Renfrew North (provincial electoral district)|Renfrew North]]
| March 1, 1958
|[[Stanley Joseph Hunt]]
|[[Stanley Joseph Hunt]]
|{{Canadian party colour|ON|PC|colour&name|short}}
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|Resigned to contest the House of Commons seat of [[Renfrew North (federal electoral district)|Renfrew North]] in the [[1958 Canadian federal election|1958 election]]
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|May 12, 1958
|[[Maurice Hamilton]]
|{{Canadian party colour|ON|PC|colour&name|short}}
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|[[Hastings East (provincial electoral district)|Hastings East]]
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|[[Maurice Hamilton]] (1958)
|July 30, 1958
|[[Roscoe Robson]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|{{Canadian party colour|ON|PC|colour&name|short}}
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|Accepted an appointment as Sheriff of Hastings County
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|August 28, 1958
|[[Renfrew South (provincial electoral district)|Renfrew South]]
|[[Lloyd Price (politician)|Lloyd Price]]
|[[James Shannon Dempsey]]
|{{Canadian party colour|ON|PC|colour&name|short}}
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
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|[[James Maloney (Ontario politician)|James Anthony Maloney]] (1956)
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
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|[[Riverdale (provincial electoral district)|Riverdale]]
|[[Robert Macaulay|Robert William Macaulay]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
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|[[Russell (Ontario electoral district)|Russell]]
|[[Gordon Lavergne]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
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|[[Sault Ste. Marie (provincial electoral district)|Sault Ste. Marie]]
|[[Harry Lyons (politician)|Harry Lyons]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
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|[[Simcoe Centre (provincial electoral district)|Simcoe Centre]]
|[[George Johnston (Ontario politician)|George Graham Johnston]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
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|[[Simcoe East]]
|[[Lloyd Letherby|Lloyd Averall Letherby]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
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|[[St. Andrew (provincial electoral district)|St. Andrew]]
|[[Allan Grossman]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
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|[[St. David (provincial electoral district)|St. David]]
|[[Henry James Price]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
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|[[St. George (Ontario provincial electoral district)|St. George]]
|[[Dana Porter|Dana Harris Porter]]<ref group="nb">Appointed to Ontario Court of Appeal.</ref>
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
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|[[Allan Lawrence (politician)|Allan Frederick Lawrence]] (1958)
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
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|[[St. Patrick (provincial electoral district)|St. Patrick]]
|[[Kelso Roberts|Archibald Kelso Roberts]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
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|[[Stormont (provincial electoral district)|Stormont]]
|[[Peter Manley (politician)|Peter Thomas Manley]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
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|[[Sudbury (provincial electoral district)|Sudbury]]
|[[Gerry Monaghan|Gerald Joseph Monaghan]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
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|[[Timiskaming (provincial electoral district)|Timiskaming]]
|[[Robert Herbert (Ontario politician)|Alexander Robert Herbert]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
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|[[Victoria (provincial electoral district)|Victoria]]
|[[Leslie Frost|Leslie Miscampbell Frost]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
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|[[Waterloo North (provincial electoral district)|Waterloo North]]
|[[John Wintermeyer|John Joseph Wintermeyer]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
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|[[Waterloo South]]
|[[Raymond Myers|Raymond Munro Myers]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
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|[[Welland (provincial electoral district)|Welland]]
|[[Ellis Price Morningstar]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
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|[[Wellington South]]
|[[Harry Worton|Harry A. Worton]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
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|[[Wellington—Dufferin]]
|[[John Henry Haines Root]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
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|[[Wentworth (provincial electoral district)|Wentworth]]
|[[Arthur Child (Ontario politician)|Arthur John Child]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
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|[[Wentworth East]]
|[[Reg Gisborn]]
|[[Ontario CCF|Co-operative Commonwealth]]
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|[[Windsor—Sandwich]]
|[[William Griesinger]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
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|[[Windsor—Walkerville]]
|[[M. C. Davies (politician)|M.C. Davies]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
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|[[Woodbine (electoral district)|Woodbine]]
|[[Harold Fishleigh|Harold Ferguson Fishleigh]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
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|[[York Centre]]
|[[Thomas Graham (Canadian politician)|Thomas Graham]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
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|[[York East (provincial electoral district)|York East]]
|[[Hollis Beckett|Hollis Edward Beckett]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
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|[[York North]]
|[[Lex MacKenzie|Addison Alexander MacKenzie]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
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|[[York South]]
|[[Donald C. MacDonald|Donald Cameron MacDonald]]
|[[Ontario CCF|Co-operative Commonwealth]]
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|[[York West (provincial electoral district)|York West]]
|[[Elmer Brandon|W. Elmer Brandon]]<ref group="nb">Died in office, 1956.</ref>
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
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|[[Leslie Rowntree]] (1956)
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
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|[[York—Humber]]
|[[Bev Lewis|William Beverley Lewis]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
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|[[York—Scarborough (provincial electoral district)|York—Scarborough]]
|[[Dick Sutton (Ontario politician)|Richard Edward Sutton]]
|[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
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|}
|}


