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The '''4th Parliament of Ontario''' was in session from June 5, 1879 until February 1, 1883, just prior to the [[Ontario general election, 1883|1883 general election]]. The majority party was the [[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal Party]] led by [[Oliver Mowat]].
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The '''4th Parliament of Ontario''' was in session from June 5, 1879, until February 1, 1883, just prior to the [[1883 Ontario general election|1883 general election]]. The majority party was the [[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal Party]] led by [[Oliver Mowat]].


[[Charles Clarke (Canadian politician)|Charles Clarke]] 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>
[[Charles Clarke (Canadian politician)|Charles Clarke]] 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>


==Western Ontario==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Riding
!Riding
!Member
!Member
!Party
!Party
!Comments
|-
|-
|[[Addington (provincial electoral district)|Addington]]
|[[Brant (provincial electoral district)|Brant]]
|[[Hammel Madden Deroche]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|-
|[[Algoma (electoral district)|Algoma]]
|[[Robert Adam Lyon]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|-
|[[Brant North]]
|[[James Young (Canadian politician)|James Young]]
|[[James Young (Canadian politician)|James Young]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Brant South]]
|[[Brant South (provincial electoral district)|Brant South]]
|[[Arthur Sturgis Hardy]]
|'''[[Arthur Sturgis Hardy]]'''
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Provincial Secretary and Registrar of Ontario|Provincial Secretary and Registrar]] in [[Mowat ministry]]<ref>https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/arthur-sturgis-hardy</ref>
|-
|-
|[[Brockville (electoral district)|Brockville]]
|[[Bruce North (provincial electoral district)|Bruce North]]
|[[Christopher Finlay Fraser]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|-
|[[Bruce North]]
|[[Donald Sinclair (Ontario politician)|Donald Sinclair]]
|[[Donald Sinclair (Ontario politician)|Donald Sinclair]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Bruce South]]
|[[Bruce South (provincial electoral district)|Bruce South]]
|[[Rupert Mearse Wells]] <ref group=nb name="federal">elected to federal seat</ref>
|[[Rupert Mearse Wells]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|resigned June 6, 1882 to contest (successfully) federal seat<ref>https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/rupert-mearse-wells</ref>
|-
|-
|
|
|[[Hamilton Parke O'Connor]] (1882)
|[[Hamilton Parke O'Connor]] (1882)
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|elected October 18, 1882<ref>https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/hamilton-parke-oconnor</ref>
|-
|[[Cardwell (electoral district)|Cardwell]]
|[[Charles Robinson (Ontario MPP)|Charles Robinson]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|-
|[[Carleton (Ontario provincial electoral district)|Carleton]]
|[[George William Monk]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|-
|[[Cornwall (provincial electoral district)|Cornwall]]
|[[William Mack]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|-
|[[Dufferin County, Ontario|Dufferin]]
|[[John Barr (Canadian politician)|John Barr]] <ref group=nb>unseated after an appeal</ref>
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|-
|
|[[William Jelly]] (1880)
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|-
|[[Dundas (electoral district)|Dundas]]
|[[Andrew Broder]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|-
|[[Durham East (provincial electoral district)|Durham East]]
|[[John Rosevear]] <ref group=nb name="d1881">died in 1881</ref>
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|-
|
|[[Charles Herbert Brereton]] (1882)
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|-
|[[Durham West (provincial electoral district)|Durham West]]
|[[James Wellington McLaughlin]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|-
|-
|[[Elgin East (provincial electoral district)|Elgin East]]
|[[Elgin East (provincial electoral district)|Elgin East]]
|[[Thomas McIntyre Nairn]]
|[[Thomas McIntyre Nairn]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Elgin West (provincial electoral district)|Elgin West]]
|[[Elgin West (provincial electoral district)|Elgin West]]
|[[John Cascaden]]
|[[John Cascaden]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Essex North (provincial electoral district)|Essex North]]
|[[Essex North (provincial electoral district)|Essex North]]
|[[Solomon White]]
|[[Solomon White]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Essex South (provincial electoral district)|Essex South]]
|[[Essex South (provincial electoral district)|Essex South]]
|[[Lewis Wigle]] <ref group=nb name="federal"/>
|[[Lewis Wigle]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|resigned June 9, 1882 to contest (successfully) federal seat<ref>https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/lewis-wigle</ref>
