18th Parliament of Ontario


The 18th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from October 30, 1929, until May 16, 1934, just prior to the 1934 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Conservative Party led by George Howard Ferguson.
George Stewart Henry replaced Ferguson as party leader and Premier in December 1930 after Ferguson was named Canadian High Commissioner in London.
Thomas Ashmore Kidd served as speaker for the assembly.

Members of the Assembly

Italicized names indicate members returned by acclamation.
RidingMemberPartyFirst elected / previously elected
AddingtonWilliam David BlackConservative1911-
AlgomaJohn Morrow RobbConservative1915, 1926-
BeachesThomas Alexander MurphyConservative1926-
BellwoodsThomas Hamilton BellConservative1929-
BracondaleArthur Russell NesbittConservative1923-
Brant CountyHarry Corwin NixonProgressive1919-
BrantfordWilliam George MartinConservative1926-
BrocktonFrederick George McBrienConservative1923-
BrockvilleHezekiah Allan ClarkConservative1923-
Bruce NorthFrederick Wellington ElliottLiberal1929-
Bruce SouthWilliam John MacKayLiberal1929-
CarletonAdam Holland AcresConservative1923-
Cochrane NorthAlbert Victor WatersConservative1926-
Cochrane SouthAlfred Franklin KenningConservative1926-
DovercourtSamuel Thomas WrightConservative1926-
DufferinThomas Kerr SlackProgressive1919, 1926-
DundasGeorge Holmes ChalliesConservative1929-
DurhamWilliam John BraggLiberal1919-
EglintonAlvin Coulter McLeanConservative1929-
Elgin EastHerbert James DavisConservative1929-
Elgin WestCharles Edmund RavenConservative1929-
Essex NorthPaul PoissonConservative1926-
Essex SouthAustin Burton SmithConservative1929-
Fort WilliamFranklin Harford SpenceConservative1923-
Frontenac-LennoxCharles Wesley HamblyConservative1923, 1929-
GlengarryJames Alexander SangsterLiberal1923, 1929-
GreenwoodGeorge Joseph SmithConservative1926-
GrenvilleGeorge Howard FergusonConservative1905-
GrenvilleJames Alfred Sanderson Conservative1931-
Grey NorthDavid James TaylorProgressive1919-
Grey SouthFarquhar Robert OliverUnited Farmers1926-
HaldimandRichard Nixon BerryConservative1923, 1929-
HaltonThomas Aston BlakelockLiberal1929-
Hamilton CentreThomas William JuttenConservative1926-
Hamilton EastWilliam MorrisonConservative1928-
Hamilton WestFrederick Thomas SmyeConservative1926-
Hamilton WestD'Arcy Argue Counsell Martin Conservative1931-
Hastings EastJames Ferguson HillConservative1923-
Hastings NorthJohn Robert CookeConservative1911-
Hastings WestWilliam Henry IrelandConservative1919-
High ParkWilliam Alexander BairdConservative1926-
Huron NorthCharles Alexander RobertsonLiberal1926-
Huron SouthWilliam George MeddProgressive1926-
KenoraEarl HutchinsonLabour1929-
Kent EastPhilip James HenryConservative1929-
Kent EastDouglas Munro Campbell Liberal1934-
Kent WestArchibald Clement CalderConservative1926-
KingstonThomas Ashmore KiddConservative1926-
Lambton EastThomas Howard FraleighConservative1929-
Lambton WestAndrew Robinson McMillenConservative1929-
Lanark NorthJohn Alexander CraigConservative1929-
Lanark SouthJames Alexander AndersonConservative1929-
Lanark SouthEgerton Reuben Stedman Conservative1931-
LeedsFrederick James SkinnerConservative1926-
LincolnSidney James WilsonConservative1929-
London NorthJames Percy MooreConservative1926-
