2nd Parliament of Ontario

The Second Parliament of Ontario was in session from March 21, 1871, until December 23, 1874, just prior to the 1875 general election.
The majority party was the Liberal Party led by Edward Blake, whose Cabinet succeeded as Government when incumbent John Sandfield Macdonald and his Patent Combination Ministry fell December 20, 1871; Oliver Mowat replaced Blake as premier in October 25, 1872, after an act was passed by the Ontario Parliament which prohibited a member from holding a seat in the Legislative Assembly while holding a seat in the Dominion Parliament, a so-called "dual mandate". Blake chose to serve as federal Leader of the Opposition instead of remaining as Premier. Mowat's Cabinet was largely similar to Blake's in composition.
Richard William Scott served as speaker for the assembly until he was named to cabinet on December 21, 1871. James George Currie succeeded Scott as speaker, serving until his resignation on March 29, 1873. Rupert Mearse Wells then succeeded Currie as speaker.
There were 82 seats in the second legislature, 58 in the Liberal strongholds of Western, Central, and Northern Ontario, and 24 in much more conservative Eastern Ontario.

Members

	Riding	Member	Party	First elected / previously elected	Comments
Addington	Hammel Madden Deroche	Liberal	1871		-
Algoma	Frederick William Cumberland	Conservative	1867		-
Bothwell	Archibald McKellar	Liberal	1867	Commissioner of Agriculture and Public Works in Blake ministry after December 20, 1871 and the Mowat ministry until March 24, 1874	-
Brant	Hugh Finlayson	Liberal	1867		-
Brant South	Edmund Burke Wood	Conservative	1867	Treasurer in Sandfield Macdonald ministry until December 20, 1871; resigned provincial seat April 1, 1872 to keep a seat in the federal parliament	-
Brant South	Arthur Sturgis Hardy	Liberal	1873	elected May 2, 1873	-
Brockville and Elizabethtown	William Fitzsimmons	Conservative	1867		-
Bruce North	Donald Sinclair	Liberal	1867		-
Bruce South	Edward Blake	Liberal	1867	Leader of the Opposition until December 20, 1871 Premier and Attorney General in Blake ministry from December 20, 1871 until October 25, 1872; resigned provincial seat September 12, 1872 to keep a seat in the federal parliament; initially elected to two seats Blake represents Bruce South as Premier	-
Bruce South	Rupert Mearse Wells	Liberal	1872	elected September 21, 1872; Speaker after March 29, 1873	-
Cardwell	George McManus	Liberal-Conservative	1871		-
Carleton	George William Monk	Conservative	1871		-
Cornwall	John Sandfield MacDonald	Conservative	1867	Premier and Attorney General until December 20, 1871. John Sandfield Macdonald died in June 1, 1872	-
Cornwall	John Goodall Snetsinger	Liberal	1872	elected July 16, 1872	-
Dundas	Simon S. Cook	Liberal	1867		-
Durham East	Arthur Trefusis Heneage Williams	Conservative	1867		-
Durham West	Edward Blake	Liberal	1867	Premier and Attorney General in Blake ministry from December 20, 1871 until October 25, 1872; resigned provincial seat September 12, 1872 to keep a seat in the federal parliament; initially elected to two seats Blake represents Bruce South as Premier	-
Durham West	John McLeod	Liberal	1867, 1872		-
Elgin East	John Henry Wilson	Liberal	1871		-
Elgin West	Thomas Hodgins	Liberal	1871		-
Essex	Albert Prince	Liberal	1871		-
Frontenac	Delino Dexter Calvin	Conservative	1868		-
Glengarry	James Craig	Conservative	1867		-
Grenville South	Mcneil Clarke	Conservative	1867	died February 29, 1872	-
Grenville South	Christopher Finlay Fraser	Liberal	1872	elected March 30, 1872; Commissioner of Public Works in Mowat ministry after March 24, 1874	-
Grey North	Thomas Scott	Conservative	1867		-
Grey South	Abram William Lauder	Conservative	1867		-
Haldimand	Jacob Baxter	Liberal	1867		-
Halton	William Barber	Liberal	1867		-
Hamilton	James Miller Williams	Liberal	1867		-
Hastings East	Henry Corby	Conservative	1867		-
Hastings North	George Henry Boulter	Conservative	1867		-
Hastings West	Ketchum Graham	Conservative	1867		-
Huron North	Thomas Gibson	Liberal	1871		-
Huron South	Robert Gibbons	Liberal	1867, 1871	resigned January 8, 1874 to accept an appointment as sheriff	-
Huron South	Archibald Bishop	Liberal	1873	elected October 16, 1873	-
Kent	James Dawson	Liberal	1871		-
Kingston	William Robinson	Conservative	1871		-
Lambton	Timothy Blair Pardee	Liberal	1867	Commissioner of Crown Lands in Mowat ministry after December 4, 1873	-
Lanark North	Daniel Galbraith	Liberal	1867	resigned August 1, 1872 to run federally	-
Lanark North	William Clyde Caldwell	Liberal	1872	elected August 23, 1872	-
Lanark South	Abraham Code	Conservative	1869		-
Leeds North and Grenville North	Henry Merrick	Conservative	1871		-