|-
|-
|
|
|[[William Douglas Balfour]] (1882)
|[[William Douglas Balfour]] (1882)
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|elected October 18, 1882<ref>https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/william-douglas-balfour</ref>
|-
|[[Frontenac (Ontario electoral district)|Frontenac]]
|[[Delino Dexter Calvin]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|-
|[[Glengarry (provincial electoral district)|Glengarry]]
|[[Donald Macmaster (Canadian politician)|Donald Macmaster]] <ref group=nb name="federal"/>
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|-
|
|[[James Rayside]] (1882)
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|-
|[[Grenville South]]
|[[Frederick John French]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|-
|-
|[[Grey East (provincial electoral district)|Grey East]]
|[[Grey East (provincial electoral district)|Grey East]]
|[[Abram William Lauder]]
|[[Abram William Lauder]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Grey North (provincial electoral district)|Grey North]]
|[[Grey North (provincial electoral district)|Grey North]]
|[[David Creighton]]
|[[David Creighton]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Grey South (provincial electoral district)|Grey South]]
|[[Grey South (provincial electoral district)|Grey South]]
|[[James Hill Hunter]]
|[[James Hill Hunter]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Haldimand (electoral district)|Haldimand]]
|[[Haldimand (provincial electoral district)|Haldimand]]
|[[Jacob Baxter]]
|[[Jacob Baxter]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|-
|[[Halton (electoral district)|Halton]]
|[[David Robertson (Ontario MPP)|David Robertson]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|-
|[[Hamilton (electoral district)|Hamilton]]
|[[John Morison Gibson]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|-
|[[Hastings East (provincial electoral district)|Hastings East]]
|[[Nathaniel Stephen Appleby]]
|Independent Conservative
|-
|[[Hastings North (provincial electoral district)|Hastings North]]
|[[George Henry Boulter]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|-
|[[Hastings West (provincial electoral district)|Hastings West]]
|[[Alexander Robertson (Canadian politician)|Alexander Robertson]] <ref group=nb name="fedrun"/>
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|-
|
|
|[[Baltis Rose]] (1882)
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|-
|-
|[[Huron East]]
|[[Huron East (provincial electoral district)|Huron East]]
|[[Thomas Gibson (Ontario MPP)|Thomas Gibson]]
|[[Thomas Gibson (Ontario MPP)|Thomas Gibson]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Huron South]]
|[[Huron South (provincial electoral district)|Huron South]]
|[[Archibald Bishop]]
|[[Archibald Bishop]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Huron West]]
|[[Huron West (provincial electoral district)|Huron West]]
|[[Alexander McLagan Ross]]
|[[Alexander McLagan Ross]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Kent East (provincial electoral district)|Kent East]]
|[[Kent East (provincial electoral district)|Kent East]]
|[[Daniel McCraney]]
|[[Daniel McCraney]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Kent West (provincial electoral district)|Kent West]]
|[[Kent West (provincial electoral district)|Kent West]]
|[[Edward Robinson (Canadian politician)|Edward Robinson]]
|[[Edward Robinson (Canadian politician)|Edward Robinson]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Kingston (electoral district)|Kingston]]
|[[Lambton East (provincial electoral district)|Lambton East]]
|[[James Henry Metcalfe]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|-
|[[Lambton East]]
|[[Peter Graham (Liberal MPP)|Peter Graham]]
|[[Peter Graham (Liberal MPP)|Peter Graham]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Lambton West]]
|[[Lambton West (provincial electoral district)|Lambton West]]
|[[Timothy Blair Pardee]]
|'''[[Timothy Blair Pardee]]'''
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
| [[Ministry of Natural Resources (Ontario)|Commissioner of Crown Lands]] in [[Mowat ministry]]<ref>https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/timothy-blair-pardee</ref>
|-
|-
|[[Lanark North (provincial electoral district)|Lanark North]]
|[[London (provincial electoral district)|London]]
|[[William Clyde Caldwell]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|-
|[[Lanark South (provincial electoral district)|Lanark South]]
|[[William Lees]]
|Independent
|-
|[[Leeds North and Grenville North]]
|[[Henry Merrick]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|-
|[[Leeds South]]
|[[William Richardson (Ontario MPP)|William Richardson]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|-
|[[Lennox (electoral district)|Lennox]]
|[[George Douglas Hawley]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|-
|[[Lincoln (provincial electoral district)|Lincoln]]
|[[Sylvester Neelon]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|-
|[[London (electoral district)|London]]
|[[William Ralph Meredith]]
