4th Parliament of Ontario

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.

Members of the Assembly

	Riding	Member	Party	First elected / previously elected	Comments
Addington	Hammel Madden Deroche	Liberal	1871		-
Algoma	Robert Adam Lyon	Liberal	1878		-
Brant	James Young	Liberal	1879		-
Brant South	Arthur Sturgis Hardy	Liberal	1873	Provincial Secretary and Registrar in Mowat ministry	-
Brockville	Christopher Finlay Fraser	[Progressive Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario\|Conservative Party of Ontario\|Conservative]	1872	Commissioner of Public Works in Mowat ministry	-
Bruce North	Donald Sinclair	Liberal	1867		-
Bruce South	Rupert Mearse Wells	Liberal	1872	resigned June 6, 1882 to contest federal seat	-
Bruce South	Hamilton Parke O'Connor	Liberal	1882	elected October 18, 1882	-
Cardwell	Charles Robinson	Liberal	1879		-
Carleton	George William Monk	Conservative	1871		-
Cornwall	William Mack	Liberal	1879		-
Dufferin	John Barr	Conservative	1875	unseated December 11, 1879 after the election results were appealed	-
Dufferin	William Jelly	Conservative	1880	elected January 9, 1880	-
Dundas	Andrew Broder	Conservative	1875		-
Durham East	John Rosevear	Conservative	1875	died May 12, 1881	-
Durham East	Charles Herbert Brereton	Conservative	1882	elected June 29, 1882	-
Durham West	James Wellington McLaughlin	Liberal	1879		-
Elgin East	Thomas McIntyre Nairn	Liberal	1879		-
Elgin West	John Cascaden	Liberal	1879		-
Essex North	Solomon White	Conservative	1878		-
Essex South	Lewis Wigle	Conservative	1875	resigned June 9, 1882 to contest federal seat	-
Essex South	William Douglas Balfour	Liberal	1882	elected October 18, 1882	-
Frontenac	Delino Dexter Calvin	Conservative	1868, 1877		-
Glengarry	Donald Macmaster	Conservative	1879	resigned February 1, 1883 after he was elected to federal seat	-
Glengarry	James Rayside	Liberal	1882	elected October 18, 1882	-
Grenville South	Frederick John French	Conservative	1879		-
Grey East	Abram William Lauder	Conservative	1867		-
Grey North	David Creighton	Conservative	1875		-
Grey South	James Hill Hunter	Liberal	1875		-
Haldimand	Jacob Baxter	Liberal	1867		-
Halton	David Robertson	Liberal	1879		-
Hamilton	John Morison Gibson	Liberal	1879		-
Hastings East	Nathaniel Stephen Appleby	Independent Conservative	1875		-
Hastings North	George Henry Boulter	Conservative	1867		-
Hastings West	Alexander Robertson	Conservative	1879	resigned June 2, 1882 to contest federal seat	-
Hastings West	Baltis Rose	Conservative	1882	elected October 18, 1882	-
Huron East	Thomas Gibson	Liberal	1871		-
Huron South	Archibald Bishop	Liberal	1873		-
Huron West	Alexander McLagan Ross	Liberal	1875		-
Kent East	Daniel McCraney	Liberal	1875		-
Kent West	Edward Robinson	Liberal	1879		-
Kingston	James Henry Metcalfe	Conservative	1879		-
Lambton East	Peter Graham	Liberal	1875		-
Lambton West	Timothy Blair Pardee	Liberal	1867	Commissioner of Crown Lands in Mowat ministry	-
Lanark North	William Clyde Caldwell	Liberal	1872, 1879		-
Lanark South	William Lees	Independent	1879		-
Leeds North and Grenville North	Henry Merrick	Conservative	1871		-
Leeds South	William Richardson	Conservative	1879		-
Lennox	George Douglas Hawley	Liberal	1879		-
Lincoln	Sylvester Neelon	Liberal	1875, 1879		-