London SouthJohn Cameron WilsonConservative1926-
ManitoulinAlvin Edwin GrahamConservative1929-
Middlesex NorthFred Van Wyck LaughtonConservative1929-
Middlesex WestLloyd William Morgan FreeleConservative1929-
MuskokaGeorge Walter EcclestoneConservative1919-
Niagara FallsWilliam Gore WillsonConservative1923-
NipissingHenri MorelConservative1908, 1923-
NipissingCharles Robert Harrison Conservative1930-
NorfolkJohn Strickler MartinConservative1923-
NorfolkArthur Campbell Burt Conservative1931-
NorthumberlandFrederick John McArthurConservative1929-
Ontario NorthJames BlanchardConservative1929-
Ontario SouthWilliam Edmund Newton SinclairLiberal1911, 1919-
Ottawa EastLouis CôtéConservative1929-
Ottawa NorthAlbert Edwin HoneywellConservative1926-
Ottawa SouthArthur EllisConservative1929-
Oxford NorthDavid Munroe RossLiberal-Progressive1921-
Oxford SouthRobert Andrew BaxterLiberal1929-
ParkdaleWilliam Herbert PriceConservative1914-
Parry SoundGeorge Vernon HarcourtConservative1923-
PeelThomas Laird KennedyConservative1919-
Perth NorthJoseph Dunsmore MonteithConservative1923-
Perth SouthDavid BonisConservative1929-
Perth SouthCharles Edward Richardson Conservative1930-
Peterborough CityJames Fordyce StricklandConservative1929-
Peterborough CountyThomas Percival LancasterConservative1929-
Port ArthurDonald McDonald HogarthConservative1911, 1926-
PrescottJoseph St. DenisIndependent-Conservative1929-
Prince EdwardHorace Stanley ColliverConservative1923, 1928-
Rainy RiverWilliam Herbert ElliottIndependent-Conservative1929-
Renfrew NorthEdward Arunah DunlopConservative1903, 1911, 1929-
Renfrew SouthThomas Patrick MurrayLiberal1929-
RiverdaleGeorge OakleyConservative1923-
RussellCharles Avila SéguinConservative1929-
Sault Ste. MarieJames LyonsConservative1923-
Simcoe CentreLeonard Jennett SimpsonLiberal1929-
Simcoe EastWilliam FinlaysonConservative1923-
Simcoe SouthwestJames Edgar JamiesonConservative1923, 1929-
St. AndrewEphraim Frederick SingerConservative1929-
St. CatharinesEdwin Cyrus GravesConservative1923-
St. DavidWilfred HeighingtonConservative1929-
St. GeorgeHenry ScholfieldConservative1911, 1926-
St. PatrickEdward Joseph MurphyConservative1929-
StormontDuncan Alexander McNaughtonConservative1926-
Sturgeon FallsAlbert Zenophile AubinConservative1929-
SudburyCharles McCreaConservative1911-
TimiskamingAngus John KennedyConservative1923-
Victoria NorthWilliam NewmanLiberal1926-
Victoria SouthWellesley Wilson StaplesConservative1929-
Waterloo NorthSydney Charles TweedLiberal1929-
Waterloo SouthKarl Kenneth HomuthConservative1919-
Waterloo SouthNorman Otto Hipel Liberal1930-
WellandMarshall VaughanConservative1923-
Wellington NortheastGeorge Alexander McQuibbanLiberal1926-
Wellington SouthLincoln GoldieConservative1923-
Wellington SouthDuncan Paul Munro Liberal1931-
Wentworth NorthAlex Laurence ShaverConservative1926-
Wentworth SouthThomas Joseph MahonyConservative1923-
Windsor EastFrank Worthington WilsonConservative1923-
Windsor WestJohn Frederick ReidConservative1926-
WoodbineGeorge Sylvester ShieldsConservative1926-
York EastGeorge Stewart HenryConservative1913-
York NorthClifford CaseConservative1929-
York SouthLeopold MacaulayConservative1926-
York WestForbes GodfreyConservative1907-
York WestHenry Isaac Price Conservative1932-