|[[William Ralph Meredith]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Middlesex East (provincial electoral district)|Middlesex East]]
|[[Middlesex East (provincial electoral district)|Middlesex East]]
|[[Richard Tooley]]
|[[Richard Tooley]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Middlesex North (provincial electoral district)|Middlesex North]]
|[[Middlesex North (provincial electoral district)|Middlesex North]]
|[[John Waters (Ontario MPP)|John Waters]]
|[[John Waters (Ontario MPP)|John Waters]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Middlesex West (provincial electoral district)|Middlesex West]]
|[[Middlesex West (provincial electoral district)|Middlesex West]]
|[[John Watterworth]]
|[[John Watterworth]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Monck (electoral district)|Monck]]
|[[Monck (provincial electoral district)|Monck]]
|[[Richard Harcourt]]
|[[Richard Harcourt]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|-
|[[Muskoka and Parry Sound (Ontario electoral district)|Muskoka and Parry Sound]]
|[[John Classon Miller]] <ref group=nb name="fedrun">resigned to contest federal seat</ref>
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|-
|
|
|[[James Whitney Bettes]] (1882)
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|-
|-
|[[Norfolk North]]
|[[Norfolk North (provincial electoral district)|Norfolk North]]
|[[John Bailey Freeman]]
|[[John Bailey Freeman]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Norfolk South (Canadian electoral district)|Norfolk South]]
|[[Norfolk South (provincial electoral district)|Norfolk South]]
|[[William Morgan (Ontario MPP)|William Morgan]]
|[[William Morgan (Ontario MPP)|William Morgan]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Oxford North (provincial electoral district)|Oxford North]]
|[[Northumberland East]]
|'''[[Oliver Mowat]]'''
|[[James Marshall Ferris]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
| [[Premier of Ontario|Premier]] and [[Attorney General (Ontario)|Attorney General]] in [[Mowat ministry]]<ref>https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/oliver-mowat</ref>
|-
|-
|[[Oxford South (provincial electoral district)|Oxford South]]
|[[Northumberland West]]
|'''[[Adam Crooks (politician)|Adam Crooks]]'''
|[[John Collard Field]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
| [[Minister of Education (Ontario)|Minister of Education]] in [[Mowat ministry]]<ref>https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/adam-crooks</ref>
|-
|-
|[[Perth North (provincial electoral district)|Perth North]]
|[[Ontario North]]
|[[David Davidson Hay]]
|[[Thomas Paxton]] <ref group=nb name="sheriff">appointed sheriff in 1881</ref>
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Perth South (provincial electoral district)|Perth South]]
|[[Thomas Ballantyne (politician)|Thomas Ballantyne]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|
|[[Frank Madill (Canadian politician)|Frank Madill]] (1881)
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|-
|-
|[[Ontario (provincial electoral district)|Ontario South]]
|[[Waterloo North (provincial electoral district)|Waterloo North]]
|[[Moses Springer]]
|[[John Dryden (MLA)|John Dryden]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|resigned April 25, 1879 after he was appointed sheriff<ref>https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/moses-springer</ref>
|-
|-
|
|[[Ottawa (Ontario provincial electoral district)|Ottawa]]
|[[Elias Weber Bingeman Snider]] (1881)
|[[Patrick Baskerville]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|elected June 17, 1881<ref>https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/elias-weber-bingeman-snider</ref>
|-
|-
|[[Waterloo South]]
|[[Oxford North (provincial electoral district)|Oxford North]]
|[[James Livingston (Canadian politician)|James Livingston]]
|[[Oliver Mowat]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|resigned February 1, 1883 after he was elected to federal seat<ref>https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/james-livingston</ref>
|-
|-
|
|[[Oxford South (provincial electoral district)|Oxford South]]
|[[Isaac Master]] (1882)
|[[Adam Crooks (politician)|Adam Crooks]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|elected October 18, 1882<ref>https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/isaac-master</ref>
|-
|-
|[[Peel (provincial electoral district)|Peel]]
|[[Wellington East (Canadian electoral district)|Wellington Centre]]
|[[Charles Clarke (Ontario MLA)|Charles Clarke]]
|[[Kenneth Chisholm]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|'''Speaker'''
|-
|-
|[[Perth North (provincial electoral district)|Perth North]]
|[[Wellington South (provincial electoral district)|Wellington South]]
|[[James Laidlaw (politician)|James Laidlaw]]
|[[David Davidson Hay]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Perth South (provincial electoral district)|Perth South]]
|[[Wellington West (electoral district)|Wellington West]]
|[[Robert McKim (Ontario MPP)|Robert McKim]]
|[[Thomas Ballantyne]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|-
|-
|}
|[[Peterborough East]]