== External links ==
==Notes==
*[http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_list.do?parlID=25 Members in Parliament 25]
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== References ==
== References ==
*[http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_list.do?parlID=25 Members in Parliament 25]
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Latest revision as of 23:03, 23 October 2024

The 25th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from June 9, 1955, until May 4, 1959, just prior to the 1959 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party led by Leslie Frost.

Alfred Wallace Downer served as speaker for the assembly.[1]

Members elected to the Assembly

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Timeline

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25th Legislative Assembly of Ontario - Movement in seats held (1955-1959)
Party 1955 Gain/(loss) due to 1959
Resignation
as MPP 		Death
in office 		Byelection
gain 		Byelection
hold
Progressive Conservative 83 (6) (5) 1 11 84
Liberal 10 10
Co-operative Commonwealth 3 3
Liberal–Labour 1 1
Independent PC 1 (1) –
Total 98 (6) (6) 1 11 98
Changes in seats held (1955-1959)
Seat Before Change
Date Member Party Reason Date Member Party
Renfrew South October 24, 1955 James Shannon Dempsey █ Independent PC Died in office January 12, 1956 James Maloney █ PC
York West July 2, 1956 Elmer Brandon █ PC Died in office October 18, 1956 Leslie Rowntree █ PC
Middlesex North January 10, 1957 Thomas Patrick █ PC Died in office September 5, 1957 William Atcheson Stewart █ PC
Glengarry May 25, 1957 Osie Villeneuve █ PC Resigned to contest the House of Commons seat of Glengarry—Prescott in the 1957 election September 5, 1957 Fernand Guindon █ PC
Lanark August 14, 1957 George Henry Doucett █ PC Resigned to contest the House of Commons seat of Lanark in a byelection, upon the death of William Gourlay Blair October 24, 1957 John Arthur McCue █ PC
May 26, 1958 John Arthur McCue █ PC Died in office August 28, 1958 George Gomme █ PC
Elgin November 9, 1957 Fletcher Stewart Thomas █ PC Died in office January 30, 1958 Ron McNeil █ PC
Huron January 5, 1958 Thomas Pryde █ PC Died in office May 12, 1958 Charles MacNaughton █ PC
Cochrane North January 22, 1958 Philip Kelly █ PC Resigned from seat, after previously being ordered to resign as Minister of Mines May 12, 1958 René Brunelle █ PC
St. George January 30, 1958 Dana Porter █ PC Appointed as Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Appeal May 12, 1958 Allan Lawrence █ PC
Renfrew North March 1, 1958 Stanley Joseph Hunt █ PC Resigned to contest the House of Commons seat of Renfrew North in the 1958 election May 12, 1958 Maurice Hamilton █ PC
Hastings East July 30, 1958 Roscoe Robson █ PC Accepted an appointment as Sheriff of Hastings County August 28, 1958 Lloyd Price █ PC
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References

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  1. ^ "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Archived from the original on 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2014-08-29.
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