Leeds South	Herbert Stone MacDonald	Conservative	1871	resigned January 4, 1874 to accept an appointment as judge	-
Leeds South	John Godkin Giles	Conservative	1873	elected December 9, 1873	-
Lennox	John Thomas Grange	Conservative	1871		-
Lincoln	John Charles Rykert	Conservative	1867		-
London	John Carling	Conservative	1867	Commissioner of Agriculture and Public Works in Sandfield Macdonald ministry until December 20, 1871; resigned provincial seat July 23, 1872 to keep a seat in the federal parliament	-
London	William Ralph Meredith	Conservative	1872	elected September 4, 1872	-
Middlesex East	Richard Tooley	Conservative	1871		-
Middlesex North	James Sinclair Smith	Liberal	1867		-
Middlesex West	Alexander Mackenzie	Liberal	1871	Treasurer in Blake ministry from 20 December 1871 to October 25, 1872; resigned provincial seat September 12, 1872 to keep a seat in the federal parliament	-
Middlesex West	John Watterworth	Liberal	1872	elected September 17, 1872	-
Monck	Lachlin McCallum	Conservative	1871	resigned August 2, 1872 to keep a seat in the federal parliament	-
Monck	Henry Ryan Haney	Liberal	1872	elected September 17, 1872	-
Niagara	Stephen Richards	Conservative	1867	Commissioner of Crown Lands in Sandfield Macdonald ministry until December 20, 1871	-
Norfolk North	John Fitzgerald Clarke	Liberal	1871		-
Norfolk South	Simpson McCall	Liberal	1867		-
Northumberland East	William Wilson Webb	Liberal	1871		-
Northumberland West	Alexander Fraser	Liberal	1867		-
Northumberland West	Charles Gifford	Conservative	1872		-
Ontario North	Thomas Paxton	Liberal	1867		-
Ontario South	Abram Farewell	Liberal	1871		-
Ottawa	Richard William Scott	Liberal	1867	Speaker until December 21, 1871; Commissioner of Crown Lands in Blake ministry after December 20, 1871 and in Mowat ministry after October 25, 1872; resigned December 4, 1873 to accept federal cabinet post in Mackenzie ministry	-
Ottawa	Daniel John O'Donoghue	Liberal	1874		-
Oxford North	George Perry	Liberal	1867	resigned October 31, 1872 to allow Oliver Mowat a seat in the legislature	-
Oxford North	Oliver Mowat	Liberal	1872	Premier and Attorney General in Mowat ministry after October 25, 1872; elected November 29, 1872	-
Oxford South	Adam Oliver	Liberal	1867		-
Peel	John Coyne	Conservative	1867	died November 16, 1873	-
Peel	Kenneth Chisholm	Liberal	1873	elected December 29, 1873	-
Perth North	Andrew Monteith	Conservative	1867	resigned from provincial parliament January 19, 1874 after he was elected to the federal parliament	-
Perth North	Thomas Mayne Daly	Conservative	1874		-
Perth South	Thomas B. Guest	Conservative	1871		-
Peterborough East	George Read	Conservative	1867		-
Peterborough West	Thomas McCulloch Fairbairn	Liberal	1871	died May 13, 1874	-
Peterborough West	William Hepburn Scott	Conservative	1874	elected July 30, 1874	-
Prescott	George Wellesley Hamilton	Conservative	1871		-
Prince Edward	James Simeon McCuaig	Conservative	1871	resigned August 29, 1872 to run for a federal seat	-
Prince Edward	Gideon Striker	Liberal	1871		-
Renfrew North	Thomas Deacon	Conservative	1871		-
Renfrew South	Eric Harrington	Conservative	1871		-
Russell	William Craig	Conservative	1867		-
Simcoe North	William Davis Ardagh	Conservative	1871		-
Simcoe South	Thomas Roberts Ferguson	Conservative	1867	resigned January 18, 1874 due to health problems	-
Simcoe South	D'Arcy Edward Boulton	Conservative	1873		-
Stormont	William Colquhoun	Conservative	1867	Colquhoun's election was declared void September 12, 1871, resulting in a by-election	-
Stormont	James Bethune	Liberal	1872	elected January 3, 1872	-
Toronto East	Matthew Crooks Cameron	Conservative	1867	Provincial Secretary and Registrar in Sandfield Macdonald ministry until December 20, 1871 Leader of the Opposition after December 20, 1871	-
Toronto West	Adam Crooks	Liberal	1871		-
Victoria North	Duncan McRae	Conservative	1871		-
Victoria South	Samuel Casey Wood	Liberal	1871		-
Waterloo North	Moses Springer	Liberal	1867		-
Waterloo South	Isaac Clemens	Liberal	1867		-
Welland	James George Currie	Liberal	1871	Speaker from December 21, 1871 to his resignation on March 29, 1873.	-
Wellington Centre	Charles Clarke	Liberal	1871		-
Wellington North	Robert McKim	Liberal	1867	resigned January 19, 1874 to compete in the 1874 federal election	-
Wellington North	John McGowan	Conservative	1874		-
Wellington South	Peter Gow	Liberal	1867	Provincial Secretary and Registrar in Blake ministry after December 20, 1871 and Mowat ministry after October 25, 1872	-
Wentworth North	Robert Christie	Liberal	1867		-
Wentworth South	William Sexton	Liberal	1867		-
York East	Hugh Powell Crosby	Liberal	1867		-
York North	Alfred Boultbee	Conservative	1871		-
York West	Peter Patterson	Liberal	1871		-