|[[Thomas Blezard]]
==Central and Northern Ontario==
{| class="wikitable"
!Riding
!Member
!Party
!Comments
|-
|[[Algoma (provincial electoral district)|Algoma]]
|[[Robert Adam Lyon]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|-
|[[Cardwell (provincial electoral district)|Cardwell]]
|[[Charles Robinson (Ontario MPP)|Charles Robinson]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Dufferin (provincial electoral district)|Dufferin]]
|[[Peterborough West]]
|[[John Barr (Canadian politician)|John Barr]]
|[[William Hepburn Scott]] <ref group=nb name="d1881"/>
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|unseated December 11m 1879 after the election results were appealed<ref>https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/john-barr</ref>
|-
|-
|
|
|[[Robert Kincaid]] (1882)
|[[William Jelly]] (1880)
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|elected January 9, 1880<ref>https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/william-jelly</ref>
|-
|-
|[[Prescott (electoral district)|Prescott]]
|[[Durham East (provincial electoral district)|Durham East]]
|[[John Rosevear]]
|[[William Harkin]] <ref group=nb name="d1881"/>
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|died May 12, 1881<ref>https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/john-rosevear</ref>
|-
|-
|
|
|[[Charles Herbert Brereton]] (1882)
|[[Albert Peter Hagar]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]] (1881)
|elected June 29, 1881<ref>https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/charles-herbert-brereton</ref>
|-
|-
|[[Prince Edward (provincial electoral district)|Prince Edward]]
|[[Durham West (provincial electoral district)|Durham West]]
|[[James Wellington McLaughlin]]
|[[Gideon Striker]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Renfrew North (provincial electoral district)|Renfrew North]]
|[[Halton (provincial electoral district)|Halton]]
|[[David Robertson (Ontario MPP)|David Robertson]]
|[[Thomas Murray (Canadian politician)|Thomas Murray]] <ref group=nb name="fedrun"/>
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Hamilton (provincial electoral district)|Hamilton]]
|[[John Morison Gibson]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|
|-
|[[William Balmer McAllister]] (1882)
|[[Lincoln (provincial electoral district)|Lincoln]]
|[[Sylvester Neelon]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|-
|[[Muskoka (provincial electoral district)|Muskoka and Parry Sound]]
|[[John Classon Miller]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|resigned June 2, 1882 to contest (unsuccessfully) federal seat<ref>https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/john-classon-miller</ref>
|-
|
|[[James Whitney Bettes]] (1882)
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|elected October 30, 1882<ref>https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/james-whitney-bettes</ref>
|-
|[[Northumberland East (provincial electoral district)|Northumberland East]]
|[[James Marshall Ferris]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|-
|[[Northumberland West (provincial electoral district)|Northumberland West]]
|[[John Collard Field]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|-
|[[Ontario North (provincial electoral district)|Ontario North]]
|[[Thomas Paxton]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
| resigned February 1, 1883 after he was appointed sheriff<ref>https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/thomas-paxton</ref>
|-
|
|[[Frank Madill (Canadian politician)|Frank Madill]] (1881)
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|elected June 14, 1881<ref>https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/frank-madill</ref>
|-
|-
|[[Renfrew South (provincial electoral district)|Renfrew South]]
|[[Ontario (provincial electoral district)|Ontario South]]
|[[John Dryden (Ontario politician)|John Dryden]]
|[[James Bonfield]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Russell (Ontario electoral district)|Russell]]
|[[Peel (provincial electoral district)|Peel]]
|[[Adam Jacob Baker]]
|[[Kenneth Chisholm]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|-