London	William Ralph Meredith	Conservative	1872	Leader of the Opposition	-
Middlesex East	Richard Tooley	Conservative	1871		-
Middlesex North	John Waters	Liberal	1879		-
Middlesex West	John Watterworth	Liberal	1872		-
Monck	Richard Harcourt	Liberal	1879		-
Muskoka and Parry Sound	John Classon Miller	Liberal	1875	resigned June 2, 1882 to contest federal seat	-
Muskoka and Parry Sound	James Whitney Bettes	Liberal	1882	elected October 30, 1882	-
Norfolk North	John Bailey Freeman	Liberal	1879		-
Norfolk South	William Morgan	Conservative	1879		-
Northumberland East	James Marshall Ferris	Liberal	1875		-
Northumberland West	John Collard Field	Liberal	1879		-
Ontario North	Thomas Paxton	Liberal	1867	resigned February 1, 1883 after he was appointed sheriff	-
Ontario North	Frank Madill	Conservative	1881	elected June 14, 1881	-
Ontario South	John Dryden	Liberal	1879		-
Ottawa	Patrick Baskerville	Conservative	1879		-
Oxford North	Oliver Mowat	Liberal	1872	Premier and Attorney General in Mowat ministry	-
Oxford South	Adam Crooks	Liberal	1871, 1875	Minister of Education in Mowat ministry	-
Peel	Kenneth Chisholm	Liberal	1873		-
Perth North	David Davidson Hay	Liberal	1875		-
Perth South	Thomas Ballantyne	Liberal	1875		-
Peterborough East	Thomas Blezard	Liberal	1879		-
Peterborough West	William Hepburn Scott	Conservative	1874, 1875	died July 11, 1881	-
Peterborough West	Robert Kincaid	Conservative	1882	elected August 24, 1881	-
Prescott	William Harkin	Conservative	1875	died February 11, 1881	-
Prescott	Albert Peter Hagar	Liberal	1881	elected April 22, 1881	-
Prince Edward	Gideon Striker	Liberal	1871		-
Renfrew North	Thomas Murray	Liberal	1869, 1879	resigned to contest federal seat	-
Renfrew North	William Balmer McAllister	Conservative	1882	elected October 18, 1882	-
Renfrew South	James Bonfield	Liberal	1875		-
Russell	Adam Jacob Baker	Conservative	1875		-
Simcoe East	Herman Henry Cook	Liberal	1879	resigned June 1, 1882 to contest federal seat	-
Simcoe East	Charles Alfred Drury	Liberal	1882	elected October 18, 1882	-
Simcoe South	William James Parkhill	Conservative	1878		-
Simcoe West	Thomas Long	Conservative	1875		-
Stormont	Joseph Kerr	Conservative	1879		-
Toronto East	Alexander Morris	Conservative	1879		-
Toronto West	Robert Bell	Conservative	1875		-
Victoria North	Samuel Stanley Peck	Liberal	1879		-
Victoria South	Samuel Casey Wood	Liberal	1871	Treasurer and Commissioner of Agriculture in Mowat ministry	-
Waterloo North	Moses Springer	Liberal	1867	resigned April 25, 1879 after he was appointed sheriff	-
Waterloo North	Elias Weber Bingeman Snider	Liberal	1881	elected June 17, 1881	-
Waterloo South	James Livingston	Liberal	1879	resigned February 1, 1883 after he was elected to federal seat	-
Waterloo South	Isaac Master	Liberal	1877, 1882	elected October 18, 1882	-
Welland	Daniel Near	Liberal	1879		-
Wellington Centre	Charles Clarke	Liberal	1871	Speaker	-
Wellington South	James Laidlaw	Liberal	1879		-
Wellington West	Robert McKim	Liberal	1867, 1879		-
Wentworth North	James McMahon	Liberal	1875		-
Wentworth South	Nicholas Awrey	Liberal	1879		-
York East	George Badgerow	Liberal	1879		-
York North	Joseph Henry Widdifield	Liberal	1875		-
York West	Peter Patterson	Liberal	1871		-