|[[Peterborough East (provincial electoral district)|Peterborough East]]
|[[Thomas Blezard]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|-
|[[Peterborough West (provincial electoral district)|Peterborough West]]
|[[William Hepburn Scott]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|died July 11, 1881<ref>https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/william-hepburn-scott</ref>
|-
|-
|
|[[Simcoe East]]
|[[Robert Kincaid]] (1882)
|[[Herman Henry Cook]] <ref group=nb name="federal"/>
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|elected August 24, 1881<ref>https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/robert-kincaid</ref>
|-
|[[Simcoe East (provincial electoral district)|Simcoe East]]
|[[Herman Henry Cook]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|resigned June 1, 1882 to contest (successfully) federal seat<ref>https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/herman-henry-cook</ref>
|-
|-
|
|
|[[Charles Alfred Drury]] (1882)
|[[Charles Alfred Drury]] (1882)
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|elected October 18, 1882<ref>https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/charles-alfred-drury</ref>
|-
|-
|[[Simcoe South]]
|[[Simcoe South (provincial electoral district)|Simcoe South]]
|[[William James Parkhill]]
|[[William James Parkhill]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Simcoe West]]
|[[Simcoe West]]
|[[Thomas Long]]
|[[Thomas Long (Ontario politician)|Thomas Long]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|-
|[[Stormont (provincial electoral district)|Stormont]]
|[[Joseph Kerr (Ontario MPP)|Joseph Kerr]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Toronto East (provincial electoral district)|Toronto East]]
|[[Toronto East (provincial electoral district)|Toronto East]]
|[[Alexander Morris]]
|[[Alexander Morris (politician)|Alexander Morris]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Toronto West (provincial electoral district)|Toronto West]]
|[[Toronto West (provincial electoral district)|Toronto West]]
|[[Robert Bell (Toronto politician)|Robert Bell]]
|[[Robert Bell (Toronto politician)|Robert Bell]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Victoria North]]
|[[Victoria North (provincial electoral district)|Victoria North]]
|[[Samuel Stanley Peck]]
|[[Samuel Stanley Peck]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Victoria South]]
|[[Victoria South (provincial electoral district)|Victoria South]]
|[[Samuel Casey Wood]]
|'''[[Samuel Casey Wood]]'''
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
| [[Ministry of Finance (Ontario)|Treasurer]] and [[Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (Ontario)|Commissioner of Agriculture]] in [[Mowat ministry]]<ref>https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/samuel-casey-wood</ref>
|-
|-
|[[Waterloo North (provincial electoral district)|Waterloo North]]
|[[Welland (provincial electoral district)|Welland]]
|[[Daniel Near]]
|[[Moses Springer]] <ref group=nb name="sheriff"/>
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|-
|
|
|-
|[[Elias Weber Bingeman Snider]] (1881)
|[[Wentworth North (provincial electoral district)|Wentworth North]]
|[[James McMahon (Canadian politician)|James McMahon]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Wentworth South (provincial electoral district)|Wentworth South]]
|[[Waterloo South]]
|[[Nicholas Awrey]]
|[[James Livingston (Canadian politician)|James Livingston]] <ref group=nb name="federal"/>
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|-
|-
|[[York East (provincial electoral district)|York East]]
|[[George Badgerow]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|
|-
|[[Isaac Master]] (1882)
|[[York North (Ontario provincial electoral district)|York North]]
|[[Joseph Henry Widdifield]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Welland (electoral district)|Welland]]
|[[York West (provincial electoral district)|York West]]
|[[Peter Patterson (politician)|Peter Patterson]]
|[[Daniel Near]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|-
|-
|}
|[[Wellington Centre]]

|[[Charles Clarke (Ontario MLA)|Charles Clarke]]
==Eastern Ontario==
{| class="wikitable"
!Riding
!Member
!Party
!Comments
|-
|[[Addington (provincial electoral district)|Addington]]
|[[Hammel Madden Deroche]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Brockville (provincial electoral district)|Brockville]]
|[[Wellington South]]
|'''[[Christopher Finlay Fraser]]'''
|[[James Laidlaw]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
| [[Ministry of Infrastructure (Ontario)|Commissioner of Public Works]] in [[Mowat ministry]]<ref>https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/christopher-finlay-fraser</ref>
|-
|[[Carleton (Ontario provincial electoral district)|Carleton]]
|[[George William Monk]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|
|-
|[[Cornwall (provincial electoral district)|Cornwall]]
|[[William Mack (Ontario politician)|William Mack]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Wellington West (electoral district)|Wellington West]]
|[[Dundas (provincial electoral district)|Dundas]]
|[[Andrew Broder]]
|[[Robert McKim (Ontario MPP)|Robert McKim]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|
|-
|[[Frontenac (Ontario provincial electoral district)|Frontenac]]
|[[Delino Dexter Calvin]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|
|-
|[[Glengarry (provincial electoral district)|Glengarry]]
|[[Donald Macmaster (Canadian politician)|Donald Macmaster]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|resigned February 1, 1883 after he was elected to federal seat<ref>https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/donald-macmaster</ref>
|-
|
|[[James Rayside]] (1882)
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|elected October 18, 1882<ref>https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/james-rayside</ref>
|-
|-
|[[Wentworth North (provincial electoral district)|Wentworth North]]
|[[Grenville (provincial electoral district)|Grenville South]]
|[[Frederick John French]]
|[[James McMahon (Canadian politician)|James McMahon]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|
|-
|[[Hastings East (provincial electoral district)|Hastings East]]
|[[Nathaniel Stephen Appleby]]
|Independent Conservative
|
|-
|[[Hastings North (provincial electoral district)|Hastings North]]
|[[George Henry Boulter]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|
|-
|[[Hastings West (provincial electoral district)|Hastings West]]
|[[Alexander Robertson (Canadian politician)|Alexander Robertson]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|resigned June 2, 1882 to contest (successfully) federal seat<ref>https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/alexander-robertson</ref>
|-
|
|[[Baltis Rose]] (1882)
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|elected October 18, 1882<ref>https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/baltis-rose</ref>
|-
|[[Kingston (provincial electoral district)|Kingston]]
|[[James Henry Metcalfe]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|
|-
|[[Lanark North (provincial electoral district)|Lanark North]]
|[[William Clyde Caldwell]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Wentworth South (provincial electoral district)|Wentworth South]]
|[[Lanark South (provincial electoral district)|Lanark South]]
|[[Nicholas Awrey]]
|[[William Lees]]
|Independent
|-
|[[Leeds North and Grenville North (provincial electoral district)|Leeds North and Grenville North]]
|[[Henry Merrick]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|
|-
|[[Leeds South (provincial electoral district)|Leeds South]]
|[[William Richardson (Ontario politician)|William Richardson]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|
|-
|[[Lennox (provincial electoral district)|Lennox]]
|[[George Douglas Hawley]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|-
|-
|[[York East (provincial electoral district)|York East]]
|[[Ottawa (Ontario provincial electoral district)|Ottawa]]
|[[Patrick Baskerville]]
|[[George Washington Badgerow]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|
|-
|[[Prescott (provincial electoral district)|Prescott]]
|[[William Harkin]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|died February 11, 1881<ref>https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/william-harkin</ref>
|-
|
|[[Albert Peter Hagar]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]] (1881)
|elected April 22, 1881<ref>https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/albert-peter-hagar</ref>
|-
|[[Prince Edward (provincial electoral district)|Prince Edward]]
|[[Gideon Striker]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Renfrew North (provincial electoral district)|Renfrew North]]
|[[York North]]
|[[Thomas Murray (Canadian politician)|Thomas Murray]]
|[[Joseph Henry Widdifield]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|resigned to contest (unsuccessfully) federal seat<ref>https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/thomas-murray</ref><br>(date of resignation unclear)
|-
|-
|
|[[York West (provincial electoral district)|York West]]
|[[William Balmer McAllister]] (1882)
|[[Peter Patterson (politician)|Peter Patterson]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|elected October 18, 1882<ref>https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/william-balmer-mcallister</ref>
|-
|[[Renfrew South (provincial electoral district)|Renfrew South]]
|[[James Bonfield]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|
|-
|[[Russell (Ontario provincial electoral district)|Russell]]
|[[Adam Jacob Baker]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|
|-
|[[Stormont (provincial electoral district)|Stormont]]
|[[Joseph Kerr (Ontario MPP)|Joseph Kerr]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
|
|-
|}
|}

== Notes ==
<references group=nb/>


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
*[http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=1005 ''A History of Ontario : its resources and development.'', Alexander Fraser]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929095804/http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=1005 ''A History of Ontario : its resources and development.'', Alexander Fraser]
*[http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_list.do?parlID=4 Members in Parliament 4]
*[http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_list.do?parlID=4 Members in Parliament 4]


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The 4th Parliament of Ontario was in session from June 5, 1879, until February 1, 1883, just prior to the 1883 general election. The majority party was the Liberal Party led by Oliver Mowat.

Charles Clarke served as speaker for the assembly.[1]

Western Ontario

[edit]
Riding Member Party Comments
Brant James Young Liberal
Brant South Arthur Sturgis Hardy Liberal Provincial Secretary and Registrar in Mowat ministry[2]
Bruce North Donald Sinclair Liberal
Bruce South Rupert Mearse Wells Liberal resigned June 6, 1882 to contest (successfully) federal seat[3]
Hamilton Parke O'Connor (1882) Liberal elected October 18, 1882[4]
Elgin East Thomas McIntyre Nairn Liberal
Elgin West John Cascaden Liberal
Essex North Solomon White Conservative
Essex South Lewis Wigle Conservative resigned June 9, 1882 to contest (successfully) federal seat[5]
William Douglas Balfour (1882) Liberal elected October 18, 1882[6]
Grey East Abram William Lauder Conservative
Grey North David Creighton Conservative
Grey South James Hill Hunter Liberal
Haldimand Jacob Baxter Liberal
Huron East Thomas Gibson Liberal
Huron South Archibald Bishop Liberal
Huron West Alexander McLagan Ross Liberal
Kent East Daniel McCraney Liberal
Kent West Edward Robinson Liberal
Lambton East Peter Graham Liberal
Lambton West Timothy Blair Pardee Liberal Commissioner of Crown Lands in Mowat ministry[7]
London William Ralph Meredith Conservative
Middlesex East Richard Tooley Conservative
Middlesex North John Waters Liberal
Middlesex West John Watterworth Liberal
Monck Richard Harcourt Liberal
Norfolk North John Bailey Freeman Liberal
Norfolk South William Morgan Conservative
Oxford North Oliver Mowat Liberal Premier and Attorney General in Mowat ministry[8]
Oxford South Adam Crooks Liberal Minister of Education in Mowat ministry[9]
Perth North David Davidson Hay Liberal
Perth South Thomas Ballantyne Liberal
Waterloo North Moses Springer Liberal resigned April 25, 1879 after he was appointed sheriff[10]
Elias Weber Bingeman Snider (1881) Liberal elected June 17, 1881[11]
Waterloo South James Livingston Liberal resigned February 1, 1883 after he was elected to federal seat[12]
Isaac Master (1882) Liberal elected October 18, 1882[13]
Wellington Centre Charles Clarke Liberal Speaker
Wellington South James Laidlaw Liberal
Wellington West Robert McKim Liberal

Central and Northern Ontario

[edit]
Riding Member Party Comments
Algoma Robert Adam Lyon Liberal
Cardwell Charles Robinson Liberal
Dufferin John Barr Conservative unseated December 11m 1879 after the election results were appealed[14]
William Jelly (1880) Conservative elected January 9, 1880[15]
Durham East John Rosevear Conservative died May 12, 1881[16]
Charles Herbert Brereton (1882) Conservative elected June 29, 1881[17]
Durham West James Wellington McLaughlin Liberal
Halton David Robertson Liberal
Hamilton John Morison Gibson Liberal
Lincoln Sylvester Neelon Liberal
Muskoka and Parry Sound John Classon Miller Liberal resigned June 2, 1882 to contest (unsuccessfully) federal seat[18]
James Whitney Bettes (1882) Liberal elected October 30, 1882[19]
Northumberland East James Marshall Ferris Liberal
Northumberland West John Collard Field Liberal
Ontario North Thomas Paxton Liberal resigned February 1, 1883 after he was appointed sheriff[20]
Frank Madill (1881) Conservative elected June 14, 1881[21]
Ontario South John Dryden Liberal
Peel Kenneth Chisholm Liberal
Peterborough East Thomas Blezard Liberal
Peterborough West William Hepburn Scott Conservative died July 11, 1881[22]
Robert Kincaid (1882) Conservative elected August 24, 1881[23]
Simcoe East Herman Henry Cook Liberal resigned June 1, 1882 to contest (successfully) federal seat[24]
Charles Alfred Drury (1882) Liberal elected October 18, 1882[25]
Simcoe South William James Parkhill Conservative
Simcoe West Thomas Long Conservative
Toronto East Alexander Morris Conservative
Toronto West Robert Bell Conservative
Victoria North Samuel Stanley Peck Liberal
Victoria South Samuel Casey Wood Liberal Treasurer and Commissioner of Agriculture in Mowat ministry[26]
Welland Daniel Near Liberal
Wentworth North James McMahon Liberal
Wentworth South Nicholas Awrey Liberal
York East George Badgerow Liberal
York North Joseph Henry Widdifield Liberal
York West Peter Patterson Liberal

Eastern Ontario

[edit]
Riding Member Party Comments
Addington Hammel Madden Deroche Liberal
Brockville Christopher Finlay Fraser Conservative Commissioner of Public Works in Mowat ministry[27]
Carleton George William Monk Conservative
Cornwall William Mack Liberal
Dundas Andrew Broder Conservative
Frontenac Delino Dexter Calvin Conservative
Glengarry Donald Macmaster Conservative resigned February 1, 1883 after he was elected to federal seat[28]
James Rayside (1882) Liberal elected October 18, 1882[29]
Grenville South Frederick John French Conservative
Hastings East Nathaniel Stephen Appleby Independent Conservative
Hastings North George Henry Boulter Conservative
Hastings West Alexander Robertson Conservative resigned June 2, 1882 to contest (successfully) federal seat[30]
Baltis Rose (1882) Conservative elected October 18, 1882[31]
Kingston James Henry Metcalfe Conservative
Lanark North William Clyde Caldwell Liberal
Lanark South William Lees Independent
Leeds North and Grenville North Henry Merrick Conservative
Leeds South William Richardson Conservative
Lennox George Douglas Hawley Liberal
Ottawa Patrick Baskerville Conservative
Prescott William Harkin Conservative died February 11, 1881[32]
Albert Peter Hagar Liberal (1881) elected April 22, 1881[33]
Prince Edward Gideon Striker Liberal
Renfrew North Thomas Murray Liberal resigned to contest (unsuccessfully) federal seat[34]
(date of resignation unclear)
William Balmer McAllister (1882) Conservative elected October 18, 1882[35]
Renfrew South James Bonfield Liberal
Russell Adam Jacob Baker Conservative
Stormont Joseph Kerr Conservative

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Archived from the original on 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2014-08-29.
  2. ^ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/arthur-sturgis-hardy
  3. ^ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/rupert-mearse-wells
  4. ^ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/hamilton-parke-oconnor
  5. ^ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/lewis-wigle
  6. ^ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/william-douglas-balfour
  7. ^ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/timothy-blair-pardee
  8. ^ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/oliver-mowat
  9. ^ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/adam-crooks
  10. ^ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/moses-springer
  11. ^ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/elias-weber-bingeman-snider
  12. ^ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/james-livingston
  13. ^ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/isaac-master
  14. ^ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/john-barr
  15. ^ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/william-jelly
  16. ^ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/john-rosevear
  17. ^ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/charles-herbert-brereton
  18. ^ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/john-classon-miller
  19. ^ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/james-whitney-bettes
  20. ^ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/thomas-paxton
  21. ^ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/frank-madill
  22. ^ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/william-hepburn-scott
  23. ^ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/robert-kincaid
  24. ^ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/herman-henry-cook
  25. ^ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/charles-alfred-drury
  26. ^ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/samuel-casey-wood
  27. ^ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/christopher-finlay-fraser
  28. ^ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/donald-macmaster
  29. ^ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/james-rayside
  30. ^ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/alexander-robertson
  31. ^ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/baltis-rose
  32. ^ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/william-harkin
  33. ^ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/albert-peter-hagar
  34. ^ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/thomas-murray
  35. ^ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/william-balmer-mcallister
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